Toledo is located in Lucas County on the northern border of Ohio, and the western end of Lake Erie. Toledo is the county seat for Lucas County, and the principal city in northwestern Ohio. In the 2000 census, the city proper had a population of 313,619. An estimate in 2004 gives the city a reduced population of 304,973, allowing Toledo to still remain as the fourth largest city in the state of Ohio. Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long history of innovation in all aspects of the glass industry: windows, bottles, windshields, and construction materials. Toledo is the home of Jeep (since 1941), and still proudly produces the fine automobile to this day.

Toledo's Mayor

Carlton S. "Carty" Finkbeiner

Carty Finkbeiner (Democrat) is the mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1994-2002, 2006-Present). First elected in 1993, he was the city's first strong mayor in 60 years. He took office on January 1, 1994. In 1997, he defeated challenger Nick Wichowski to win a second term. Term limits prevented him from running a third consecutive time. He was succeeded by Jack Ford in 2002.

Following his first administration, Finkbeiner served on the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board. He joined Toledo's WTVG, hosting "Carty & Company", a Sunday morning public affiars show. He also contributed a weekly editorial segment, "It's Just Not Right!" Finkbeiner left the station in May 2005.

On June 30, 2005, Finkbeiner announced that he would seek a third term as mayor. He won the Toledo Mayoral Primary, winning roughly 37% of the vote in comparison to 29% earned by incumbent Ford. On November 8, 2005, Finkbeiner was re-elected mayor.

Finkbeiner was sworn in for his third term as mayor in a private ceremony on January 3, 2006.

Finkbeiner currently resides with his wife, Amy Finkbeiner, in South Toledo. He has three children: Ryan, Jenny, and Katie, and 5 grandchildren.

Background

Finkbeiner was born and raised in Toledo, graduating from Maumee Valley Country Day School. He received a B.A. from Denison University. Prior to his political career, he taught at Maumee Valley Country Day School, St. Francis de Sales High School, and the University of Toledo.

Finkbeiner is something of a political weather vane. During his long career in public service, Carty has been a member of multiple parties. At various times and for various offices he has run as a Republican, a Democrat and an Independent.

Finkbeiner served 8 years as a city councilman and 2 years as vice-mayor.

Accomplishments

As a city councilman, Finkbeiner led efforts to the change from city manager/council format of government to the strong mayor executive style Toledo currently has in place.

During his administration, Finkbeiner oversaw Toledo's largest building growth in decades, including construction of:

• Owens Corning World Headquarters
• Daimler-Chrysler Jeep Plant
• State Prison
• Dana Corporation Headquarters
• Erie Street Market
• The Docks-- an upscale restaurant and entertainment cluster on the Maumee River
• Buckeye Basin Greenbelt Parkway
• Fifth Third Field-- a new downtown stadium for the Toledo Mud Hens
• Additions to Toledo Hospital

Finkbeiner spearheaded the "Keep Jeep" movement, helping to convince Daimler-Chrysler to keep Jeep production centered in Toledo. The new plant brought an estimated 6,500 jobs and $2 billion in estimated annual payroll to the city.

Extensive downtown redevelopment was a hallmark of the Finkbeiner administration. It played a major role in Toledo winning the title of "All-America City Award of the National Civic League" in 1998, being one of only 10 cities in the United States to receive this honor.
In 1999, the White House Millennium Council dubbed Toledo an official Millennium Community.

History

Why do we call it Toledo?

Northwest Ohio was settled after the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794, with the name Fort Industry. However, with the War of 1812, everyone was force to flee the area. No one returned to northwest Ohio until 1817, when a Cincinnati syndicate purchased a 974 acre tract at the mouth of Swan Creek and named it Port Lawrence. The syndicate failed 3 years later, and the settlement joined with a river settlement to the north called Vistula. The inhabitants of this joined settlement chose the name Toledo, but there are many stories as to how the name (Toledo) actually came about. The most popular version attributes the naming to Willard J. Daniels, a merchant, who reportedly suggested Toledo because it 'is easy to pronounce, is pleasant in sound, and there is no other city of that name on the American continent'."

