WLIO (channel 8) is a television station in Lima, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and Fox.

[3] WLOK's transmitter was located on a parcel of land at the intersection of Rice and Woodlawn Avenues, which necessitated a rezoning from residential to commercial.

[10] In addition to live local shows, WLOK-TV carried programming from NBC, CBS and DuMont, all initially via kinescope and film.

[13][14] In early November 1953, Pixley issued additional stock in WLOK, Inc., to Columbus-based interests that already held a stake in the stations,[15] reducing his share to 34 percent.

[18] The buyer was named on October 30 as the Northwestern Ohio Broadcasting Company, parent of WIMA-AM-FM, acquiring WLOK for $750 in stock and $188,691 in assumed obligations.

[25] In its early years, the station had a range of local programs, including a local franchise of Romper Room, two other children's programs, and Little League baseball broadcast from a ballfield at the studio site which was known as "Telecast Field", as well as the long-running Easter's Parade and Blue Flame Theater.

[39] Under Metro Video Productions, WOHL began producing news in 2001[40] and added other major networks on additional low-power stations: CBS on WLMO-LP in 2004[41] and ABC on WLQP-LP in 2006.

[43] However, financial issues at WOHL and a desire for carriage on a full-power station with a larger coverage area led Fox to consider moving its affiliation to WLIO as early as late 2007.

[45] Greg Phipps, owner of Metro, alleged that WOHL's three-year affiliation renewal was nearing completion when Block began talking to the network; the contract had special provisions allowing Fox to move to a full-power station such as WLIO on 60 days' notice.

[44] On November 29, 2008, it was announced that Metro Video Productions would sell its stations (WLQP-LP, WLMO-LP, and WOHL-CA in Lima, as well as WFND-LP in Findlay) to a Block Communications subsidiary, West Central Ohio Broadcasting.

[47] The $2.4 million sale agreement also ended the pending litigation between the parties; it was initially stated that Block would not close the Metro Video Productions facilities on South Central Avenue and consolidate them with WLIO,[48] but after the sale was completed in February 2009, operations of all stations were consolidated at WLIO's studios on Rice Avenue in several phases.

[49][50] The acquisition of the Metro Video stations and the concurrent conversion to digital television brought major changes to Block's local offerings.