WMAQ-TV
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This article is about the television station in Chicago. For the AM radio station that formerly used this call sign, see WSCR. For the FM radio station that formerly used this call sign, see WKQX.
WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Telemundo station WSNS-TV (channel 44); it is also sister to regional sports network NBC Sports Chicago. WMAQ-TV and WSNS-TV share studios at the NBC Tower on North Columbus Drive in the city's Streeterville neighborhood; both stations are broadcast from the same transmitter atop the Willis Tower in the Chicago Loop.
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Branding | NBC 5 Chicago |
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First air date | October 8, 1948 (75 years ago) (1948-10-08) |
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Call sign meaning | "We Must Ask Questions" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 47905 |
ERP | 398 kW |
HAAT | 509 m (1,670 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44.1″N 87°38′10.2″W |
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Website | www |
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