The Toledo War (the Ohio – Michigan War)

The bloodless conflict between Ohio and Michigan, called the Toledo War (1835-1836), was "fought" over a five to eight mile wide strip of land from the Indiana border to Lake Erie, now containing the city and the suburbs of Sylvania and Oregon. The strip was claimed by both states due to old conflicting legislation about where the Ohio-Michigan state line should be. Militias from both states were sent but never engaged in combat. The only casualty of the conflict was a Michigan deputy sheriff and the loss of two horses, two pigs, and a handful of chickens stolen from an Ohio farm by lost members of the Michigan Militia.

Beginning in 1835, both sides passed legislation with the purpose of forcing the other side's consession in the matter. Ohio's governor Robert Lucas and Michigan's then 24-year-old governor Stevens T. Mason were both unwilling to relinquish jurisdiction of the Strip, so they raised militias and helped institute criminal penalties for citizens submitting to the other state's authority. While both militias were mobilized and sent to positions on opposite sides of the Maumee River near Toledo, there was little interaction between the two sides short of mutual taunting. The single military confrontation of the "war" ended with a report of shots being fired into the air, causing no casualties. In the end, there was only one serious injury in the entire conflict: the stabbing of a Michigan deputy sheriff involved in the arrest of a partisan Ohio family.

In December 1836, the Michigan territorial government, facing a dire financial crisis, surrendered the land under pressure from Congress and President Andrew Jackson, and accepted a proposed resolution adopted in the U.S. Congress. Under the compromise, Michigan surrendered the strip in exchange for its statehood and approximately two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula. Considered a “raw deal” for Michigan at the time, the later discovery of copper and the plentiful timber compensated for the loss of the strip from a financial standpoint.

Economy

Toledo is best known for manufacturing, although this industry has declined considerably in recent decades. The Big Three automakers all have factories in metro Toledo. The city is home to three Fortune 500 companies: Dana Corporation, Owens Corning, and Owens-Illinois. Owens-Illinois has recently announced plans to relocate to suburban Perrysburg. Though the largest employer in Toledo was Jeep for much of the 20th century, this honor has recently gone to the University of Toledo. Manufacturing as a whole now employs fewer Toledoans than does the healthcare industry, now the city's biggest employer. In 2001, a taxpayer lawsuit was filed against Toledo that challenged the constitutionality of tax incentives it extended to DaimlerChrysler for the expansion of its Jeep plant. The case was won by the city on a technical issue after it reached the U.S. Supreme Court in DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno, 547 U.S. ___ (2006).

Toledo is the market city for the northwest Ohio, a region of nine counties and a population in excess of 1 million. As such there is a high concentration of retail establishments and medical facilities in Toledo. The city's location at the intersection of I-80/I-90 and I-75 ("The Crossroads of America") has made it a popular hub location for transportation companies such as UPS and BAX Global. Toledo is also the nation's third busiest rail hub, and one of the busiest ports on the Great Lakes.

Blue collar jobs continue to dominate Toledo to this day, and it can be directly correlated with the attitude of the city. In order for Toledo to join the technology age (the current and future success of America), there needs to be a complete shift in the attitude that the city and its inhabitants take towards attracting new white collar jobs. The people of Toledo need to realize that according to capitalism, everything needs to be produced where it is most efficient/cost effective while still maintaing a standard of quality. Advancements in technology (mainly in communications) has made outsourcing commonplace in all aspects of the ecomony, with blue collar jobs being the hardest hit. This is why the long-term success of Toledo is solely dependant upon the creation of new white collar jobs. The local government needs to be more proactive in attaracting and financing new white collar jobs. Convincing corporations to shift headquarters to Toledo will take more than daingling tiny carrots in front of them. The mayor needs to act as a CEO, and go out and sell Toledo to corporations; not just sit back and only react when possible interest is shown (this approach has yieded no success to-date and needs to be abandoned to foster any success). With all of this said, the mayor is not a bad person and his heart is in the right place. Carty Finkbeiner is responsible for bringing the Mud Hens downtown, and has other projects (new sports arena and the river front project) in the works. These two project will ultimately define the legacy that Carty Finkbeiner leaves behind.

Geography

Toledo is located at 41°39′56″N, 83°34′31″W (41.665682, -83.575337). The city sits astride the Maumee River at the southern end of Maumee Bay, which is the westernmost inlet of Lake Erie. Toledo is north of what was formerly the Great Black Swamp, giving rise to another nickname, Frog Town. An important ecological site, a sandy oak savanna called the Oak Openings region, lies just west.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 217.8 km² (84.1 mi²). 208.8 km² (80.6 mi²) of it is land and 8.9 km² (3.5 mi²) of it (4.10%) is water.

