| Chicagoland Television (CLTV) | |
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| Launched | January 1, 1993 |
| Owned by | Tribune Broadcasting (Tribune Company) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Continuous Coverage - Around Chicago, Around The Clock |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Chicago metropolitan area, parts of northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
| Sister channel(s) | WGN-TV, WGN (AM), WGN America |
| Website | www.cltv.com |
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| Cable | |
| Comcast Xfinity (Chicago area) | channel location varies depending on area SD only |
| Comcast Xfinity (Rockford) | Channel 10 (SD) |
| Comcast Xfinity (South Bend) | Channel 53 (SD) |
| RCN | Channel 31 (SD) Channel 616 (HD) |
Chicagoland Television (branded on-air as CLTV) is an American regional cable news television channel in Chicago, Illinois. The channel currently serves the Chicago metropolitan area, though it is available on cable television providers as far away as Rockford and South Bend, Indiana. The channel, which is exclusive to Comcast Xfinity and RCN customers, broadcasts news programming 24 hours a day, with the exception of some locally produced non-news programs and special programming.
Owned by the Tribune Company (through its Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary) since its debut, the channel is one of four flagship media properties owned by the company, alongside radio station WGN (720 AM) and CLTV's news partners, CW affiliate WGN-TV and the Chicago Tribune. The channel operates from the studios of WGN-TV on Bradley Place in Chicago's North Center neighborhood.
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History[edit]
The channel began operations on January 1, 1993, originally broadcasting out of studios located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. On February 4, 2009, Tribune Company announced that it would combine CLTV's operations with the company's flagship television station WGN-TV, though CLTV would continue to run as a standalone cable news channel. As a result of the integration of the channel's operations, CLTV relocated from its Oak Brook studio to WGN's Bradley Place studios on the northwest side of Chicago. The move became official on August 28, 2009, when editorial control of the cable channel was also turned over to WGN-TV.[1][2] Prior to this, Tribune integrated CLTV's weather operations with channel 9, and WGN radio entered into a content agreement for WGN-TV to provide weather forecasts for that station. Upon the completion of the merger, CLTV received a new on-air logo, implemented new graphics based on those used by WGN-TV for that station's newscasts and upgraded to high definition broadcasts.
Programming[edit]
CLTV focuses primarily on 24-hour rolling news coverage, with broadcasts structured into a traditional wheel format of news, traffic and transit reports, weather forecasts, sports, and entertainment and feature reports. The wheel format is subject to interruption due to breaking news events within the city or significant national events. Live news broadcasts on the channel begin daily at 4 a.m. and run in blocks of varying lengths until 11 p.m., with an additional half-hour news broadcast at 2 a.m.
Other programs featured on CLTV include:
- Politics Tonight, a nightly political discussion program hosted by WGN-TV political editor Paul Lisnek, airing Monday through Friday evenings;
- Midwest Outdoors, a syndicated weekly hunting and fishing series;
- Rebroadcasts of WGN-TV newscasts including that station's two-hour midday (repeating at 1 p.m. each weekday), weekend morning (repeating at 7 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays) and 9 p.m. newscasts (repeats at 11 p.m. nightly) and bi-weekly public affairs programs Adelante, Chicago and People to People;
- Special live half-hour editions of WGN-TV's 9 p.m. newscast for CLTV, during instances in which WGN-TV telecasts an NBA, NHL or Major League Baseball event being held on the West Coast that is scheduled for a 9 p.m. CT start time locally (an additional half-hour newscast airs live on WGN-TV following the game, which is simulcast on WGN America, depending on the sports telecast's national clearance on the superstation feed). CLTV began airing these occasional broadcasts since July 8, 2010;[3]
- Weekend rebroadcasts of non-news programs produced for WGN-TV including food and cultural program Chicago's Best, and lifestyle programs Living Healthy Chicago and Bring It Home;
- Limited paid programming during early overnight periods
Some sports programming is also featured on the channel including:
- Chicago Rush Arena Football League telecasts
- Telecasts of select DePaul University college basketball games
In addition, the channel has been used as an overflow feed for Comcast SportsNet Chicago (branded technically as CSN+ in order to alleviate sports overflows with CSN Chicago's properties). CLTV was also used during the existence of SportsChannel and Fox Sports Net Chicago as the overflow feeds of those channels before the launch of CSN Chicago. By the second quarter of 2010, Comcast's Chicago systems transitioned to digital-only transmission of its channel lineup (requiring a digital converter box or CableCard-compliant receiver to receive programming), thus on all providers except those operated by Comcast, the CSN+ feed would likely have its own channel slot. A gametime-only CSN+ high definition feed is also used on Comcast systems, with cable provider tutorials filling the remainder of the network's schedule, while other systems substitute other programming in the interim.
