WTTW

WTTW
Channels
BrandingWTTW
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerWindow to the World Communications, Inc.
WFMT
History
First air date
September 6, 1955 (69 years ago) (1955-09-06)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 11 (VHF, 1955–2009)
  • Digital: 47 (UHF, 2002–2019)
NET (1955–1970)
Call sign meaning
"Window To The World"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID10802
ERP250 kW
HAAT496 m (1,627 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°52′44.1″N 87°38′10.2″W / 41.878917°N 87.636167°W / 41.878917; -87.636167
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wttw.com

WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). The two stations share studios in the Renée Crown Public Media Center, located at 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue (adjacent to the main campus of Northeastern Illinois University) in the city's North Park neighborhood; its transmitter facility is atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. WTTW also owns and operates The Chicago Production Center, a video production and editing facility that is operated alongside the two stations.

WTTW is one of two PBS member stations serving the Chicago market, alongside Gary, Indiana–licensed WYIN (channel 56). WTTW, along with PBS Wisconsin flagship station WHA-TV in Madison, Wisconsin, serve as default PBS member stations for Rockford as that market does not have a PBS station of its own; both stations are available in that market on local cable and satellite providers.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTTW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.