general wtol 11 news newscasts slogan toledo s news leader official slogan certified most accurate weather slogan channels digital 11 vhf subchannels 11.1 cbs 11.2 metv 11.3 grit affiliations cbs owner raycom media wtol license subsidiary llc founded december 5 1958 ; 57 years ago 1958 12 05 call letters meaning toledo tol is also the iata airport code for toledo sister station s wupw former channel number s 11 vhf analog 1958 2009 17 uhf digital until 2009 former affiliations nbc secondary 1958 1969 ind local news dt2 ; 2005 2012 transmitter power 16.9 kw height 305 m facility id 13992 transmitter coordinates 41 40 22 n 83 22 47 w 41.67278 n 83.37972 w 41.67278 ; 83.37972 website www.wtol.com wtol is the cbs affiliated television station licensed in toledo ohio . the station broadcasts on channel 11 rf and psip and can be seen 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 . owned by raycom media the station operates fox affiliate wupw owned by american spirit media through a shared services agreement ssa and the two share studios on north summit street in downtown toledo . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 programming 4 news operation 4.1 notable past on air staff 4.2 sports programming 5 references 6 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 11.1 1080i 16 9 wtol dt main wtol programming cbs 11.2 480i 4 3 me tv metv 11.3 16 9 grit grit history edit wtol tv began broadcasting on december 5 1958 as a cbs affiliate with a secondary nbc affiliation . it shared nbc with then abc affiliate wspd tv now wtvg until 1969 when wdho tv now wnwo tv replaced wspd tv as the abc affiliate . wtol then became exclusively affiliated with cbs . wtol is also the only station in toledo to never change its primary affiliation . the station was originally owned by the reams family 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 ; wtol was that company s only station located outside the southern u.s. 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 entity 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 . wtol s italic toledo 11 logo used from 1980 to 1996 . the 11 from this logo is currently in use at sister station wtoc tv . from the mid 1970s to 2003 wtol was known on air as toledo 11 sometimes spelled out as toledo eleven . 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 in many areas across canada particularly atlantic canada and the prairies . the changeover occurred shortly before wjbk was due to switch its affiliation from cbs to fox . cbs was unable to sign a new detroit affiliate wgpr now wwj tv until mere days before the change and as cancom had to seek regulatory approval several months in advance it elected to go with wtol the largest cbs station closest to detroit . wtol was carried by cancom until 1999 when it was replaced with wwj tv . 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 . the station provides city grade coverage to much of southern wayne and washtenaw counties and grade b coverage to most of detroit itself . wtol had preempted some 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 . it has been the dominant station in toledo for the better part of the last 30 years . since their debuts in syndication both jeopardy and wheel of fortune have aired on wtol . ever since its national debut the oprah winfrey show was shown on wtol . oprah winfrey ended her show on may 25 2011 . wtol s 4 00 p.m. time slot was then taken over by the daily lifestyle magazine show america now co hosted by leeza gibbons and bill rancic beginning september 12 2011 . however due to poor ratings wtol switched timeslots for america now and dr. phil beginning on january 23 2012 . therefore dr. phil is shown at 4 p.m. leading into wtol s 5 p.m. newscast . wtol s broadcasts became digital only effective june 12 2009 . 2 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 . on january 30 2012 wtol replaced its stormtrack 11 radar loop on 11.2 with metv . 3 on april 21 2011 wtol began broadcast its newscasts in 1080i high definition becoming the second station in toledo after competitor wtvg to broadcast its news in hd . although wtol took over the operations of wupw on april 20 2012 the newscasts on that channel remained in pillarboxed 4 3 standard definition until may 31 when wtol installed a new master control for channel 36 to finally allow the newscasts on wupw to be transmitted in hd . on november 18 2014 grit was added to 11.3 on wtol . on june 1 2012 wtol began broadcasting all of its syndicated programming in high definition . wtol is also one of ten television stations that air consumer reports from john matarese of abc affiliate wcpo in cincinnati . the ohio lottery drawings have been originally shown on wtol since the televised drawings began . however on july 1 2011 wtol no longer broadcast the nightly drawings or the game show cash explosion . the drawings and cash explosion were moved over to rival station wtvg . 4 in october 2011 wtol was certified by weatherate as having the most accurate forecasts for northwest ohio and southeast michigan . 5 in january 2012 the lin tv corporation announced it would sell its local fox affiliate wupw to american spirit media for 22 million . as most of american spirit media s stations are operated as duopolies with a raycom owned station in the same market it was expected that wtol would establish a shared services agreement with wupw . 6 on april 20 2012 wupw finalized its acquisition and its shared services agreement with wtol . wupw s remaining staff now operate from wtol s facilities though its management and sales departments will remain separate . a shared news site was also unveiled for the two stations toledo news now . 7 on january 2 2014 it was officially announced that longtime evening news anchor chrys peterson would be leaving wtol after nearly twenty years at the station . peterson decided to leave the station in order to spend more time with her family . chrys peterson s final news broadcast was on february 28 2014 and an hour long special aired at 8 00 p.m. in celebration of peterson s twenty years at wtol . 8 on april 24 2014 it was officially announced that emilie voss would succeed chrys peterson and join jerry anderson as the evening anchor on wtol . 9 programming edit syndicated programming on wtol includes jeopardy wheel of fortune dr. phil harry and america now . news operation edit former wtol 11 news open seen nightly at 11 notable past on air staff edit evan rosen author of the culture of collaboration and the bounty effect 7 steps to the culture of collaboration steve hartman now at cbs news sports programming edit wtol airs regional and national sports programming from cbs sports . 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 . references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wtol station http hraunfoss.fcc.gov edocs public attachmatch da 06 1082a2.pdf permanent dead link wtol11 to launch me tv on channel 11.2 jan. 30 toledo news now news weather sports toledo oh . wtol.com . retrieved 2015 10 20 . drawings . the ohio lottery . 2015 10 16 . retrieved 2015 10 20 . stormtrack 11 certified as most accurate toledo news now news weather sports toledo oh . wtol.com . retrieved 2015 10 20 . malone michael . lin deals toledo fox affiliate to american spirit . broadcasting and cable . retrieved 22 april 2012 . baird kirk . tv news merger moving forward . toledo blade . retrieved 20 april 2012 . anderson jerry . chrys peterson leaving wtol 11 to spend more time with family toledo news now news weather sports toledo oh . toledonewsnow.com . retrieved 2015 10 20 . emilie voss to anchor wtol 11 news at 5 6 and 11 toledo news now news weather sports toledo oh . toledonewsnow.com . retrieved 2015 10 20 . external links edit official website query the fcc s tv station database for wtol biafn s media web database information on wtol tv v t e television in the northwest ohio area including toledo port clinton findlay bowling green and the lake erie islands reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wtol 11.1 cbs 11.2 metv 11.3 grit wtvg 13.1 abc 13.2 cw 13.3 wn wfnd ld 22.1 youtoo daystar w38dh 23.1 hsn wnwo 24.1 nbc 24.2 asn 24.3 comet 24.4 retro tv wdfm lpanalog 26 ind defiance wbgu tv 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