Weigel Broadcasting

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Weigel Broadcasting is an American locally-based television broadcasting company. The company is based in downtown Chicago, Illinois, along side its flagship station WCIU-TV (Channel 26).

The company founded by Chicago broadcasting veteran John Weigel, whose career dated back to the 1930s. With $1,000 of his own money, and another $1,000 from his attorney, Daniel J. McCarthy, Weigel bought the broadcasting license for what became the first UHF television station in the Chicagoland area. WCIU signed-on the air on February 6, 1964.

Over the years, the company began to acquire and start-up new stations in neighboring markets, Milwaukee and South Bend, Indiana. Most of the stations are categorized into separate limited partnerships for licensing purposes.

[edit] Stations owned by Weigel Broadcasting

Current DMA#	Market	Station-Channel-(Digital)	Current Affiliation	Official Licensee
3.	Chicago, Illinois	WWME-CA 23 (27¹)	Independent	"Channel 23 Limited Partnership"
		WCIU 26 (27)	Independent	"WCIU-TV Limited Partnership"
		WFBT-CA 48 (27¹)	Independent	Weigel Broadcasting
34.	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WMLW-CA 41 (46²)	Independent	"Channel 41/63 Limited Partnership"
		WDJT-TV 58 (46)	CBS	"WDJT-TV Limited Partnership"
		WYTU-LP 63	Telemundo	"Channel 41/63 Limited Partnership"
88.	South Bend, Indiana	WCWW-LP 25	CW	"WCWW-TV Limited Partnership"
		WBND-LP 57	ABC	"WBND-TV Limited Partnership"
		WMYS-LP 69	MyNetworkTV	Weigel Broadcasting Company