The new Cleveland CBS affiliate, WOIO, unlike WBNS-TV, did not reach Mansfield with a Grade B signal. In 1995, WBNS-TV replaced Cleveland's WJW-TV as the default affiliate in the Mansfield area (part of the Cleveland– Akron DMA) after WJW became a Fox broadcast outlet. Several KNN kids have gone on to pursue careers in television news or public relations in central Ohio. Throughout much of the 1990s and early years of the millennium, WBNS-TV was home to the 10TV Kids News Network (KNN) a local show, "produced by kids, for kids." The half-hour show aired Saturday mornings. The station also featured " Fritz the Nite Owl," who hosted midnight movies during the 1970s, and the Sunday state government talk show called Capital Square in the 1990s. WBNS-TV was known for its locally produced shows Flippo the Clown, Luci's Toyshop, Franz the Toymaker, The Judge, and programs hosted by popular Columbus Zoo and Aquarium personality Jack Hanna ( Hanna's Ark). The Wolfe family, who purchased the Dispatch in 1905, sold the newspaper and related assets to New Media Investment Group in June 2015. The FCC has largely prohibited common ownership of co-located print and broadcast media since the mid-1970s. Channel 10 maintained common ownership with The Columbus Dispatch, the city's lone remaining daily newspaper and the "N" in the station's call letters, until 2015 under an exemption of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s cross-ownership rules.
The WBNS call letters stand for "Wolfe Bank Newspaper and Shoes", the businesses owned by the company's longtime owners, the Wolfe family. It is also one of only a few stations in the country to have had the same call letters and primary network affiliation throughout its history. Channel 10 has used the on-air branding of 10TV since 1977. It is currently the ninth longest-tenured CBS affiliate. WBNS radio had been a CBS Radio Network affiliate for almost 20 years, so channel 10 immediately joined the CBS television network. WBNS-TV began operations on October 5, 1949. WCMH-TV and most of Columbus' FM radio stations also broadcast from the candelabra tower. Neither Booth nor General Manager John Cardenas immediately returned calls for comment.Ĭolumbus raised, Booth often discussed science and esoteric weather facts.Former WBNS-TV broadcast tower (left), next to the candelabra tower from which WBNS-TV and WBNS-FM now broadcast.
Now she can watch her ‘baby’ on TV," he told TVSpy. “What’s better is that I get to come work for the station that I, along with my family, grew up watching.
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Previously, he was the chief meteorologist at WKEF–WRGT in Dayton, according to TVSpy, which covers the local TV news industry.Īt the time, Booth indicated his excitement at moving back to Columbus. "I enjoy bringing you the weather every morning, but I need (to) step back, spend some time with the family and get some much needed rest," Booth posted. I'm leaving 10TV and the field of broadcasting for a while," he announced late Sunday on social media. "A lot of you might be wondering where I have been over the past few days. Jeff Booth, a meteorologist with WBNS-TV (Channel 10) who worked the morning shift, is leaving his job.
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