  wews-tv, virtual channel 5 (uhf digital channel 15), is an abc-affiliated television station located in cleveland, ohio, united states. the station is owned by the e. w. scripps company. wews-tv maintains studio facilities located on euclid avenue (near i-90) in downtown cleveland, and its transmitter is located in the cleveland suburb of parma. ==history== the station first signed on the air on december 17, 1947,wews history â news net 5.com as the first commercially licensed television station in ohio. the call letters denote the initials of the parent company's founder, edward willis scripps. the station is the oldest in cleveland to maintain the same channel position (as an analog broadcaster), ownership and call letters since its sign-on. a few weeks before wews-tv's sign-on, scripps launched wews-fm (102.1, the frequency is now occupied by wdok) as an outlet for wews-tv personalities to gain on-air experience before the launch of the television station. channel 5's first broadcast was of a christmas pageant run by the station's corporate cousin, the cleveland press.wews history â case western reserve university its staff included capable producers jim breslin and betty cope, who would later become president of wviz (channel 25). in october 1948, wews, still cleveland
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