List of television stations in Illinois

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This is a list of broadcast television stations in the U.S. state of Illinois.

[edit] Full-power stations

VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel. 09 refers to the station's physical RF channel from 2009.

Area served City of license ch DT VC 09 Callsign Network Notes
Carbondale Harrisburg 3 34 3 34 WSIL-TV ABC
Carbondale ~Paducah KY 6 32 6 32 WPSD-TV NBC
Carbondale Carbondale 8 40 8 8 WSIU-TV PBS
Carbondale ~Cape Girardeau MO 12 57 12 12 KFVS-TV CBS
Carbondale ~Cape Girardeau MO 23 22 23 22 KBSI Fox
Carbondale Marion 27 17 27 17 WTCT Ind.
Carbondale ~Paducah KY 49 50 49 49 WDKA MNT
Champaign/Urbana Champaign 3 48 3 48 WCIA CBS
Champaign/Urbana Urbana 12 9 12 9 WILL-TV PBS
Champaign/Urbana Champaign 15 41 15 41 WICD ABC semi-satellite of WICS ch. 20 Springfield
Champaign/Urbana Urbana 27 26 27 26 WCCU Fox satellite of WRSP-TV ch. 55 Springfield
Charleston Charleston 51 50 51 50 WEIU-TV PBS
Chicago Chicago 2 3 2 12 WBBM-TV CBS
Chicago Chicago 5 29 5 29 WMAQ-TV NBC
Chicago Chicago 7 52 7 7 WLS-TV ABC
Chicago Chicago 9 19 9 19 WGN-TV CW
Chicago Chicago 11 47 11 47 WTTW PBS
Chicago Chicago 20 21 20 21 WYCC PBS
Chicago Chicago 26 27 26 27 WCIU-TV Ind.
Chicago Chicago 32 31 32 31 WFLD Fox
Chicago Chicago 38 43 38 43 WCPX ION
Chicago Chicago 44 45 44 45 WSNS-TV TEL
Chicago ~Gary IN 50 51 50 51 WPWR-TV MNT
Chicago Aurora 60 59 60 50 WXFT-TV TF
Chicago ~Hammond IN 62 36 62 36 WJYS Ind.
Chicago Joliet 66 53 66 38 WGBO-TV UNI
Decatur Decatur 17 18 17 18 WAND NBC
Decatur Decatur 23 22 23 22 WBUI CW
LaSalle LaSalle 35 10 35 10 WWTO-TV TBN
Macomb Macomb 22 21 22 21 WMEC PBS satellite of WSEC ch. 14 Springfield
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 13 21 13 21 WPXS Ind.
Olney Olney 16 19 16 19 WUSI-TV PBS satellite of WSIU-TV ch. 8 Carbondale
Peoria Peoria 19 40 19 19 WHOI ABC
Peoria Peoria 25 57 25 25 WEEK-TV NBC
Peoria Peoria 31 30 31 30 WMBD-TV CBS
Peoria Bloomington 43 28 43 28 WYZZ-TV Fox
Peoria Peoria 47 46 47 46 WTVP PBS
Peoria Peoria 59 39 59 39 WAOE MNT
Quincy ~Hannibal MO 7 29 7 7 KHQA-TV CBS
Quincy Quincy 10 54 10 10 WGEM-TV NBC
Quincy Quincy 16 32 16 32 WTJR Ind.
Quincy Quincy 27 34 27 34 WQEC PBS satellite of WSEC ch. 14 Springfield
Rock Island/Moline Rock Island 4 58 4 4 WHBF-TV CBS
Rock Island/Moline ~Davenport IA 6 56 6 36 KWQC-TV NBC
Rock Island/Moline Moline 8 38 8 38 WQAD-TV ABC
Rock Island/Moline ~Davenport IA 18 49 18 49 KLJB-TV Fox
Rock Island/Moline Moline 24 23 24 23 WQPT-TV PBS
Rock Island/Moline ~Burlington IA 26 41 26 41 KGCW-TV CW
Rockford Rockford 13 54 13 13 WREX-TV NBC
Rockford Rockford 17 16 17 16 WTVO ABC
Rockford Freeport 23 41 23 23 WIFR CBS
Rockford Rockford 39 42 39 42 WQRF-TV Fox
Springfield Jacksonville 14 15 14 15 WSEC PBS
Springfield Springfield 20 42 20 42 WICS ABC
Springfield Springfield 49 53 49 13 WCFN MNT
Springfield Springfield 55 44 55 44 WRSP-TV Fox
~St. Louis MO East St. Louis 46 47 46 47 WRBU MNT

[edit] Defunct full-power stations

  • Channel 14: WJJY-TV - ABC - Jacksonville (1969-1971)
  • Channel 15: WBLN - Bloomington (12/1/1953-2/7/1957 and 12/1/1957-6/5/1958)
  • Channel 20: WXXW - PBS - Chicago (9/20/1965-1972)
  • Channel 24: WICD - NBC - Danville (12/19/1953-7/?/1967)
  • Channel 35: WEEQ-TV - NBC - LaSalle (11/7/1957-?)

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