But then, when you come right down to it, we are rotten at saving worthwhile things, aren't we? [109] Presiding over the case, U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti ruled on August 31, 1976, that both the local and state boards of education were guilty of deliberately inducing segregation practices,[110][111] issuing the first of what would become 4,000 court orders over the next six years. [203] The changes also called for another attempt at a reduction in hours to the Sunday ethnic lineup,[204] but met opposition from Ohio governor George Voinovich, Cleveland mayor Michael R. White and Plain Dealer publisher Alex Machaskee. [225], Kent State University's board of trustees and Ideastream Public Media entered into a public service operating agreement with the university's WKSU on September 15, 2021. We're broke. [14] Because conventional radio sets could not pick up the Apex band, WBOE did not have any discernable audience otherwise; as educator Paul C. Reed summarized the station, "WBOE, as originally set up, could reach its schools but could not reach an adult audience at home. [15] The CRRS broadcasts were suspended due to a lack of funding on May 1, 1982, with WBOE going silent completely. From the birth of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s through just about the end of the 20th Century, Cleveland was a great town for radio. Thus WCPN is unlikely to degenerate into the frothy small-talk shows and quick-hit news segments that characterize so much of Cleveland's commercial news-talk stations. And they were all of those things. [226] As part of the agreement, Ideastream took over the day-to-day operations of WKSU and all its respective translators and repeaters on October 1, 2021, retaining all of WKSU's employees. The Hungarian and Polish programming that previously aired Sunday evenings on WCPN will now air on WKSU HD4 Sundays at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. We are your source for trusted. These stations were informally known as "Apex" stations, due to the tall height of their transmitter antennas, which were needed because coverage was primarily limited to local line-of-sight distances. [48] The "Cleveland Plan" became a sobriquet to describe WBOE as a model for educational radio, but station director Edwin F. Helman downplayed this in 1949, writing, "we have the natural feeling that there is nothing different about our aims or programmingonly the differences from being a local and not a regional station. We know it will take time to adapt to these changes, and the result is going to give our region more opportunities to access the quality news and programming that only public radio provides. Cleveland's morning-radio hosts give us a peek behind the scenes [97] British classical pianist Clive Lythgoe, who already had a nationally distributed television program originating from WVIZ, hosted similar radio shows over both WBOE and WCLV (95.5 FM). [229], With this arrangement, a realignment of formats, stations and call signs took place on March 28, 2022. [114] Faculty, which had not been paid for nearly a month, appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court after the levy failure for the schools to close so they could file for unemployment benefits. WCLV is simulcast on the HD3 signals of WKSU and its full-power repeater network, but with Classical 24 programming in overnights in place of WCLV's jazz programming. [166] The original format was "45% jazz and 55% news and public affairs",[151] and the station expanded to 24-hour service on January 1, 1985. [168] WKSU and WCPN notably teamed up to help co-sponsor a live appearance of Garrison Keillor as both stations carried Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion; Perry acknowledged that it was the only way Keillor's Akron broadcast could be booked. Popular attractions Aquatics Stadium Vichy Community . But this much can be said: WCPN intends to offer a measure of public-affairs programming and news that has been little in evidence in commercial radio here because it is relatively well insulated from the ravages of a ratings-dominated marketplace. WCLV - Wikipedia [196] 90.3 at 9 (the former InfOhio After Nine) host Cindi Deutschman-Ruiz also left the station, with the show renamed The Sound of Ideas under succeeding hosts Dan Moulthrop and Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett. That's the only way we were able to get him here (WKSU and WCPN) are walking arm in arm, each with a hand grenade that has the pin pulled, clasped in our teeth, and our hands on the trigger. My people. I applied, and I went in for my interview, and when I walked into the studios it was like this feeling of, 'I'm home. [167] Perry also estimated that one-third of WKSU's listener support now came from Cleveland proper. Amanda Rabinowitz will move to hosting All Things Considered on weeknights, a move that interests her personally and professionally. [86] Compounding matters, Howley was also the son of CEI's lead counsel,[139] the utility Norris helped litigate against. Eugenia Ricks Assistant Station Manager. [15] A multimedia slideshow prepared by WBOE in early January 1975 touted the station's planned conversion into a public radio outlet and planned link with NPR[85] but progress was slowed by both technical matters and a lack of willingness by school board officials to follow