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Ideastream

April 18, 2024

Ideastream (marketed as Ideastream Public Media) is the main public broadcaster in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, serving both Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio. Its headquarters, newsroom, and radio and television studios are located at the Idea Center in Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland.[3] It operates WKSU (89.7 FM), the region's main radio news service aligned with NPR, and owns classical music/jazz outlet WCLV (90.3 FM) and Cleveland PBS member station WVIZ (channel 25).[4]

Ideastream
Ideastream Public Media
IndustryMass media
GenrePublic radio and television broadcasting
Predecessor
  • Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland
  • Cleveland Public Radio
FoundedCleveland, Ohio (2001 (2001))
Founder
  • Jerrold Wareham
  • Kit Jensen[1]
Headquarters
Cleveland, Ohio
,
US
Key people
  • Kevin E. Martin
  • (president/CEO)
  • Jenny Northern
  • (general manager)
  • Todd Mesek
  • (chief marketing officer)[2]
Websiteideastream.org

Ideastream was formed in July 2001 through a merger of equals between WVIZ and then-NPR member WCPN (since supplanted by WCLV), which up to that point operated separately as Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland and Cleveland Public Radio, respectively. Talks of a cooperative agreement between the two entities began in 1999, but was first proposed in 1993, when co-founder Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ's general manager.[1] WCLV, then operating as a Lorain-licensed station at 104.9 FM, was donated to the group in 2011.[5] Since 2021, Ideastream has operated WKSU and its repeater network on behalf of owner Kent State University,[6] and has been Cleveland and Akron's sole NPR station of record since March 28, 2022.[7] Kevin E. Martin has been the organization's president/CEO since January 9, 2017,[8] succeeding Jerrold Wareham.[9] Jenny Northern, a staffer with WCLV since 2001, was elevated to station manager in 2014[10] and became general manager for all stations in 2020.[11]

All stations in the group jointly rebranded as Ideastream Public Media on June 15, 2021, to celebrate the entity's 20th anniversary.[2]

Radio edit

WKSU edit

Main articles: WKSU and WCPN
 

WKSU was founded by Kent State University in 1950; Ideastream has operated the station since October 1, 2021, via a public service operating agreement with the university. Originally broadcasting solely to the campus population as a non-commercial educational station, WKSU has been an NPR news and information affiliate since 1973, and is the originating radio station for the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum.[12] Licensed to Kent, Ohio, WKSU's signal is rebroadcast full-time over a network of five full-power repeaters and two low-power translators. With a combined 22-county coverage area and potential audience of 3.6 million people, WKSU and its repeater network boast the largest collective footprint for an FM radio station in Ohio.[13] Since 2022, it has also served Lorain County and the western portion of Greater Cleveland via Lorain-licensed WCPN (104.9 FM).[14]

The station and its full-power repeater network carry a roster of four HD Radio subchannels: a simulcast of WKSU's analog transmission, folk music via FolkAlley.com, a simulcast of WCLV and an alternate lineup of news and talk programs.[15][16]

WCLV edit

Main article: WCLV
 

The region's only full-time classical music and jazz outlet, WCLV was founded on November 1, 1962, as a commercial radio station at 95.5 FM.[17] A complex asset and intellectual property swap on July 3, 2001, re-established WCLV on 104.9 FM as part of a long-term plan initiated by founding owners Robert Conrad and Rich Marschner to preserve the format from being subsumed by ownership consolidation in the radio industry.[18][19] With station operations moved to the Idea Center in 2010,[20] WCLV was donated to Ideastream in 2011[5] and converted to non-commercial status in 2013.[21][22] WCLV has been the originating station for Cleveland Orchestra radio broadcasts since 1965 and for Weekend Radio since 1982.[23]

WCLV's current 90.3 FM frequency was previously home to WCPN, one of Ideastream's two founding partners and, from 1984 to 2022, competed with WKSU as the region's other NPR member.[24] It is also the successor station to WBOE, which the Cleveland Board of Education operated from 1938 to 1978,[25] one of the first formally licensed non-commercial educational radio stations on the FM dial and one of the first FM stations in Ohio.[26]

