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WCIU-TV (channel 26) is an independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.It is the flagship television property of locally based Weigel Broadcasting, which has owned the station since its inception, and is sister to two low-power stations: independent outlet WMEU-CD (channel 48) and MeTV/Heroes & Icons flagship WWME-CD (channel 23).
Soul Train premiered on WCIU-TV on August 17, 1970, as a live show airing weekday afternoons. Beginning as a low-budget affair, in black and white, the first episode of the program featured Jerry Butler, The Chi-Lites, and The Emotions as guests. [1] The show would air in syndication from October 2, 1971, to March 25, 2006. The dates shown are ...
The new digital network will be airing on WCIU digital subchannel 26.2, replacing MeTV, which moved to WCIU digital subchannel 26.3 on December 15, 2010, and mainly consists of other purchased programming without room on the main WCIU schedule, second runs of WCIU programming or programming burned off due to low ratings. [11] [12]
After securing a sponsorship deal with the Chicago-based retailer Sears, Roebuck and Company, Soul Train premiered on WCIU-TV on August 17, 1970, as a live show airing weekday afternoons. Beginning as a low-budget affair, in black and white, the first episode of the program featured Jerry Butler, the Chi-Lites, and the Emotions as guests. [3]
The station first signed on the air on October 28, 1987 as W23AT, originally operating as a translator of WFBT. In 2001, the station changed its callsign to WFBT-CA and shifted to a brokered-time ethnic programming format (coincidentally, this was the original programming format of sister station WCIU-TV from 1964 until it converted into an English-language, entertainment-based independent ...
Eventually, there will be links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their local programming, hosts and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies. As of 2023, there are a total of 88 such stations operating in the US and its territories.
MeTV on 27.2, Antenna TV on 27.3 Chicago: Chicago: 2 12 WBBM-TV: CBS: Start TV on 2.2, Dabl on 2.3, Fave TV on 2.4 Since February 5, 2024 the ATSC 1.0 broadcast is sharing RF 19 with WGN [1] Chicago: Chicago: 5 33 WMAQ-TV: NBC: Cozi TV on 5.2, Lx on 5.3, Oxygen on 5.4 Chicago: Chicago: 7 22 WLS-TV: ABC: Localish on 7.2, Charge! on 7.3 Chicago ...
Kids' WB programming instead aired on Weigel Broadcasting-owned WCIU-TV. However, WGN's superstation feed carried the block from 1995 to 1999, making the network available to markets without a local affiliate. WGN-TV began clearing Kids' WB on its Chicago broadcast signal in 2004, taking over the local rights from WCIU-TV.