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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. It operates WKSU (89.7 FM), the region's main radio news service aligned with NPR, and owns classical music/jazz outlet WCLV (90.3 FM) and Cleveland PBS member station WVIZ (channel 25). 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. WCLV, then operating as a Lorain-licensed station at 104.9 FM, was donated to the group in 2011. Since 2021, Ideastream has operated WKSU and its repeater network on behalf of owner Kent State University, and has been Cleveland and Akron's sole NPR station of record since March 28, 2022. Kevin E. Martin has been the organization's president/CEO since January 9, 2017, succeeding Jerrold Wareham. Jenny Northern, a staffer with WCLV since 2001, was elevated to station manager in 2014 and became general manager for all stations in 2020. All stations in the group jointly rebranded as "Ideastream Public Media" on June 15, 2021, to celebrate the entity's 20th anniversary. (en) |
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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. It operates WKSU (89.7 FM), the region's main radio news service aligned with NPR, and owns classical music/jazz outlet WCLV (90.3 FM) and Cleveland PBS member station WVIZ (channel 25). (en) |
