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Overview
In the Chicago, IL TV market, WMAQ-TV is the NBC station licensed to Chicago, Illinois.
Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WMAQ-TV
- Network
- NBC
- Virtual channel
- 5
- RF channel
- 33
- City of license
- Chicago, Illinois
- TV market
- Chicago, IL
- Licensee
- NBC Telemundo License LLC
- Owner
- NBC Owned Television Stations
- On the air since
- 1948
- Call sign since
- August 1979
- Studio address
- 454 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60611
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 47905
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.nbcchicago.com
Tune to channel 5 to watch WMAQ-TV. Its over-the-air signal uses RF channel 33; the virtual number 5 is what appears on the TV guide. WMAQ-TV also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive. WMAQ-TV operates on a shared channel with another licensee, an arrangement the FCC allows.
According to FCC records, the licensee is NBC Telemundo License LLC. WMAQ-TV is owned by NBC Owned Television Stations. WMAQ-TV has been on the air since 1948. It has used the WMAQ-TV call letters since August 1979.
WMAQ-TV's main studio, per its FCC filings, is at 454 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60611. You can reach the station online at www.nbcchicago.com.
Among the core children's programs WMAQ-TV reported to the FCC for 2025: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Protecting Wild, Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer and Harlem Glogetrotters: Play It Forward.
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WMAQ-TV at a glance
- Network
- NBC
- Channel
- 5 (RF 33)
- Licensed to
- Chicago, IL
- TV market
- Chicago, IL
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