Television edit

Main article: WVIZ
 

Ideastream's television service, WVIZ, was founded on February 7, 1965, as the 100th public television station in the United States.[27] WVIZ at launch boasted the first female general manager of a major-market television station in the United States. Betty Cope, who played an active role in the station's formation and original focus towards educational television programming for school districts and telecourses for area colleges;[28] WVIZ gradually adopted the conventional PBS Kids and PBS lineups starting in the early 1990s. Through WVIZ, Ideastream jointly operates and manages The Ohio Channel (which is carried on a WVIZ subchannel) and the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau.[2][4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Washington, Julie (November 29, 2009). "Ideastream partners WVIZ Channel 25 and WCPN 90.3 enjoy benefits of merger". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Andrus, Calle; Vaselaney, Stacey (June 15, 2021). "ideastream Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Rebrand and Renewed Vision to Strengthen the Community; Becomes Ideastream Public Media" (Press release). Cleveland, Ohio: Ideastream. from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott (July 11, 2014). "Site of the Week 7/11/2014: Cleveland's Ideastream". Fybush.com. from the original on April 1, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via RadioBB.
  4. ^ a b "Stations and Services". Ideastream Public Media. December 19, 2016. from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Classical music station WCLV-FM to join Ideastream". Crain's Cleveland Business. Cleveland, Ohio. May 4, 2011. from the original on May 8, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
  6. ^ Morona, Joey (September 15, 2021). "WKSU, WCPN deal approved by Kent State, combined NPR station to operate at 89.7 FM starting in 2022". cleveland.com. Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer. from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Venta, Lance (February 25, 2022). "Ideastream Sets Cleveland Public Radio Frequency Change Date". RadioInsight. from the original on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022 – via RadioBB.
  8. ^ Connors, Joanna (November 23, 2016). "Ideastream names new CEO: Kevin Martin comes from KQED San Francisco". cleveland.com. Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer. from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "Ideastream chief Jerry Wareham plans to retire". cleveland.com. Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer. June 10, 2016. from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  10. ^ Dawidziak, Mark (July 31, 2014). "Ideastream names new content management team". cleveland.com. Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer. from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "Jenny Northern named first GM for all three ideastream stations". Crain's Cleveland Business. Cleveland, Ohio. February 11, 2020. from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  12. ^ Venta, Lance (September 15, 2021). "Ideastream To Begin Operating WKSU; Swap Frequencies Of WCPN & WCLV Cleveland". RadioInsight. from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via RadioBB.
  13. ^ "Ideastream Public Media & WKSU: Frequently Asked Questions". Ideastream Public Media. ideastream. September 14, 2021. from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  14. ^ Morona, Joey (September 15, 2021). "WKSU, WCPN deal approved by Kent State, combined NPR station to operate at 89.7 FM starting in 2022". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  15. ^ HD Radio Guide for Cleveland September 27, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ HD Radio Guide for Akron, Ohio September 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Gerber, Jacqueline (November 1, 2022). "WCLV Observes 60 Years on the Air Nov. 1". WCLV. Cleveland, Ohio. from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  18. ^ Rosenberg, Donald; Feran, Tom (November 2, 2000). "Arts group will take ownership of WCLV". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. p. 1A. from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via NewsBank.
  19. ^ Quinn, Jim (June 18, 2001). "Seven area radio stations will play musical chairs". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. pp. A1, A5. from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Washington, Julie (February 19, 2011). "WCLV FM/104.9 Fits Right in at Idea Center in Cleveland". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
  21. ^ Lewis, Zachary (September 25, 2012). "Cleveland's WCLV FM/104.9 planning switch to non-commercial format". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  22. ^ Venta, Lance (September 25, 2012). "WCLV Cleveland To Go Non-Commercial". RadioInsight. from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via RadioBB.
  23. ^ Spencer, Carrie (September 2, 2001). "Radio station saves classics, supports the arts". The Tribune. Coshocton, Ohio. Associated Press. p. 2C. from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Dawidziak, Mark (July 13, 1984). "Public radio in Cleveland: News and all that jazz". Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. p. B10. from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ FCC History Cards for WBOE
  26. ^ "Education by FM" (PDF). Broadcasting. Vol. 20, no. 5. February 10, 1941. p. 49. (PDF) from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2022 – via World Radio History.
  27. ^ Dawidziak, Mark (September 16, 2013). "Betty Cope, founding president of WVIZ Channel 25, dies at 87". cleveland.com. Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer. from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  28. ^ Lapin, Andrew (September 20, 2013). "Betty Cope, WVIZ founding g.m., dies at 87". Current. from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Ideastream Public Media Style Guide
  • Statehouse News Bureau

