WKBF-TV
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Cleveland, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | WKBF Channel 61 |
| Channels | Analog: 61 (UHF) |
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Kaiser Broadcasting (co-owner, 1968–1975) Frank V. Mavec and Associates (co-owner, 1968–1975) Field Communications (co-owner with Kaiser and Mavec, 1973–1975) |
| First air date | January 19, 1968 |
| Last air date | April 25, 1975 |
| Call letters' meaning | W Kaiser Broadcasting Field |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1968–1975) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
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Profile CDBS |
WKBF-TV, UHF analog channel 61, was an independent television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The station was owned as a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting, Frank V. Mavec and Associates and, later, Field Communications (the latter owned a minority stake in the station from 1972 to 1975). WKBF is perhaps the least remembered for its position in television history, although many nationally recognized broadcast professionals began their career at the station. The station operated from studio facilities located on St. Clair Avenue in Euclid. WKBF's microwave studio-transmitter link (STL) was assigned the microwave license of KZM-32.
As the newest member of the Kaiser Broadcasting chain of independent stations (which included WKBD-TV in Detroit, WKBS-TV (frequency now occupied by WGTW-TV) in Philadelphia, WKBG-TV (now WLVI) in Boston, WFLD-TV in Chicago, KBHK-TV (now known as KBCW) in San Francisco, and KBSC-TV (now KVEA) in Los Angeles), WKBF-TV first signed on the air on January 19, 1968; when the station began operation, its first day of broadcast was delayed due to one of the worst snowstorms to hit the area that winter.
WKBF was the first commercial UHF television station to sign on the air in Cuyahoga County, and it paved the way for other commercial UHF stations that would debut later, such as WUAB (channel 43, with whom it later merged) and WOIO (channel 19). The first video footage transmitted on the station was a simple sentence on a hand-lettered message board reading, "We made it Cleveland", accompanied by a 1,000 hertz tone (normally used for system calibration).
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