WTOL
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WTOL is the CBS
- affiliated
television station licensed in Toledo, Ohio
. The station broadcasts on channel 11 (RF and PSIP) and can be seen quite clearly throughout Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan
(including Detroit), and southwest Ontario
(including Windsor
and Essex County
, where it was formally carried by Cogeco Cable systems along with WTVG
and WNWO until 2009). WTOL is owned by Raycom Media
and their studio is located in downtown Toledo. Syndicated programming on WTOL includes: Jeopardy!
, Wheel Of Fortune
, Dr. Phil
and America Now
.
affiliate WSPD-TV (now WTVG
) until 1970, when WDHO-TV (now WNWO-TV
) replaced WSPD-TV as the ABC affiliate. WTOL has been exclusively affiliated with CBS ever since. WTOL is also the only station in Toledo to never change its primary affiliation.
The station was originally owned by the Clients of Toledo, Ohio Investors along with WTOL radio (AM 1230, now WCWA
; and FM 104.7, now WIOT
). It was sold to Filmways
(now part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
) in 1962. The Broadcasting Company of the South, a subsidiary of South Carolina
insurer Liberty Life Insurance Company, bought WTOL in 1965 and later changed its name to Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation. Liberty reorganized itself as a holding company, The Liberty Corporation, in 1974, and WTOL came directly under the Liberty banner after Liberty sold off its insurance business in 2003. Liberty merged with Raycom Media
in 2005. Raycom already owned WNWO, but couldn't keep both because the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) does not allow one person to own two of the four biggest stations in a single market. It opted to keep the higher-rated WTOL and sold WNWO to Barrington Broadcasting
.
In December 1994, WTOL replaced Detroit's WJBK
on the lineup of CANCOM (later Shaw Broadcast Services), which provided American networks to cable and satellite viewers across Canada. WJBK had recently switched from CBS to Fox
, and WTOL was the nearest large-market CBS station to Detroit. WTOL was part of CANCOM until 1999, when it was replaced with Detroit's WWJ-TV
. From 1995 to ca. 1999, WTOL was carried in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
through Newfoundland and Labrador
's main cable company, Cable Atlantic
, before being sold to Rogers Cable
in 2001.
During this time, WTOL was the de facto CBS affiliate for the southern part of the Detroit market, as WWJ-TV was all but unviewable in that area at the time.
WTOL preempted network programming for many years, but in recent years has carried the entire CBS network schedule. The only significant exceptions are for the airing of Billy Graham
and St. Jude's Hospital specials. As of April 2006 it is still the most watched television station in Toledo. As of May, WTOL topped the ratings in every newscast, except for mornings, where WTVG took the ratings crown.
Since their debuts in syndication, both Jeopardy!
and Wheel of Fortune have aired on WTOL.
Ever since its national debut, The Oprah Winfrey Show
has been shown on WTOL. Oprah Winfrey
ended her show on May 25, 2011. WTOL's 4:00 p.m. time slot was taken over by the daily lifestyle magazine show America Now
co-hosted by Leeza Gibbons
and Bill Rancic
beginning September 12, 2011.
Currently, WTOL doesn't broadcast any syndicated programming in high definition.
For many years, WTOL was known on-air as "Toledo Eleven" or "Toledo 11". WTOL is also one of ten television stations that air consumer reports from John Matarese of ABC affiliate WCPO in Cincinnati. WTOL is also one of a few television stations that air the "Does it Work?" reports by Lauren Keith of sister station KFVS-TV
in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
.
The Ohio Lottery
drawings have been originally shown on WTOL since the televised drawings began. However, on July 1, 2011, WTOL no longer broadcasted the nightly drawings or the game show Cash Explosion
. The drawings and Cash Explosion were moved over to rival station WTVG channel 13.
In late September 2011, WTOL anchors began using Apple i-Pads
during newscasts. WTOL is the second television station in Toledo to use iPads. WTVG was the first station to start using the technology.
In October 2011, WTOL was certified in having the most accurate weather forecasts in all of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. The certification came from WeatheRate, the only independent weather forecast verification company in the United States.
high definition
, and field coverage is in 16:9
enhanced definition. On August 9, 2011, WTOL began using HD graphics in its entire newscasts. Before, WTOL only used HD graphics in its weather forecasts. WTOL is the second news station in Toledo to make the upgrade to high definition. WTVG channel 13 was the first to begin broadcasting in HD on July 2, 2010. WNWO began broadcastins news in 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen on August 15, 2011.
