WUAB

rdf:langString WUAB

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rdf:langString John Lanigan

rdf:langString John Chaffee

rdf:langString Michael A. Schuch

rdf:langString CW 43; 19 News

rdf:langString WUAB

rdf:langString "United Artists Broadcasting"

rdf:langString Lorain, Ohio

rdf:langString United States

rdf:langString Gray Television Licensee, LLC

rdf:langString WUAB 2018 Logo.png

rdf:langString At left, the CW network logo in green. To the right in sans serifs, a green number 43. On top of both is the lettering "CLEVELAND", aligned to the right.

rdf:langString The competition doesn't bother me, I feel good about it. The adrenalin is flowing. Look, it either brings out the best in you or you get out of the business.

rdf:langString That show was like an early cable station. It went all over the place … Canada, New York and Pennsylvania. People like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Don Rickles came on the show. I was walking around in Moscow once and somebody from across the street yelled "What’s the Prize Movie today?"

rdf:langString When WUAB started with the Indians in 1980, the Eagles had a hit record titled The Long Run. That's how we feel about this: we're in for the long run.

rdf:langString If anybody calls, tell 'em Barnaby said hello. And tell them I think that you are the nicest person in the whole world. Just you.

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rdf:langString WOIO

rdf:langString WUAB general manager

rdf:langString customary ending to each "Barnaby" episode

rdf:langString president of WUAB operator Malrite Communications

rdf:langString WUAB (channel 43) is a television station licensed to Lorain, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTCL-LD (channel 6) and Shaker Heights–licensed CBS affiliate WOIO (channel 19), the latter station whose full-power spectrum WUAB transmits over via a channel sharing agreement. WUAB, WOIO and WTCL-LD share studios on the ground floor of the Reserve Square building in Downtown Cleveland, with WUAB and WOIO sharing transmitter facilities at the West Creek Reservation in Parma. Founded in 1968 by the United Artists film studio, from which its call sign is derived from, WUAB was originally one of two ultra high frequency (UHF) independent stations to sign on in the Cleveland market, doing so eight months after Kaiser Broadcasting's WKBF-TV signed on. Prevailing over WKBF-TV in a seven-year-long battle for advertisers and audience, WUAB became one of the highest-rated UHF independent stations in the country by 1971, aided by a strong lineup of off-network reruns, feature films, sporting events, and popular local talent. Purchased by Gaylord Broadcasting in 1977, WUAB bolstered its sports presence as the over-the-air home for Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers telecasts in 1980 and established a news department in 1988, with a cable television footprint spanning multiple states. The station was acquired by Stephen J. Cannell in 1990 but taken over by WOIO owner Malrite Communications in 1994 via a local marketing agreement, taking effect at the same time WOIO became the market's CBS affiliate and helping provide that station with a news service. A charter affiliate for both UPN and The WB from 1995 to 1997, WUAB became an exclusive UPN affiliate until the network's 2006 closure, subsequently linking up with MyNetworkTV in 2006 and The CW in 2018. Acquired outright by Malrite's successor Raycom Media in 2000, WUAB and WOIO have been in Gray Television's portfolio from 2019 onward, adding startup Telemundo affiliate WTCL-LD as a third station in 2022.