Ideastream

{{Short description|Operator of PBS and NPR stations in Cleveland, Ohio}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Ideastream

| logo = Ideastream logo 2021.png

| logo_alt = A circle divided into four pieces by a star shape, in navy blue. To the right, on two lines, the words "ideastream" and "public media" in black in a rounded sans serif.

| trade_name = Ideastream Public Media

| industry = Mass media

| genre = Public radio and television broadcasting

| predecessor = {{ubl|Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland|Cleveland Public Radio}}

| foundation = Cleveland, Ohio ({{Start date|2001}})

| founder = {{ubl|Jerrold Wareham|Kit Jensen{{r|IdeasteamBenefits}}}}

| location_city = Cleveland, Ohio

| location_country = US

| key_people = {{ubl|Kevin E. Martin|(president/CEO)|Jenny Northern|(general manager)|Todd Mesek|(chief marketing officer){{r|ideastream-rebrand}}}}

| homepage = {{url|ideastream.org}}

}}

Ideastream (marketed as Ideastream Public Media) is the main public broadcaster in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, serving both Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio. Its headquarters, newsroom, and radio and television studios are located at the Idea Center in Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland.{{Cite web |last=Fybush |first=Scott |date=July 11, 2014 |title=Site of the Week 7/11/2014: Cleveland's Ideastream |url=https://www.fybush.com/site-20140711/ |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Fybush.com |language=en-US |via=RadioBB |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401161903/https://www.fybush.com/site-20140711/ |url-status=live }} It operates WKSU ({{Frequency|89.7|FM}}), the region's main radio news service aligned with NPR, and owns classical music/jazz outlet WCLV ({{Frequency|90.3|FM}}) and [https://jazzneo.org JazzNeo] (HD 90.3-2 FM) and Cleveland PBS member station WVIZ (channel 25).{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2016 |title=Stations and Services |url=https://ideastream.org/about/stations-and-services |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216020121/https://www.ideastream.org/about/stations-and-services |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Ideastream Public Media |language=en}}

Ideastream was formed in July 2001 through a merger of equals between WVIZ and then-NPR member WCPN (since supplanted by WCLV), which up to that point operated separately as Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland and Cleveland Public Radio, respectively. Talks of a cooperative agreement between the two entities began in 1999, but was first proposed in 1993, when co-founder Jerrold Wareham was named as WVIZ's general manager.{{cite news |last=Washington |first=Julie |date=November 29, 2009 |title=Ideastream partners WVIZ Channel 25 and WCPN 90.3 enjoy benefits of merger |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2009/11/ideastream_partners_wviz_chann.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704162446/https://www.cleveland.com/tv/2009/11/ideastream_partners_wviz_chann.html |archive-date=July 4, 2020}} WCLV, then operating as a Lorain-licensed station WCPN, was donated to the group in 2011.{{cite web |date=May 4, 2011 |title=Classical music station WCLV-FM to join Ideastream |url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20110504/FREE/110509933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508020623/http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20110504/FREE/110509933 |archive-date=May 8, 2011 |access-date=December 3, 2011 |work=Crain's Cleveland Business |location=Cleveland, Ohio}} Since 2021, Ideastream has operated WKSU and its repeater network on behalf of owner Kent State University,{{Cite web |last=Morona |first=Joey |date=September 15, 2021 |title=WKSU, WCPN deal approved by Kent State, combined NPR station to operate at 89.7 FM starting in 2022 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/wksu-wcpn-deal-approved-by-kent-state-combined-npr-station-to-operate-at-897-fm-starting-in-2022.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917172321/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/wksu-wcpn-deal-approved-by-kent-state-combined-npr-station-to-operate-at-897-fm-starting-in-2022.html |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |language=en}} and has been Cleveland and Akron's sole NPR station of record since March 28, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Ideastream Sets Cleveland Public Radio Frequency Change Date |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/220460/ideastream-sets-cleveland-public-radio-frequency-change-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225133046/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/220460/ideastream-sets-cleveland-public-radio-frequency-change-date/ |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US |via=RadioBB}} Kevin E. Martin has been the organization's president/CEO since January 9, 2017,{{Cite web |last=Connors |first=Joanna |date=November 23, 2016 |title=Ideastream names new CEO: Kevin Martin comes from KQED San Francisco |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/11/ideastream_names_new_ceo_kevin.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706205743/https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/11/ideastream_names_new_ceo_kevin.html |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |language=en}} succeeding Jerrold Wareham.{{Cite web |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Ideastream chief Jerry Wareham plans to retire |url=https://www.cleveland.com/business/2016/06/ideastream_chief_jerry_wareham.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706205744/https://www.cleveland.com/business/2016/06/ideastream_chief_jerry_wareham.html |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |language=en}} Jenny Northern, a staffer with WCLV since 2001, was elevated to station manager in 2014{{Cite web |last=Dawidziak |first=Mark |date=July 31, 2014 |title=Ideastream names new content management team |url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2014/07/ideastream_names_new_content_management_team.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706205744/https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2014/07/ideastream_names_new_content_management_team.html |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |language=en}} and became general manager for all stations in 2020.{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2020 |title=Jenny Northern named first GM for all three ideastream stations |url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/people/jenny-northern-named-first-gm-all-three-ideastream-stations |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028023226/https://www.crainscleveland.com/people/jenny-northern-named-first-gm-all-three-ideastream-stations |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=Crain's Cleveland Business |location=Cleveland, Ohio |language=en}}