Digital channels>
Channel
Video
Aspect
Programming
11.1
1080i
16:9
Main WTOL programming / CBS
11.2
480i
4:3
WTOL 11 News Now
On June 12, 2009, WTOL turned off its analog signal. The station's digital signal relocated to channel 11 following the digital transition. Channel 11 DTV transmits at a lower power than it did on Channel 17 DTV, so in some locations, there has been a reduction in coverage. Many VHF stations are applying to the FCC for power increases to restore their coverage area after moving from UHF back to VHF.
Anchors
Weather
Sports
Reporters
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Shelly Brown and Paul Kwapich
. Local teams that appear on WTOL include Cleveland Browns
regular season games (from NFL on CBS
). Since WTOL's normal coverage area reaches within 75 miles of the Browns' home Cleveland Browns Stadium
(including Sandusky, Norwalk, Bellevue, and Clyde) it IS part of the Browns' blackout area. WTOL will also carry Pittsburgh Steelers
regular season games, due to the Browns-Steelers rivalry.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
- affiliated
Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry , a network affiliate is a local broadcaster which carries some or all of the television program or radio program line-up of a television or radio network, but is owned by a company other than the owner of the network...
television station licensed in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
. The station broadcasts on channel 11 (RF and PSIP) and can be seen quite clearly throughout Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan
Southeast Michigan
Southeast Michigan, also called Southeastern Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan that is home to a majority of the state's businesses and industries as well as slightly over half of the state's population, most of whom are concentrated in Metro...
(including Detroit), and southwest Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
(including Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
and Essex County
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...
, where it was formally carried by Cogeco Cable systems along with WTVG
WTVG
This is about the TV station in Toledo, Ohio for the former WTVG-TV in Newark, New Jersey see WFUT-DT.WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. WTVG's studios and offices are located in Toledo and its transmitter is located in...
and WNWO until 2009). WTOL is owned by Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
and their studio is located in downtown Toledo. Syndicated programming on WTOL includes: Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
, Wheel Of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
, Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)
Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
and America Now
America Now
America Now is a daily television magazine program hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic, featuring "news you can really use" on lifestyle topics such as health, diet, family and pets. The show utilizes material from television stations owned by Raycom Media and original demonstrations from...
.
History
WTOL-TV began broadcasting on December 5, 1958 as a CBS affiliate with a secondary NBC affiliation. It shared NBC with then ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate WSPD-TV (now WTVG
WTVG
This is about the TV station in Toledo, Ohio for the former WTVG-TV in Newark, New Jersey see WFUT-DT.WTVG, channel 13, is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio and licensed in Toledo, Ohio. WTVG's studios and offices are located in Toledo and its transmitter is located in...
) until 1970, when WDHO-TV (now WNWO-TV
WNWO-TV
WNWO-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station in Northwest Ohio that is licensed to Toledo. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter northeast of Oregon. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station has studios on South Byrne Road...
) replaced WSPD-TV as the ABC affiliate. WTOL has been exclusively affiliated with CBS ever since. WTOL is also the only station in Toledo to never change its primary affiliation.
The station was originally owned by the Clients of Toledo, Ohio Investors along with WTOL radio (AM 1230, now WCWA
WCWA
WCWA is a radio station licensed to and serving Toledo, Ohio. It is the second-oldest radio station in Toledo, and during AM radio's heyday it was a close second in popularity to WSPD-AM for many years.-History:...
; and FM 104.7, now WIOT
WIOT
WIOT is a FM radio station in Toledo, Ohio. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 104.7 MHz.WIOT was Toledo's first FM rock station when it went on the air December 25, 1972, replacing a beautiful music/classical format. The call letters stood for "In Our Time"...
). It was sold to Filmways
Filmways
Filmways, Inc. was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1958...
(now part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
) in 1962. The Broadcasting Company of the South, a subsidiary of South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
insurer Liberty Life Insurance Company, bought WTOL in 1965 and later changed its name to Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation. Liberty reorganized itself as a holding company, The Liberty Corporation, in 1974, and WTOL came directly under the Liberty banner after Liberty sold off its insurance business in 2003. Liberty merged with Raycom Media
Raycom Media
- History :Although Raycom Media dates its birth to 1996, the core of the company was formed in 1992 when Atlanta native Bert Ellis formed Ellis Communications. He eventually controlled 13 television stations and two radio stations....
in 2005. Raycom already owned WNWO, but couldn't keep both because the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) does not allow one person to own two of the four biggest stations in a single market. It opted to keep the higher-rated WTOL and sold WNWO to Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC , headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is an entity wholly focused on broadcast television. The company's assets mainly consist of television stations in middle and small sized markets...
