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Ohio News Network
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| Type | cable television network |
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| Country |  United States |
| Availability | State of Ohio |
| Founder | WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio |
| Slogan | [Ohio News Now] |
| Owner | Dispatch Broadcast Group |
| Launch date | 1996 |
| Website | www.onnnews.com |
The Ohio News Network, often abbreviated ONN, is a television and radio news network in the U.S. state of Ohio. Its studios and offices are co-located with sister station WBNS-TV, the CBS television affiliate for Columbus and central Ohio. ONN is owned by the Dispatch Broadcast Group, which is affiliated with The Columbus Dispatch, the Columbus daily newspaper.
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With the slogan "Ohio News Now", ONN mostly features news relevant to the state. Other segments include sports, weather, business, and health. Capital Square offers discussion of government in Ohio while the Sunday program On the Hill offers it on the national level that affects the people in Ohio. Capital Square was once a Sunday fixture for WBNS in the 1990s until it was moved over to ONN.
ONN often boasts of being a high school sports leader in the state. Many state championship games including hockey, football, and basketball air on ONN and are major ratings boasters for the network. ONN also includes election updates throughout the state on major election days or for emergency voting that affects a large portion of the state.
ONN rebroadcasts local news programs in cooperation with its affiliates in other Ohio markets. In addition to local news produced by Dispatch sister station WBNS, ONN airs local newscasts from WEWS in Cleveland and WKRC in Cincinnati. These broadcasts currently air on a slightly delayed basis.
Ohio News Network has run video news releases and fake news, specifically regarding a story on the "Car Cockpit of the Future" that aired January 31, 2006. The story turned out to be a video news release created by Medialink for Siemens VDO. KLBK-TV in Lubbock, Texas and WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland also carried the report. [1]
In addition to the television channel, the Dispatch Group also owns the ONN Radio Network. ONN Radio provides statewide newscasts for affiliate stations during the day. It is distributed by Radio Sound Network, which is also owned and operated by the Dispatch Group. Radio Sound Network distributes various programming elements for radio stations, including live play-by-play broadcasts of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Ohio State Buckeyes, and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Official website
- ONN Radio website, featuring on-demand audio
- Newscasts take flak for flackery – Columbus Dispatch story about ONN Running fake news
- Ohio News Network at Sourcewatch
- Dispatch Broadcast Group
- Siemens VNR as seen on ONN
- Original Siemens VNR
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