Chicago Area Media Frequencies
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WBBM CBS Channel 2
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| WBBM-TV CH 2 |
450.050 |
127.3 |
|
F1 - News Desk - RP |
| |
450.350 |
127.3 |
|
F2 - "NX" Microwave - RP |
| |
450.050 |
127.3 |
|
F3 - Mobile to Mobile (Simplex) |
| |
450.800 |
127.3 |
|
F4 - Engineering / Master Ctrl |
| |
455.350 / 450.4875 |
131.8 |
|
F5 - Talent IFB / Talkback |
| |
455.4875 |
|
|
F6 - Marti F2 (Simplex) |
| |
450.350 |
127.3 |
|
F8 - Simplex |
WMAQ NBC Channel 5
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| WMAQ-TV CH 5 |
161.640 |
|
|
F5 Studio A |
| |
161.670 |
141.3 |
|
News Desk |
| |
161.700 |
|
|
F2 News |
| |
161.760 |
|
|
F4 Studio A |
| |
450.4500 |
|
|
News Desk |
| |
450.5500 |
NO |
|
Audio Feed / Cues |
| |
455.8500 |
103.5 |
|
|
| |
450.8500 |
103.5 |
|
News Engineers / Cues |
| |
450.6500 |
103.5 |
|
Main IFB - All Units |
WLS ABC Channel 7
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| WLS-TV CH 7 |
450.0875 |
|
|
Base to Air 1 |
| |
450.4125 |
|
|
News Desk |
| |
455.0875 |
156.7 |
|
F1 Newsdesk / Assignments |
| |
455.1500 |
|
|
F4 News |
| |
455.2500 |
|
|
F2 News Backup |
| |
455.4500 |
|
|
Local News & Engineers |
| |
455.5125 |
No |
|
Audio Relays & Cues |
| |
455.5875 |
156.7 |
|
F3 Special Use - Choppers / Master Control |
WGN IND. Channel 9
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| WGN-TV CH 9 |
166.250 |
192.8 |
|
Live Shots / Cues |
| |
455.3875 |
|
|
Mobile Extenders |
| WGN-TV
& CLTV use Nextel radios for most of their daily operations. |
WFLD FOX Channel 32
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| WFLD-TV CH 32 |
450.1300 |
D245 |
|
Air Fox Helo. |
| FOX
32 now uses Nextel radios for most of their daily operations. 10/2000 |
Other Television
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| TRIO Video / Fox Sports |
450.0375 |
|
|
Camera Cues |
| (Used at Chicago Marathon 2000) |
450.1250 |
|
|
Audio Cues |
| |
450.9875 |
|
|
IFB / Talent |
| Corplex Television |
461.6375 |
|
|
Engineering |
| |
466.6375 |
|
|
Mobile-Mobile |
Radio Stations
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| WBBM-FM (96.3) |
450.5125 |
|
|
IFB - Remotes |
| |
455.4875 |
|
|
Remotes / Mobiles |
| WMAQ-AM (670) |
450.4500 |
|
|
Reporters |
| WBBM-AM (780) |
450.1625 |
|
|
Reporter Remotes |
| |
450.1500 |
|
|
Traffic from Shadow |
| |
450.2875 |
107.2 |
|
Traffic from Shadow |
| |
450.5125 |
|
|
CBS TV Network Feeds |
| |
450.6250 |
|
|
Traffic from Shadow |
| WGN-AM (720) |
450.2500 |
192.8 |
|
Chopper / Traffic Link |
| |
450.7000 |
|
|
Mobiles |
Traffic / Newspapers
| |
Frequency |
PL |
Call |
Use / Notes |
| Shadow & Metro Traffic |
450.2875 |
107.2 |
|
Main Channel |
| |
450.1875 |
|
|
Secondary - Travel Times, etc. |
| |
461.1750 |
|
|
|
| Traffic Pulse |
UHF TRS |
|
|
TG
0-10-115 |
| Chicago Tribune |
173.225 |
|
|
Circulation |
| |
Nextel |
|
|
Photographers |
| |
453.000 |
114.8 |
|
Tribune Security |
| |
452.975 |
114.8 |
|
Tribune Tower Ops Simplex - F3 |
| |
452.975 |
D245 |
|
Freedom Center Printing Plant |
| |
452.000 |
D263 |
|
Freedom Center Printing Plant |
| Chicago Sun Times |
173.275 |
|
|
Editorial |
| |
173.375 |
|
|
Circulation |
| |
464.8750 |
|
|
Base |
| |
468.4125 |
|
|
Reporters |
| Chicago Minutemen Traffic |
453.7000 |
|
|
Towing / Expressway Ops. |
| Air-to-Air |
123.025 |
00.0 |
|
Traffic Helicopter Coordination +MUST+ |
| |
123.050 |
00.0 |
|
Traffic Helicopter Coordination +MUST+ |
|
|
Notes: Many news teams use cellular phones and Nextel to gather news
information.
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August 27, 2007
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