through. [14], On July 22, 1937, the Cleveland Board of Education filed paperwork to establish an experimental radio station on 26.4 MHz[15] but the FCC reallocated the Apex frequencies after discovering ionospheric strengthening from high solar activity resulted in strong and undesirable skywave, with two existing stations being heard as far away as Australia. John Perry, WKSU general manager, on teaming up with WCPN to book a 1985 Garrison Keillor appearance[160]. Complete HD schedules are available here. [190] Both stations collaborated for My Land, Your Land, a December 1997 WVIZ documentary on urban sprawl narrated by NPR's Ray Suarez that WCPN simulcast the audio of;[191] despite multiple logistical issues in production, it was positively received among both station's respective audiences. [196] WCLV's successor station at 104.9 FM, which was launched in 2001,[l] moved to the Idea Center in 2010[197][198] and was donated to ideastream in 2011. And for night owls looking for a news fix, WKSU will now have BBC World Service on overnights. Progressive Insurance donated $48,000 earmarked for news coverage on urban-related issues and pledged an additional $10,000 if WCPN met a pledge drive goal of 248 additional supporters. [22] Because of the prior arrangements on WTAM and WHK, several divisions in the school district already boasted as much as eight years of broadcasting experience. The clear, distinct voice of a teacher, carefully selected for her radio personality, for her success as a classroom teacher, and for her ability to sense the reaction of the unseen hundreds she now instructs, is speaking. Meanwhile, the Cleveland Public School system in Cleveland, Ohio, had shown interest in utilizing radio broadcasts as an instructional aide as early as 1925,[9] broadcasting a music appreciation class over WTAM twice each week. [152] CPR also agreed to provide airtime for school board news and to provide vocational training for students, and would air programming provided by Cuyahoga Community College[128] and the Cleveland school board would donate their old equipment. Phone: 216-916-6100. [192] WVIZ was negotiating with Cleveland State University in February 2000 for new studio space in downtown Cleveland to comply with a May 1, 2003, federal deadline for television stations to have high-definition equipment and publicly suggested long-ranging partnerships with Playhouse Square and WCPN. [18][13][b] The school board's application was accordingly modified on January 31, 1938, from an experimental station to an educational station at 41.5 MHz with 500 watts. This station traditionally has dated its start to September 8, 1984,[6] when regular operations began under its current broadcast license. [232] Two of WCPN's three remaining ethnic programsThe Hungarian Program and The Polish Programwere retained and moved to WKSU's HD4 subchannel. [84] The studio move was completed on December 16, 1974;[85] additionally, the station's transmitter was moved from Lafayette School to a new tower in Parma, Ohio, along with a power upgrade to 50,000 watts. Overnights feature jazz music locally hosted with Dan Polletta and John Simna. [104] WBOE's visibility in the market remained imperceptible, however, failing to attract more than one percent of listeners in area Arbitron ratings.[86]. Ideastream, the operator of Public News/Talk 90.3 WCPN Cleveland, Classical 104.9 WCLV Lorain and PBS affiliate WVIZ Cleveland, will offer positions to all of WKSU's current staffers bringing their total organization to around 150 employees. WKSUs digital channels will continue to offer Folk Alley on HD2, All Classical on HD3, and News and More on HD4. [181] Community leaders also pledged to help raise funds to retire WCPN's $225,000 deficit and find a university affiliation for the station. Sustaining programs were usually presented on commercial radio networks with no in-program advertisements. [161] Another substantial change came when WKSU dropped all blues-related programming in July 1990 to focus on classical and folk on the weekends, donating their blues library to WCPN. [150] The school board approved the proposal on September 9, 1982, also allowing CPR to assume a 1972 CPB grant awarded to WBOE for any technical upgrades. Science Friday will now be on Friday nights at 8 p.m., which is a new program to the WKSU lineup and a new time for WCPN listeners. When news hit that WCPN and WKSU were joining forces, many wondered what would happen to the hosts. [86], After a power increase on July 22, 1980,[123] WKSU added Cleveland to its primary coverage area with the city receiving a city-grade signal[143] but the CPL contested an additional power upgrade even as the library's director was not opposed to it. [123] Despite this, the FCC mandated WKSU's signal had to be directional aimed away from Cleveland to protect WBOE as both were third-adjacent signals; this resulted in WKSU having coverage issues throughout Cuyahoga County. [120] The school board retained former NPR president Lee Frischknecht to help find ways to keep WBOE functional; Frischknecht made inquiries to both CPR and WVIZ as potential interim operators[90] and continued to study options when the station was ordered closed.[86]. 