WCIU-TV is an independent television station, located in Chicago, Illinois. It operates on UHF digital channel 27 (virtual channel 26) and is Chicago's oldest UHF station, signing on the air in 1964. WCIU-TV is the flagship station of Weigel Broadcasting, a locally-based broadcaster which has owned the station since its inception. Weigel Broadcasting also owns two low-powered sister-stations, WWME-CA (channel 23) and WMEU-CA (channel 48) in Chica...
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WCIU-TV is an independent television station, located in Chicago, Illinois. It operates on UHF digital channel 27 (virtual channel 26) and is Chicago's oldest UHF station, signing on the air in 1964. WCIU-TV is the flagship station of Weigel Broadcasting, a locally-based broadcaster which has owned the station since its inception. Weigel Broadcasting also owns two low-powered sister-stations, WWME-CA (channel 23) and WMEU-CA (channel 48) in Chicago, as well as stations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and South Bend, Indiana.
WCIU-TV operates a low-power repeater station, WFBN-LP (channel 33), in Rockford, Illinois.
Since going on the air on February 6, 1964, WCIU spent much of its history carrying multi-ethnic entertainment. In 1970, Channel 26 was the birthplace of the ground-breaking African-American music program Soul Train, hosted by its creator (and then-WCIU station employee) Don Cornelius. The show later moved into national syndication and to Los Angeles the following year. Currently,...
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