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{{Short description|Television station in Alliance, Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox television station dual
| logo = PBS Western Reserve logo 2019.webp
| logo_upright = 1
| branding = PBS Western Reserve
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''45.1, 49.1:''' [[PBS]]|'''45.2, 49.2:''' Fusion|'''45.3, 49.3:''' [[First Nations Experience|FNX]]}}
| owner = Western Reserve Public Media
| licensee = Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, Inc.
| country = United States
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.pbswesternreserve.org/}}
| city1 = [[Alliance, Ohio|Alliance]]–[[Youngstown, Ohio]]
| city2 = [[Akron]]–[[Canton, Ohio]]
| name1 = WNEO
| name2 = WEAO
| virtual1 = 45
| virtual2 = 49
| digital1 = 29 ([[UHF]])
| digital2 = 24 (UHF), shared with [[WRLM (TV)|WRLM]]
| former_channel_numbers1 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 45 (UHF, 1973–2008)|'''Digital:''' 46 (UHF, 2003–2008), 45 (UHF, 2008–2020)}}
| former_channel_numbers2 = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 49 (UHF, 1975–2009)|'''Digital:''' 50 (UHF, 2004–2019)}}
| facility_id1 = 49439
| facility_id2 = 49421
| airdate1 = {{start date and age|1973|05|30|p=y}}
| airdate2 = {{start date and age|1975|09|21|p=y}}
| erp1 = 465 kW
| erp2 = 191 kW
| haat1 = {{convert|251.1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| haat2 = {{convert|294.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates1 = {{coord|40|54|23.2|N|80|54|39.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WNEO}}
| coordinates2 = {{coord|41|4|58.5|N|81|38|1.6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WEAO}}
| callsign_meaning1 = Northeastern Ohio
| callsign_meaning2 = Eastern Ohio
| former_callsigns1 = WNEO-TV (1973–1990)
}}

'''WNEO''' (channel 45) is a [[non-commercial educational]] [[television station]] licensed to [[Alliance, Ohio]], United States. It is simulcast full-time over [[satellite station]] '''WEAO''' (channel 49) in [[Akron, Ohio]]. Both are [[Network affiliate#Member stations|member stations]] of [[PBS]] and jointly brand as '''PBS Western Reserve'''. WNEO is the [[Youngstown]] market's PBS station of record, while WEAO provides the [[Cleveland]] market with a second choice for PBS programming alongside the market's primary PBS station, [[WVIZ]] (channel 25).

WNEO and WEAO are owned by Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, which is a consortium of the [[University of Akron]], [[Kent State University]] and [[Youngstown State University]]. The two stations operate from studios on Kent State's campus in [[Kent, Ohio|Kent]],<ref>{{cite web | title= Organization Profile| url= http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/FACTS.HTM?b1b7cb08| work= WesternReservePublicMedia.org| publisher= Western Reserve Public Media| year= 2009|quote= ''The operations center, administrative offices, main studio and location of public files are housed at 1750 Campus Center Drive, Kent, Ohio, 44240. The organization's Western Reserve Production Hub is located on the first floor of the United Building in downtown Akron.''| access-date=May 21, 2009}}</ref> northeast of Akron and roughly west of Youngstown. WNEO's transmitter is located in [[Salem, Ohio|Salem]], while WEAO's transmitter is based in [[Copley Township, Ohio|Copley Township]].

WNEO also operates '''W13DP-D''', a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] digital [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] in Youngstown, which serves low-lying areas in the [[Mahoning Valley]] that are not covered from the main WNEO signal. The translator signed on as [[analog television|analog]] W58AM in May 1980, converted to digital as W44CR-D in November 2009, and moved to its current channel in November 2019.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=W13DP-D FCC TV query for W13DP-D]</ref>

