Toledo 5

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Toledo 5, The CW

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Toledo, Ohio
Network	Independent (1989–1995) The WB (1995–2006) The CW (2006–2014)
Headquarters	Toledo, Ohio
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i (1989–2014) 720p (2005–2014)[note 1]
Ownership
Owner	Buckeye Cablesystem
Parent	Block Communications
History
Launched	1971; 53 years ago (1971) (as local public access cable channel) August 7, 1989; 35 years ago (1989-08-07) (under traditional broadcast format)
Closed	September 1, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-01)
Replaced by	WTVG-DT2
Former names	ToledoVision 5 (1989–2002) Toledo's WB5 (WT05) (2002–2006)

Toledo 5, The CW (formerly ToledoVision 5 and Toledo's WB 5, and alternately identified by the fictitious call letters "WT05") was a local origination cable television channel based in Toledo, Ohio that was operated by the Buckeye CableSystem (now Buckeye Broadband), itself owned by locally based Block Communications. Originally exclusive to Buckeye’s subscribers in Northwest Ohio and carried on channel 5 throughout its service area, the channel later expanded distribution to other cable providers throughout the Toledo designated market area (including Time Warner Cable and Comcast), which carried Toledo 5 on various channel positions determined by each provider.

The channel existed in several formats dating to the launch of Buckeye as "The CableSystem" in 1971, originating as a public access channel that also offered movies and sports events, before converting into a locally programmed independent format (branded as “ToledoVision 5”) in August 1989, offering programs traditionally aired in syndication by broadcast stations. Channel 5 later became one of the first local cable channels to affiliate with a broadcast network:^{[note 2]} it carried The WB from February 1995 to September 2006, and successor The CW thereafter until Toledo 5's affiliation rights and programming inventory were acquired by ABC affiliate WTVG (channel 13), and transferred to the station's second digital subchannel in September 2014.

Despite having been a cable-only affiliate of both The WB and The CW, Toledo 5 was never part of their national feeds originally intended for local cable providers, The WB 100+ Station Group and The CW Plus, and had been independently programmed by Block/Buckeye with syndicated programming and sports filling time periods not occupied by network programs.
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