WCPO-TV

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WCPO-TV
Cincinnati, Ohio
Branding	ABC9/9News
Slogan	On Your Side
Channels	9 (VHF) analog, 10 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC (1949-1961, 1996-present)
Owner	The E. W. Scripps Company
Founded	July 26, 1949 on channel 7 (switched to channel 9 in 1952)
Call letters meaning	W Cincinnati Post
Former affiliations	CBS (1961-1996) DuMont (1949-1956)
Website	WCPO.com

WCPO-TV, "ABC9" is a broadcast television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, affiliated with the ABC network. It broadcasts on analog channel 9 and digital channel 10. WCPO's studio is located in the Mount Adams neighborhood of Cincinnati, just outside of Eden Park. Its transmitter is located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street, in Cincinnati. The station is currently the flagship station of The E. W. Scripps Company, which owns it along with the Cincinnati Post.

Contents 1 History 2 Weather 3 Newscasts 3.1 Weekdays 3.2 Weekends 4 External links

[edit] History

The station first signed on the air on July 26, 1949 as a dual ABC and DuMont affiliate. The call letters came from the Post, who also owned WCPO-AM. With DuMont's demise in 1956, WCPO was left with just ABC until it swapped affiliations with WKRC-TV in 1961, becoming a CBS affiliate.

The station switched back to ABC in June 1996, as a result of a corporate affiliation deal between Scripps and ABC (which also saw several other Scripps stations becoming ABC affiliates). The other Scripps stations which were part of the affiliation deal had switched to ABC throughout 1994 and 1995, but WCPO had to wait for WKRC's affiliation contract with ABC to expire at the end of May 1996 before finally switching. The CBS affiliation returned to WKRC.

All Scripps-Howard ABC affiliates, including WCPO, preempted Saving Private Ryan in 2004.

WCPO produced The Uncle Al Show, a children's show that ran from the early 1950's to the early 1980's.

[edit] Weather

WCPO's forecasters are chief meteorologist Steve Raleigh and meteorologists Larry Handley and Cyndee O'Quinn. Cincinnati has always been a battleground for weather coverage, especially since the Montgomery/Blue Ash tornado of 1999. WCPO bills their radar as Ultimate Doppler 9, VIPIR 9, and TrueView. Their main radar in Batavia is one of the fastest radars in the nation, with an update usually every ten seconds.

On July 1, 2003, WCPO began to operate a second Doppler radar out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to help see thunderstorms when the attenuation effect (heavy thunderstorms over the Doppler site) occurs with their Doppler in Batavia.

On rare occasions WCPO will show a third radar sweep coming out of Lexington, but there is confusion to whether this is a real radar, as this sweep is normally used only under clear conditions.

[edit] Newscasts

[edit] Weekdays

• Good Morning Tri-State 4:55 to 7:00 a.m.

David Rose, Kathrine Nero, Larry Handley (weather), Denise Johnson (traffic)

• 9 News @ Noon: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Tanya O'Rourke, Larry Handley (weather)

• 9 News @ 5: 5:00 to 5:30 p.m.

Clyde Gray, Carol Williams, Steve Raleigh (weather)

• 9 News @ 5:30: 5:30 to 6:00 p.m.

David Rose, Tanya O'Rourke, Steve Raleigh (weather), Dennis Janson (sports)

• 9 News @ 6: 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Clyde Gray, Carol Williams, Steve Raleigh (weather), Dennis Janson (sports)

• 9 News @ 11: 11:00 to 11:35 p.m.

Clyde Gray, Carol Williams, Steve Raleigh (weather), Dennis Janson (sports)

[edit] Weekends

• Good Morning Tri-State 8:00-9:00am

Jenell Walton, Cyndee O'Quinn (weather)

• 9 News @ Noon: 12:00-12:30pm

Jenell Walton, Cyndee O'Quinn (weather)

• 9 News @ 6: 6:00-6:30 p.m.

Brian Patrick, Julie O'Neill, Steve Norris (weather), John Popovich (sports)

• 9 News @ 11: 11:00-11:35 p.m.

Brian Patrick, Julie O'Neill, Steve Norris (weather), John Popovich (sports)

[edit] External links

• WCPO.com
• WCPO-DT, WCPO's HDTV station
• WCPO, Ch. 9 (from Scripps)
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WCPO-TV