Climate

Toledo, like many other cities in the Great Lakes region, experiences a continental climate, characterized by four distinct seasons, with large variations in temperature and precipitation between them. The city's location directly on Lake Erie moderates its climate somewhat, so that it is less extreme than if the city were further from the lake. The city also shares many climactic characteristics with the Ohio River Valley, such as slightly warmer winters and increased precipitation that is more evenly spread throughout the year.

The warmest month of the year is July, when high temperatures average 87°F (30°C), and overnight low temperatures average 68°F (20°C). January is the coldest month, when high temperatures average 33°F (1°C), and low temperatures average 22°F (-5°C). The wettest month of the year is June, when 3.84 inches (97.5mm) of precipitation falls. The driest month is January, when 2.00 inches (50.8mm) of precipitation falls. The warmest temperature ever recorded in Toledo was 105°F (41°C) on July 31, 1999. The coldest temperature ever recorded was -16°F (-27°C), on January 21, 1985.

Monthly average temperatures in Toledo, Ohio

Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 313,619 people, 128,925 households, and 77,355 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,502.0/km² (3,890.0/mi²). There were 139,871 housing units at an average density of 669.9/km² (1,734.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 70.23% White, 23.55% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.03% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 2.28% from other races, and 2.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.47% of the population.

There were 128,925 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males. There was a total of 139,871 housing units in the city, of which 10,946 (7.8%) were vacant.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,546, and the median income for a family was $41,175. Males had a median income of $35,407 versus $25,023 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,388. About 14.2% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Major Routes

• Interstate 75 from Rossford, Ohio to Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio
• Interstate 280 from Oregon, Ohio to Interstate 75
• Interstate 475 from Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Interstate 75
• U.S. Route 20 Reynolds Road (Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Maumee, Ohio)
• U.S. Route 24 S Detroit Avenue (Maumee, Ohio to Fearing Boulevard), Fearing Boulevard (S Detroit Avenue to N Detroit Avenue), N Detroit Avenue (Fearing Boulevard to Telegraph Road), Telegraph Road (N Detroit Highway to Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan)
• SR 2 Airport Highway (Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Western Avenue), Western Avenue (Airport Highway to Broadway Street), Broadway Street (Western Avenue to Clayton Avenue), Clayton Avenue (turns into Woodville Road on the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge, Woodville Road (Clayton Street to Navarre Ave), Navarre Ave (Woodville Road to Oregon, Ohio)
• SR 25 Anthony Wayne Trail (Maumee, Ohio to Erie Street (northbound) and Michigan Avenue (southbound)), Greenbelt Parkway (Cherry Street (northbound)/Spielbusch Avenue (southbound) to Interstate 280), ends at Interstate 280

• (northbound) - Erie Street (Anthony Wayne Trail to Cherry Street), Cherry Street (Erie Street to Greenbelt Parkway)
• (southbound) - Michigan Avenue (Spielbusch Avenue to Anthony Wayne Trail), Spielbusch Avenue (Greenbelt Parkway to Michigan Avenue)

• SR 51 Monroe Street (Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Summit Street), Summit Street (Monroe Street to Clayton Street), Clayton Street (turns into Woodville Road on the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge), Woodville Road (Clayton Street to Oregon, Ohio)
• SR 65 Miami Street (Rossford, Ohio to Fassett Street), Fassett Street (Miami Street to Oak Street), Oak Street (Fassett Street to Woodville Road), Woodville Road (turns into Clayton Street on the Anthony Wayne Suspension Bridge), Clayton Street (Woodville Road to Summit Street), Summit Street (Clayton Street to Interstate 280), ends at Interstate 280
• SR 120 Central Avenue (Ottawa Hills, Ohio and Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Cherry Street), Cherry Street (Central Avenue to Maumee River), ends at Maumee River
• SR 184 Alexis Road (Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio to Interstate 75), ends at Interstate 75
• SR 246 Dorr Street (Reynolds Road/US 20 to 17th Street), 17th Street (to Monroe Street), ends at Monroe Street

Famous residents

Famous Toledoans include:

