WAKN

WAKN is an UPN affiliate serving Akron, OH, and parts of Northeast Ohio, including parts of Cleveland and Canton, OH. Broadcasting on channel 11, and with it's license located in Akron, the station is owned and operated by Flinn Broadcasting. The station was launched in 1990 and broadcast Jewelry Television and local programming in Akron, Ohio on Channel 11. It was founded by Akron Broadcasting. Its original designation was W11CB from its inception in 1990 to May 23, 2000 when it was officially changed to WAKN-LP. In 2006, WAKN became the affiliate of UPN. In 2010, Akron Broadcasting sold the station to Flinn Broadcasting. And in the year 2012, WAKN boosted it's power to where all of northeast Ohio, including Cleveland and Canton, were able to watch WAKN. They dropped the LP label, and later on that year, they launched their prime-time newscast.