WKRC-TV
 
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Cincinnati, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | Local 12 (general) Local 12 News (newscasts) The CW Cincinnati (DT2) |
| Slogan | The Local Station |
| Channels | Digital: 12 (VHF/) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS (since 1996; also from 1949–1961) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (WKRC Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | April 4, 1949 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're the Kodel Radio Corporation (former owner of former sister AM radio station) |
| Sister station(s) | WSTR-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 11 (VHF, 1949–1952) 12 (VHF, 1952–2009) Digital: 31 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1961–1996) |
| Transmitter power | 15.55 kW |
| Height | 305 m |
| Facility ID | 11289 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°6′59″N 84°30′7″W / 39.11639°N 84.50194°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
local12.com cwcincinnati.com |
WKRC-TV, VHF digital channel 12, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates MyNetworkTV affiliate WSTR-TV (channel 64) through a local marketing agreement with its owner Deerfield Media. WKRC broadcasts from a combined studio/transmitter facility on Highland Avenue in the Mount Auburn section of Cincinnati.
WKRC-TV first signed on the air on April 4, 1949, originally operating as a CBS affiliate on VHF channel 11; it is Cincinnati's second-oldest television station. The station was owned by the Ohio-based Taft family, who were active in both politics and in media. The Tafts published The Cincinnati Times-Star, and also owned WKRC radio (550 AM and 101.9 FM, now WKRQ) under their broadcasting subsidiary, Radio Cincinnati. In 1958, the Tafts sold the Times-Star to the locally based rival E. W. Scripps Company, owner of the The Cincinnati Post and WCPO-AM-FM-TV. The Tafts' broadcasting interests were then reorganized as Taft Broadcasting, with WKRC-AM-FM-TV as the flagship stations. The WKRC stations' call letters were derived from the original owner of WKRC radio, Clarence Ogden of the Kodel Radio Company ("Ko" for Clarence O. and "dell" for Della his wife).
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