WKBF-TV

WKBF-TV, UHF analog channel 61, was an independent television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The station was owned as a joint venture between Kaiser Broadcasting, Frank V. Mavec and Associates and, later, Field Communications (the latter owned a minority stake in the station from 1972 to 1975). WKBF is perhaps the least remembered for its position in television history, although many nationally recognized broadcast professionals began their career at the station. The station operated from studio facilities located on St. Clair Avenue in Euclid. WKBF's microwave studio-transmitter link (STL) was assigned the microwave license of KZM-32.

History

As the newest member of the Kaiser Broadcasting chain of independent stations (which included WKBD-TV in Detroit, WKBS-TV (frequency now occupied by WGTW-TV) in Philadelphia, WKBG-TV (now WLVI) in Boston, WFLD-TV in Chicago, KBHK-TV (now known as KBCW) in San Francisco, and KBSC-TV (now KVEA) in Los Angeles), WKBF-TV first signed on the air on January 19, 1968; when the station began operation, its first day of broadcast was delayed due to one of the worst snowstorms to hit the area that occurred that winter.