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Ideastream marketed as Ideastream Public Media is the main public broadcaster in Cleveland Ohio United States serving both Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio Its headquarters newsroom and radio and television studios are located at the Idea Center in Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland 3 It operates WKSU 89 7 FM the region s main radio news service aligned with NPR and owns classical music jazz outlet WCLV 90 3 FM and Cleveland PBS member station WVIZ channel 25 4 IdeastreamTrade nameIdeastream Public MediaIndustryMass mediaGenrePublic radio and television broadcastingPredecessorEducational Television Association of Metropolitan ClevelandCleveland Public RadioFoundedCleveland Ohio 2001 2001 FounderJerrold WarehamKit Jensen 1 HeadquartersCleveland Ohio USKey peopleKevin E Martin president CEO Jenny Northern general manager Todd Mesek chief marketing officer 2 Websiteideastream wbr orgIdeastream was formed in July 2001 through a merger of equals between WVIZ and then NPR member WCPN since supplanted by WCLV which up to that point operated separately as Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland and Cleveland Public Radio respectively Talks of a cooperative agreement between the two entities began in 1999 but was first proposed in 1993 when co founder Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ s general manager 1 WCLV then operating as a Lorain licensed station at 104 9 FM was donated to the group in 2011 5 Since 2021 Ideastream has operated WKSU and its repeater network on behalf of owner Kent State University 6 and has been Cleveland and Akron s sole NPR station of record since March 28 2022 7 Kevin E Martin has been the organization s president CEO since January 9 2017 8 succeeding Jerrold Wareham 9 Jenny Northern a staffer with WCLV since 2001 was elevated to station manager in 2014 10 and became general manager for all stations in 2020 11 All stations in the group jointly rebranded as Ideastream Public Media on June 15 2021 to celebrate the entity s 20th anniversary 2 Contents 1 Radio 1 1 WKSU 1 2 WCLV 2 Television 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRadio editWKSU edit Main articles WKSU and WCPN nbsp WKSU was founded by Kent State University in 1950 Ideastream has operated the station since October 1 2021 via a public service operating agreement with the university Originally broadcasting solely to the campus population as a non commercial educational station WKSU has been an NPR news and information affiliate since 1973 and is the originating radio station for the City Club of Cleveland s Friday Forum 12 Licensed to Kent Ohio WKSU s signal is rebroadcast full time over a network of five full power repeaters and two low power translators With a combined 22 county coverage area and potential audience of 3 6 million people WKSU and its repeater network boast the largest collective footprint for an FM radio station in Ohio 13 Since 2022 it has also served Lorain County and the western portion of Greater Cleveland via Lorain licensed WCPN 104 9 FM 14 The station and its full power repeater network carry a roster of four HD Radio subchannels a simulcast of WKSU s analog transmission folk music via FolkAlley com a simulcast of WCLV and an alternate lineup of news and talk programs 15 16 WCLV edit Main article WCLV nbsp The region s only full time classical music and jazz outlet WCLV was founded on November 1 1962 as a commercial radio station at 95 5 FM 17 A complex asset and intellectual property swap on July 3 2001 re established WCLV on 104 9 FM as part of a long term plan initiated by founding owners Robert Conrad and Rich Marschner to preserve the format from being subsumed by ownership consolidation in the radio industry 18 19 With station operations moved to the Idea Center in 2010 20 WCLV was donated to Ideastream in 2011 5 and converted to non commercial status in 2013 21 22 WCLV has been the originating station for Cleveland Orchestra radio broadcasts since 1965 and for Weekend Radio since 1982 23 WCLV s current 90 3 FM frequency was previously home to WCPN one of Ideastream s two founding partners and from 1984 to 2022 competed with WKSU as the region s other NPR member 24 It is also the successor station to WBOE which the Cleveland Board of Education operated from 1938 to 1978 25 one of the first formally licensed non commercial educational radio stations on the FM dial and one of the first FM stations in Ohio 26 Television editMain article WVIZ nbsp Ideastream s television service WVIZ was founded on February 7 1965 as the 100th public television station in the United States 27 WVIZ at launch boasted the first female general manager of a major market television station in the United States Betty Cope who played an active role in the station s formation and original focus towards educational television programming for school districts and telecourses for area colleges 28 WVIZ gradually adopted the conventional PBS Kids and PBS lineups starting in the early 1990s Through WVIZ Ideastream jointly operates and manages The Ohio Channel which is carried on a WVIZ subchannel and the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau 2 4 See also editWNEO WEAO Northeast Ohio s secondary PBS member station and Youngstown s primary PBS station