![]() ![]() The first live high-definition broadcast on the station's digital signal, WBNS-DT, took place in September 1998 in which the broadcast was a football game between Ohio State and West Virginia, making the station a pioneer in American digital television. ![]() WBNS also replaced Toledo CBS affiliate WTOL on cable television in the Lima DMA. The new Cleveland CBS affiliate, WOIO, unlike WBNS-TV, did not reach Mansfield with a Grade B signal. In 1995, WBNS-TV replaced Cleveland's WJW-TV as the default affiliate in the Mansfield area (part of the Cleveland-Akron DMA) after WJW went to Fox. WBNS-TV usually rotates games among the three teams with followings in the Columbus market-the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals (all of whom are part of the CBS package for the American Football Conference). However, since 2002, WBNS-TV has returned to a dominant position due to stronger CBS programming and CBS' reacquisition of Sunday-afternoon NFL telecasts. From then until the to the mid 2000s, WBNS-TV and WCMH bounced back and forth for first place at 11 PM (and were virtually tied for ratings leads). The first major challenge to channel 10's dominance occurred in 1985, when WCMH began featuring the popular anchor team (and then-married couple) of Doug Adair and Mona Scott. In fact, for many years a popular saying in Columbus was "4 and 6 don't equal 10", referring to WBNS-TV and its rivals, WLWC/WCMH-TV (channel 4) and WTVN-TV/WSYX (channel 6). It has been the TV home of Wheel of Fortune since 1983 and Jeopardy! since 1984.Īppropriately for a station with roots in a newspaper, WBNS-TV has been a consistent ratings leader in programming and news for most of the time since records have been kept. WBNS-TV was the first television station in the Columbus market to debut a news helicopter, "10TV Sk圜am" (now "Chopper 10") in 1979, satellite news truck "10TV Skybeam" in 1986 and launch the Ohio News Network in 1997, which shares studio and office space with WBNS. Several KNN kids have gone on to pursue careers in television news or public relations in central Ohio. Throughout much of the 1990s and early years of the millennium WBNS-TV was home to the 10TV Kids News Network (KNN) a local show, "Produced by kids, for kids." The half-hour show aired Saturday mornings. The station also featured " Fritz the Nite Owl," who hosted midnight movies during the 1970s and Sunday state government talk called Capital Square in the 1990s. WBNS-TV was known to produce such children's programming as Flippo the Clown, Romper Room, Luci's Toyshop and programs hosted by popular Columbus Zoo personality Jack Hanna. It is also one of only a few stations in the country to have had the same owner, call letters and primary network affiliation throughout its history, as well as the only major station in town still owned by Ohio interests. Channel 10 has used the on-air branding of 10TV since 1977. It is currently the fourth longest-tenured CBS affiliate, behind WUSA in Washington, D.C., WBTV in Charlotte and WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina. WBNS radio had been a CBS affiliate for almost 30 years, so channel 10 immediately joined CBS television. The call letters stand for Wolfe's Banks, News and Shoes, identifying to the owning Wolfe family's separate businesses in Columbus. ![]() WBNS-TV began operations on October 5, 1949.
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