WTVK (TV)
TV station in Oswego, Illinois / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Knoxville, Tennessee television station that used this callsign from 1955 to 1988, see WVLT-TV.
WTVK (channel 59) is a television station licensed to Oswego, Illinois, United States, serving the Chicago television market and primarily airing paid programming from Corner Store TV. Owned by Venture Technologies Group, it is a sister station to WRME-LD (channel 33). WTVK's primary transmitter is located in Deer Park Township near Starved Rock State Park in LaSalle County,[5] with a secondary transmitter atop the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago.
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City | Oswego, Illinois[1] |
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Branding | WTVK 59 |
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Founded | September 8, 1995 |
First air date | July 5, 1999; 24 years ago (1999-07-05) (in Peoria, Illinois; license moved to Oswego in 2021) |
Former call signs | WAOE (1995–2023) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 52280 |
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WTVK also operates a digital replacement translator on UHF channel 18, licensed to Pekin (with transmitter on High Point Lane near East Peoria).