WMAQ-TV
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Chicago, Illinois United States |
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| Slogan | We are Chicago |
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Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
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NBCUniversal (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
| First air date | October 8, 1948 |
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| Former callsigns | WNBQ (1948–1964) |
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| Transmitter power | 350 kW |
| Height | 508 m (1,667 ft) |
| Facility ID | 47905 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44″N 87°38′10″W / 41.87889°N 87.63611°WCoordinates: 41°52′44″N 87°38′10″W / 41.87889°N 87.63611°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an NBC owned-and-operated television station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal, and is part of a duopoly with Telemundo station WSNS-TV (channel 44); Both networks are owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, which it is also co-owned with regional sports network Comcast SportsNet Chicago. WMAQ-TV maintains studio facilities and business offices at the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop.
In the few areas of the eastern United States where an NBC station is not receivable over-the-air, WMAQ-TV is available on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network. It is also carried on Comcast Xfinity, RCN, WOW, AT&T U-Verse and Time Warner Cable (Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin, which is also served by NBC-affiliated station WTMJ-TV) channel 5, with an high definition feed on Comcast Xfinity digital channel 188, RCN digital channel 605, WOW digital channel 203 and AT&T U-Verse digital channel 1005 and on certain cable providers in markets where an NBC affiliate is not available.
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