Partnerships with other Tribune Company properties[edit]
Due to CLTV's ownership by the Tribune Company, the channel shares content and reporting from other news operations run by Tribune. News footage is shared extensively between CLTV and WGN-TV. All of CLTV's weather coverage is provided by WGN-TV. Columnists from the Chicago Tribune also provide in-depth reporting for many feature stories seen on CLTV. Metromix, a joint venture between Tribune Company and Gannett that provides local arts and cultural coverage and is available as the cultutal section in the Chicago Tribune, produced Metromix Weekend for CLTV. The primetime program initially aired on a nightly basis until 2008, when it was relegated to Thursdays and Fridays, with repeats during the weekend (the program is currently on hiatus).
Availability[edit]
CLTV reaches an estimated 1.8 million households, making it one of the most widely-distributed regional cable news channels in the United States. The channel had been exclusively available on Comcast (and its forerunners AT&T Broadband, MediaOne and TCI) until October 2009, when RCN started to carry CLTV after Tribune struck a new carriage agreement with Comcast that removed the channel's exclusivity to that provider, enabling CLTV to appear on additional providers in the Chicago area.[4] Three months later on January 19, 2010, Comcast began offering CLTV on digital cable in the company's Rockford and South Bend service areas.[5] The SportsChannel/Fox Sports Net and Comcast SportsNet overflow content was not exclusive before October 2009, and was used on other systems that did not carry CLTV. CLTV currently remains unavailable to WOW!, AT&T U-verse, Dish Network and DirecTV subscribers in the Chicago market.
On-air presentation[edit]
CLTV slogans[edit]
- Chicagoland's 24-Hour Source for News, Weather and Sports (1993–2000)
- Around Chicago, Around the Clock (2000–present)
On-air staff[edit]
Current on-air news staff[6][edit]
+ denotes personnel exclusively seen on CLTV
Anchors
- Dina Bair - weekdays at 1 p.m.
- Jackie Bange - weekends at 11 p.m.
- Tonya Francisco - weekday mornings (4 a.m.-12 p.m.); also general assignment reporter
- Cortney Hall - weekday mornings
- Gaynor Hall - weekend evenings and early overnight (6-11 p.m. and 2-2:30 a.m.); also general assignment reporter
- Robert Jordan - weekends at 11 p.m.
- Sean Lewis - weekend mornings at 7 a.m.; also general assignment reporter
- Micah Materre - weeknights at 11 p.m.
- Steve Sanders - weekdays at 1 p.m.
- Monica Schneider - weekday afternoons (12-6 p.m.); also general assignment reporter
- Mark Suppelsa - weeknights at 11 p.m.
- Judy Wang - weekend daytime (4 a.m.-4 p.m.); also general assignment reporter
Weather team
- + Duffy Atkins (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - CLTV chief meteorologist; weekday evenings and early overnight (4-11 p.m. and 2-2:30 a.m.)
- Mike Hamernik (member, AMS; member, NWA) - meteorologist; weekend daytime (4 a.m.-6 p.m.)
- + Tim McGill (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - weather anchor; weekday daytime (4 a.m.-4 p.m.)
- Jim Ramsey (NWA Seal of Approval) - weather anchor; weekend evenings and early overnight (6-11 p.m. and 2-2:30 a.m.)
- Tom Skilling - WGN-TV chief meteorologist; weeknights at 11 p.m.
Sports team
- Dan Roan - sports director; Sunday-Thursdays at 11 p.m.
- Rich King - sports anchor; Fridays and Saturdays at 11 p.m.
- Dave Eanet - sports anchor; fill-in
Reporters
- Ana Belaval - feature reporter
- Maggie Carlo - general assignment reporter
- Julian Crews - general assignment reporter
- Lourdes Duarte - general assignment reporter
- Krystle Gutierrez - general assignment reporter
- Frank Holland - general assignment reporter
- Nancy Loo - general assignment reporter
- Tom Negovan - general assignment reporter
- Marcella Raymond - general assignment reporter; also fill-in anchor
- Dean Richards - entertainment reporter
- Julie Unruh - general assignment reporter
Local program hosts[edit]
Bring It Home
- Rochelle Vayo Adkinson - host
Chicago's Best
- Ted Brunson - co-host
- Brittney Payton - co-host
Living Healthy Chicago
- Jane Monzures - host
Politics Tonight
- Paul Lisnek - host; also WGN-TV political editor
- Terry Sullivan - substitute host
References[edit]
- ^ WGN-TV, CLTV to integrate operations, Chicago Tribune, February 4, 2009.
- ^ Tribune Co. combining operations of WGN-TV and cable outlet CLTV, Chicago Tribune, February 5, 2009
- ^ WGN News at Nine to Air on CLTV & Stream Live on WGNtv.com When Baseball on WGN-TV Starts at 9pm, Tribune Company. Retrieved 12-9-2010.
- ^ RCN adds CLTV to channel lineup Chicago Tribune October 15, 2009
- ^ Comcast and CLTV Announce Launch of CLTV in Rockford and South Bend Markets Tribune Company Press Release January 19, 2010
- ^ Staff Bios
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