.
In December 1994, WTOL replaced Detroit's WJBK
WJBK
WJBK is the Fox–owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan broadcasting on digital channel 7...
on the lineup of CANCOM (later Shaw Broadcast Services), which provided American networks to cable and satellite viewers across Canada. WJBK had recently switched from CBS to Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
, and WTOL was the nearest large-market CBS station to Detroit. WTOL was part of CANCOM until 1999, when it was replaced with Detroit's WWJ-TV
WWJ-TV
WWJ-TV, virtual channel 62 , is the CBS-owned and operated television station in Detroit, Michigan. It is co-owned with Detroit's CW station, WKBD-TV , and the two stations share a studio in Southfield, Michigan, a Detroit suburb....
. From 1995 to ca. 1999, WTOL was carried in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
through Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
's main cable company, Cable Atlantic
Cable Atlantic
Cable Atlantic Inc. was a cable television provider serving much of the population of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
, before being sold to Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
in 2001.
During this time, WTOL was the de facto CBS affiliate for the southern part of the Detroit market, as WWJ-TV was all but unviewable in that area at the time.
WTOL preempted network programming for many years, but in recent years has carried the entire CBS network schedule. The only significant exceptions are for the airing of Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
and St. Jude's Hospital specials. As of April 2006 it is still the most watched television station in Toledo. As of May, WTOL topped the ratings in every newscast, except for mornings, where WTVG took the ratings crown.
Since their debuts in syndication, both Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
and Wheel of Fortune have aired on WTOL.
Ever since its national debut, The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
has been shown on WTOL. Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
ended her show on May 25, 2011. WTOL's 4:00 p.m. time slot was taken over by the daily lifestyle magazine show America Now
America Now
America Now is a daily television magazine program hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic, featuring "news you can really use" on lifestyle topics such as health, diet, family and pets. The show utilizes material from television stations owned by Raycom Media and original demonstrations from...
co-hosted by Leeza Gibbons
Leeza Gibbons
Leeza Kim Gibbons is an American talk show host. Gibbons is the host of her own radio show, Hollywood Confidential, part of the United Stations radio syndication company.-Early life:...
and Bill Rancic
Bill Rancic
William "Bill" Rancic is an American entrepreneur who was the first candidate hired by The Trump Organization at the conclusion of the first season of Donald Trump's reality television show, The Apprentice...
beginning September 12, 2011.
Currently, WTOL doesn't broadcast any syndicated programming in high definition.
For many years, WTOL was known on-air as "Toledo Eleven" or "Toledo 11". WTOL is also one of ten television stations that air consumer reports from John Matarese of ABC affiliate WCPO in Cincinnati. WTOL is also one of a few television stations that air the "Does it Work?" reports by Lauren Keith of sister station KFVS-TV
KFVS-TV
KFVS-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Southeastern Missouri, the Purchase area of Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois that is licensed to Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter north of the city in rural Cape...
in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau is a city located in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in Southeast Missouri in the United States. It is located approximately southeast of St. Louis and north of Memphis. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 37,941. A college town, it is the home of Southeast Missouri...
.
The Ohio Lottery
Ohio Lottery
The Ohio Lottery is run by the Ohio Lottery Commission. Its games include Pick 3 and Pick 4 , Rolling Cash 5, Ten-OH!, Keno, Classic Lotto, Powerball, Mega Millions, and scratch tickets. The marketing slogan is "Take a chance on education. Odds are, you'll have fun!" In 1973, the creation of the...
drawings have been originally shown on WTOL since the televised drawings began. However, on July 1, 2011, WTOL no longer broadcasted the nightly drawings or the game show Cash Explosion
Cash Explosion
Cash Explosion, known as Cash Explosion Double Play from 1989 until 2006, is an official Ohio Lottery TV game show, which is broadcast on television stations throughout Ohio...
. The drawings and Cash Explosion were moved over to rival station WTVG channel 13.
In late September 2011, WTOL anchors began using Apple i-Pads
IPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
during newscasts. WTOL is the second television station in Toledo to use iPads. WTVG was the first station to start using the technology.
In October 2011, WTOL was certified in having the most accurate weather forecasts in all of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. The certification came from WeatheRate, the only independent weather forecast verification company in the United States.