All stations in the group jointly rebranded as Ideastream Public Media on June 15, 2021, to celebrate the entity's 20th anniversary.{{Cite press release |title=ideastream Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Rebrand and Renewed Vision to Strengthen the Community; Becomes Ideastream Public Media |date=June 15, 2021 |publisher=Ideastream |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url=https://wcpn.ideastream.org/about/press-releases/ideastream-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-rebrand-and-renewed-vision-to-strengthen-the-community-becomes-ideastream-public |last1=Andrus |first1=Calle |last2=Vaselaney |first2=Stacey |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627003641/https://wcpn.ideastream.org/about/press-releases/ideastream-celebrates-20th-anniversary-with-rebrand-and-renewed-vision-to-strengthen-the-community-becomes-ideastream-public |url-status=live }}

Radio

= WKSU =

File:WKSU Ideastream.pngWKSU was founded by Kent State University in 1950; Ideastream has operated the station since October 1, 2021, via a public service operating agreement with the university. Originally broadcasting solely to the campus population as a non-commercial educational station, WKSU has been an NPR news and information affiliate since 1973, and is the originating radio station for the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum.{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=September 15, 2021 |title=Ideastream To Begin Operating WKSU; Swap Frequencies Of WCPN & WCLV Cleveland |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/212656/kent-state-university-to-vote-on-wksu-operating-agreement-with-ideastream/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916200229/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/212656/kent-state-university-to-vote-on-wksu-operating-agreement-with-ideastream/ |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US |via=RadioBB}} Licensed to Kent, Ohio, WKSU's signal is rebroadcast full-time over a network of five full-power repeaters and two low-power translators. With a combined 22-county coverage area and potential audience of 3.6 million people, WKSU and its repeater network boast the largest collective footprint for an FM radio station in Ohio.{{Cite web |date=September 14, 2021 |title=Ideastream Public Media & WKSU: Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://www.ideastream.org/ideastream-public-media-wksu-frequently-asked-questions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217224830/https://www.ideastream.org/ideastream-public-media-wksu-frequently-asked-questions |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |website=Ideastream Public Media |publisher=ideastream |language=en}} Since 2022, it has also served Lorain County and the western portion of Greater Cleveland via Lorain-licensed WCPN ({{Frequency|104.9|FM}}).{{Cite web |last=Morona |first=Joey |date=September 15, 2021 |title=WKSU, WCPN deal approved by Kent State, combined NPR station to operate at 89.7 FM starting in 2022 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/wksu-wcpn-deal-approved-by-kent-state-combined-npr-station-to-operate-at-897-fm-starting-in-2022.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917172321/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/wksu-wcpn-deal-approved-by-kent-state-combined-npr-station-to-operate-at-897-fm-starting-in-2022.html |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |website=The Plain Dealer |language=en |location=Cleveland, Ohio}}

The station and its full-power repeater network carry a roster of four HD Radio subchannels: a simulcast of WKSU's analog transmission, folk music via FolkAlley.com, a simulcast of WCLV and an alternate lineup of news and talk programs.[http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=70 HD Radio Guide for Cleveland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927164624/http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=70|date=September 27, 2015}}[http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=73 HD Radio Guide for Akron, Ohio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922173624/https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=73|date=September 22, 2018}}

