WMAQ-TV
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WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network via its NBC Owned Television Stations division. Under common ownership with Telemundo station WSNS-TV (channel 44), the two stations share studio facilities at the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood and broadcast from the same transmitter atop the Willis Tower in the Chicago Loop.
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- Instance of
- television station
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Headquarters
- Chicago
- Official website
- www.nbcchicago.com
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- Commons category
- WMAQ-TV
- inception
- 1948-10-08
- social media followers
- 498906
- affiliation
- NBC
- licensed to broadcast to
- Chicago
- language used
- English language
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33 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years (1948–1964)
- Rebirth as WMAQ-TV (1964–1995)
- 1995–present
- Programming
- Syndicated programming
- Programming irregularities
- Sports programming
- Bank of America Chicago Marathon and Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle 8K
- Chicago Fire Soccer Club
- Chicago Blackhawks and Bulls
- News operation
- News department history
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- Notable current on-air staff
- Notable former on-air staff
- Community outreach
- ''Wednesday's Child''
- Controversies
- Bruce Sagan and Len O'Conner
- Hiring of Jerry Springer
- Amy Jacobson and Craig Stebic
- Pat Quinn campaign commercial
- Death of JongHyun
- Technical information and subchannels
- WMAQ-DT2
- Analog-to-digital conversion
- See also
- References
- External links
WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is owned and operated by the NBC television network via its NBC Owned Television Stations division. Under common ownership with Telemundo station WSNS-TV (channel 44), the two stations share studio facilities at the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood and broadcast from the same transmitter atop the Willis Tower in the Chicago Loop.
==History== ===Early years (1948–1964)===
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