WLWT, also known as News 5, is a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, broadcasting digitally on UHF channel 35 as an NBC affiliate. The station is owned by Hearst Television. Despite often having been the highest-rated news station in the Cincinnati area in the past, WLWT has been lagging behind rivals WKRC-TV and WCPO-TV in recent years. This can possibly be attributed to the lack of stability among its anchors and meteorologists, as the stat...
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WLWT, also known as News 5, is a television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, broadcasting digitally on UHF channel 35 as an NBC affiliate. The station is owned by Hearst Television. Despite often having been the highest-rated news station in the Cincinnati area in the past, WLWT has been lagging behind rivals WKRC-TV and WCPO-TV in recent years. This can possibly be attributed to the lack of stability among its anchors and meteorologists, as the station as seen a high number of anchor and meteorologist turnover since the 1990's. Several former and current members of WLWT's news staff have been associated with politics, including Jerry Springer, Charlie Luken, Tom Atkins, J. D. Hayworth and Courtis Fuller.
WLWT was established by the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation, owners of WLW radio, one of America's most powerful radio stations. Crosley Broadcasting Corporation was a subsidiary of the Crosley Corporation, which became a subsidiary of the Aviation Corporation (later Avco) in 1945....
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