• James Mitchell Ashley, abolitionist and author of the 13th amendment to the U.S. constitution
• Jim Leyland
• Art Tatum
• Danny Thomas
• Doug Mientkiewicz, baseball player
• Jim Harbaugh
• John W. Snow (United States Secretary of the Treasury)
• Anita Baker
• Katie Holmes
• Shirley Murdoch (Platinum selling R&B singer in the 1980's)
• Jim Jackson, basketball player
• Scott Hamilton, Olympic gold medalist in figure skating (who grew up in Bowling Green, south of Toledo)
• Jon Hendricks (from the jazz group Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross)
• Tom Scholz (founder of 70s rock band Boston (band))
• Jamie Farr (his character, Klinger, in M*A*S*H was also from Toledo and had a fanatical devotion to the city)
• Jonathan Bennett, actor who is actually from Toledo's suburb, Rossford.
• Teresa Brewer (singer)
• Kristina Keneally
• Joe E Brown
• Daws Butler, voice actor who voiced famous cartoon characters such as Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss and Elroy Jetson.
• Paul Chamberlin
• Edmund Coffin (saddlemaker and equestrian)
• John Cromwell (director)
• Don Donoher
• Bonnie Turner (Creator of That 70's Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun)
• Martin Frankel
• Philip Baker Hall
• Arthur Hills (golf course designer)
• Chester "Lyfe" Jennings
• Gene Kranz
• Christopher Moore, novelist
• George Mullin, baseball player
• Scott Nearing
• Thomas Noe
• P. J. O'Rourke
• Kelvin Ransey
• Jan Roberts
• Gerald Robinson
• Allen Sarven, ( World Wrestling Entertainment WWE Superstar & Extreme Championship Wrestling ECW Superstar ) - Formerly of, Lima, Ohio
• Bryan Smolinski
• Gloria Steinem
• Alyson Stoner (dancer, actress)
• Frank Stranahan (Golfer)

Sister cities

Toledo has eight sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

• Delmenhorst, Germany
• Londrina, Brazil
• Poznań, Poland
• Szeged, Hungary
• Tanga, Tanzania
• Toledo, Spain
• Toyohashi, Japan
• Qinhuangdao, China

Fun Fact

Toledo's location at the intersection of US Highways 23 and 24 and State Route 25 make Toledo one of the few cities located at the intersection of 3 consecutively numbered highways.

Local Television Stations

WT 05

WT05 (Toledo's CW TV, formerly the WB and ToledoVision 5) is the flagship television station of Block Communications, which also owns the Toledo Blade and Buckeye CableSystem. It is the CW's Northwest Ohio affiliate.

Originally an exclusive to Buckeye CableSystem viewers, it had since been expanded to other cable systems in northwestern Ohio, such as Time Warner.

WT05 was formed in the late 1980s when WUPW became the Fox affiliate for Northwest Ohio. The network was created to fill the independent television void for the market. The station joined the WB as a charter affiliate in 1995.

Over the years the station carried Toledo area sports, including Toledo Mud Hens baseball and University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University football and basketball, to the point that it launched a regional all-sports network, BCSN ("Buckeye Cable Sports Network") in 2004.

As of the fall of 2006, The CW Television Network began broadcasting; the network was a result of a merger between the WB and UPN networks. WT05 will be the new affiliate.

WTOL 11 CBS

WTOL is the CBS television affiliate in Toledo, Ohio. The station broadcasts on channel 11 (analog) and 17 (digital) and can be seen quite clearly throughout Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan (including Detroit), and southwest Ontario (including Windsor and Essex County, where it is also carried on cable, along with WTVG and WNWO.

WTOL began broadcasting on October 13, 1958 as a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It shared ABC with WSPD-TV (now WTVG) until 1970, when ABC went to formerly independent WDHO-TV (now WNWO-TV). 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, and was then sold to Filmways (now part of Sony Pictures Television) 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 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 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.

WTOL preempted network programming for many years, but in recent years has carried the entire CBS network schedule, as it still does today. 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.

