The U is the overflow channel for all the WGN sports broadcasts and is
pretty strongly recognized in the Chicagoland area.
And let's be honest now: almost no one under the age of 35 even
recalls the idea of UHF being a quasi-slur for television stations.
Channels is channels.
On Jun 16, 2010, at 2:39 PM, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote:
Most ABC-owned stations in NFL cities pick up "MNF" from ESPN when
their home team's involved in a game, but not in Chicago on Sept. 27--
WLS has decided that it would rather air "Dancing With the Stars" [Tom
Bergeron] LIIIIIIIIVVVVVVEEEE!! [TB] and so the NFL's greatest rivalry
of Chicago-Green Bay is on pure indie UHF WCIU instead:
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/06/wciu-sixth-chicago-station-to-get-bears-will-air-packers-game.html#more
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