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Public tv station in Chicago

"WXXW" and "WXXW-TV" redirect here. For the low-powered station in Binghamton, New York, see WXXW-LP.

Television station in Illinois, United States

WYCC

Chicago, Illinois Us
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF) (shared with WTTW) Virtual: xx
Branding	WYCC FNX
Programming
Affiliations	FNX
Ownership
Possessor	Window to the World Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WTTW, WFMT
History
First air appointment	September 1965 (56 years ago)  (1965-09) (original incarnation) February 2, 1983 (39 years ago)  (1983-02-02)
Former call signs	WXXW (1965–1974) Digital: WYCC-DT (2000–2009)
Former channel number(due south)	Analog: 20 (UHF, 1983–2009) Digital: 21 (UHF, 2003–2018) 47 (UHF, 2018–2019)
Former affiliations	ITV (1965–1974) Dark (1974–1983, 2017–2018) PBS (1983–2017) MHz Worldview (2018–2020)
Call sign meaning	"We are Your Urban center Colleges" (previous licensee)
Technical information
Licensing authorization	FCC
Facility ID	12279
ERP	250 kW
HAAT	496 grand (1,627 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°52′44.ane″Due north 87°38′10.2″West  /  41.878917°N 87.636167°West  / 41.878917; -87.636167 Coordinates: 41°52′44.one″Due north 87°38′10.2″W  /  41.878917°N 87.636167°Westward  / 41.878917; -87.636167
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Website	WYCC page on WTTW website

WYCC, virtual channel xx (UHF digital channel 25), is a Start Nations Feel (FNX)-affiliated idiot box station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, U.s.a.. Owned by not-for-profit dissemination entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is a sister station to PBS fellow member WTTW (channel 11) and commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). The 3 stations share studios in the Renée Crown Public Media Center, located at 5400 North Saint Louis Artery (adjacent to the chief campus of Northeastern Illinois University) in the city'due south North Park neighborhood; WYCC and WTTW share transmitter facilities atop the Willis Belfry on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. WYCC previously maintained studios at Kennedy–Male monarch College on South Union Avenue and Halsted Parkway in the Englewood neighborhood.

On October 25, 2017, WYCC, and then endemic past the City Colleges of Chicago, announced that it would terminate its affiliation with PBS, broadcasting MHz Worldview instead on subchannel 20.1 in the interim.^[one] The station ceased broadcast operations on November 27, 2017,^[ii] but returned to the air on WTTW's spectrum on April 23, 2018. With MHz Worldview at present transitioned to a streaming-but service,^[three] WYCC flipped to FNX on March 1, 2020, sharing its amalgamation with commercially-owned WRJK-LP in Arlington Heights.

Overview [edit]

Interim as the market place's secondary outlet for the educational programming service, WYCC served as one of three PBS member stations serving the Chicago metropolitan expanse, alongside WTTW and Gary, Indiana-licensed WYIN (channel 56). Because the Chicago market place is well-served by PBS' national programming from those 2 stations, WYCC'due south programming focused more on adult educational and other instructional programming, along with other programming obtained by producers outside of those associated with PBS, which account for only xiii% of the programs provided as part of WYCC's weekly schedule.

Funding for the station was provided past the usual mix of member donations, pledge drives and grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well equally funds allocated by the Illinois General Associates and the city of Chicago through the City Colleges division. WYCC fabricated the claim of being the largest public television station that is run by a minority performance, and reaches the 3.5 meg households in the Chicago expanse, along with six million households across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan.

History [edit]

Prior attempts to activate channel twenty [edit]

On the heels of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'due south recent lifting of its moratorium on new goggle box station applications (the effect of the agency'southward passage of the 6th Report & Club of 1952) as well equally the opening of additional channels on the UHF band, WIND Inc., a articulation venture between the Chicago Daily News and the family of Ralph J. Atlass – old owners of radio stations WBBM (780 AM) and WIND (560 AM) petitioned the FCC for a construction allow to build a tv set station on UHF channel xx, which would be licensed to nearby Gary, Indiana. The group too applied for, and received the phone call letters WIND-Television set for their new station, which was never signed on under their purview. On Nov 8, 1956, the Westinghouse Electrical Corporation purchased the construction permit and WIND radio for $5.iii million.^[four]