Newscasts

Monday-Friday

• WTOL News 11 Your Morning" (5:00-7:00AM)
• WTOL News 11 at Noon (12Noon-12:30PM)
• WTOL News 11 at 5 (5:00-6:00PM)
• WTOL News 11 at 6 (6:00-6:30PM)
• WTOL News 11 at 11 (11:00-11:35PM)

Saturday-Sunday

• WTOL News 11 AM Saturday(8:00-10:00AM)
• WTOL News 11 at 6 Weekend Edition (6:00-6:30PM)
• WTOL News 11 at 11 Weekend Edition (11:00-11:35PM)

Personalities

News 11 Your Morning

• Brad Harvey
• Melissa Voetsch

• Meteorologist Mike Stone
• Larry Whatley

News 11 at Noon

• Melissa Voetsch
• Meteorologist Mike Stone

News 11 at 5

• Jerry Anderson

• Chrys Peterson
• Chief Meteorologist Robert Shiels

News 11 at 6

• Jerry Anderson
• Chrys Peterson
• Chief Meteorologist Robert Shiels
• Dan Cummins

News 11 at 11

• Jerry Anderson
• Chrys Peterson

• Chief Meteorologist Robert Shiels
• Dan Cummins

News 11 AM Saturday

• Dan Bumpus
• Shelley Brown
• Meteorologist Scott Brown

News 11 Weekend Edition

• Jonathan Walsh
• Shelley Brown
• Meteorologist James Canterbury
• Gary Sensenstein

Reporters

• Dick Berry
• Mika Highsmith
• Bob Jones
• Phil Jones
• Joe Nugent
• Ryan Vetter
• Colleen Wells
• Rob Wiercinski

WTVG 13 ABC

WTVG, known on air as 13ABC, is the ABC owned and operated television station in Toledo, Ohio with a coverage area serving northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and Essex County, Ontario. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 13, and its digital signal on UHF channel 19.

WTVG is referred to as 13ABC while their Houston sister station is KTRK-TV, known as "ABC13".

The station signed on the air on July 21, 1948 as WSPD-TV, owned by Storer Broadcasting along with WSPD-AM 1370. WSPD-TV was the first television station in the Storer Broadcasting chain. Originally, the station carried programming from all four television networks: NBC (primary affiliation), ABC, CBS and DuMont. With DuMont shutting down in 1955, the CBS affiliation moving to WTOL in 1959 and the ABC affiliation moving to WDHO (now WNWO-TV) in 1970, WSPD-TV became an exclusive NBC affiliate. The station adopted the WTVG callsign (previously used by Newark, New Jersey's channel 68) in 1979 after WSPD radio was sold off (the radio station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications).

Storer Broadcasting was taken over by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in 1985. The common ownership between three stations in the Great Lakes area (WTVG, plus WJBK in Detroit, Michigan and WJW in Cleveland, Ohio) had been grandfathered under the pre-KKR Storer. However, since the FCC recognized the KKR takeover as a change in ownership, KKR could not keep all three stations due to FCC rules in effect at the time forbidding common ownership of multiple television stations with overlapping coverage areas. The city-grade signal coverage of WTVG and WJBK overlaps each other, while the Grade B signal coverage of WTVG and WJW also overlaps each other. The Grade B signal coverage of WJBK and WJW also overlaps each other; however, most of that overlap occurs over Lake Erie. As a result, KKR had to obtain a temporary, 18-month waiver from the FCC in order to buy enough time to find a separate buyer for WTVG.

In late 1987, when the other Storer stations were sold to Gillett Broadcasting, WTVG was sold to a consortium led by George Lilly doing business as "Toledo Television, Inc.," a subsidiary of SJL Broadcast Management (the predecessor to today's Montecito Broadcast Group). SJL sold WTVG (along with WJRT in Flint, Michigan) to Capital Cities/ABC in October 1994 (the sale was finalized on August 29, 1995), which necessitated an affiliation switch. (It should be noted that ABC operated WTVG as an NBC affiliate for two months after it assumed control of the station.) On November 5, 1995, WTVG began airing ABC programming, sending the NBC affiliation to WNWO-TV. In 1996, Capital Cities/ABC was acquired by Disney. WTVG is the dominating News Station in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.

ABC bought stations in Flint and Toledo because both markets reach into the suburban Detroit area. At the time WXYZ-TV, the current ABC affiliate owned by Scripps Howard, was being pursued by CBS which just lost WJBK Channel 2 in Detroit (a former Storer station that was by then owned by New World Communications) to FOX. CBS wanted to affiliate with another VHF station. ABC had to flip their Tampa and Phoenix affiliations from VHF stations (WTSP and KTVK, respectively) to Scripps-owned UHF stations (WFTS and KNXV) in order to keep ABC on WXYZ. If ABC couldn't do this they wanted to buy strong VHF stations in Toledo and Flint to cover the affluent suburban areas of Detroit just in case the Scripps affiliation deal fell through. In the end, the ABC-Scripps deal became official, and ABC's Detroit affiliation remained on WXYZ.

