Media in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio is served by one daily newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and six alternative, weekly, and monthly publications. It is home to ten television stations and numerous radio stations.

Print

Name	Type	Ownership	Circulation
Cincinnati Enquirer	Daily	Gannett Company	225,000 (daily) and 332,010 (Sundays)
CityBeat	Alternative newsweekly (free)	Lightborne Publishing Inc.	50,000
Cincinnati Herald	African-American	Sesh Communications, Inc.	16,000
Cincinnati Defender	African-American, online weekly
American Israelite	Jewish
Cincinnati Business Courier	Business	Bizjournals (American City Business Journals)
Cincinnati Magazine	Monthly	Emmis Communications	34,806
The Catholic Telegraph	Weekly, Catholic	Archdiocese of Cincinnati
The Spanish Journal	Weekly, Spanish	Spanish Journal Network

Suburban newspapers include the Community Press chain in Ohio and the Community Recorder chain in Northern Kentucky, both owned by Gannett, which publishes the Enquirer. Daily newspapers in Hamilton and Middletown as well as weekly papers in Lebanon, Mason, Fairfield and Oxford are owned by Cox Publishing, which owns the Dayton Daily News.

Television

Call sign	Channel	Affiliation	Description
WLWT	Channel 5	NBC	Owned by Hearst-Argyle
WCPO	Channel 9	ABC	Owned by Scripps-Howard
WKRC-TV	Channel 12	CBS	Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WKRC-DT2	CinCW	The CW	CinCW runs on digital subchannel 12-2 operated by WKRC-TV.
WXIX	Channel 19	Fox	Owned by Raycom Media
WOTH-CD	Channel 30	A1/UATV	Owned by WBQC-LD
W36DG-LP	Channel 36	TBN
WBQC-LD	Channel 25.2	Independent
WCET	Channel 48	PBS
WCVN-TV	Channel 54	KET/PBS
WSTR-TV	Channel 64	MyNetworkTV	Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group

Radio

See also: Category:Radio stations in Cincinnati, Ohio

Call sign	Frequency	Format	Owner	Description
WKRC	550 AM	Talk Radio	Clear Channel	55KRC, "The Talk Station"
WLW	700 AM	News Radio	Clear Channel	"The Big One," "The Nation's Station," and "Home of the Reds" Serves as flagship station for the Cincinnati Reds Radio Network
WNOP	740 AM	Christian	Sacred Heart Radio	"Greater Cincinnati's Catholic Radio Station"
WPFB	910 AM	NKU	Repeater of WNKU
WGRI	1050 AM	Urban Gospel	Christian Broadcasting	"Inspiration 1050"
WCVX	1160 AM	Christian Talk	Christian Broadcasting	"Christian Talk 1160"
WDBZ	1230 AM	Black Talk	Radio One	"The Buzz of Cincinnati"
WCVG	1320 AM	Gospel	Great Lakes Radio	"Cincinnati's Voice of Gospel"
WSAI	1360 AM	Sports Radio	Clear Channel	"Fox Sports 1360"
WMOH	1450 AM	Talk	Vernon R. Baldwin, Inc.	"The Ticket"
WDJO	1480 AM	Oldies	Alchemy Broadcasting
WCKY	1530 AM	Sports Radio	Clear Channel	"Cincinnati's ESPN 1530"
WCNW	1560 AM	Religious	Vernon R. Baldwin, Inc.
WAIF	88.3 FM†	Community Radio		"What Radio Was Meant To Be" † Shares frequency with WJVS, operating all other times
WJVS	88.3 FM‡	campus radio		"Joint Vocational School" ‡ Shares frequency with WAIF, operating Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during the school year.
WMKV	89.3 FM	Big Band/Adult Standards/Old Time	LifeSphere
WMWX	88.9 FM	Album Oriented Rock	Spryex Communications, Inc.	"The New Breed Of Rock"
WKCX	89.1 FM	Album Oriented Rock	Spryex Communications, Inc.	"The New Breed Of Rock"
WNKU	89.7 FM	Eclectic Music	NKU	"Best Public Radio in the Country"
WJYC	90.1 FM	Christian	Air 1
WGUC	90.9 FM	Classical	Cincinnati Public Radio	"Cincinnati's Classical Public Radio"
WVXU	91.7 FM	NPR; Public Radio	Cincinnati Public Radio	Mostly news and informational programming, some entertainment and music
WOFX	92.5 FM	Classic Rock	Cumulus	"The FOX"
WAKW	93.3 FM	Christian	Pillar of Fire	"Star 93.3"
WNNF	94.1 FM	Country	Cumulus	"Great Country 94.1"
WREW	94.9 FM	1980's	Hubbard Radio	"Rewind 94.9"
WVQC-LP	95.7 FM	Variety, community, non-profit	Media Bridges	"Radio Free Cincinnati"
WFTK	96.5 FM	Alternative Rock	Cumulus Media Partners	"96 Rock"
WYGY	97.3 FM	Modern Country	Hubbard Radio	"The Wolf"
WOXY	97.7 FM	Hispanic	TSJ Media	"La Mega"
WRRM	98.5 FM	Soft Rock	Cumulus Media Partners	"Warm 98"
WHKO	99.1 FM	Country	Cox Radio	"K99.1"
WOSL	100.3 FM	Urban Oldies	Radio One	"Old School 100.3"
WIZF	101.1 FM	Contemporary Urban/Hip-Hop	Radio One	"The Wiz"
WKRQ	101.9 FM	Top 40/Hot AC	Hubbard Radio	"Q 102"
WEBN	102.7 FM	Rock	Clear Channel	"The lunatic fringe of American FM."
WGRR	103.5 FM	Classic Hits/Oldies	Cumulus Media Partners	"Cincinnati's Greatest Hits"
WNLT	104.3 FM	Contemporary Christian	Vernon R. Baldwin, Inc.	K-Love
WUBE	105.1 FM	Country	Hubbard Radio	"B 105"
WNKN	105.9 FM	Simulcast of 89.7 FM	NKU
WKFS	107.1 FM	Top 40	Clear Channel	"KISS 107 FM"

Recent station reorganization

Since late 2006, a number of trades and format changes have caused some confusion in the Cincinnati radio market.

