WNEO

WNEO
CityAlliance, Ohio
Channels
BrandingPBS Western Reserve
Programming
Affiliations
  • 45.1: PBS
  • 45.2: Fusion
  • 45.3: FNX
Ownership
Owner
  • Western Reserve Public Media
  • (Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, Inc.)
History
First air date
May 30, 1973
(51 years ago)
 (1973-05-30)
Former call signs
WNEO-TV (1973–1990)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 45 (UHF, 1973–2008)
  • Digital: 46 (UHF, 2003–2008), 45 (UHF, 2008–2020)
Call sign meaning
Northeastern Ohio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID49439
ERP465 kW
HAAT251.1 m (824 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°54′23.2″N 80°54′39.3″W / 40.906444°N 80.910917°W / 40.906444; -80.910917 (WNEO)
Links
Public license information
Websitewesternreservepublicmedia.org
Satellite station
WEAO
CityAkron, Ohio
Channels
History
First air date
September 21, 1975
(49 years ago)
 (1975-09-21)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 49 (UHF, 1975–2009)
  • Digital: 50 (UHF, 2004–2019)
Call sign meaning
Eastern Ohio
Technical information[2]
Facility ID49421
ERP191 kW
HAAT294.6 m (967 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°4′58.5″N 81°38′1.6″W / 41.082917°N 81.633778°W / 41.082917; -81.633778 (WEAO)
Links
Public license information

WNEO (channel 45) is a non-commercial educational television station licensed to Alliance, Ohio, United States. It is simulcast full-time over satellite station WEAO (channel 49) in Akron, Ohio. Both are member stations of PBS and jointly brand as PBS Western Reserve. WNEO is the Youngstown market's PBS station of record, while WEAO provides the Cleveland market with a second choice for PBS programming alongside the market's primary PBS station, WVIZ (channel 25).

WNEO and WEAO are owned by Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which is a consortium of the University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University. The two stations operate from studios on Kent State's campus in Kent,[3] northeast of Akron and roughly west of Youngstown. WNEO's transmitter is located in Salem, while WEAO's transmitter is based in Copley Township.

WNEO also operates W13DP-D, a low-power digital translator in Youngstown, which serves low-lying areas in the Mahoning Valley that are not covered from the main WNEO signal. The translator signed on as analog W58AM in May 1980, converted to digital as W44CR-D in November 2009, and moved to its current channel in November 2019.[4]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNEO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEAO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Organization Profile". WesternReservePublicMedia.org. Western Reserve Public Media. 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009. The operations center, administrative offices, main studio and location of public files are housed at 1750 Campus Center Drive, Kent, Ohio, 44240. The organization's Western Reserve Production Hub is located on the first floor of the United Building in downtown Akron.
  4. ^ FCC TV query for W13DP-D