High Definition Newscasts
On April 21, 2011, during their 5 p.m. newscast, WTOL began broadcasting their newscasts in high definition; a couple of days earlier than expected. WTOL began promoting their switch to high defintiion on April 25. A new look to the news set also happened. The news set now has an orange and blue color scheme and has added the letters HD to the logo. Only the in-studio cameras are in 1080i1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
, and field coverage is in 16:9
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
enhanced definition. On August 9, 2011, WTOL began using HD graphics in its entire newscasts. Before, WTOL only used HD graphics in its weather forecasts. WTOL is the second news station in Toledo to make the upgrade to high definition. WTVG channel 13 was the first to begin broadcasting in HD on July 2, 2010. WNWO began broadcastins news in 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen on August 15, 2011.
Digital TV
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
On June 12, 2009, WTOL turned off its analog signal. The station's digital signal relocated to channel 11 following the digital transition. Channel 11 DTV transmits at a lower power than it did on Channel 17 DTV, so in some locations, there has been a reduction in coverage. Many VHF stations are applying to the FCC for power increases to restore their coverage area after moving from UHF back to VHF.
Current on-air staff
(as of December 2011)Anchors
- Jerry Anderson - weeknights; also host of Leading Edge with Jerry Anderson
- Chrys Peterson - weeknights
- Lisa Rantala - weekend evenings; also weekday reporter
- Craig Thomas - Saturday mornings
- Melissa Voetsch - weekday mornings and 9:00 a.m.
- Jonathan Walsh - weekday mornings and noon
- Colleen Wells - weekend mornings; also weeknight reporter
Weather
- Robert Sheils (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
) - chief meteorologist, weeknights - Kimberly Newman - meteorologist, Thursday-Friday at noon and weekend mornings
- Chris Vickers (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
-CBMCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
) - meteorologist, weekday mornings and 9:00 a.m. - Ryan Wichman - meteorologist, Monday-Wednesday at noon and weekend evenings
Sports
- Dan Cummins - sports director, weeknights; also host of The T Sports Report
- Mike Lacett - sports reporter; also sports achor fill-in
- Jordan Strack - sports anchor, weekends and weeknight fill-in; also co-host of The T Sports Report
Reporters
- Dick Berry - general assignment reporter
- Cristy Gimbel - education reporter
- Tim Miller - general assignment reporter
- Tina Shaerban - morning traffic reporter
- Joe Stoll - general assignment reporter
- Craig Thomas- chief investigator, weekday morning reporter
- Rob Wiercinski - general assignment reporter
- Matt Wright - general assignment reporter
Edward R. Murrow
- Overall Excellence
WTOL-TV, Toledo Ohio
- Best Newscast
WTOL-TV, Toledo Ohio-News 11 at 5:00
- Best News Series
WTOL-TV, Toledo Ohio- Teen Prostitution
Shelly Brown and Paul Kwapich
Newscast titles
- George Thompson and the News (1958–1961)
- The Six O'Clock News/The Eleven O'Clock News (1961–1966)
- Eyewitness NewsEyewitness NewsEyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
(1966–1974) - Toledo Eleven News (1974–1995)
- Toledo 11: The NewsChannel (1995–2004)
- WTOL News 11 (2004–2010)
- WTOL 11 News (2010–present)
Station slogans
- Move Closer to Your World (1970s)
- News People (1978-early 1980s)
- The News Channel (1995–2004)
- Toledo's News Leader (2004–present)
Sports
WTOL airs regional and national sports programming from CBS SportsCBS Sports
CBS Sports is a division of CBS Broadcasting which airs sporting events on the American television network. Its headquarters are in the CBS Building on West 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan, New York City, with programs produced out of Studio 43 at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.CBS...
. Local teams that appear on WTOL include Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
regular season games (from NFL on CBS
NFL on CBS
The NFL on CBS is the brand name of the CBS television network's coverage of the National Football League's American Football Conference games, produced by CBS Sports.-Market coverage and television policies:...
). Since WTOL's normal coverage area reaches within 75 miles of the Browns' home Cleveland Browns Stadium
Cleveland Browns Stadium
-See also:* List of current National Football League stadiums* Chronology of home stadiums for current National Football League teams* List of American football stadiums by capacity* List of U.S. stadiums by capacity* List of North American stadiums by capacity...
(including Sandusky, Norwalk, Bellevue, and Clyde) it IS part of the Browns' blackout area. WTOL will also carry Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
regular season games, due to the Browns-Steelers rivalry.