News Segments

I-Team

The 13 Action News I-Team works to uncover government waste, scams and problems that affect your safety and health.

In the past three years the I-Team has uncovered several scams, exposed wrongdoers, and recovered thousands of dollars for viewers. The I-Team has become known for their weekly Restaurant Report Card. It's one of the station's highest-rated segments.

Newsreel

Showcases local news briefs daily from 13abc Action News at 5:30

Restaurant Report Card

Every Thursday on 13 Action News at 6, the I-Team shows you which restaurants are getting some of the worst health violations in the area. Also each Thursday one violation free restaurant is given the green stamp of approval. Presented By Ronnie Dahl

Ask the Expert

Each weekday on 13 ABC Action News at noon, get your questions answered by local experts.

• Mondays-Chris Cooper, financial planner
• Tuesdays-Mark Iagulli, personal trainer
• Wednesdays-Julie Welshans, registered dietitian
• Thursdays-Dr. Daniel Cassavar, cardiologist
• Fridays-Dr. Ruby Nucklos, internist

Weather & Traffic

13ABC has a team of five meteorologists:

• Stan Stachak-Chief Meteorologist
• Jay Berschback
• Theresa Pollick
• Kristin Emery
• Susan Ware-maternity leave

Resources

• 13ABC owns and operates a 350,000 Watt Doppler Radar named Live Doppler 13000
• Systems from Baron Services:
• VIPIR (Volumetric Imaging and Processing of Integrated Radar)
• FasTrac
• StormWarn
• Neighborhood IRIS (Internet Radar Imaging Server)

Traffic

• Shown every 10 minutes along with weather in the mornings 5am-7am

Time Saver Traffic Team:

• Greg Jones
• Bridget Banks
• Sean Roberts- part time

Sports

13ABC Action News Sports Rob Powers and the Power's Pack

• Rob Powers
• Katrina Hancock
• Hakem Dermish- only on Sundays

Football Friday-During Regular Season

• Showcases Northwest Ohio Highschool Football Games

Basketball Friday-During Regular Seasons

• Showcases Northwest Ohio Girls & Boys Basketball

13th Frame

For 35 weeks each year 13 Action News Sports sponsors the 13th Frame, each Thursday night at 11pm Rob Powers travels to a local bowling alley to give away $250.

Rules-

• $1 per pin
• $250 for three strikes in a row

Newscasts

13 ABC Action News Good Morning - 5am - 7am

• Jeff Smith
• Rebecca Regnier
• Jay Berschback
• Greg Jones

13 ABC Action News at Noon

• Jeff Smith
• Susan Ross-Wells

• Jay Berschback

13 ABC Action News at 5

• Lee Conklin
• Diane Larson
• Stan Stachak

• Bridget Banks

13 ABC Action News at 5:30

• Rob Powers
• Susan Ross-Wells
• Stan Stachak

13 ABC Action News at 6 and 11

• Lee Conklin
• Diane Larson

• Stan Stachak
• Rob Powers

13 ABC Action News Saturday and Sunday Mornings 6am - 8am

• Efrem Graham
• Sashem Brey
• Theresa Pollick
• Hakem Dermish- only on Sundays

13 ABC Action News Weekends

• Bill Hormann
• Kristian Brown
• Kristin Emery
• Katrina Hancock

Reporters

• Elisa Amigo
• Ronnie Dahl- I-Team
• Tony Geftos
• Lissa Guyton
• Erica Hurtt
• Alexis Means
• Zack Ottenstein

Personalities & Trivia

• Kristin Emery was recently hired by WTVG. She started June 1st. She takes the places of Meteorologist Susan Ware, who went on maternity leave in February. Ware said that she wanted to work on a fill in basis. Earlier this year, Leslie LoBue from WJRT-TV in Flint helped fill in for Ware, then Jim Madaus from WXYZ-TV came in April.

• Alexis Means won an Emmy for best spot news coverage for "Gunmen in the School," a breaking news story in which a gunmen was seen on survelliance video walking in to a Toledo Public School with a gun.

