Media in Chicago

The Chicago metropolitan area (the Chicago Market) commands the third-largest media market in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and the largest inland market.[1] All of the major U.S. television networks have subsidiaries in Chicago. WGN-TV, which is owned by the Tribune Media Company, is carried (with some programming differences) as "WGN America" on cable and satellite nationwide. Sun-Times Media Group is also headquartered in Chicago, which, along with Tribune Publishing, are some the largest owners of daily newspapers in the country.

Harpo Studios, home of talk show host Oprah Winfrey

History

Journalists, novelists, architects, engineers, business tycoons, scientists, poets, sports teams, criminals, and millions of laborers shaped Chicago's national and international reputation. Images and representations are important means by which the city is known and negotiated. During the years of rapid urbanization between 1890 and 1930, numerous daily newspapers presented the most important and pervasive versions of the city.

Among the significant innovations of Chicago's newspapers in these years that shaped the idea of the city was the emergence of the local color columnist. Groeninger (2005) examines the role of columnists in Chicago newspapers in creating a "city of the mind." After a review of the literature on images of cities, the relationship of newspapers to modern city life in the thought of Robert Park, and the world of Chicago's newspapers at the turn of the 20th century, detailed studies of a number of the most important columnists of the era follow. George Ade's column of the 1890s in the Daily News, "Stories of the Streets and of the Town," presented a view of Chicago from the perspective of migrants from the small towns of the Midwest. In the same decade Finley Peter Dunne's column in the Evening Post, featuring the fictional Irish barkeeper, Mr. Dooley, offered readers a literary version of the Irish working-class neighborhood of Bridgeport. Ring Lardner's Tribune sports column of the teens, "In the Wake of the News," satirized not only Chicagoans obsession with sports, but also the middle-class culture of opera, musical theater, and the newspaper itself. Several columns in the black newspaper, The Whip, offered images of Bronzeville in the 1920s that both reflected and helped shape the experience of African-Americans on the South Side of Chicago. Ben Hecht's "1001 Afternoons in Chicago" column in the Daily News expressed a new, anti-Victorian sensibility in the post-war era, but his most enduring contributions to the image of Chicago were on the stage and in the new medium of film. The columnists who wrote about everyday life in the city were the most distinctive and powerful newspaper voices in shaping the idea of Chicago and the civic personality of the city itself.[2]

Newspapers

Two major daily newspapers are published in Chicago, The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. The former has the larger circulation. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), SouthtownStar, the Chicago Defender, RedEye, Third Coast Press and the Chicago Reader.

Daily

Weekly

Community

Business, legal, entertainment and other local periodicals

Defunct newspapers

Radio stations

According to Nielsen Audio, Chicago is America's third largest radio market, trailing New York and Los Angeles.

AM
Frequency Callsign Branding Format Owner
560WINDAM 560 The AnswerNews/conservative talkSalem Communications
670WSCRThe Score Sports RadioSports talkEntercom
720WGNNews/Talk 720News/talk/sportsTribune Company
750WNDZAccess Radio ChicagoBrokered programmingNewsweb Corporation
780WBBMNewsradio 780 & 105.9All-news radioEntercom
820WCPTChicago's Progressive TalkProgressive talkNewsweb Corporation
890WLS89 WLSNews/talk radioCumulus Media
930WKBMRelevant RadioChristian radioStarboard Broadcasting
950WNTDRelevant RadioCatholic TeachingM&S WNTD, LLC
1000WMVPChicago ESPN Radio 1000Sports talkThe Walt Disney Company
1030WNVRPolskie Radio ChicagoWorld ethnicPolnet Communications
1080WNWIAP RadioEthnic radioBirach Broadcasting Corporation
1110WMBIMoody RadioChristian radioMoody Radio
1160WYLLAM 1160 WYLLChristian talkSalem Communications
1200WRTOLa Tremenda 1200 AMSpanish news/talkUnivision Radio
1220WKRSESPN Deportes 1220Spanish language sportsNextMedia Group
1230WJOBAM-1230 WJOBNews/talk/sportsVazquez Development, LLC
1240WSBCAccess Radio ChicagoVarietyNewsweb Corporation
1270WWCARelevant RadioChristian radioStarboard Broadcasting
1300WRDZ Polskie Radio Chicago World EthnicPolnet Communications
1320WKANTalk AM 1320Talk/personalityStaradio
1330WKTAChicago's Radio StationWorld ethnicPolnet Communications
1340WJOL1340 WJOLNews/talk/sportsNextMedia Group
1370WLTHWeaLTH RadioCommunity radioWLTH Radio
1390WGRBInspiration 1390Gospel musiciHeartMedia
1410WRMNThe Radio Shopping Show
1420WIMSAM-1420 WIMSNews/talkGerard Media, LLC
1450WCEV1450 AM WCEVEthnic talkMigala Communications Corporation
1490WPNAChicagoland's International ChoicePolish/ethnicAlliance Communications
1500WAKEOldies 1500 WAKEOldies/Classic HitsRadio One Communications
1500WPJXRebel RadioHeavy MetalPolnet Communications
1510WWHNWWHN 1510 AMUrban contemporary gospelHawkins Broadcasting Company
1530WCKGChicago's Hometown StationTalk/brokered programmingJoseph J. Gentile
1570WBGXThe Big Gospel ExpressGospelGreat Lakes Radio-Chicago, LLC
1590WCGOServing Chicagoland's Diverse CommunitiesEthnicKovas Communications, Inc.
1690WVONThe Talk of ChicagoUrban talkiHeartMedia

