WTVG
 
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Toledo, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | 13 ABC (general) 13 ABC Action News (newscasts) CW 13 (DT2) |
| Slogan | This Is Home |
| Channels | Digital: 13 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 13.1 ABC 13.2 The CW 13.3 WeatherNation |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| Founded | July 21, 1948 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're TV in the Glass City (nickname for Toledo) |
| Sister station(s) | WJRT-TV |
| Former callsigns | WSPD-TV (1948–1979) |
| Former channel number(s) | 13 (VHF analog, 1948–2009) 19 (UHF digital, 1996–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC (1948–1995; secondary 1965–1970) ABC (1948–1970; secondary until 1965) CBS (secondary, 1948–1958) DuMont (secondary, 1948–1955) AccuWX (DT3, 2006?–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 16.7 kW |
| Height | 305.4 m |
| Facility ID | 74150 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°41′0″N 83°24′49″W / 41.68333°N 83.41361°W |
| Website | www |
WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated and The CW-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. Owned by Gray Television, the station's studios and offices are located on Dorr Street (SR 246) in Toledo and its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio.
The station signed on the air on July 21, 1948 as WSPD-TV, owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WSPD radio (1370 AM and FM 101.5, now WRVF). The studios were originally located at 136 Huron St. in downtown Toledo. It was Toledo's first television station, and the first television station in the Storer Broadcasting chain.
Originally, the station carried programming from all four television networks: ABC, NBC, CBS and DuMont. However, it was a primary NBC affiliate, owing to its radio sisters' long affiliation with NBC radio. DuMont shut down in 1955, leaving WSPD-TV affiliated with just the big three networks.
In 1958, however, CBS moved its affiliation to newly signed-on WTOL-TV (channel 11), owing to its long affiliation with WTOL radio. WSPD kept its ABC and NBC affiliations. WTOL picked up NBC programming not carried by WSPD-TV, and in 1965, became officially a co-affiliate of NBC with WSPD-TV. In 1961, WSPD radio moved to new studios in downtown Toledo, where they remain, WSPD-TV's studio building was remodeled within a year. WSPD-TV became an exclusive NBC affiliate in 1970 when Overmyer Broadcasting, then owner of then-independent WDHO-TV (channel 24, now WNWO-TV), persuaded ABC to move its affiliation there. By then, WSPD-TV had become the first Northwest Ohio station to broadcast in color.
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