2006

• On July 14, 2006, WIZF ("The Wiz") moved from 100.9 FM to 101.1 FM.
• On September 2, 2006, the intellectual property of WMOJ ("Mojo 94.9") was sold from Cumulus Media to Radio One, whose focus is on the African American market. Radio One moved the station format and call letters to 100.3 FM and shifted the format from Rhythmic Oldies to Urban AC. 100.3 had been moved into the Cincinnati market from its former home in Connersville, Indiana.
  • However, Cumulus Media retained the frequency of 94.9 FM, and changed the call letters to WPRV (now WREW), and temporarily used the frequency to simulcast their WYGY "96.5 The Star".
• Entercom Communications purchased the stations operated by CBS Radio (WGRR "Oldies 103.5", WAQZ "97.3 Everything Alternative", WUBE "B-105", and WKRQ "Q-102").
• Entercom traded WGRR to Cumulus Media, while Cumulus gave the frequency 94.9 FM and "The Star" format to Entercom.
  • This leaves Entercom with two country stations (WUBE and WYGY), and Cumulus with two adult-oriented stations (WGRR and WRRM).
• Cumulus moved the WPRV-FM call letters to 96.5 FM, and the format was changed to "SuperTalk", Cincinnati's only FM talk station. Call letters were soon changed to WFTK.
• On November 9, 2006, Entercom killed WAQZ 97.3 and launched an adult alternative format called "The Sound" on 94.9. Call letters were soon changed to WSWD.
• Entercom placed the WYGY call letters on 97.3 FM and relaunched a country format as "The Wolf". It is aimed at a younger demographic, as to not compete with Entercom's other country station, WUBE.

2007

• In early 2007, Entercom is planning on trading all 4 of its Cincinnati stations to Bonneville International, in exchange for Bonneville's 3 stations in San Francisco.
• On November 30, 2007, Entercom officially became the holder of the licenses for the former CBS Radio-owned stations.
• On December 14, 2007, Cumulus FM Talker WFTK launched its new format as Active Rock "96 Rock - Cincinnati’s Pure Rock", replacing "SuperTalk". The Two Angry Guys, Richard Skinner and Tom Gamble will remain in mornings.

2008

• On February 13, 2008, Clear Channel was ordered by the US Department of Justice to sell two of its Cincinnati radio stations before it could proceed with a planned acquisition by Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners. Clear Channel chose to trade WOFX and WNNF to Cumulus in exchange for stations in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As part of the swap, Cumulus retained the right to repurchase the Green Bay stations from Clear Channel within a five-year period.
• On March 14, 2008, Bonneville and Entercom closed on the multi-station trade which had been announced over a year before.
• On November 7, 2008, Bonneville swapped frequencies with two of their stations, moving WYGY "The Wolf" to 94.9 FM and WSWD "The Sound" to 97.3 FM.

2009

• On January 2009, Cumulus shifted WFTK from active rock to alternative rock.
• On May 21, 2009, Bonneville moved WYGY "The Wolf" back to 97.3 FM, and launched a new station "Rewind 94.9" at 94.9 FM. "The Sound" was moved to a digital sideband at 94.9 HD2 and also continues to broadcast online.
• In June, Radio 94.1 was rebranded Frequency 94.1.

2010

• At 5:00 p.m. on December 6, 2010, WMOJ-FM returned to their jammin' oldies roots, with an upbeat lineup including Michael Jackson, Prince, Aretha Franklin and KC and the Sunshine Band, launching with Michael Jackson's "Rock With You".

2011

• In January 2011, WRRM softened their playlist, playing more 70s songs.
• On May 20, 2011, WNNF shifted from AAA "Frequency" to an 80s/90s heavy Hot AC format as "Journey 94-1", after stunting with an imaginary "wheel of formats", including an urban AC "Storm" that would have been competition for rhythmic oldie WMOJ-FM.
• On August 2, 2011, WRRM added songs by artists such as Adele, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Pink, and The Script to their playlist, despite sister station Journey also playing these artists.
• In August 2011, WMKV began simulcasting on 89.9 FM in Butler County.
• On September 6, WREW began re-introducing 2000s product, all while still playing 70s.

2012

• On January 1, at noon, without any warning, WNNF flipped from Journey 94.1 to Great Country 94.1.
• ON February 15, WNNF, then known as Great Country 94.1, brought radio veteran Amanda Orlando on for middays.
• On May 2, WYGY shifted from modern country to country variety with the slogan "Greatest Country from the 90s and more: 97.3 the Wolf".
• On August 27, WLW and WKFS announced they bought 100.7 and 106.3 as a radio translator.
• On September 5, WNNF, then known as Great Country 94.1, hired radio veteran Mike Scott for afternoons.
• On November 10, WNNF, then known as Great Country 94.1, hired radio personality Lisa Manning for middays.

Online media

• The following are online media outlets, including new aggregators, in the Cincinnati area:

• • KYPost.com [1]
  • Pulse of the City [2]
  • WOXY (internet radio) [3]

External links

• Cincinnati, OH on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)