FM
Frequency Callsign Branding Format Owner
87.7WRME-LP87.7 MeTV FMOldiesVenture Technologies Group
88.1WCRX88.1FM WCRX, Chicago's UndergroundDance/Top 40/Hip hopColumbia College Chicago
88.1WLRA88.1FM WLRA, The StartCollege RadioLewis University
88.3WZRDThe WizardFreeformNortheastern Illinois University
88.3WXAVWXAV 88.3 FMCollege radioSaint Xavier University
88.5WHPKWHPK 88.5 FMCollege radioUniversity of Chicago
88.7WLUWIndependent Community RadioCommunity radioLoyola University Chicago
88.9WMXMLake Forest College RadioCollege radioLake Forest College
89.1WOKLK-LoveChristian ACEducational Media Foundation
89.1WONCPure Rock FM 89Album-oriented rockNorth Central College
89.3WNUR-FMWNUR 89.3 FM,
Chicago's Sound Experiment		VarietyNorthwestern University
89.7WONUShine.FMContemporary Christian musicOlivet Nazarene University
90.1WMBI-FMMoody RadioChristian radioMoody Bible Institute
90.9WDCB90.9 FM WDCBPublic radio/jazzCollege of DuPage
91.5WBEZChicago Public RadioPublic radioChicago Public Media
91.7WZKLK-LoveChristian ACEducational Media Foundation
92.3WPWXPower 92Mainstream urbanCrawford Broadcasting
92.5WCLRK-LoveChristian ACEducational Media Foundation
92.7WCPYPolski.FM/
Dance Factory FM		Polish (day);
Dance Hits (night)		Newsweb Corporation
93.1WXRT93XRT, Chicago's Finest RockAdult album alternativeEntercom
93.5WVIV-FMLatino Mix 103.1 / 93.5Spanish urbanUnivision Radio
93.9WLIT-FM93.9 Lite FMSoft adult contemporaryiHeartMedia
94.3WAWEAir1Christian CHREducational Media Foundation
94.7WLS-FMChicago's Classic HitsClassic HitsCumulus Media
95.1WIIL95 WIIL RockActive RockAlpha Media
95.5WCHI-FMRock 95.5Mainstream rockiHeartMedia
95.9WERV-FM95.9 The RiverClassic hitsNextMedia Group
96.3WBBM-FMB-96CHR/Top 40Entercom
96.7WSSRStar 96.7Hot adult contemporaryNextMedia Group
96.9WWDVThe DriveClassic rockHubbard Broadcasting
97.1WDRVThe DriveClassic rockHubbard Broadcasting
97.9WCKLK-LOVEContemporary ChristianEducational Media Foundation
98.3WCCQ98.3 WCCQClassic countryNextMedia Group
(NM Licensing LLC)
98.7WFMT98.7 WFMTClassical musicWindow To The World Communications, Inc.
99.5WUSNUS99Country musicEntercom
99.9WYHIBible Broadcasting NetworkReligiousBible Broadcasting Network, Inc.
100.3WSHE-FMChicago's WSHE 100.3Adult contemporaryHubbard Broadcasting
100.7WRXQ100.7 RXQClassic rockNextMedia Group
(NM Licensing LLC)
101.1WKQX101 WKQXAlternative rockMerlin Media, LLC
101.9WTMXThe MixHot ACHubbard Broadcasting
102.3WXLC102.3 XLCHot ACNextMedia Group
102.3WYCARejoice 102.3Black gospelCrawford Broadcasting Co.
102.7WVAZToday's R&B & Old School V103Urban ACiHeartMedia
103.1WPNA-FMPolish musicPolish National Alliance
103.5WKSC-FM103–5 Kiss FMCHR/Top 40iHeartMedia
104.3WBMX104.3 JAMSClassic hip hopEntercom
104.7WCFLFamily Friendly WBGLChristian ACIllinois District Council of the Assemblies of God
105.1WOJOLa Que Buena 105.1Regional MexicanUnivision Radio
105.9WCFS-FMNews Radio 780 & 105.9All-news radioCBS Radio
106.3WSRBSoul 106.3Urban talk/Urban ACCrawford Broadcasting
(Dontron, Inc.)
107.5WGCI-FM107.5 WGCI, #1 For Hip hop & R&BUrban contemporaryiHeartMedia
107.9WLEY-FMLa Ley 107.9Regional MexicanSpanish Broadcasting System

Television stations

Local broadcast stations

Network owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in bold.