= WCLV =

File:WCLV Ideastream.pngThe region's only full-time classical music and jazz outlet, WCLV was founded on November 1, 1962, as a commercial radio station WKLV-FM.{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=Jacqueline |date=November 1, 2022 |title=WCLV Observes 60 Years on the Air Nov. 1 |url=https://wclv.ideastream.org/wclv/wclv-observes-60-years-on-the-air-nov-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130033016/https://wclv.ideastream.org/wclv/wclv-observes-60-years-on-the-air-nov-1 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=WCLV |language=en |location=Cleveland, Ohio}} A complex asset and intellectual property swap on July 3, 2001, re-established WCLV on {{Frequency|104.9|FM}} as part of a long-term plan initiated by founding owners Robert Conrad and Rich Marschner to preserve the format from being subsumed by ownership consolidation in the radio industry.{{Cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Donald |last2=Feran |first2=Tom |date=November 2, 2000 |title=Arts group will take ownership of WCLV |page=1A |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=1082885C71926A79&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F0F80DC0BD2279590 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015049/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0F80DC0BD2279590&f=basic |archive-date=March 29, 2022 |via=NewsBank}}{{Cite news |last=Quinn |first=Jim |date=June 18, 2001 |title=Seven area radio stations will play musical chairs |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55334350/the-akron-beacon-journal/ A5] |work=Akron Beacon Journal |location=Akron, Ohio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83461437/seven-area-radio-stations-will-play/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815042905/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83461437/seven-area-radio-stations-will-play/ |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}} With station operations moved to the Idea Center in 2010,{{cite news |last=Washington |first=Julie |date=February 19, 2011 |title=WCLV FM/104.9 Fits Right in at Idea Center in Cleveland |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/02/wclv_fm1049fits_right_in_at_id.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220083228/http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/02/wclv_fm1049fits_right_in_at_id.html |archive-date=February 20, 2011}} WCLV was donated to Ideastream in 2011 and converted to non-commercial status in 2013.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Zachary |date=September 25, 2012 |title=Cleveland's WCLV FM/104.9 planning switch to non-commercial format |work=The Plain Dealer |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url=http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2012/09/wclv_fm-1049_planning_switch_t.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929004534/http://www.cleveland.com/musicdance/index.ssf/2012/09/wclv_fm-1049_planning_switch_t.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012}}{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=September 25, 2012 |title=WCLV Cleveland To Go Non-Commercial |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/70604/wclv-cleveland-to-go-non-commercial/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015051/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/70604/wclv-cleveland-to-go-non-commercial/ |archive-date=March 29, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US |via=RadioBB}} WCLV has been the originating station for Cleveland Orchestra radio broadcasts since 1965 and for Weekend Radio since 1982.{{Cite news |last=Spencer |first=Carrie |date=September 2, 2001 |title=Radio station saves classics, supports the arts |page=2C |work=The Tribune |agency=Associated Press|location=Coshocton, Ohio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98537519/radio-station-saves-classics-supports/ |url-status=live |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329015050/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98537519/radio-station-saves-classics-supports/ |archive-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

WCLV's current {{Frequency|90.3|FM}} frequency was previously home to WCPN, one of Ideastream's two founding partners and, from 1984 to 2022, competed with WKSU as the region's other NPR member.{{Cite news |last=Dawidziak |first=Mark |date=July 13, 1984 |title=Public radio in Cleveland: News and all that jazz |page=B10 |work=Akron Beacon Journal |location=Akron, Ohio |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55792123/public-radio-in-cleveland-news-and-all/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817210602/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55792123/public-radio-in-cleveland-news-and-all/ |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}} It is also the successor station to WBOE, which the Cleveland Board of Education operated from 1938 to 1978,{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=70058 |title= History Cards for WBOE|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) one of the first formally licensed non-commercial educational radio stations on the FM dial and one of the first FM stations in Ohio.{{Cite news |date=February 10, 1941 |title=Education by FM |volume=20 |page=49 |work=Broadcasting |issue=5 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1941/1941-02-10-BC.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=July 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151219/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1941/1941-02-10-BC.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |via=World Radio History}}

Television

File:WVIZ Ideastream.pngIdeastream's television service, WVIZ, was founded on February 7, 1965, as the 100th public television station in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Dawidziak |first=Mark |date=September 16, 2013 |title=Betty Cope, founding president of WVIZ Channel 25, dies at 87 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2013/09/betty_cope_founding_president_of_wviz_channel_25_dies_at_87.html |access-date=July 2, 2022 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |language=en |publication-place=Cleveland, Ohio |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702031120/https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/2013/09/betty_cope_founding_president_of_wviz_channel_25_dies_at_87.html |url-status=live }} WVIZ at launch boasted the first female general manager of a major-market television station in the United States. Betty Cope, who played an active role in the station's formation and original focus towards educational television programming for school districts and telecourses for area colleges;{{Cite web |last=Lapin |first=Andrew |date=September 20, 2013 |title=Betty Cope, WVIZ founding g.m., dies at 87 |url=https://current.org/2013/09/betty-cope-wviz-founding-g-m-dies-at-87/ |access-date=July 2, 2022 |website=Current |language=en-US |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702031120/https://current.org/2013/09/betty-cope-wviz-founding-g-m-dies-at-87/ |url-status=live }} WVIZ gradually adopted the conventional PBS Kids and PBS lineups starting in the early 1990s. Through WVIZ, Ideastream jointly operates and manages The Ohio Channel (which is carried on a WVIZ subchannel) and the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau.{{r|ideastream-rebrand}}{{r|stations-services}}

References

External links

{{official website|ideastream.org}}
[https://indepth.ideastream.org/brandguide/ Ideastream Public Media Style Guide]
[https://www.statenews.org/ Statehouse News Bureau]

Category:Mass media in Cleveland

Category:Public television in the United States

Category:Public radio in the United States

Category:Organizations established in 2001

Category:2001 establishments in Ohio