WBBM-TV
CBS TV station in Chicago
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| 2024 | Simulcast with WMEU-CD ends as WBBM-TV moves its ATSC 1.0 signal to WGN-TV's spectrum. |
| February 5 2024 | WBBM-TV officially began broadcasting on the ATSC 3.0 (NextGenTV) standard, serving as a lighthouse station for the Chicago area broadcast market. |
| January 2024 | CBS News and Stations announced that WBBM-TV would transition to the ATSC 3.0 standard (NextGenTV) as a lighthouse station for the Chicago area. |
| 2022 | CBS News and Stations began phasing out the 'Enforcer' music across its stations, replacing it with a new theme by Antfood that incorporates the network's new sound mark. |
| September 12 2022 | WBBM-TV launched a 9 a.m. half-hour weekday morning newscast, anchored by Ryan Baker and Audrina Bigos, with meteorologist Laura Bannon and traffic reporter Kris Habermehl. |
| January 24 2022 | WBBM-TV debuted a new hour-long 4 p.m. newscast with co-anchors Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra, meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist, and sports anchor Marshall Harris. |
| June 2020 | WBBM-TV was honored with a Peabody Award for the report 'Unwarranted', an investigation into botched police raids in Chicago. |
| April 21 2020 | WBBM-TV launched its streaming news service CBSN Chicago (now CBS News Chicago). |
| April 19 2017 | WBBM-LD (RF 26) signs off. |
| February 2017 | WBBM-TV and its Decades subchannel enter a channel sharing partnership with Weigel-owned WMEU-CD, simulcasting on digital subchannels 48.3 and 48.4. |
| 2014 | Introduction of 'cross-flex' scheduling for NFL game broadcasts, allowing more flexible broadcasting rights between networks. |
| March 13 2014 | WBBM's low-power translator on UHF channel 26 begins broadcasting, with signal carefully managed to prevent interference with WKOW in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| January 18 2012 | FCC grants WBBM-TV a construction permit for a low-power repeater on UHF channel 26. |
| June 21 2010 | WBBM-TV adopted a new standardized graphics package and brought back the 'Enforcer' theme with an orchestrated 'New Generation' version originally commissioned by WCBS-TV. |
| April 1 2010 | FCC gives WBBM a 30-day notice to address channel 26 interference issues with low-power station W25DW or risk application dismissal. |
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