Channel Callsign Affiliation Subchannels Owner
Channel Programming
2 WBBM-TV CBS 2.2
2.3		 Start TV
Dabl		 CBS Television Stations
(ViacomCBS)
5 WMAQ-TV NBC 5.2 Cozi TV NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
(NBCUniversal)
7 WLS-TV ABC 7.2 Localish ABC Owned Television Stations
(The Walt Disney Company)
9 WGN-TV Independent 9.2
9.3
9.4		 Antenna TV
Court TV
TBD		 Nexstar Media Group
11 WTTW PBS 11.2
11.3
11.4		 WTTW Prime
Create/World
PBS Kids
 Window to the World Communications, Inc.
13 WOCK-CD Infomercials 13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5/13.8
13.6
13.7		 KBS America
Z Living
Scene Network
Arirang TV
KBS World
Sonlife		 KM Communications
20 WYCC First Nations Experience Window to the World Communications, Inc.
23 WWME-CD MeTV 23.2 Heroes & Icons Weigel Broadcasting
24 WPVN-CD Azteca América 24.2
24.3
24.4
24.5
24.6		 BeIN Sports Xtra
Blank
Polvision
MBC-D
Korean (WIN-TV)		 HC2 Holdings
26 WCIU-TV The CW 26.2
26.3
26.4
26.5
26.6
27.7		 The U (simulcast of WMEU-CD)
MeTV(simulcast of WWME-CD)
Heroes & Icons)
Bounce TV
Decades (TV network)
Circle (soon)		 Weigel Broadcasting
32 WFLD Fox Fox Television Stations
(Fox Corporation)
34 WEDE-CD Religious independent/
AMGTV		 First United, Inc.
35 WWTO-TV TBN 35.2
35.3
35.4		 Hillsong Channel
Enlace
Positiv		 Trinity Broadcasting Network
38 WCPX-TV Ion Television 38.2
38.3
38.4
38.5
38.6		 Qubo
Ion Plus
ION Shop
Laff (TV network)
HSN		 ION Media Networks
40 WESV-LD Estrella TV 40.2 Inmigrante TV Liberman Broadcasting
44 WSNS-TV Telemundo 44.2 TeleXitos NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
(NBCUniversal)
48 WMEU-CA Independent 48.2
48.3
48.4		 Start TV (simulcast of WBBM-DT2)
CBS(simulcast of WBBM-TV)
Decades (simulcast of WCIU-DT6)		 Weigel Broadcasting
50 WPWR-TV MyNetworkTV Fox Television Stations
(Fox Corporation)
60 WXFT-DT UniMás 60.2
60.3		 Court TV Mystery
Quest		 Univision Communications
61 WCHU-LP Jewelry TV Venture Technologies Group
62 WJYS Independent 62.2
62.3
62.4
62.5
62.6
62.7
62.8
62.9
62.10		 Stadium
Charge!
Heartland
QVC
Spanish religious
Jewerly TV
ShopHQ
HSN
Religious (Simulcast of WEDE-CD)		 Oxford Media Group Inc.
66 WGBO-DT Univision 66.2
66.3
66.4
66.5		 Laff
GetTV
Justice Network
Grit		 Univision Communications

Local independent cable channels

Government cable channels for Chicago are also carried on channels 23, 25, and 49.

Although EVINE Live does have over-the-air affiliates, it is not available via broadcast television in Chicago; however, is available on Comcast on channels 89 and 164 and RCN channel 193 in the Chicago market.

Online

Media corporations

See also

References
  1. "Nielsen Media 2009–2010 Local Market Estimates". Nielsen Media Research. Broadcast Employment Services. September 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  2. David V. Groeninger, "Chicago Imagined: The Role of Newspaper Columnists in Creating a City of the Mind, 1890–1930." PhD dissertation Loyola U., Chicago 2005. 280 pp. DAI 2005 66(5): 1925-A. DA3175764 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. See also Sarah Susan Marcus, "Up from the Prairie: Depictions of Chicago and the Middle West in Popular Culture, 1865–1983." PhD dissertation U. of Wisconsin, Madison 2001. 445 pp. DAI 2001 62(4): 1554-1555-A. DA3012550 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

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