31 were here. [91] The teachers union defied a back-to-work court order by Judge Harry A. Hanna on October 5, 1978,[119] while the station's $280,000 annual budget (equivalent to $1.16million in 2021) made the station expendable. [215] WCPN added NPR's Here and Now for early middays in the same time slot as WKSU, within weeks of WKSU's lineup changes. [116][117], As the school year began on September 12, 1978, Cleveland's teachers union went on strike,[118] closing all school buildings and preventing in-school instructional programming from resuming over WBOE. It made most sense to focus our flagship news station entirely on news and information. Further musing over WBOE's demise, Feagler wrote: despite what you may have read in the newspaper, there are no firm plans afoot right now to save (WBOE). These channels are available on the new Ideastream Public Media app, at ideastream.org and on HD-equipped radios. Audience Services: 216-916-6301. WBOE is dead. Ideastream began operating WKSU last October in addition to their own Public News/Talk 90.3 WCPN Cleveland, Classical 104.9 WCLV Lorain and WVIZ-TV. When WBOE's conversion took place, only about a dozen FM stations were on the air in the entire country, most of them experimental stations. ', Amy Eddings, former WNYC-FM personality, on joining WCPN in 2017[216]. Dutchman" in one of my classes. Endo the Horse is Voted Pet News of the Week! [67] During a keynote speech at the NAEB's 1953 Lincoln Lodge Seminar, Levenson reflected on WBOE's effectiveness as a learning tool, seeing television as a step forward and a way for students to learn by being emotionally involved in the course material. By February 1932, the district moved their broadcasts back to WTAM, now NBC-owned, which offered them a daily block of airtime. [174] The station's news department was affected the most, with news director Vivian Goodman leaving to join WERE[182] and a resulting three-person staff that primarily worked on After Nine and news inserts on Morning Edition; by comparison, WKSU featured local newscasts throughout the day and oriented coverage to include Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1835. [23] The station would soon have an international influence when Levenson was a featured speaker at a March 1946 conference for the Canadian National Advisory Council on School Broadcasting, with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation executives in attendance. Jeff McNeal Radio Broadcast Biography & Airchecks [57], Owing to educational radio's effectiveness being reduced by television, work slowly began in the early 1970s to revamp WBOE. 5", "ideastream Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Rebrand and Renewed Vision to Strengthen the Community; Becomes Ideastream Public Media", "WKSU And Ideastream Public Media Enter Into Merger Agreement", "Ideastream To Begin Operating WKSU; Swap Frequencies Of WCPN & WCLV Cleveland", "WKSU-Ideastream WCPN merger: Kent State board of trustees to vote on management agreement", "Are public radio stations WKSU and WCPN planning to merge? [195] WVIZ's proposed facilities were realized with the Idea Center in Playhouse Square with both stations moving there in the fall of 2005. [4] The former WCPN's format was "merged" into WKSU, which became Northeast Ohio's lead NPR station employing the off- and on-air staffs from both stations. For full details on how to access WCLV, please visit ideastream.org/access. Longtime WCLV jazz-and-classical host John Simna will continue to present his always-engaging insights and eclectic jazz mix on the weekends, along with offerings from Jazz Network. Friends may call, but it really won't do much good. One of the reasons the Cleveland Public Schools entered radio broadcasting via WBOE was the resistance by commercial radio of such silent intervals during their programs, noting that "there is a basic distinction between educational and commercial broadcasting. [138], Pleadings with an FCC-assigned administrative law judge had both groups spar over which would best "serve the public interest". The NAACP's Cleveland branch sued the district in what became Reed vs. Rhodes[106] on December 12, 1973, alleging the fostering of segregation and demanded the institution of desegregation busing. Joi John Member Services Manager. Students in Glenville High's telecommunications program produced Music Connection, a weekly show on music appreciation centered around rock and roll and R&B that ran on WBOE over the summer of 1977. We know were making a lot of changes in a short time, and we are asking our listeners for their patience as we complete this transition. Grace Lee Mims (July 17, 1930 - October 3, 2019) was an African-American singer, radio personality and leading member of the arts community in Cleveland, Ohio best known for her 43 years as a radio host and producer on the classical radio station WCLV . who VTs the overnight shift from iHeart Akron/Canton's WKDD 98.1) This year's offerings are listed here in detail. [207] InfOhio, an early-afternoon program with an emphasis on statewide news[161] was moved to late mornings as InfOhio After Nine[202][208] while incumbent midday jazz host Dee Perry[209] began hosting a daily arts-oriented newsmagazine, Around Noon. [77] Even with the competition from television, WBOE continued with educational fare. [217] Former WNYC-FM personality Amy Eddings, who had been that station's local host for All Things Considered until 2015, joined WCPN as local host for Morning Edition in March 2017. Owned