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Television station in Illinois, United States
WESV-LD
City Chicago, Illinois
Channels Branding Estrella TV Chicago Affiliations
Estrella TV (2010-present) Owner Founded December 8, 1987; 36 years ago (1987-12-08 ) Former call signs
W36AO (1987–2002) W68DO (2002–2006) W40BY (2006–2010) WESV-LP (2010–2011) Former channel number(s)
Analog: 36 (UHF, 1987–2002) 68 (UHF, 2002–2006) 40 (UHF, 2006–2010)Digital: 40 (UHF, 2010-2020)
TBN W -ES trella TV Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 68043
ERP 6
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HAAT 455 m (1,493 ft) Public license information
LMS Website
http://www.estrellatv.com/
WESV-LD ,
virtual channel 40 (
UHF
digital channel 31), is a
low-power
Estrella TV
owned-and-operated
television station
licensed to
Chicago, Illinois , United States. The station is owned by
Estrella Media . The station transmits from the
Willis Tower and shares its signal with
W31EZ-D .
History
Prior to becoming an Estrella TV affiliate, this station was licensed to
Palatine and it was owned by
Trinity Broadcasting Network . It was used as a translator of full-power station
WWTO-TV (channel 35) in
LaSalle for Chicago's northwest suburbs before moving to Chicago proper in the digital age. Liberman bought the license in February 2010.
[2] The sale was closed on December 6 and the station signed on with Estrella TV programming the following day.
[3]
Digital channels
References
External links
Full power
WBBM-TV 2 (.1
CBS , .2
Start , .3
Dabl , .4
Fave , .5
Comet )
WMAQ-TV 5 (.1
NBC , .2
Cozi , .3
LX , .4
Oxygen )
WLS-TV 7 (.1
ABC , .2
Localish , .3
Charge! )
WGN-TV 9 (.1
Ind. , .2
ANT , .3
Grit , .4
REW , .5
TBD )
WTTW 11 (.1
PBS , .2 Prime, .3
Create , .4
PBS Kids , .5
World )
WCIU-TV 26 (.1
CW ,
.2
The U ,
.3
MeTV , .4
H&I , .5
Story , .6
Catchy )
WFLD 32 (.1
Fox , .2
Movies! , .3
Buzzr , .4
Grio , .5
Fox WX )
WWTO-TV 35 (.1
TBN , .2
Merit ,
.3
Smile , .4
Positiv )
WCPX-TV 38 (.1
Ion , .2
Bounce , .3
Court , .4
Laff , .5
Defy , .6
Scripps , .7
JTV , 8.
HSN )
WSNS-TV 44 (.1
TMD , .2
TXO )
WPWR-TV 50 (.1
MNTV )
WYIN 56 (.1
PBS , .2
NHK )
WTVK 59 (.1
Ads , .2
Grio )
WXFT-DT 60 (.1
UniMás , .2
Mystery , .3
Quest )
WJYS 62 (.1
Ind. , .2
Stadium , .3
Charge! , .4
Heartland , .5
QVC , .6 Canal de la Fe, .7
JTV , .8
Comet , .9
HSN ,
.10
Rel.
Ind. )
WGBO-DT 66 (.1
UNI , .2
Laff , .3
Get , .4
Crime , .5
Grit )
Low power
WCHU-LD 3 (.1
NewsNet , .2 SNHtv, .3
ShopHQ )
WILC-CD 8 (.1
Daystar , .2 DS Español, .3 Blank)
WOCK-CD 13 (.1
LC , .2 KBC World (
Korean ), .3
NTD , .4
CCTV News , .5
CCTV Documentary , .6
SonLife )
WRJK-LD 22 (.1
Diya , .3
Novelisima , .4
FNX , 5.
Ace TV .6
AWE .7 OAN Plus, .8
NewsNet , .9 Fun Roads, .11
HSN , .12
QVC2 )
WWME-CD 23 (.1
MeTV , .2
H&I )
WPVN-CD 24 (.1
VL , .2 LFN, .3
Ind. , .4
The365 , .5
MBC (Korean), .6
Law & Crime , .7
beIN Xtra , .8 MMN)
W31EZ-D 25 (.1
HSN , .2 HSN2, .3
LC , .4
QVC2 , .5
LATV , .6
Almavision , .7
Peace TV (
Arabic ) .8
QVC3 , .9
Ads )
WAUR-LD 29 (.1
Ind. )
WLPD-CD 30 (.1
Smile , .2
Inspire )
WRME-LD 33 (.1
JTV ,
87.75 FM analog
MeTV -FM/
oldies audio)
WEDE-CD 34 (.1 MCTV/
Ind. , .2
Retro , .3 Gem Shopping Network)
WESV-LD 40 (.1
Estrella )
WMEU-CD 48 (.1
The U , .2
Start , .3
Catchy , .4
MeTV+ )
WDCI-LD 57 (.1
Daystar , .2 DS Español, .3 Blank)
ATSC 3.0
Cable
Streaming Defunct Silent
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Illinois
Chicago market
independent stations
Chicago market
Spanish stations
Chicago market
religious stations Other stations
WCHU-LD 3 (
NewsNet ,
Oakwood Hills )
WILC-CD 8 (
Daystar ,
Sugar Grove )
WPXS 13 (
Daystar ,
Mt. Vernon )
W15BU-D 15 (
3ABN ,
Johnston City )
WTJR 16 (
CTN ,
Quincy )
WHOI 19 (
TBD ,
Peoria )
WWME-CD 23 (
MeTV ,
Chicago )
KNLC 24 (
MeTV ,
St. Louis, MO )
WTCT 27 (
TCT ,
Marion )
W29CI-D 29 (
3ABN ,
Salem )
WFBN-LD 33 (
H&I DT1,
TMD DT2 via
WYTU-LD
Milwaukee ,
Rockford )
WLCF-LD 45 (
CTN ,
Decatur )
WBXC-CD 46 (
Buzzr ,
Champaign )
WMWC-TV 53 (
TBN ,
Galesburg )
WTVK 59 (
Ads ,
Peoria )
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