This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of

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Full-power stations

VC refers to the station's

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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.

Defunct full-power stations

*Channel 14:

WJJY-TV WJJY-TV (channel 14) was a television station in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States, which broadcast from 1969 to 1971. It was the ABC affiliate for Quincy, Illinois, and served Springfield as well. History West-central Illinois had limi ...

– ABC – Jacksonville (1969–1971) *Channel 15: WBLN – Bloomington (12/1/1953-2/7/1957 and 12/1/1957-6/5/1958) – not the 1982 WBLN that became

WYZZ-TV WYZZ-TV (channel 43) is a television station licensed to Bloomington, Illinois, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Peoria area. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nex ...

*Channel 23: WIFR – CBS – Freeport/Rockford (1965–2017) *Channel 24: WICD – NBC – Danville (12/19/1953-8/14/1967) *Channel 25:

WYCC WYCC (channel 20) was a public television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was last owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., alongside PBS member station WTTW (channel 11) and classi ...

– FNX – Chicago *Channel 35: WEEQ – NBC – LaSalle (11/7/1957-1973?) – relayed

WEEK-TV WEEK-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Peoria, Illinois, United States, affiliated with NBC, American Broadcasting Company, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Roar (TV network), Roar affiliat ...

LPTV Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonl ...
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* * (Directory ceased in 2017)
Illinois Broadcasters Association
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Television stations A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's s ...