WUAB
 
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Lorain/Cleveland, Ohio United States |
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| City | Lorain, Ohio |
| Branding | CLE 43 (general) Cleveland 19 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
Cleveland's Go-To Place for Everything (general) Cleveland's News Center (newscasts) |
| Channels |
Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 43 () |
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| Owner |
Raycom Media, Inc. (WOIO License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | September 15, 1968 |
| Call letters' meaning |
United Artists Broadcasting (founding owner) |
| Sister station(s) | WOIO |
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| Transmitter power | 200 kW |
| Height | 337 m |
| Facility ID | 8532 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°22′45″N 81°43′12″W / 41.37917°N 81.72000°WCoordinates: 41°22′45″N 81°43′12″W / 41.37917°N 81.72000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WUAB, virtual channel 43 (UHF digital channel 28), is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Cleveland and Akron, Ohio, United States that is licensed to Lorain. The station is owned by Raycom Media, as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate WOIO (channel 19). The two stations share studio facilities located on East 12th Street in downtown Cleveland; WUAB's transmitter is located in suburban Parma.
The station first signed on the air on September 15, 1968; WUAB was originally owned by United Artists Broadcasting (owned by the studio of the same name, then a Transamerica property). Eddie Manheim of Marcus Advertising handled the first promotions for the station; billboard advertisements placed across Cleveland promoting channel 43's pending debut read "September 15th. Our First Date". WUAB was the second commercial UHF station in the area; WKBF-TV (channel 61) had beaten it to the air by eight months. Its main studio was in a combination bowling alley kiddie's room and a trailer at the Parmatown shopping center in suburban Parma, with sales offices in downtown Cleveland. WUAB personalities in its early years included professional wrestling host/staff announcer Jack Reynolds,Linn Sheldon (host of the children's show "Barnaby"), Marty Sullivan (also known as Saturday afternoon movie host "Superhost"), and John Lanigan, who hosted the daily Prize Movie.
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