WTTW, virtual channel 11, is the primary PBS member television station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., and is sister to classical music radio station WFMT. The two stations share studios located on North Saint Louis Avenue, adjacent to Northeastern Illinois University, in the city's North Park neighborhood, WTTW's transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower in the Chicago Loop. It also owns and operates The Chicago Production Center, a video production and editing facility that is operated alongside the two stations.
The station can also be seen on Comcast Xfinity, RCN, WOW! and AT&T U-verse channel 11. There is a high definition feed offered on Comcast Xfinity digital channel 191, RCN digital channel 611, WOW! digital channel 205 and AT&T U-verse channel 1011. WTTW, along with WHA-TV out of Madison, Wisconsin, serve as default PBS member stations for Rockford, Illinois as that market does not have a PBS member station of its own and both are available in that market on local cable providers. It is one of three PBS member stations in the Chicago market, alongside WYCC and Gary, Indiana-licensed WYIN. Programming on WTTW is funded in part by financial support of viewers and by other not-for-profit organizations such as the Corporation For Public Broadcasting.
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