• On June 21, 2006, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan was under a moderate risk for severe weather. A massive complex of thunderstorms moved into Michigan and took a turn to the southeast. A tornado warning was later issued for Lucas County. During this, Jeff Smith was with his wife, Lisa, who had gone into labor at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. Later that night, she gave birth to a boy -- Dugan Jeffrey Smith. Efrem Graham and Sashem Brey have been filling in for Smith in the mornings, while Rebecca Regnier fills in at Noon.

• 13 Action News utilizes the Sony PDW510 XDCAM Camcorder (DVCAM)

• WTVG along with WTOL, use the Jeep Liberty as an ENG vehicle, due to the fact that there are made locally by Daimler Chrysler

WNWO-TV 24 NBC

WNWO-TV is a television station in Toledo, Ohio and affiliated with the NBC-TV network. The stations serves Northwestern Ohio, Southeastern Michigan and can be viewed in Windsor, Ontario and Essex County over the air and on cable. Its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio.

Overmeyer Broadcasting founded the station that would be known as WNWO-TV as an independent UHF station, the first in Toledo not to be affiliated with any television network. That however, wasn't the original plan. WDHO (for Daniel H. Overmeyer) signed on the air on May 3, 1966 initially as the unlikely flagship of The Overmeyer Network very soon renamed The United Network (no relation to UPN), which began operations one year later, on May 1, 1967. The sole program on the United Network, The Las Vegas Show (starring comedian Bill Dana) was cancelled after being on the air for a month and the network closed down with it. WDHO soldiered on as an independent station carrying syndicated and local programming plus CBS and NBC network shows not cleared by WTOL or WSPD-TV (now WTVG).

The station affiliated with the American Broadcasting Company in 1970; previously, ABC had been split between WTOL and WSPD. WDHO's affiliation with ABC wasn't a successful one . Creditors threatened the station's existence and even the trailer housing the station's business office was in danger of repossession. It didn't help that WXYZ-TV in Detroit was available over the air in much of the Toledo market. Overmeyer Broadcasting (which once also owned a chain of independent stations including KEMO in San Francisco, WATL in Atlanta and WPHL in Philadelphia) declared bankruptcy during the 1980s and the station was seized by the Bank of Boston (now Bank of America).

In 1986, the station was sold through a bankruptcy proceeding for $19.6 million to a local group, Toledo Television Investors, LTD. The new owners changed the station's call letters to WNWO-TV, the new call letters standing for North West Ohio, on June 1, 1986. In October 1994, Capital Cities Communications/ABC announced it would buy WTVG. Almost out of desparation, WNWO approached NBC, which was about to be evicted from WTVG. On November 5, 1995, WNWO became the new affiliate for NBC in Toledo.

Ironically (for being unsolicited by WNWO), this network swap increased the value of WNWO as a television station, owing to the ratings of NBC relative to ABC in 1995. The station was soon sold to the Malrite Communications Group. Malrite invested heavily in its new property, reportedly spending (according to the station's present owner) $3 million to upgrade the station. A new studio and offices were built on the site of the former WDHO on Byrne Road in Toledo, expanding the facility by 10,000 ft2. The station went from a newsroom of 8 people and one half-hour newscast a day to over 30 people and 3 hours of news a day. In 1997 the completely revamped newscast went on the air with anchors Dan Lovett and Lissa Guyton, Bill Spencer presenting the weather and Jim Tichy, the only hold over from the previous newscast, presenting sports. Despite a large ad campaign with the slogan "Building a better station for you", the newscast did not do well in the ratings. There was a lot of turnover on the anchor desk, and a number of personalities (including Jon Clark, Angela Atalla and Nora Murray) have left the station. Current anchors include Jim Blue and Jennifer Stacy.

Raycom Media, Inc. bought all of the Malrite stations in 1998. However, Raycom owned Toledo's Fox affiliate, WUPW at the time and had to sell it to avoid breaking the FCC's duopoly rules. One person is not allowed to own two of the four largest stations in a single market.

WNWO was once again put up for sale in 2005 after Raycom merged with The Liberty Corporation, which included WTOL. The sale was necessary to help meet federal restrictions on station ownership.

On March 27, 2006, Raycom announced that Barrington Broadcasting will be acquiring 12 Raycom stations, including WNWO. The FCC approved the deal in June 2006. Upon finalization, WNWO will join Marquette's WLUC-TV, Saginaw's WEYI-TV and Northern Michigan's WPBN & WTOM as part of Barrington's family of stations serving Michigan and northwestern Ohio.

