WVIZ
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Cleveland, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | WVIZ |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 25 () |
| Translators | W38ET-D 38 Eastlake |
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| Owner | Ideastream |
| First air date | February 7, 1965 |
| Call letters' meaning | viz. is abbreviation for videlicet, the Latin word meaning "namely" |
| Sister station(s) | WCLV, WCPN |
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| Former affiliations | NET (1965–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 150 kW |
| Height | 336.9 m |
| Facility ID | 18753 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°23′10″N 81°41′21″W / 41.38611°N 81.68917°WCoordinates: 41°23′10″N 81°41′21″W / 41.38611°N 81.68917°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WVIZ, virtual channel 25 (UHF digital channel 26), is the primary PBS member television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by Ideastream. WVIZ shares studio facilities with sister NPR member radio station WCPN (90.3 FM) at the Idea Center on Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland, and its transmitter is located in suburban Parma.
WVIZ also operates a translator, W38ET-D (UHF channel 38), licensed to Eastlake, which serves the far eastern portions of the Cleveland market. Its transmitter is located in Thompson.
WVIZ was founded by Betty Cope, a former producer at Cleveland's ABC affiliate, WEWS (channel 5), who recognized the value of non-commercial educational television for the schools. After a long struggle to clear all the hurdles, the station signed on the air on February 7, 1965, just in time for the start of the Cleveland school year's second semester. It was the 100th public television station to sign on in the United States. The station's original studios were located in Cleveland's Max Hayes Trade School.
The first voice heard on WVIZ was that of Alan R. Stephenson, Ph.D. As the first director of WVIZ's educational television services department, Stephenson's duties included casting, setting budgets, and acting as executive producer for dozens of local non-commercial educational television productions.
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