by Ideastream Public Media, the station serves both Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio as the home station for the Cleveland Orchestra and an affiliate of the BBC World Service. [188] Jensen published an op-ed to The Plain Dealer in response to proposed funding cuts to the CPB by the 104th U.S. Congress, calling the CPB "an appropriate and needed expenditure for the public good an investment, as it were, in something that the country needs but that would not come about through market forces alone. [157], The Woodhill-Quincy Administration building remained under Cleveland Metropolitan School District ownership after WBOE's closure and dissolution, but gradually fell into disuse and neglect. [200] The WBOE mural was donated to Ideastream and publicly unveiled in the front lobby of the Idea Center in 2014 as part of WCPN's 30th anniversary. [125][126], Lee C. Howley, Jr., board president of the Cleveland Public Library (CPL), revealed at the end of 1978 that the system had been negotiating with the school board over the past several months to buy WBOE, prompting WVIZ to withdraw their interest in the station. [86] The school board held an auction for the station's license, with the minimum bid set at $200,000,[91] and a stipulation that the winner would be responsible for renewing the station's license. No other school aystem in the country, as yet, has carried the experiment of direct teaching by radio quite so far. WCLV - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia [61] When WERE-FM (98.5) suspended broadcasting as part of an antenna upgrade, WBOE broadcast that station's evening programming commercial-free from late January 1958 until March 1958, with WERE-FM management sending a "sincere thank you" in return. The WDAS radio host known for her blonde hair, contagious smile, and dynamic yet down-to-earth personality has accomplished a great deal of success in her hometown Philadelphia. Subscribe now, and stay connected with timeless classical music on WCLV and beyond. [127] CPL's interest in WBOE was criticized as the Cleveland school board had appointed many of the library's trustees. Jazz 91.9 WCLK Staff Directory [86] A library operating a radio station was not without precedent, as WPLN-FM in Nashville, Tennessee, and WFPL in Louisville, Kentucky, were both established by their city's respective public libraries. [15] 150 custom-built crystal radio sets were purchased by the district and distributed to all the schools, tuned to pick up WBOE and the respective school's public address system. In my visit with you, today, I shall talk about the three-cornered trade route which was so important to our country's early development." [161], In 1993, Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ's general manager, succeeding station co-founder Betty Cope; shortly after his appointment, Kit Jensen first proposed the idea of both entities forming a partnership. WCLV (90.3 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, carrying a combined fine art/classical music and jazz format. Organized radio broadcasting was introduced in the United States in the early 1920s, and by the mid-1930s, the standard amplitude modulation (AM) broadcast band was considered to be too full to allow any meaningful increase in the number of stations. [175] This settlement included a funding proposal of $185,000 in grant money for WCPNincluding $90,000 from The Cleveland Foundation[180]as well as the establishment of a five-member advisory board and producer to work with the ethnic hosts. Classical music public radio station in Cleveland, This article is about the Cleveland radio station which has identified as WCLV since 2022. [13] Newscasts from all four networks were also rebroadcast, along with locally originated programs from the stations if they were of educational interest. [224] By the end of 2021, only three ethnic programs remained on the lineup. [15], Cleveland lawyer William Bradford "Brad" Norris[89] founded Cleveland Public Radio (CPR) in 1976 with the intent to finally bring NPR programming to Cleveland, which at the time was the largest U.S. city without a local fulltime NPR station,[90] a situation the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was also reportedly embarrassed by. WCLV(90.3 FM) is a non-commercial educationalradio stationlicensed to Cleveland, Ohio, carrying a combined fine art/classical musicand jazzformat. Thank Goodness for Cleveland Radio! - moderncleveland.com "[189] As WCPN marked its tenth anniversary, Jensen reflected on WBOE's demise from outside forces as proof that WCPN's future could never be fully guaranteed. Two-person shows began, such as "Ethel and Ben" (homemakers) on WGAR, "Mildred and Gloria," a women's show, on WTAM, and "Just Married" on WJAY, an improvisational drama show ad-libbed from a synopsis sheet prepared by creator Edyth Fern Melrose. brunette, white, black, rich, poor, educated or dullards. WXEN also broadcast ethnic programming on a full-time basis until a format change the previous year; WZAK also dropped such programming outright in 1981. [227] This agreement had its genesis in a $100,000 CPB grant[228] jointly awarded to WKSU and Ideastream on September 1, 2020, to help expand public media service in Northeast Ohio and encourage collaboration between both entities. [170] Dick Feagler co-hosted a bi-weekly interview program