WGBO-DT JOLIET, IL

Display Channel	Physical Channel		Video	Audio	Call Sign	Network/Programming	Nickname	Notes
02-2	35.7		480i	DD2.0	StartTV	Start TV
02-5	35.8	❹	480i	DD2.0	Comet	Comet TV
66-1	35.1		720p	DD5.1	WGBO-DT	Univision	"Univision Chicago"
66-2	35.2		480i (w)	DD2.0	MSGold	MovieSphere Gold
66-3	35.3		480i	DD2.0	GET	GET
66-4	35.4		480i (w)	DD2.0	CRIME	True Crime Network
66-5	35.5		480i (w)	DD2.0	GRIT	Grit
66-6	35.6	❹	480i	DD2.0	RetroTV	[Blank]

Licensing

FAC-ID: 12498

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DTV-LIC:

Granted

Channel 35

JOLIET, IL

0000124507 (25076ff374e3dd850174f70e303a1bd7) - App
0000235588 (25076f918d319cb3018d36767b611006) - App

1322' 635 kW DA (E) (Vertical ERP: 192 kW)
(22.54 kW + 14.5 dB gain = 635 kW ERP)
59.9 mile contour / 11256.5 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 9,828,923
1320' AGL; 1913' AMSL; (1009013)
0.75° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter [H-Pat] RF Systems SAA25-ATW_C1-J300-ES6R-35
NAD83: N 41° 53' 56.1", W 87° 37' 23.2" (41.898917, -87.623111) John Hancock Tower (IL)

Streams

TSID: 1031 (0x0407)
Bitrate Allocation: Variable

Digital Channel	Display Channel	Call Sign	Src ID	PMT PID	Video	Dimensions	Aspect Ratio	Video PID	Video (Mbps)	PCR PID	Audio Type	Audio PID	Audio Bitrate
35.1	66-1	WGBO-DT	1	0x0030	720p	1280x720	16:9	0x0031	7.3Mbps	0x0031	DD5.1	0x0034	256kbps
35.2	66-2	MSGold	2	0x0040	480i	640x480	16:9	0x0041	0Mbps	0x0041	DD2.0	0x0044	128kbps
35.3	66-3	GET	3	0x0050	480i	640x480	4:3	0x0051	2.1Mbps	0x0051	DD2.0	0x0054	128kbps
35.4	66-4	CRIME	4	0x0060	480i	640x480	16:9	0x0061	2.55Mbps	0x0061	DD2.0	0x0064	128kbps
35.5	66-5	GRIT	5	0x0070	480i	640x480	16:9	0x0071	2.6Mbps	0x0071	DD2.0	0x0074	128kbps
35.6	66-6	RetroTV	6	0x0080	480i	640x480	4:3	0x0081	0Mbps	0x0081	DD2.0	0x0084	128kbps
35.7	02-2	StartTV	7	0x0090	480i	640x480		0x0091	1.35Mbps	0x0091	DD2.0	0x0094	128kbps
35.8	02-5	Comet	8	0x00a0	480i	640x480		0x00a1	1.35Mbps	0x00a1	DD2.0	0x00a4	128kbps

TSReader Data: HTML Export (02/03/2024)

Ownership/Historical

Operator:	Univision
Licensee:	WGBO License Partnership, G.P.
Sister:	WXFT-DT
DTV Transition:
Certification :	Analog channel 66. Digital channel 53.
Elected Round 2 :	Elected channel 38 with fallback to channel 12.
Final Channel :	Channel 38.
Last Analog:
Channel 66 :	1289' 5000 kW DA

Call Sign History:
10/06/1980	WBHA
02/02/1980	WFBN	W Focus Broadcasting Network
01/04/1986	WGBO-TV	W Grant BrOadcasting System
06/23/2009	WGBO-DT	W Grant BrOadcasting System
(01/24/2024)	WGBO-DT

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