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City | Aurora, Illinois |
Channels | |
Branding | UniMás Chicago |
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WGBO-DT, WOJO, WPPN, WVIV-FM | |
History | |
First air date | April 20, 1982 |
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Spanish Ind. (1982–1987) HSN (1987–2002) | |
Call sign meaning | C("X")hicago/Xtreme Telefutura (WCFT was already in use at the time of assignment) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 60539 |
ERP | 1,000 kW |
HAAT | 518 m (1,699 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44″N 87°38′8″W / 41.87889°N 87.63556°W |
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Public license information | |
Website | UniMás |
WXFT-DT (channel 60) is a television station licensed to Aurora, Illinois, United States, serving as the Chicago-area outlet for the Spanish-language network UniMás. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Joliet-licensed Univision station WGBO-DT (channel 66). The two stations share studios on Fairbanks Court (near Columbus Drive and Illinois Street) in the Streeterville neighborhood. Through a channel sharing agreement with ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV (channel 7), WXFT-DT transmits using WLS-TV's spectrum from an antenna atop the Willis Tower.