Chicago has had several changes since my last post. Since I don't remember what changes were made since my last post, I will do an entire new list of what's in Chicago. I will tell you that there is already channel sharing taking place on 2 stations. WXFT officially shut off their transmitter on RF 50, and switched to a channel sharing agereement with WLS-TV. As part of the agreement, Unimás is now at 720p, & Livewell Network got downgraded to 480i widescreen to make room for 60.1 & 60.2. Also, that meant that Univision accepted Laff on 66.2, but they had to downgrade their main channel to 720p, in order to make room for Laff. While NBC hasn't shut off WSNS yet on RF 45, WMAQ-TV on RF 29 is running dual 1080i on their station, & running both NBC & Telemundo in HD, Cozi in 480i widescreen, & Tele Éxitos in 480i (mapped to 44.3 & 44.4 for 44.1 & 44.2). While I can't get WWTO, they sold off their VHF license, & turned off their station out in LaSalle, IL. They initially entered a channel sharing agreement with WLPD-CD, but they have since bought the station outright, & moved their programming to that station. I don't get WLPD-CD either, & won't know how the programming is listed. September 2016 is when I believe they went back to independent status. The new Tribune Company wanted to stop farming out all their sportscasts to WCIU, that they decided not to renew their affiliation with CW, though they did in New York & Los Angeles. WYCC on RF 21 sold off their spectrum, & turned in their license. So they officially signed off. While the FCC records claim they're working on a channel sharing agreement with WTTW, it's been reported that the City Colleges of Chicago Director (or whoever is in charge of the colleges & the TV station) has refused to talk about the plans for WYCC).
Here's what Chicago has.
2.1 RF 12 WBBM-TV CBS 10801
2.2 RF 12 Decades 480i widescreen
2.11 RF 26 WBBM-LD CBS 10801 (UHF translator)
2.12 RF 26 Decades 480i widescreen
5.1 RF 29 WMAQ-TV NBC 10801
5.2 RF 29 Cozi TV 4801 widescreen
44.3 RF 29 WSNS Telemundo 1080i (channel sharing)
44.4 RF 29 Tele Éxitos 4801 (channel sharing)
7.1 RF 44 WLS-TV ABC 720p
7.2 RF 44 Livewell Network 480i widescreen (formerly 720p)
60.1 RF 44 WXFT-DT Unimás 720p (channel sharing & was 1080i on RF 50)
60.2 RF 44 Escape 480i (channel sharing)
9.1 RF 19 WGN-TV Independent (formerly CW) 10801
9.2 RF 19 Antenna TV 480i
9.3 RF 19 This TV 480i
9.4 RF 19 TBD (To Be Determined) New 480i widescreen
11.1 RF 47 WTTW PBS 10801
11.2 RF 47 WTTW Prime (PBS without childrens programming) 480i widescreen
11.3 RF 47 Create 4801 widescreen 6am to 6pm
World Channel 480i widescreen 6pm to 6am
11.4 RF 47 PBS Kids 480i
13.1 RF 4 WOCK-CD Will add once I get my outdoor antennas mounted at my new home to post the listing of networks
23.1 RF 39 WWME-CD MeTV 480i widescreen (programming itself is standard definition, but commercials might be in widescreen
23.2 RF 39 H&I (Heroes & Icons) 480i widescreen
23.3 RF 39 MeTV simulcast
25.1 RF 25 W25DW HSN 4801 Once my UHF antenna is mounted, I'll post the remaining channels once I can get the chance. This was one of the stations that sold off their spectrum a year or more, before the auction.
26.1 RF 27 WCIU Independent 720p
26.2 RF 27 U Too 480i widescreen (WMEU-CD simulcast)
26.3 RF 27 MeTV 480i widescreen (WWME-CD simulcast)
26.4 RF 27 H&I (Heroes & Icons simulcast from WWME-CD 23.2) 480i widescreen
26.5 RF 27 Bounce 480i
32.1 RF 31 WFLD Fox 720p (will eventually be sharing their channel with WPWR-TV)
34.1 RF 34 WEDE-CA Independent 480i
38.1 RF 43 WCPX Ion TV 720p
38.2 RF 43 Qubo 4801
38.3 RF 43 Ion Life 480i
38.4 RF 43 Infomercials 480i
38.5 RF 43 QVC Over the Air 480i
38.6 RF 43 HSN 480i
40.1 RF 40 WESV-LD Estrella TV
44.1 RF 45 WSNS Telemundo 1080i (Will eventually sign off on RF 45, but already channel sharing with RF 29)
44.2 RF 45 Tele Éxitos 480i
48.1 RF 32 WMEU-CD Independent U Too 720p
48.2 RF 32 The Jam (24 hour channel of the Jam morning show) 480i widescreen
48.3 RF 32 WBBM-TV simulcast CBS 1080i
48.4 RF 32 Decades simulcast 480i widescreen
50.1 Rf 51 WPWR-TV CW/MY Network TV 720p (Eventually channel share with WFLD)
50.2 RF 51 Movies 480i widescreen
50.3 RF 51 Light TV 480i widescreen (I believe the network is really 480i, unless Light TV is doing stretchovision of older shows)
50.4 RF 51 Buzzr 480i widescreen (this network is more than likely doing stretchovision, since game shows from the 50's to 80's are standard definitiion)
56.1 RF 17 WYIN PBS 1080i
56.2 RF 17 NHK World 1080i
57.1 RF 30 WDCI-LD Daystar 480i widescreen
62.1 RF 36 WJYS Independent 4801 (brokered programming)
62.2 RF 36 WEDE-CA simulcast 480i
62.3 RF 36 channel airs a 24 hour loop of piano music
62.4 RF 36 Prism Independent (brokered programming, formerly Heartland)
66.1 Rf 38 WGBO-DT Univision 720p (formerly 1080i)
66.2 RF 38 Laff 480i (formerly on WLS-TV 7.3)
66.3 RF 38 Get TV 480i
66.4 RF 38 Justice 480i widescreen
66.5 RF 38 Grit
