WILC-CD
Television station in Sugar Grove, Illinois
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WILC-CD (channel 8) is a low-power, Class A religious television station licensed to Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States, serving the Chicago area as an owned-and-operated station of the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located atop the John Hancock Center.
- 8.1: Daystar
- 8.2: Daystar Español
- 8.3: Daystar Reflections
- Daystar Television Network
- (Word of God Fellowship, Inc.[1])
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| City | Sugar Grove, Illinois |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71111 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 381.1 m (1,250 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′56.1″N 87°37′23.2″W |
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| Website | www |
History
Waubonsee Community College, which serves the Aurora area, launched the station on channel 54 as W54BE. Programming included distance education telecourses from the college and a community bulletin board.[3] The station moved to channel 40 in 2008, with the call sign W40CN. The college marketed the station as primarily on cable: Comcast channel 99 or 17; Mediacom channel 15; or AT&T U-Verse channel 99.[4]
The college was not able to construct a digital facility for the station, citing severe budget problems with Illinois state funding and the local district's real estate tax base as reasons.[5] In April 2012, the college filed to sell W40CN to Local Media TV Holdings.[6]
On November 24, 2020, the station moved to digital channel 27, as W27EB-D. On October 24, 2022, the station changed its call sign to WILC-CD. On April 19, 2023, it was announced that WILC-CD would be sold to Daystar for $4,975,000; the transaction was completed on June 15.
