WJW FOX 8 is the predominant news station in the Cleveland-Akron (Canton) Market, with a strong history and legacy. Serving Cleveland since 1949, WJW prides itself as the ‘go-to’ station in the market for breaking news, weather and investigative reporting., WJW (channel 8) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside independent WBNX-TV (channel 55)., WJW (channel 8) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, WJW maintains studios on Dick Goddard Way just northeast of downtown Cleveland near the shore of Lake Erie., WJW-TV Fox 8 Cleveland Fox affiliate owned and operated by Nexstar Media Group. The station first signed on in 1949 as WXEL TV Channel 9 and carried DuMont and CBS programming., Nexstar, the parent company of local Fox affiliate WJW-TV 8, has made an agreement with the Winston Broadcasting Co. to purchase Cleveland's WBNX-TV 55 television station, according to a, Nexstar, a media company based in Irving, Texas, is the parent company of WJW-TV 8, the local Fox affiliate. WBNX, an independent station that served as an affiliate of The CW from.