UHF stations struggled mightily during the 1950s, with many shutting down outright, due partly to the fact that manufacturers did not include UHF tuners in television sets (an event that was remedied when the FCC made these tuners a requirement for sets made from 1964 onward through its passage of the All-Channel Receiver Act). By the end of the decade, Westinghouse Broadcasting (which never ran an independent tv set station) had soured on the thought of launching a station in the Chicago market. Subsequently the FCC sent 50 permitholders letters in February 1960 inquiring as to their plans for the station, Current of air-TV was among v that were deleted at the owners' request.^[5]

WXXW [edit]

First conceived in 1953 and debuting in September 1955 as Chicago's first non-commercial educational television set station, WTTW began to feel growing pains past the early 1960s. Gradually moving away from its original mission of providing classroom instructional courses every bit more and more than of its broadcast twenty-four hour period was filled first with programming from National Educational Television (Cyberspace) and later PBS and those distributed by other member stations, the idea of a 2d station seemed like the perfect answer to provide additional sources for the displaced educational programming. In October 1962, the FCC, at the request of WTTW's possessor, the Chicago Educational Tv set Association, changed channel xx's condition to reserved noncommercial.^[6]

Co-ordinate to the quarterly WTTW Channel 11 News program guide from Winter 1963, hopes were high for the new station. Intending to devote its entire schedule to instructional programming (including the already established College of the Air telecourses), possibilities for the station—to exist given the phone call letters WXXW—included special police force training programs; police force bulletins (including lineups); public wellness instruction in pre-natal and post-natal care; instructional programs for election judges; training for Army, Navy and Air Force reserve units; civil defence force disaster training; programs for unskilled workers; professional person information services for physicians and dentists; and seminar programs for various other professional groups.

In September 1965, WXXW signed on every bit Chicago's second UHF television station and 2nd non-commercial outlet. However the station, known as "the Classroom of the Air", was substantially a failure. Plagued by a weak indicate and a schedule filled with what former WTTW station manager Edward Morris called "talking heads and a blackboard," WXXW limped along until it quietly went dark in 1974. Throughout its unabridged beingness, WXXW was simply able to transmit in black-and-white, making information technology and commercial independent station WCIU-Boob tube (aqueduct 26) the only tv stations in the Chicago market that had not transitioned to color broadcasts in the early 1970s. The monochrome transmissions were just another blast in the station's coffin.

Becoming WYCC [edit]

In 1977, a consortium known as the Chicago Metropolitan Educational Quango caused the long-dark WXXW license from WTTW general director Pecker McCarter (over again, the license was allegedly purchased for $1, making information technology the cheapest television license ever in the Chicago area) and changed its call letters to WCME;^[7] however, the station never broadcast nether the consortium's ownership. In 1982, Oscar Shabat, founding Chancellor of the Urban center Colleges of Chicago, asked the consortium to release the dormant license; on Feb 2, 1983, channel 20 was reborn equally WYCC (standing for "We are Your City Colleges"). In its modern history, the station featured a multifariousness of programming on three digital subchannels, including those provided past PBS, those produced locally, and international news and educational programs.

Closure and sale to WTTW [edit]

On October 25, 2017, a find was posted on the station's website saying that subchannel twenty.i would broadcast MHz WorldView. The station is no longer affiliated with PBS. WTTW, the master PBS station in the Chicago area, began accepting WYCC members. "The content on 20.two and twenty.3 will not change during this menstruum."^[i] The period of time was not defined precisely.

On Dec 7, 2017, Window to the World Communications, owner of WTTW, announced that it was seeking to buy WYCC from the City Colleges of Chicago, in a motility that would put the two stations back under the same corporate umbrella.^{[8] [9]} However, the license assignment awarding was non submitted to the FCC until late Jan 2018, which disclosed that Window to the World Communications would acquire the WYCC license for $100,000. As office of the purchase, WYCC entered into a aqueduct sharing agreement with WTTW.^[10] The sale was approved by the FCC on March 13, 2018,^[11] and was completed on April twenty.^[12] As a part of MHz WorldView'due south closure on March 1, 2020,^[13] WTTW planned to move Globe programming to channel xx.one, while the original channel slot (11.3) would've broadcast Create.^[14] However, WTTW changed its plan to provide FNX programming instead.^[xiv]

Subchannel history [edit]

WYCC began carrying Beginning Nations Experience, featuring programming focusing on Native American culture, on November 1, 2013 over digital subchannel 20.2.^{[15] [16] [17]}

