WTOL Signs On

On This Day | Posted by: Tedd Long | 12/06/2025

1958: WTOL TV channel 11 (CBS) signs on the air for the first time on Saturday night, at 7 p.m., Dec. 6, 1958. The inaugural program is live with Ohio governor-elect Michael V. Disalle (D-Toledo), and a host of other local dignitaries, along with owner Frazier Reams.