Online NewsHour: Merging Media

	Instructions: Click on any of the highlighted regions on the map to find out who owns the television stations and major newspapers in that area. Or use the menus below to search by TV market area or media company. Results will appear below the map. Updated: Aug. 2, 2002


	Chicago, IL Rank: 3 Households: 3,360,770 Perc. of U.S. households: 3.187 %








2	WBBM	Chicago, IL	CBS	Viacom/CBS Station Group

5	WMAQ	Chicago, IL	NBC	GE/National Broadcasting Company

7	WLS	Chicago, IL	ABC	Disney/ABC Owned Television Stations

9	WGN	Chicago, IL	WB	Tribune Company

11	WTTW	Chicago, IL	PBS	Window to the World Communications

20	WYCC	Chicago, IL	PBS	City Colleges of Chicago

23	WFBT	Chicago, IL	Independent	Weigel Broadcasting

26	WCIU	Chicago, IL	Independent	Weigel Broadcasting

32	WFLD	Chicago, IL	Fox	News Corp./Fox Television Stations

35	WWTO	La Salle, IL	Trinity Broadcasting Network	Trinity Broadcasting Network, Inc.

38	WCPX	Chicago, IL	PAX	Paxson Communications

44	WSNS	Chicago, IL	Telemundo	GE/National Broadcasting Company

50	WPWR	Gary, IN	UPN	Newsweb Corp.

56	WYIN	Gary, IN	PBS	Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting

60	WXFT	Chicago, IL	TeleFutura	Univision Television Group

62	WJYS	Hammond, IN	Independent	Jovon Broadcasting Corp.

66	WGBO	Joliet, IL	Univision	Univision Television Group

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