The station began offering international programming from MHz Networks-owned MHz WorldView in 2010, over digital subchannel 20.2; the network moved to a newly created subchannel on digital channel 20.3 every bit a result of the add-on of FNX on its 2d subchannel. The subchannel offers a wider variety of English linguistic communication international news programs, expanding the number of news programs available to viewers who rely on "over the air" broadcasting instead of cable or satellite. Some of the programs aired on the subchannel are presented in English, while others are broadcast in their native foreign languages and accompanied by English subtitles, and in Castilian without subtitles. Programs include news programs from Asia, South America and the Eye E (such as Al Jazeera English language, Bolivian News, Arab Net News and S Asia News).^{[18] [19]}

Programming [edit]

Educational programming [edit]

Through its ownership by the City Colleges of Chicago, WYCC provided distance learning courses as part of its late night schedule, which could exist credited towards an associate degree—when viewed—at any of the City Colleges campuses. The colleges also used WYCC to air informational programs for neighborhood outreach and community service purposes.

As a PBS fellow member station, WYCC also provided a relatively express schedule of children'due south programming provided by the service as well as through independent distributors such as American Public Television, mainly airing on weekday mornings.

Locally produced programming [edit]

The station produced several locally based programs including the political talk show Beyond the Beltway, which also airs nationally on radio. In 2013, WYCC debuted In the Loop, a half-hour weekly public diplomacy evidence on Th evenings, hosted by Barbara Pinto and Chris Bury (both of whom formerly served every bit correspondents for ABC News);^{[20] [21]} Robin Robinson and Lauren Cohn (both one-time anchors at Fox owned-and-operated station WFLD, aqueduct 32) joined the program as rotating co-hosts starting in September 2015.^[22]

The station formerly produced the public affairs and editorial plan Off 63rd with Garrard McClendon. Ambulation on Thursday evenings, and funded by the McCormick Foundation and the Field Foundation, the bear witness was hosted by professor and author Dr. Garrard McClendon. It likewise produced The Professors, a half-hour weekly program on Sunday mornings featuring a panel of professors from the City Colleges of Chicago campuses discussing educational activity-related issues.^[23]

The station has aired Pritzker Military Presents since 2006.^[24]

How-to programming [edit]

In 2010, the station began incorporating many "how to" shows on its weekday afternoon and Saturday midday schedules, featuring a mix of sewing, quilting, cooking, art/painting, gardening, home improvement, and travel programs from American Public Television and other distributors.

International programming [edit]

WYCC broadcast numerous international programs.

WYCC carried mystery programs from PBS' anthology series Masterpiece,^[25] too as twice weekly ambulation of those produced past BBC Worldwide Americas (such as DCI Banks) in prime time on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Several British series have aired on the station, including The Café and Pb Balloon.

In 2010, the station began carrying reruns of Canadian sitcom The Red Green Prove.^{[26] [27]} WYCC likewise served every bit the Chicago-expanse broadcaster of Out of Ireland.^[28] The station formerly carried other British and Irish imports including Tartan TV (which focuses on Scotland), Monarch of the Glen, Terminal of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served?, New Tricks, Monty Python'southward Flying Circus, the Irish gaelic comedic soap opera Ballykissangel, and (in 2010), the British serial drama Touching Evil.^[29]

WYCC and WTTW show a similar number of scripted British programmes, with both airing Antiques Roadshow ^[30] and Masterpiece,^[31] though at different air dates. WYCC has aired the BBC One programme Lark Rising to Candleford (which began in the UK in 2008) since 2009;^{[32] [33]} and Midsomer Murders (which first aired in the UK in 1997) in November 2010.^{[34] [35]} Mystery series presented on the station expanded in 2013 and 2014 to include Vera, DCI Banks, and the Australian serial Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. In the tardily 2010s, WYCC expanded their format with German, Swedish, and Norwegian mystery shows. With its big diverseness of mystery programs, WYCC runs two-day mystery marathons on some holidays, tied with fundraising.

News programming [edit]

WYCC carried local news programs produced by undergraduate and graduate students from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, with students from the City Colleges of Chicago contributing in the production of these shows. WYCC also produced programs for the Illinois gubernatorial and Assembly elections during the 2010 and 2012 fall election seasons.

In the early on 2010s, WYCC contradistinct its programme lineup, acquiring new programme offerings from the BBC and using the English language language international news shows bachelor to offering news and opinions not provided elsewhere, especially for viewers who watch broadcast television over-the-air in the Chicago area market. The station offered comprehensive international news coverage and national news discussion programs from DW Telly's Journal, France 24, NHK Newsline, RT News and Euronews. The station as well broadcasts news/talk shows programs distributed for public television syndication such as those hosted by Charlie Rose and Tavis Smiley.

