WBNX-TV (channel 55) is an independent television station licensed to Akron, Ohio, United States, serving the Cleveland area.

Master control and internal operations are based at the WJW studios on Dick Goddard Way (previously South Marginal Road) just northeast of downtown Cleveland near the shore of Lake Erie.

WBNX was previously owned by the Winston Broadcasting Network subsidiary of locally based Ernest Angley Ministries, which operated the station as a for-profit arm of the company.

The unfinished concrete tower which still stands behind Grace Cathedral was originally intended to hold the transmission tower of WCOT, for which Humbard had previously held a construction permit on the channel 55 frequency (the station never made it to air, and its authorization was deleted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1976).

In November 1986 when cross-town WCLQ-TV (channel 61) was sold to the Home Shopping Network, WBNX picked up the cartoons and classic sitcoms previously on WCLQ.

[7] WBNX moved to become a major player in Cleveland television in September 1994, when it overhauled its programming lineup to include a mix of classic sitcoms, movies and cartoons as well as a couple hours of religious shows each day; infomercials were also relegated to overnight time slots at that time.

When WJW and WOIO swapped networks on September 3, 1994, WBNX acquired the local rights to the Fox Kids programming block.

The station also expanded its distribution, increasing its carriage on local cable providers throughout northeast Ohio (including within the adjacent Youngstown market).

On September 1, 1997, WBNX-TV took over as the Cleveland-area affiliate of The WB Television Network, assuming the rights from WUAB-TV (channel 43).

[14][15] Nearly one month after the CW launch announcement, on February 22, 2006, News Corporation announced the launch of MyNetworkTV, a network operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television that was created to primarily serve as a network programming option (in lieu of converting to a general entertainment independent format) for UPN and WB stations that were left out of The CW's affiliation deals.

On March 1, in a joint announcement by CBS Corporation and the Winston Broadcasting Network, WBNX was confirmed as The CW's Cleveland affiliate.

On April 30, 2007, WBNX began broadcasting CW network programming in high definition and 5.1 stereo surround sound.

Upon approval, the deal would create a duopoly with WJW, and lead to the return of CW network programming on September 1, 2025.