References edit a b Washington Julie November 29 2009 Ideastream partners WVIZ Channel 25 and WCPN 90 3 enjoy benefits of merger The Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio Archived from the original on July 4 2020 Retrieved November 30 2009 a b c Andrus Calle Vaselaney Stacey June 15 2021 ideastream Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Rebrand and Renewed Vision to Strengthen the Community Becomes Ideastream Public Media Press release Cleveland Ohio Ideastream Archived from the original on June 27 2022 Retrieved June 26 2022 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 a b Stations and Services Ideastream Public Media December 19 2016 Archived from the original on December 16 2021 Retrieved June 2 2022 a b Classical music station WCLV FM to join Ideastream Crain s Cleveland Business Cleveland Ohio May 4 2011 Archived from the original on May 8 2011 Retrieved December 3 2011 Morona Joey September 15 2021 WKSU WCPN deal approved by Kent State combined NPR station to operate at 89 7 FM starting in 2022 cleveland com Cleveland Ohio The Plain Dealer Archived from the original on September 17 2021 Retrieved September 19 2021 Venta Lance February 25 2022 Ideastream Sets Cleveland Public Radio Frequency Change Date RadioInsight Archived from the original on February 25 2022 Retrieved February 25 2022 via RadioBB Connors Joanna November 23 2016 Ideastream names new CEO Kevin Martin comes from KQED San Francisco cleveland com Cleveland Ohio The Plain Dealer Archived from the original on July 6 2022 Retrieved July 6 2022 Ideastream chief Jerry Wareham plans to retire cleveland com Cleveland Ohio The Plain Dealer June 10 2016 Archived from the original on July 6 2022 Retrieved July 6 2022 Dawidziak Mark July 31 2014 Ideastream names new content management team cleveland com Cleveland Ohio The Plain Dealer Archived from the original on July 6 2022 Retrieved July 6 2022 Jenny Northern named first GM for all three ideastream stations Crain s Cleveland Business Cleveland Ohio February 11 2020 Archived from the original on October 28 2020 Retrieved July 6 2022 Venta Lance September 15 2021 Ideastream To Begin Operating WKSU Swap Frequencies Of WCPN amp WCLV Cleveland RadioInsight Archived from the original on September 16 2021 Retrieved September 19 2021 via RadioBB Ideastream Public Media amp WKSU Frequently Asked Questions Ideastream Public Media ideastream September 14 2021 Archived from the original on December 17 2021 Retrieved September 19 2021 Morona Joey September 15 2021 WKSU WCPN deal approved by Kent State combined NPR station to operate at 89 7 FM starting in 2022 The Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio Archived from the original on September 17 2021 Retrieved September 19 2021 HD Radio Guide for Cleveland Archived September 27 2015 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Akron Ohio Archived September 22 2018 at the Wayback Machine Gerber Jacqueline November 1 2022 WCLV Observes 60 Years on the Air Nov 1 WCLV Cleveland Ohio Archived from the original on November 30 2022 Retrieved November 29 2022 Rosenberg Donald Feran Tom November 2 2000 Arts group will take ownership of WCLV The Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio p 1A Archived from the original on March 29 2022 Retrieved September 22 2021 via NewsBank Quinn Jim June 18 2001 Seven area radio stations will play musical chairs Akron Beacon Journal Akron Ohio pp A1 A5 Archived from the original on August 15 2021 Retrieved August 14 2021 via Newspapers com Washington Julie February 19 2011 WCLV FM 104 9 Fits Right in at Idea Center in Cleveland The Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio Archived from the original on February 20 2011 Retrieved March 22 2011 Lewis Zachary September 25 2012 Cleveland s WCLV FM 104 9 planning switch to non commercial format The Plain Dealer Cleveland Ohio Archived from the original on September 29 2012 Retrieved September 27 2012 Venta Lance September 25 2012 WCLV Cleveland To Go Non Commercial RadioInsight Archived from the original on March 29 2022 Retrieved March 28 2022 via RadioBB Spencer Carrie September 2 2001 Radio station saves classics supports the arts The Tribune Coshocton Ohio Associated Press p 2C Archived from the original on March 29 2022 Retrieved March 28 2022 via Newspapers com Dawidziak Mark July 13 1984 Public radio in Cleveland News and all that jazz Akron Beacon Journal Akron Ohio p B10 Archived from the original on August 17 2021 Retrieved July 21 2020 via Newspapers com FCC History Cards for WBOE Education by FM PDF Broadcasting Vol 20 no 5 February 10 1941 p 49 Archived PDF from the original on November 8 2021 Retrieved July 26 2022 via World Radio History Dawidziak Mark September 16 2013 Betty Cope founding president of WVIZ Channel 25 dies at 87 cleveland com Cleveland Ohio The Plain Dealer Archived from the original on July 2 2022 Retrieved July 2 2022 Lapin Andrew September 20 2013 Betty Cope WVIZ founding g m dies at 87 Current Archived from the original on July 2 2022 Retrieved July 2 2022 External links editOfficial website Ideastream Public Media Style Guide Statehouse News Bureau Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ideastream amp oldid 1171870252, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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