Newscasts & Anchors

NBC 24 Today

Airs from 4:56 am till 7:00 am, features morning headlines, weather, and traffic.

• Tom Bosco
• Shenikwa Stratford
• Meteorologist Norm Van Ness
• Pin Point Traffic with Christy O'Neill

NBC 24 News at 5, 5:30, and 6 and NBC 24 News Tonight

• Jim Blue
• Jennifer Stacy
• Chief Meteorologist Bill Spencer
• Jim Tichy

NBC 24 Weekends

NBC 24 News and NBC 24 News Tonight both air on weekends, with an additional newscast at 7 PM on Saturdays.

• Andrea Mock
• Meteorologist Michael Schlesinger
• Eric Haubert

Reporters

• Aaron Brillbeck
• Kylie Conway
• Rob Packard
• Paul Stelzer
• Matt Trezza

Triple Doppler Weather Team

• Chief Meteorologist Bill Spencer
• Meteorologist Norm Van Ness
• Meteorologist Michael Schlesinger

Sports Team

• Jim Tichy
• Eric Haubert
• Ryan Fowler

Changeup

NBC 24's ownership will switch from Raycom Broadcasting to Barrington Broadcasting within the next two months.

Tower

The WNWO Tower is a 438-meter high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV programs in Oregon, Ohio, USA (Geographical coordinates: 41°40′03″N, 83°21′22″W). The WNWO Tower was completed in 1983 and is property of Raycom Media, Inc..

Current Slogan

• "Toledo Weather Station"

WUPW 36 FOX

WUPW is the Fox television affiliate station for Toledo, Ohio. It is known on-air as "Fox Toledo." It is owned by LIN Broadcasting. Its transmitter is located in Oregon, Ohio, and its studios are located near the SeaGate Convention Centre in downtown Toledo.

In addition to news and Fox network programming, WUPW also carries many off-network sitcoms and a few syndicated game/reality, talk and courtroom shows.

WUPW went on the air on September 4, 1985 as an independent television station. It became a charter Fox network affiliate in 1986.

In the 1990s, the station began to air a 10pm newscast produced by WTOL. The partnership between the two stations ended in 2000, and WUPW launched its own news department.

WUPW was the only Toledo over-the-air television station to air cartoons weekday afternoons, as the local WB affiliate, WT05 is a cable station. The station added a 4pm newscast after Fox discontinued kids' weekday programming in 2001.

After Raycom Media (which then owned WUPW) acquired Malrite Broadcasting (which owned NBC affiliate WNWO-TV) in 1998, WUPW was spun off to Sunrise Television due to FCC rules at the time prohibiting common ownership of two stations in the same market, as Raycom opted to keep the higher-rated WNWO at that time. LIN acquired the station in 2002 through its purchase of Sunrise Television. Ironically, Raycom Media bought WTOL in 2006 after Liberty Broadcasting merged with Raycom (WNWO is being sold to Barrington Broadcasting due to current FCC rules prohibiting common ownership of two of the four largest stations in a single market).

Personalities

Fox Toledo News First at Four

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison

Fox Toledo News First at Ten

• Laura Emerson
• Karl Rundgren
• Chief Meteorologist Mike Morrison
• Brad Fanning

Fox Toledo News Weekends

• Tiffany Tarpley
• Weathercaster Tamara Berg
• Howard Chen

Reporters

• Allison Brown
• Heather Miller
• Kevin Mullan
• Myrt Price
• Tiffany Tarpley
• Michelle Zepeda
• Joe Rychnovsky
• Tami Tremblay
• Brian Krupp
• Barrett Andrews
• Myndi Milliken
• Kelly Miner

Webcast

Fox Toledo recently added a webcast to their website. They update it at 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm, and 11 pm. In the mornings, Michelle Zepeda usually anchors it, but in the evenings, Laura Emerson and Karl Rundgren anchor it. On weekends, Allison Brown also anchors it. There are also weathercasts on the website as well.

Face of Fox Toledo

For the past year, Leah D'Emilio has been the Face of Fox Toledo. She was seen on commercials as well as at local media events. The Toledo Blade reported on July 10, 2006 that auditions will be held in August to find her successor.

Tower

The WUPW Tower is a 372-meter high-guy aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV programs in Oregon, Ohio (Geographical coordinates: 41°39′21″N, 83°26′40″W). It was completed in 1985 and is the property of LIN Broadcasting.