WLS-TV

WLS-TV, "ABC 7" is the owned-and-operated ABC station in Chicago. It transmits from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago.

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The station first went on the air on September 17, 1948 as WENR-TV. It was named after WENR-AM, ABC's Chicago radio affiliate.

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In 1953, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, the former theater division of Paramount Pictures. UPT owned CBS affiliate WBKB-TV, but the new ABC could not keep both. As a result, WBKB was sold to CBS and renamed WBBM-TV, while WENR was renamed WBKB-TV. The old WBKB's talent stayed at WBBM, while the old WBKB's management moved to channel 7. The station became WLS-TV in 1968, after WLS-AM, which ABC had owned since 1959.

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►	Introduction
►	History
►	News Operations
►	Other locally produced programs
►	See also
►	References
►	External links

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