SCOVEL, SYLVESTER HENRY 'HARRY' (29 July 1869-11 Feb.
SCRIPPS, EDWARD WILLIS (18 June 1854-12 Mar. 1926), founder of the CLEVELAND PRESS, was born near Rushville, Ill., son of James M. and Julia Osborne Scripps. He helped his brother James start the Detroit News in 1873. Scripps came to Cleveland in 1878, starting the Penny Press on 2 Nov.
SELTZER, LOUIS B. (19 Sept. 1897-2 Apr.
SMEAD, TIMOTHY (1811-3 Jan. 1890), one of Cleveland's pioneer printers, brought the first newspaper to what later became the city's west side. The son of a printer, he was born in Bennington, Vt., and raised in Bath, N.Y.
STASHOWER, FRED P. (29 Oct. 1902-10 Jan. 1994) combined during his lifetime careers in journalism, advertising, and public office.
Born in Cleveland to Max D. and Sarah Polansky Stashower, Fred attended local schools and graduated from Glenville High School. He then entered the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics in 1924.
STEPHAN, ROBERT STUDEBAKER (31 December 1895—20 February 1949) became one of the Midwest's best known radio editors during a career of two decades with the Cleveland PLAIN DEALER.
STRASSMEYER, MARY A. (5 Aug. 1929-20 April 1998) was a PLAIN DEALER reporter who wrote the widely read column, "Mary, Mary" and covered Cleveland's high society for 32 years. She was born in the OLD BROOKLYN section of Cleveland to Catherine A. (Mullally) and Frederick H. Strassmeyer, a furniture salesman.
SUN NEWSPAPERS grew from a single weekly into the dominant suburban newspaper chain of metropolitan Cleveland. Its nucleus was the Shaker Sun, founded by Harry Volk in 1946.
The SUNDAY POST was probably first issued on 26 Sept. 1875. By 4 June 1876 (No. 37), it was a 4-page sheet selling for $.05. Expansion to an 8-page format took place by 8 Apr. 1877. Published by the Post Printing Co., the paper had its offices on Seneca St. ORLANDO J.
The SUNDAY STAR (ca. 1922-24) was a full-sized weekly newspaper devoted almost exclusively to sensational coverage of crime and scandal in Cleveland during the 1920s. Edited by Thomas J.
The SUNDAY VOICE was Cleveland's first successful Sunday newspaper, surviving for 30 years as a weekly publication. It was founded 15 Oct. 1871 by 4 partners, with W. Scott Robison emerging as sole owner. Edited for a time by HARRY L.
SVOBODA, FRANK J. (28 Nov. 1873-1 Mar. 1965), CZECH newspaper publisher (1899-1939) and state legislator (1943-60), was born in Bohemia, and came to the U.S. in 1884 with his parents, John and Mary (Marova) Svoboda.
TAIT, JOSEPH (15 May 1937-10 March 2021) was a sportscaster best known for being the voice of the CLEVELAND CAVALIERS.
TELEVISION. The first television station in Cleveland was also the first in Ohio. WEWS, Channel 5, went on the air the night of 17 Dec. 1947.
TIME magazine was published in Cleveland from 1925-27 in an effort to improve its delivery time to the West Coast. Begun in New York by Britton Hadden and Henry R. Luce in 1923, the fledgling "Weekly Newsmagazine" was often reaching western subscribers 3 days behind schedule. Luce made the decision to relocate in Cleveland during his partner's absence in Europe.
VAIL, HARRY LORENZO (11 Oct. 1860-27 Feb. 1935), journalist, lawyer, and politician, was born in Cleveland to Judge I.C. and Clara Van Husen Vail. At 19, Vail received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan and over the next 5 years studied law at intervals, being admitted to the bar in 1884, although he did not begin practicing until 1888.
VAIL, HERMAN LANSING (6 July 1895-7 Jan. 1981), lawyer and newspaper publisher, was born in Cleveland to Sarah A. Wickham and HARRY L. VAIL, earned an A.B. from Princeton University in 1917 and an LL.B. from Harvard University Law School in 1922, being admitted to the Ohio bar in 1922.
VOLK, HARRY (July 21, 1914- November 2, 1985) was the influential owner and publisher of the suburban SUN NEWSPAPERS. He was one of six children born in Cleveland to Abraham and Lena Volk and went to East Technical High School.
WAECHTER UND ANZEIGER (The Sentinel & Advertiser) was Cleveland's longest-lived ethnic daily and one of the city's major newspapers in its own right. It began on 9 Aug. 1852 as Waechter am Erie (Sentinel on the Erie), a German weekly founded by Heinrich Rochette, Louis Ritter, and JACOB MUELLER.
WALKER, WILLIAM OTIS (19 Sept. 1896-29 Oct. 1981), black Republican publisher, was born in Selma, Ala., son of Alex and Annie Lee (Jones) Walker.
WCLV, Cleveland's classical music radio station was launched on 1 Nov. 1962, following the purchase of WDGO-FM from Douglas G. Oviatt. New owners C. K. Patrick and Robt. Conrad of Radio Seaway, Inc., immediately changed the call letters to WCLV, broadcasting at 95.5 megacycles.
WEWS (Channel 5), the first television station in Ohio and only the 16th in the nation, went on the air officially on 17 Dec. 1947. Owned by the E.W. Scripps Co., publishers of the CLEVELAND PRESS, its call letters were chosen to represent the initials of the company's founder, EDWARD WYLLIS SCRIPPS.
WGAR radio was founded in 1930 by Geo. A. Richards, a Michigan millionaire and owner of WJR in Detroit. After an hour of congratulatory messages on 15 Dec. 1930, WGAR switched over to "Amos `n' Andy," on the NBC Blue Network. Operating from a penthouse studio in the Hotel Statler, WGAR broadcast on 500 watts at 1,450 kilocycles. Under general manager John F.
WHITTLESEY, CHARLES W. (4 Oct. 1808-17 Oct. 1886), geologist and historian, was born in Southington, Conn. to Asaph and Vesta Hart Whittlesey, moved to Tallmadge, Ohio in 1813, graduated from West Point in 1831, and was stationed in Wisconsin as a 2d lieutenant before serving in the Black Hawk War (1833).