at launch. [29] WBOE was one of only three educational Apex stations to have ever signed on, the other two being WNYE in New York City[30] and WBKY in Beattyville, Kentucky. [15], While the losing bidder in the auction, CPR contested WBOE's transfer to the library, filing a competing application for the 90.3 FM frequency on October 17, 1979. Published: Dec. 11, 2021, 5:30 a.m. Cleveland's classical music radio station WCLV-FM has been broadcasting from The Idea Center at Cleveland's Playhouse Square as part of the Ideastream . James Locklin Corporate Sales Director. Former radio personality Doug Allen is a jingle archivist and now maintains Jinglefreaks.com, where his growing collection of radio jingles is available online. [10] Contracting with WHK in 1929, the school system purchased 15-minute blocks of airtime at reduced rates, focusing on specific subjects like arithmetic, music and geography; two Cleveland schools were selected for this experiment, with their existing public address system connected to WHK's signal. [165][121] Among the attendees were NPR president Douglas J. Bennet, Morning Edition host Bob Edwards, Dick Feagler and WBBG/WMJI owner Larry Robinson. [86] WBOE continued to operate solely from 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m. on school days featuring in-school programming, with light entertainment, public service or classical music selections to conclude the broadcast day. [4][l] At 90.3 FM, WCLV's potential audience was estimated to have increased by as many as one million people, particularly in Akron and Cleveland's eastern suburbs. [129][j] CPL held the winning bid of $205,000 (equivalent to $765,390 in 2021)[128] and intended to relaunch the station as WCPL by year's end[127][130] with paperwork transferring the license filed with the FCC,[131] but prior to consummation, WBOE's license was discovered to have expired[128] on October 1, 1979. Cleveland Orchestra Cellist to Perform Dvorak with Cleveland Womens Orchestra Apr. [112] The school board was mandated to institute a busing plan, but needed to raise money to fund it; a mill levy referendum failed on April 6, 1978, by a 21 margin almost entirely on racial lines,[113] putting the district in debt of $30million (equivalent to $125million in 2021) and threatening an outright closure of the district. WCLV | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History - Case Western Reserve University [212] An additional schedule realignment in 2006 saw a further de-emphasizing from jazz with the moving of Jazz from the Lincoln Center to Friday overnights, the cancellation of Jazz After Hours and locally produced Jazz Tracks with Bobby Jackson and the addition of BBC World Service programming overnights. Rick Jackson will continue to host Sound of Ideas. [183] The Ohio State Legislature drafted their 1989 state budget with no funding towards WCPN but to Cleveland State University, which was to direct the funds to the station via a partnership; this was arranged to prevent a "free-for-all" with other Ohio public broadcasters. We have been working since then to bring our organizations together, merge our programming schedules, expand reporting and make other changes to expand our service in Northeast Ohio. [86], Production of in-school materials continued under coordinator Charles Siegel, with shows like Living today: Survival, It's your decision! In 1941, the station converted to the FM band, becoming not only the first educational FM station, but also the first licensed FM station in Cleveland and one of the first FM stations in Ohio. But I'm getting bitter and there is no place in an obit for bitterness. "[57] Levenson's hope in 1941 of "a steady, if not rapid growth" in FM educational stations throughout the U.S.[13] largely occurred by the early 1950s,[59] but the FM band itself remained obscure overall; by 1958, WBOE was the only Cleveland FM station in operation that also had full coverage in neighboring Akron. Originally one of two NPR member stations in the Northeast Ohio region alongside Kentlicensed WKSU, this station assumed the format and calls of WCLV from 104.9 FM on March 28, 2022, following a programming merger between WCPN and WKSU. Jacqueline Gerber is classical WCLV's 'Queen of the morn' - cleveland WCLV (104.9 FM) branded WCLV Classical 104.9 is a noncommercial educational classical radio station licensed to Lorain, Ohio. [91] Animosity between Howley and Norris worsened as Howley called CPR "a nothing organization" in an FCC filing, while Norris publicly criticized Howley's conduct. Ideastream Sets Cleveland Public Radio Frequency Change Date Conrad of Radio Seaway, Inc., immediately changed the call letters to WCLV, broadcasting at 95.5 megacycles. These changes allow us to offer: A full schedule of our programs can be found here. Image courtesy of Cleveland Women's Orchestra, Cellist Dane Johansen with the 88-year-old Orchestra, Photo courtesy of Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Since 1965, WCLV has broadcast The Cleveland Orchestra on the Radio, a full-length concert featuring what the New York Times has referred to as "The Best Band in the Land!". Of Note is Ideastream Public Medias classical music newsletter curated for you by WCLVhosts. [86] In 1987, WKSU relied on listener support for 60% of their annual budget, compared to WCPN relying on support for 40% of their budget.
