31. Channel 5 WLWT
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 412-5000
Address: 1700 Young Street
Description: This NBC affiliate’s newscasts offer solid reportage on beats such as education and personal health but also place a heavy emphasis on the crime du jour. Channel 5 is known as “the mayor’s station.” That’s because two of the station’s anchormen—Charlie Luken and Jerry Springer (yes, that Jerry Springer)—have served as mayor of Cincinnati. A third anchor, Courtis Fuller, recently ran for the office as well. Must be something in the newsroom’s water.
32. Channel 9 WCPO
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 721-9900
Address: 1720 Gilbert Avenue
Description: This ABC affiliate is generally considered the best station for hard news in town, plus it broadcasts some award-winning I-Team investigative reports. Channel 9 dominated the ratings for many years as a CBS affiliate. Nielsen numbers show Channel 9 has been the local ratings leader for early-evening news for two consecutive years and in second place for the 11:00 p.m. nightly news. Anchor Clyde Gray has been manning the desk for the better part of two decades. Other veterans include Carol Williams, John Popovich, and Hagit Limor knocking out I-Team investigative reports.
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Address: 1906 Highland Avenue
34. Channel 19 WXIX
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 421-1919
Address: 635 West Seventh Street
Description: The Fox affiliate, “Fox 19” offers a 10:00 p.m. newscast for those who like to retire early. The news team includes Jack Atherton, Tricia Macke, and Rich Appuzzo.
35. Channel 48 WCET
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 381-4033
Address: 1223 Central Avenue
Description: The first public television station in America (its call letters are short for Children’s Educational Television), this PBS affiliate airs the predictable fare as well as reruns of Mystery! and Ken Burns’s various documentaries. Don’t miss the channel’s Cincinnati Pops specials.
36. Channel 54 WKET
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (859) 258-7000
Address: 600 Cooper Road, Covington
Description: The town’s other PBS affiliate. Airs much the same as Channel 48, though the Covington station’s Kentucky programming includes some terrific bluegrass and down-home music.
37. Channel 64 WSTR
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 641-4400
Address: 5177 Fishwick Drive
Description: The CB affiliate, it’s otherwise known as Star 64. Programming includes endless reruns of Seinfeld and other sitcoms from the ’80s and ’90s.
38. Adelphia
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (888) 683-1000
Address: 1272 Ebenezer Road
Description: This company serves rural areas on the extreme western side of Greater Cincinnati, including Delhi, Miami, Whitewater, Cleves, Addyston, and North Bend.
39. Insight Communications
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (859) 431-0300
Address: 717 Madison Avenue, Covington
Description: Insight Communications serves all of Northern Kentucky with two levels: basic (24 channels) and classic (more than 78 channels). Prices for the basic package differ depending on the location.
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Address: 11252 Cornell Park Drive
41. TWC Cable of Ohio
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 896-5455
Address: 341 City Centre Mall
Description: TWC serves Butler County. It offers basic and expanded packages.
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Address: 8044 Montgomery Road
43. WEBN (102.7 FM)
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 621-9326
Address: 8044 Montgomery Road
Description: This is the station every teenager in town grew up on, tuning in the morning Dawn Patrol. Programming on “the Frog” is album-oriented rock, cutting-edge comedy, and antics. Named Mainstream Rock Station of the Year by Billboard magazine, the station is perhaps known best for organizing the ’EBN Fireworks (also known as Riverfest) and for outlandish billboards.
44. WUBE (105.1 FM)
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 699-5105
Address: 2060 Reading Road
Description: “B105” spins country music. This Infinity Broadcasting station has been honored recently as the Country Music Association’s large-market station of the year.
45. WGRR (103.5 FM)
City: Cincinnati, OH
Category: Media
Telephone: (513) 699-5103
Address: 2060 Reading Road
Description: “Great oldies all the time” is the motto of this Infinity Broadcasting station specializing in rock oldies from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s.