This is what I get with my outdoor antennas (Winegard HD9032 for UHF Chicago, Winegard HD-1080 for WYIN on RF 17, & Antennacraft CS600 for WOCK-CD & WBBM-TV Chicago) : (spacing shows up when I type, but when it's posted, it doesn't format to the same spacing. So the virtual channel is to the left, & the RF channel is next to it in bold)
VC RF
02.1 12 WBBM-TV (CBS) (1080i)
05.1 29 WMAQ-TV (NBC) (1080i)
05.2 Nonstop
05.3 Universal Sports (until the end of the month, then not sure if the subchannel will simply disappear, or something else will take its place)
07.1 07 & 44 WLS-TV (ABC) (720p)
07.2 Livewell Network (720p)
07.3 Livewell Network in SD
09.1 19 WGN-TV (CW) (1080i)
09.2 Antenna TV
11.1 47 WTTW (PBS) (1080i)
11.2 WTTW Prime (24 hour primetime PBS programming)
11.3 Create
11.4 V-Me
13.1 4 WOCK-CD (Mega TV)
13.2 Arirang (simulcast of WOCH-CA on analog RF 41)
13.3 LATV
13.4 America One
18.1 18 WHMW-LD (World Harvest TV)
20.1 21 WYCC (PBS) (1080i)
20.2 WYCC SD
20.3 Mhz Worldview
22.1 22 WSBT-TV (CBS) (1080i) (South Bend, IN, come in from time to time)
22.2 SBT2 (Ind)
22.3 Weather Radar
23.1 39 WWME-LD (MeTV)
23.2 Bounce
23.3 MeTV simulcast for now
25.1 25 W25DW-D (HSN) (this one came back in, & usually stronger now than with the old combo antenna)
25.2 channel shows color bars
25.3 Sonlife
25.4 Infomercials
26.1 27 WCIU (Ind) (720p)
26.2 U Too
26.3 MeTV (simulcast of WWME-LD 23.1)
26.4 MeToo (simulcast of WMEU-LD 48.1)
26.5 This TV
32.1 31 WFLD (Fox) (720p)
38.1 43 WCPX (Ion) (720p)
38.2 Qubo
38.3 Ion Life
40.1 40 WESV-LD (Estrella TV)
44.1 45 WSNS (Telemundo) (1080i)
44.2 Inmigrante TV
44.3 SOI TV
48.1 32 WMEU-LD (MeToo)
50.1 51 WPWR-TV (My TV) (720p) (licensed to Gary, IN, but serves Chicago)
56.1 17 WYIN (PBS) (720p) (licensed to Gary, IN & serves NW Indiana)
56.2 Simulcast of main channel (720p)
56.3 Lakeshore Kids (PBS Kids Go) (SD widescreen)
56.4 WYIN simulcast in SD Widescreen
57.1 30 WDCI-LD (Daystar)
60.1 50 WXFT (Telefutura) (1080i) (licensed to Aurora, IL)
60.2 WXFT in SD
62.1 36 WJYS (Ind) (brokered) (licensed to Hammond, IN)
62.2 MCTV (Simulcast of WEDE-CA 34) (Leased)
62.4 Prism (brokered)
66.1 38 WGBO-DT (Univision) (1080i) (licensed to Joliet, IL)
I personally don't care that I don't get WCHU-LD on RF 33 (despite both TV Fool & the FCC website showing strong coverage over my area), but I hear most people don't get WCHU-LD since they were forced off of 44 by WLS-TV, when 44 opened up for full power use in the Chicago market. WWAZ, licensed to Fon Du Lac, WI, was originally issued RF 44, & WCHU-LD in Chicago was on RF 44. When WWAZ (been off the air since 2008) changed to RF 5, WLS-TV jumped on the opportunity to snatch RF 44, forcing WCHU-LD off the air. I don't know if I would have gotten WCHU-LD on RF 44, had I have a pre-amp on my old antenna, but I had no pre-amp on my antenna at the time, & didn't get them. Since going to RF 33, most people in the market don't get them. Now, they put in an application to move to RF 28 (hope that one is denied), hoping more people get their station. Problem with that is that then WOCH-LP was forced off of RF 28 back in 2002 or 2003, when WTMJ-TV Milwaukee signed on in digital. As for WLS-TV, I've had more problems with RF 44 than with RF 7 reception wise. I actually wish they had just gone with a UHF translator for the immediate Chicago area & sought a power increase for RF 7 (translator was gonna be RF 32, but was abandoned for RF 44 for full power use, making RF 32 available for WMEU-LD).
As for Pappas Broadcasting & WWAZ, I hear they now regret their decision to move to RF 5, because their old channel (RF 44) is no longer available. Even worse, they requested to have their antenna placed in the Milwaukee antenna farm, while Fon Du Lac is licensed to the Green Bay market. If this station ever gets back on the air, they won't be able to get on satellite system's local channel package, because Fon Du Lac is part of the Green Bay, & by FCC rules, the station (if they ever get back on the air) can not be added to the Milwaukee local channel package. They asked to move their antenna to Milwaukee, because the tower that has their analog antenna on it, has too many antennas already, & supposedly can't handle anymore antennas. They chose not to remove their antenna to install a new antenna, since the station is already off the air. If they ever get back on the air, it'll be interesting how far they get out, because according to TV fool, people as far south as Chicago, as far north as Green Bay, & as far west as Madison, WI, could pick up this station on RF 5 at 25kw.
