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WTTW

WTTW
Wttw11.svg
Chicago, Illinois
United States
Branding WTTW 11, WTTW Chicago (productions), WTTWN National (productions)
Channels Digital: 47 (UHF)
Virtual: 11 ()
Affiliations
Owner Window to the World Communications, Inc.
First air date September 6, 1955; 61 years ago (1955-09-06)
Call letters' meaning Window
To
The
World
Sister station(s) Radio: WFMT
Former callsigns Digital:
WTTW-DT (2000s–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 11 (VHF, 1955–2009)
Former affiliations NET (1955–1970)
Transmitter power 300 kW
Height 465 m
Facility ID 10802
Transmitter coordinates 41°52′44″N 87°38′10″W / 41.87889°N 87.63611°W / 41.87889; -87.63611Coordinates: 41°52′44″N 87°38′10″W / 41.87889°N 87.63611°W / 41.87889; -87.63611
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.wttw.com

WTTW, virtual channel 11 (UHF digital channel 47), is a PBS member television station and the primary PBS member station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., and is sister to classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). The two stations share studio facilities located at the Renée Crown Public Media Center on North Saint Louis Avenue (adjacent to Northeastern Illinois University) in the city's North Park neighborhood; WTTW maintains transmitter facilities located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. It also owns and operates The Chicago Production Center, a video production and editing facility that is operated alongside the two stations.

Serving as the local flagship outlet for the service, it is one of three PBS member stations in the Chicago market, alongside WYCC (channel 20) and Gary, Indiana-licensed WYIN (channel 56). WTTW, along with Wisconsin Public Television 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 providers.


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