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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 90.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WCLV Ideastream Public Media |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Classical music |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ideastream |
| History | |
| Founded | November 21, 1938[a] |
First air date | September 8, 1984 |
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Call sign meaning | "Cleveland" |
| Technical information[6] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 12025 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 47,000 watts |
| HAAT | 155 meters (509 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°22′18.00″N 81°42′48.00″W / 41.3716667°N 81.7133333°W |
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| Website | wclv |
WCLV (90.3 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, carrying a fine art/classical music format. 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.
This station traditionally has dated its start to September 8, 1984,[7] when regular operations began under its current broadcast license. However, other accounts trace its history to the station it supplanted, WBOE. Under the auspices of the Cleveland Board of Education, WBOE signed on in 1938 as the first formally recognized educational radio station in the United States on the Apex band. 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. Featuring in-school instructional programming throughout the majority of its existence, WBOE joined National Public Radio (NPR) in 1977 but shut down the following year due to extreme fiscal distress within the Cleveland Public Schools; this resulted in the absence of public radio in Cleveland proper until successor station WCPN's launch in 1984. Originally one of two NPR member stations in the Northeast Ohio region alongside Kent–licensed 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.
WCLV's studios are located at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland with the transmitter residing in the Cleveland suburb of Parma.[8] In addition to a standard analog transmission, WCLV broadcasts over three HD Radio channels, is simulcast over the third HD subchannel of WKSU and its repeater network, relayed over WVIZ's 25.8 audio-only subchannel, and is available online.
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- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCLV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF) (2010 ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: ProQuest LLC. 2009. p. D-422 ("Cleveland: WCPN (FM)"). ISBN 978-1-60030-122-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2020 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (July 11, 2014). "Site of the Week 7/11/2014: Cleveland's Ideastream". Fybush.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via RadioBB.
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