In 2013, WYCC began airing the PBS serial Just Seen It, featuring various amusement industry people providing reviews of movies and television programs, with a quick format reflecting the original Siskel/Ebert picture show review program At the Movies, recommending viewers to meet, skip or stream the reviewed media.^{[36] [37]}

WYCC was one of the very few PBS stations not to air PBS Newshour, every bit WTTW airs these newscasts.

Technical information [edit]

Subchannel [edit]

Channel	Video	Aspect	Brusque name	Programming[38]
20.1	480i	16:nine	MHz	Main WYCC programming / FNX

Analog-to-digital conversion [edit]

WYCC shut down its analog betoken, over UHF channel 20, at 6 a.k. on Apr 16, 2009.^[39] The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 21.^[40] Through the use of PSIP, digital telly receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog aqueduct 20. At the same time, the "WYCC" callsign was legally transferred from the at present-defunct analog signal to digital channel 21, with the digital signal'southward pre-transition callsign "WYCC-DT" officially being discontinued.

Spectrum reallocation [edit]

In the FCC's incentive auction to brand more spectrum bachelor for wireless broadband, WYCC sold its spectrum for $15,959,957; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a mail-auction channel sharing agreement.^[41] On September 13, 2017, WYCC announced in a letter of the alphabet to contributors that information technology would shut down October 25, 2017; about of the station's staff had been laid off following the determination of the sale in April.^[42] However, prior to September 22, 2017, WTTW approached WYCC with a channel sharing agreement to stay on the air.^[43] WYCC then appear in a alphabetic character to employees that it would remain on the air through Nov 24; if a aqueduct sharing agreement was reached, performance of WYCC's channels would be handled past WTTW, with a tentative plan to use "a combination of WYCC and WTTW brands and programming".^{[44] [45]} The deadline to file a program with the FCC was November 24, 2017.^[43] In 2016, WYCC had an annual upkeep of $viii.ii one thousand thousand, of which Chicago Metropolis Colleges provided $5.seven million. The station lost $732,000 in 2016 in its non-operating budget, despite funding from the Corporation for Public Dissemination, the land of Illinois and private donors.^[43]

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} "FAQS for viewers later switchover to WorldView MHz". WYCC Home . Retrieved October 26, 2017.
2. ^ "Thank y'all for allowing the states to bring our programs into your habitation for more than xxx years. Over and out with much dear and gratitude". Facebook. Nov 27, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
3. ^ Hither's How to Keep Watching MHz Worldview Programming After March 1st
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7. ^ FCC History Cards for WYCC
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14. ^ ^{a b} https://interactive.wttw.com/faq-wycc-broadcast
15. ^ "First Nations Experience: About U.s.a.". Kickoff Nations Feel . Retrieved November 28, 2013.
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18. ^ "Hard disk drive Antenna". Virtually.com . Retrieved December 22, 2017.
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21. ^ Lazare, Lewis (Feb 20, 2013). "WYCC-Aqueduct 20 launches public affairs show to attract new audiences and new funding". Chicago Business Journal. American Urban center Business Journals. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
22. ^ Feder, Robert (September 7, 2015). "Robin Robinson, Lauren Cohn bring together WYCC'due south 'In The Loop'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved September 9, 2015.
23. ^ "The Professors". WYCC. City Colleges of Chicago. Retrieved January ii, 2014.
24. ^ "Pritzker War machine Presents". Chicago: Pritzker Military Museum & Library. 2016. Retrieved Jan v, 2016.
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26. ^ "Cherry Green.com".
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29. ^ Touching Evil at IMDb
30. ^ "Antiques Roadshow". PBS.
31. ^ "Masterpiece". PBS WGBH.
32. ^ Lark Rise to Candleford at IMDb
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34. ^ Midsomer Murders at IMDb
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36. ^ "Just Seen It". Just Seen It . Retrieved January ii, 2014.
37. ^ Zorianna Kit (June 1, 2013). "PBS back in the film review business with "Just Seen It"". The Huffington Mail. AOL. Retrieved Jan two, 2014.
38. ^ "RabbitEars Television Query for WYCC". RabbitEars . Retrieved April 21, 2018.
39. ^ Lazare, Lewis (March 26, 2009). "WYCC goes all digital early". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
40. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the Start and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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42. ^ Feder, Robert (September nineteen, 2017). "Robservations: WYCC signing off the air October 25". RobertFeder.com . Retrieved September xix, 2017.
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External links [edit]

• WYCC page on WTTW website
• BIAfn'south Media Web Database — Data on WYCC-Boob tube

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