WBBM-TV digital channel 12 (virtual channel 2) is the CBS owned and operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located within the CBS 2 Broadcast Center located in The Loop at 22 W Washington Street. The facilities are part of the development at 108 North State Street also known as Block 37. WBBM-TV transmits from the Willis Tower.
Since the analog-to-digital transition was completed in June 2009, WBB...
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WBBM-TV digital channel 12 (virtual channel 2) is the CBS owned and operated television station in Chicago, Illinois. WBBM-TV's main studios and offices are located within the CBS 2 Broadcast Center located in The Loop at 22 W Washington Street. The facilities are part of the development at 108 North State Street also known as Block 37. WBBM-TV transmits from the Willis Tower.
Since the analog-to-digital transition was completed in June 2009, WBBM-DT is the largest CBS affiliate or O&O; whose over-the-air signal is on VHF.
WBBM-TV traces its history to 1940 when Balaban and Katz, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, opened experimental station W9XBK. Balaban and Katz was already well known for owning several theaters in Chicago. On September 6, 1946, it received a commercial license as WBKB-TV (meaning Balaban and Katz Broadcasting) on channel 4, the first commercial station outside the Eastern Time Zone, airing some of the earliest CBS programing, including the debut in 1947 of Junior...
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