WUAB

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WUAB (channel 43) is an independent television station licensed to Lorain, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland area. WUAB is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS affiliate WOIO (channel 19), Telemundo affiliate WTCL-LD (channel 6) and WOHZ-CD (channel 22). All four stations have studios on the ground floor of the Reserve Square building in Downtown Cleveland. WUAB transmits over WOIO's full-power spectrum via a channel sharing agreement and both stations share transmitter facilities in suburban Parma. Founded in 1968 by the United Artists film studio, from which its call sign is derived, 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 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...