Chicagoland's Television
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| Type | Cable network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | USA - Chicago Area |
| Slogan | Continuous Coverage - Around Chicago, Around The Clock |
| Owner | Tribune Company |
| Launch date | January 1, 1993 |
| Website www.cltv.com |
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Chicagoland Television, better known as CLTV, is a 24-hour cable news station based in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. CLTV was launched on New Year's Day 1993. CLTV is owned by the Tribune Company and is seen on Comcast Cable. According to the CLTV website they reach 1.8 million households, making them one of the largest local cable networks in the USA.
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[edit] Programming
CLTV focuses primarily on 24-hour news coverage. A one hour news broadcast is aired live, then rebroadcast again the next hour or sometimes two hours before a new live broadcast is put together and aired, repeating the cycle throughout the day. This is in a manner similar to CNN Headline News. CLTV broadcasts are similar in style and quality to other news broadcasts in Chicago with live shots, traffic, weather, sports, breaking news, and in depth pieces. Because they are exclusively a news station CLTV will often air local news events live in their entirety, such as press conferences and high profile speeches. CLTV also covers breaking news in the city and suburbs.
- Weekday live news broadcasts begin at 5:00am, on Saturdays and Sunday at 7:00am.
- CLTV re-broadcasts the WGN News at Noon at 1:00pm on weekdays and the WGN 9pm news at 11:00pm weekdays.
- Metromix airs on CLTV at 7:00pm, 8:00pm, 9:00pm, and midnight on weekdays and is a 30-minute program focusing on the Chicago area entertainment, restaurant, and social scene. Metromix is a television compliment to the Metromix section of the Chicago Tribune newspaper section of the same name.
- Other programs seen on CLTV are Metromix, Homes Plus, Midwest Outdoors, and Fit Today.
- In 2002, CLTV began running paid programming in the overnight hours, usually from 1:00am until 3:30am.
-Sunday nights at 9:00pm Lou Canellis hosts the Sports Page Sunday Night Roundtable.
- CLTV periodically carries Cubs, Bulls, White Sox, and Blackhawks games. DePaul University airs a small number of men's and women's basketball games on CLTV each season.
[edit] Staff
[edit] Anchors
- Tonya Francisco Mornings 5am-11am
- Monica Schneider Middays 11am-5pm
- Sean Lewis Evenings 5pm-5am
- Gaynor Hall Weekends 6pm-6am
- Judy Wangweekends 6am-6pm
[edit] Reporters
- Randi Belisomo
- Gaynor Hall also fill in anchor
- Carlos Hernadez Gomez
- Aaron Baskerville also fill in anchor
- Regina Waldroup also fill in anchor
[edit] Sports
- Lou Canellis
[edit] Traffic
- Mike Paine Morning Anchor
- Kim Kelly Weekends
- Amanda Czernecki Fill in Traffic
- Rebecca Grazier Weekends/Fill in
- Gabe Salgado Weekends
- Bill West Weekends
- Jim Ryan COMMUTERCAST Anchor
- Zelda Robinson Weekends
- Jennifer Roberts Fill in Traffic
[edit] Weather
- Tim McGill (AMS Certified) Mornings
- Keenan Smith (AMS Seal of Approval) Evenings
- Jim Ramsey (NWA Seal of Approval) Weekends
- Mike Hamernik (AMS Seal of Approval) Weekends
[edit] Metromix
- Marcus Leshock - Host
- Jackie Tranchida - Reporter
- Pogo - Reporter
- Bahar Takhtehchian - Reporter
[edit] Tribune Company Partnerships
CLTV is owned by the Tribune Company, therefore it receives a lot of content and reporting from other news divisions of the Tribune Company. News video is shared extensively between CLTV and WGN-TV. All of CLTV's weather coverage is produced by WGN-TV. Chicago Tribune newspaper columnists provide in-depth reporting for many feature stories aired on CLTV.
The Metromix TV staff produces the Metromix program which airs in prime Monday through Friday on CLTV. Metromix Weekend runs numerous times Saturday and Sunday.
The Homes Plus program airs Saturday and Sunday morning and focuses on buying new homes in the Chicago area.
[edit] Distribution
CLTV has an exclusive distribution agreement with Comcast Cable. Only Comcast subscribers can view CLTV. There are no plans to change the current distribution of CLTV.
[edit] External links
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