==History==
WNEO first signed on the air on May 30, 1973.<ref name="Akro730601">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-channel-45-it/124840478/|date=June 1, 1973|page=B6|title=Channel 45? It's WNEO|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Fri --> It was originally intended to serve all of Northeast Ohio from Youngstown to Cleveland. Its [[city of license]], Alliance, is split between both major markets in the region. Most of the city is in [[Stark County, Ohio|Stark County]], which is in the Cleveland market; a small portion is in [[Mahoning County]], which includes Youngstown. However, it was later decided to reorient WNEO to serve Youngstown and sign on a satellite station to serve Akron and Cleveland. That station, WEAO, signed on the air more than two years later on September 21, 1975.<ref name="Akro750921">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-ch-49-goes-on/124840501/|date=September 21, 1975|page=TV Preview 3|title=Ch. 49 goes on air today|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 17, 2023}}</ref><!-- Sun --> Prior to WEAO's sign-on, the channel 49 allocation in the Cleveland–Akron market was occupied by Akron-based [[WAKR-TV]] from 1953 to 1967, when that station moved to UHF channel 23. WNEO and WEAO were jointly branded as PBS 45 & 49 until late 2008 when they changed their on-air branding to "Western Reserve PBS", as part of the parent organization's overall branding change to Western Reserve Public Media in 2008.<ref>[http://www.westernreservepbs.org/news/newname08.htm PBS 45 & 49 to Change Name to Western Reserve Public Media]</ref>
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== Technical information ==
=== Subchannels ===
The stations' signals are [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WNEO<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNEO#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WNEO|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col"|[[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col"|[[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col"|[[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col"|Short name
! scope = "col"|Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.1 
| [[720p]] || rowspan="3" |[[16:9]] || WNEO HD || [[PBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.2 
| rowspan="2" |[[480i]] || WNEO FS || Fusion
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.3 
| WNEO FN || [[First Nations Experience|FNX]]
|}
<section begin=subs />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WEAO and WRLM<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WEAO#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WEAO|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=September 13, 2024}}</ref>
! scope = "col"|License
! scope = "col"|[[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col"|[[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col"|[[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col"|Short name
! scope = "col"|Programming
|-
! rowspan = "3" scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #60B0FF;" | WEAO
! scope = "row" | 49.1 
| [[720p]] || rowspan="4" |[[16:9]] || WEAO HD || [[PBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 49.2 
| rowspan="2" |[[480i]] || WEAO FS || Fusion
|-
! scope = "row" | 49.3 
| WEAO FN || [[First Nations Experience|FNX]]
|-
! scope = "row" style="border-right: 4px solid #0057AF;" | WRLM
! scope = "row" | 47.1 
| 720p || WRLM || TCT
|}
<section end=subs />
WNEO and WEAO carried [[Create (TV channel)|Create]] on digital channels 45.3 and 49.3 and the [[Ohio Channel]] on digital channels 45.4 and 49.4 until August 2007, when the two subchannels were removed to make room for their high definition feeds. The analog simulcast of WNEO/WEAO remained on digital channels 45.2 and 49.2 until the June 12, 2009, digital transition, when they were replaced with Western Reserve PBS Fusion, a local service which aired concerts and music-related programs until August 1, 2009, at which point it switched to a mix of local programming; WNEO/WEAO then added [[MHz Worldview]] to digital channels 45.3 and 49.3 on June 13.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/digital.htm |title=Digital Services |website=westernreservepublicmedia.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224093853/http://www.westernreservepublicmedia.org/digital.htm |archive-date=December 24, 2008}}</ref> WNEO and WEAO carried [[V-Me]] on digital channels 45.4 and 49.4 on September 19, 2009. The channel was discontinued in April 2017.

===Translator===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! City of license
! Callsign
! Translating
! Channel
! [[effective radiated power|ERP]]
! [[HAAT]]
! [[Facility ID]]
! Transmitter coordinates
|-
|| [[Youngstown]] ||'''{{FCC-LMS-Facility|49432|3=W13DP-D}}'''|| WNEO || 13 ([[VHF]]) || 0.27&nbsp;kW || {{convert|186|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} || 49432 || {{coord|41|04|48.6|N|80|38|24.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=W13DP-D}}
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WNEO ended regular programming on its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 45, on November 19, 2008. Two days later on November 21, the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 46 to channel 45 for post-transition operations.<ref name="DTV Designations">{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref>

WEAO ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 49, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 50, using [[virtual channel]] 49.<ref name="DTV Designations"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.pbswesternreserve.org/ Official website]
*[https://westernreservepublicmedia.org/facts.htm Station history]

{{Youngstown, Ohio TV}}
{{Cleveland TV}}
{{PBS Ohio}}

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