WMAQ TV 5 is a TV station in Chicago, Illinois, USA airing NBC network programs, local news and weather.
The station is an affiliate of the NBC Television Network.
WMAQ TV 5 is the NBCUniversal owned-and-operated NBC network affiliate station in Chicago, Illinois. Promoted as NBC Chicago, it is the sister station of Telemundo affiliate WSNS TV 44.
WMAQ began broadcasting on October 8, 1948 as WNBQ TV, the third of the five original NBC owned-and-operated stations. Eight years later, it became the first station in the world to broadcast all of its programs in color. Though NBC had long owned WMAQ radio (now WSCR AM 670), it did not change the TV station's call letters to WMAQ TV until August 31, 1964.
The station created and produced a number of low-budget TV shows during the 1950s including "Garroway at Large" (a music and variety series), "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" (an ad-libbed puppet show) and "Studs' Place" (a drama starring Chicago writer and actor Studs Terkel).
This TV station is owned by NBCUniversal.
For WMAQ TV 5 contact information, see the Illinois news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
Average (4 votes)NBCUniversal Launches 24/7 Local News Channels on Peacock Streaming Service
-- As of January 20, 2022, WMAQ TV 5 in Chicago and four other NBC-owned TV stations are producing 24/7 local news channels for Peacock subscribers. The other stations are WCAU TV 10 in Philadelphia, WBTS TV 10 in Boston, New England Cable News (NECN) and WTVJ TV 6 in Miami.Soon to be added are non-stop news channels from WNBC TV 4 in New York and KNBC TV 4 in Los Angeles.
George Winslow wrote at TV Technology on January...
Chicago Police to WMAQ TV 5 Photog: 'Your First Amendment Rights Can Be Terminated'
-- In an apparent standoff between Chicago police officers and a photographer for WMAQ TV 5, who was covering the story of a 6-year-old girl who was shot and killed, the officers detained two members of the media -- "on a sidewalk outside Mt. Sinai Hospital, where the girl had been taken."
More from Police Handcuff NBC Chicago Photojournalist, published March 20, 2012:
"The hospital apparently called police, complaining of...
Larry Wert Named EVP of Station Initiatives for NBC O&O's
-- Wert, who will remain president and GM of WMAQ TV 5 in Chicago, will work with the network's owned and operated stations to create new business opportunities. Wert announced the news September 28, 2011, via an internal memo obtained by Time Out Chicago.
From Wert's memo:
"My priority role will remain here at NBC 5 Chicago, and with our new company commitment to local and winning, I am more enthused...
WMAQ TV 5 Sports Anchor Daryl Hawks Dead at 38
-- Hawks, a sports anchor with the station since 2008, was discovered by hotel employees in his room in Atlanta after missing a wake-up call. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
WMAQ station manager and VP of news Frank Whittaker said, "We are all stunned right now. Daryl was a great member of our sports team, and was so excited about covering the Bulls during this...
WMAQ TV 5 and eVoter Link Voters to Election Day Information
-- Chicago, January 29, 2010: NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ TV) and eVoter (www.evoter.com) today announced a partnership that connects Chicagoland voters to polling place locations, election information, candidate profiles and endorsements prior to Election Day.
eVoter is the first website where voters and candidates connect. The non-partisan website allows voters to directly interact with candidates and access...
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