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	Station Slogan	People Make the Difference
	Station Branding	''ABC7 Chicago''
	Analog	7 ( VHF )
	Digital	52 ( UHF )
	Affiliations	ABC
	Founded	1948
	Location	Chicago, Illinois
	Callsign Meaning	'''W'''orld's '''L'''argest '''S'''tore<br> ''(reflecting its sister radio station's past ownership by Sears)''
	Owner	Disney / ABC
	Former Callsigns	WENR-TV (1948-53) & WBKB (1953-68)
	Former Affiliations	none
	Effective Radiated Power	55 KW /5151 M (analog)<br>1536 kW/514 m (digital)
	Homepage	wwwabc7chicagocom

WLS-TV ('''''"ABC7 Chicago"''''') is the ABC Owned-and-operated Television Station in Chicago, Illinois . It transmits from the Sears Tower in downtown Chicago.

HISTORY

The station first went on the air in September 1948 as WENR-TV. It was named after WENR-AM, ABC's Chicago radio affiliate.

In 1953 , ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, the former theater division of Paramount Pictures . UPT owned WBKB on channel 4 (which shared a CBS affiliation with WGN-TV ) but the new ABC could not keep both. As a result, WBKB was sold to CBS and renamed WBBM-TV CBS 2, while WENR was renamed WBKB-TV. The old WBKB's talent stayed at WBBM, while the old WBKB's call letters and management moved to channel 7. The station became '''WLS-TV''' in 1968 , after WLS-AM , which ABC had owned since 1959 .

Today, the WBKB calls are used by a CBS Affiliate In Alpena, Michigan .

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