This is the listing as to what I pickup OTA in Gary Indiana (Chicago market), & does not include channels I don't pickup at all. I have both the virtual channel & the RF channel they broadcast from:
VC RF
2.1 12 WBBM-TV (CBS) (CBS 2) (1080i HD)
5.1 29 WMAQ-TV (NBC) (NBC 5) (1080i HD)
5.2 Chicago Nonstop (formerly Weather Plus & local weather radar when Weather Plus was eliminated)
5.3 Universal Sports
7.1 7 (T) 44 (M) WLS-TV (ABC) (ABC 7) (720p HD) Note: T= translator M= main channel
7.2 Livewell Network in 720p HD
7.3 Livewell Network in SD (formerly Accuweather)
9.1 19 WGN-TV (CW) (1080i HD)
9.2 Antenna TV (Formerly The Tube & LATV)
11.1 47 WTTW (PBS) (1080i HD)
11.2 WTTW Prime (same as WTTW 11.1, but all primetime shows, all the time, & no children's programming)
11.3 Create
11.4 V-Me
13.1 4 WOCK-CD (Mega TV) (Most difficult to get since it broadcasts at 300 watts for a VHF-Lo channel)
13.2 WOCH-CA simulcast (Arirang)
13.3 LATV
13.4 America One
18.1 18 WHMW-LD (World Harvest TV) (licensed to Gary, IN & covers mainly northern Lake County, IN)
20.1 21 WYCC (PBS) (1080i HD)
20.2 WYCC in SD
20.3 Mhz Worldview
23.1 39 WWME-LD (MeTV)
23.2 WWME-LD simulcast (for now)
23.3 WWME-LD simulcast (for now)
25.1 25 W25DW-D (HSN)
25.2 infomercials
26.1 27 WCIU (Independent) (The U) (720p HD)
26.2 The U Too (Formerly FBT, the brokered ethnic program channel on 26.6)
26.3 WWME-LD simulcast (MeTV) (now the national MeTV, but was all classic comedy for Chicago)
26.4 WMEU-CA simulcast (MeToo) (now the Chicago MeTV, but was all classic drama for Chicago)
26.5 This TV
32.1 31 WFLD (Fox) (My Fox Chicago) (720p HD)
38.1 43 WCPX (Ion Television) (720p HD) (Note: 38.4 was Worship, but was dropped when the agreement wasn't renewed)
38.2 Qubo
38.3 Ion Life
40.1 40 WESV-LD (Estrella TV) (formerly a TBN analog translator)
40.2 Don't know yet, but supposedly, it'll carry Inmigrante TV
44.1 45 WSNS (Telemundo) (1080i HD)
44.2 Inmigrante TV
50.1 51 WPWR-TV (My Network TV) (720p HD) (Licensed to Gary, IN, but marketed as a Chicago station)
56.1 17 WYIN (PBS) (720p HD) (COL Gary, IN, & programmed as a NW IN station) (one of 2 full power stations that doesn't cover the entire market)
56.2 WYIN simulcast, until they figure out what to put on this channel (720p HD)
56.3 Lakeshore Kids (PBS Kids GO) (480i widescreen)
56.4 WYIN simulcast, until they figure out what to put on this channel (480i widescreen)
Supposedly, the Indiana Channel is planned for all Indiana PBS stations, & one subchannel is set aside for it on WYIN. Also, money is the reason they transit out of Cedar Lake, IN & not Chicago, but the FCC did approve their original request to locate on the Sears Tower, over the objections of WTTW & WYCC, out of fear that WYIN would steal pledge dollars from them. Plus WYIN's COL is Gary, IN, & they get discounts on their programming, while WTTW & WYCC must pay full price, being licensed to Chicago.
57.1 30 WDCI-LD (Daystar)
60.1 50 WXFT (Telefutura) (1080i HD)
60.2 WXFT in SD
62.1 36 WJYS (Independent) (brokered religious programming & infomercials)
62.2 WEDE-CA simulcast
62.4 WJYS 2 (same as 62.1, but on a 3 hour delay)
66.1 38 WGBO-DT (Univision) (1080i HD)
Now if I had a good deep fringe UHF antenna with pre-amp pointed at South Bend, IN, I could get the following stations regularly, though South Bend full power stations are overall not utilizing their subchannels.
16.1 42 WNDU (NBC) (1080i HD)
16.2 WNDU simulcast, & they're happy with it
22.1 22 WSBT-TV (CBS) (1080i HD)
22.2 SBT 2 (Independent)
22.3 Local weather radar
28.1 28 WSJV (Fox) (720p HD)
34.1 35 WNIT (PBS) (1080i HD) (PBS East)
34.2 WNIT (PBS) (locally programmed PBS, when it's local. It's on the bird most of the time, not in HD, & on the bird, it's zoomed in)
I can get WSBT-TV most nights with my VHF/UHF combo antenna with pre-amp pointed at Chicago. Can sometimes get WSJV too & once in a blue moon, WNIT. WNDU only comes in during tropo with my current antenna, but would be regular had they returned to 16, but WYIN being on 17 prevented that. Cedar Lake (WYIN's tower location) & South Bend are about 60 miles apart, & short-spaced had WNDU returned to 16.
