WBBM-TV

WBBM-TV
ATSC 3.0 station
Channels
BrandingCBS Chicago; CBS News Chicago
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
FoundedAugust 5, 1940 (1940-08-05)
First air date
September 6, 1946
(78 years ago) (1946-09-06)
Former call signs
  • W9XBK (1940–1946)
  • WBKB (1946–1953)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 4 (VHF, 1940–1953), 2 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 3 (VHF, 2003–2009)
Call sign meaning
Taken from WBBM radio[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9617
ERP
  • 10.9 kW
  • 29.5 kW (CP)
HAAT
  • 497 m (1,631 ft)
  • 500.4 m (1,642 ft) (CP)
Transmitter coordinates41°52′44″N 87°38′8″W / 41.87889°N 87.63556°W / 41.87889; -87.63556
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.cbsnews.com/chicago/

WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's CBS network outlet. Owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, the station maintains studios on West Washington Street in the Loop, and it transmits from atop the Willis Tower.

  1. ^ Tubbs, William B. (Autumn 1996). "'We Broadcast Better Music': WBBM Goes on the Air in Lincoln, Illinois". Illinois Historical Journal. 89 (3): 161–174. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBBM-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.