WCHU-LD
Translator of WAOE, Oswego, Illinois | |
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Oakwood Hills/Chicago, Illinois United States | |
City | Oakwood Hills, Illinois |
Channels | Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 59 |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 59.1: Infomercials 59.2: TheGrio TV 59.3: VPOD TV[1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Venture Technologies Group, LLC |
WRME-LD | |
History | |
Founded | January 30, 2003 |
Former call signs | W61DT (2003–2005) WCHU-LP (2005–2011) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 61 (UHF) Digital: 33 (UHF, 2011–2020) |
MTV Trés Azteca América Jewelry TV (2019–2020) | |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 129745 |
Class | LD |
ERP | 3 kW |
HAAT | 364 m (1,194 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′20.7″N 87°37′36″W / 41.889083°N 87.62667°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | waoetv |
WCHU-LD, virtual channel 59 (VHF digital channel 7), is a low-power television station serving Chicago, Illinois, United States, that is licensed to Oakwood Hills and primarily airs paid programming. It is a translator of Oswego-licensed WAOE (channel 59) which is owned by Venture Technologies Group; it is also a sister station to WRME-LD (channel 6). WCHU-LD's transmitter is located atop the Trump International Hotel and Tower on Wabash Avenue north of the Chicago Loop.
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming[1] |
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59.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WAOE-HD | Simulcast of WAOE / Infomercials |
59.2 | 480i | GRIOTV | Simulcast of WAOE-DT2 / TheGrio TV | |
59.3 | 720p | VPOD | Simulcast of WAOE-DT3 / VPOD TV |
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Categories:
- Low-power television stations in the United States
- Television stations in Chicago
- Chicago stubs
- Midwestern United States television station stubs