[116][117], As the school year began on September 12, 1978, Cleveland's teachers union went on strike,[118] closing all school buildings and preventing in-school instructional programming from resuming over WBOE. WKSU general manager John Perry noted that during a recent pledge drive, $85,000 out of the $105,000 raised came outside of NPR's offerings, speaking to WKSU's health and strength; Perry was optimistic of both stations co-existing as WCPN focused more on ethnic programming and jazz. WCPN decided to adopt a jazz music format after studies commissioned by the board of trustees found that no station in the market programmed contemporary jazz,[161] along with a need for increased local news coverage after the Cleveland Press folded in 1982. Progressive Insurance donated $48,000 earmarked for news coverage on urban-related issues and pledged an additional $10,000 if WCPN met a pledge drive goal of 248 additional supporters. By February 1932, the district moved their broadcasts back to WTAM, now NBC-owned, which offered them a daily block of airtime. Published: Dec. 11, 2021, 5:30 a.m. Cleveland's classical music radio station WCLV-FM has been broadcasting from The Idea Center at Cleveland's Playhouse Square as part of the Ideastream . [205] After the Ohio State Legislature inserted language into the state budget mandating the ethnic shows remain as-is in exchange for state funding[206] said changes were rescinded. [196] 90.3 at 9 (the former InfOhio After Nine) host Cindi Deutschman-Ruiz also left the station, with the show renamed The Sound of Ideas under succeeding hosts Dan Moulthrop and Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett. [178], Cleveland mayor George Voinovich expressed outrage over the cancellations and called on an investigation by the FCC[179] while Senator Howard Metzenbaum delayed passage of a budget bill for NPR unless WCPN restored the ethnic fare, but Jensen vowed not to reverse course and received moral support from management at other public radio stations. A transmitter and FM exciter[32] were donated to the station by FM's inventor, Major Edwin Howard Armstrong, who was impressed with the station's educational work during a tour of their facilities. [230], Ideastream general manager Jenny Northern, WCLV air host Bill O'Connell and station president/co-founder Robert Conrad each expressed hope the frequency change would bring back longtime listeners adversely affected following WCLV's 2001 move to the 104.9 FM facility. Honoring an icon: Philadelphia's Patty Jackson historic Walk of Fame Between January 1 and April 1, 2022, Ideastream will realign the stations as WKSU will become the . [63] Starting in 1960 and running through 1967, the station aired Healthlines, a weekly series aimed at physicians by the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northeast Ohio that WGAR originated.
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