WLMO-LP
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Lima, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | CBS Lima (general) Your News Now (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your Hometown Lima Stations |
| Channels |
Analog: 38 (UHF) Digital: WOHL-CD 35.2 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS (2002–present) |
| Owner |
Block Communications (West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Founded | September 22, 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | LiMa, Ohio |
| Sister station(s) | WLQP-LP, WOHL-CD, WLIO |
| Former callsigns | W65DP (1998–2002) |
| Former channel number(s) | 65 (UHF, 1998–2002) |
| Former affiliations |
Fox (1998–2002, as repeater of WOHL) America One (secondary) |
| Transmitter power | 5.3 kW 9 kW (WOHL-CD2) |
| Height | 116 m 168 m (WOHL-CD2) |
| Facility ID | 70612 68549 (WOHL-CD2) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
40°44′51″N 84°7′54.5″W / 40.74750°N 84.131806°W 40°38′3.0″N 84°12′29″W / 40.634167°N 84.20806°W (WOHL-CD2) |
| Website | www.hometownstations.com |
WLMO-LP is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Lima. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter on Rice Avenue in the city. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 11. Owned by Block Communications, the channel is sister to NBC affiliate WLIO and ABC affiliates WOHL-CD and WLQP-LP; the stations all share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown. Syndicated programming on WLMO includes: Access Hollywood, Friends, George Lopez and The Dr. Oz Show. This station can also be seen on WOHL-CD's second digital subchannel on UHF channel 35 which transmits at the same location.
The station signed-on September 22, 1998 with the calls W65DP. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 65 and was a full-time repeater of WOHL-LP (now WOHL-CD). The channel was spun off in 2002 and became a CBS affiliate with the calls WLMO-LP while moving to UHF channel 38. This aired from a transmitter west of Cridersville in Auglaize County. After picking up CBS, WLMO fought an uphill battle with Time Warner. The company initially refused to carry the station on its Lima system due to the presence of two other CBS affiliates, WHIO-TV from Dayton and WBNS-TV in Columbus. The latter replaced Toledo's WTOL-TV and WHIO was widely considered the de facto CBS affiliate for the Lima market.
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