WBBM-TV

WBBM-TV, "CBS2 Chicago" is the Chicago-based owned and operated station of the CBS television network. Its transmitters are located on the John Hancock Center while its studio facilities are located at North McClurg Court in downtown Chicago.

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The principal news anchors of WBBM-TV are Antonio Mora, former national news anchor of Good Morning America, and Diann Burns, formerly of rival WLS-TV.

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WBBM traces its history to 1940, when Balaban & Katz, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, opened experimental station W9XBK. Balaban & Katz were already well known for owning several theaters in Chicago. In 1943, 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. Six years later, it became Chicago's CBS affiliate. Balaban & Katz was renamed United Paramount Theatres (UPT) in 1950 after Paramount was forced to divest it.

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