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115-595: WPWR-TV (channel 50), branded as Fox Chicago Plus , is a television station licensed to Gary, Indiana , United States. It is one of two commercial television stations in the Chicago market to be licensed in Indiana (alongside WJYS [channel 62] in Hammond ). WPWR-TV is owned by Fox Television Stations alongside WFLD (channel 32), an owned-and-operated station of the Fox network;

230-440: A Mobile DTV feed of its main channel on 50.1 (labelled "WPWR"), as well as a mobile simulcast of sister station WFLD (labelled "WPWR"). Broadcasting at 3.67  Mbit/s , it was the highest bitrate of any Chicago television station's mobile feed. From August 2012 until August 2015, WPWR-DT3 acted as a full-market simulcast of the main channel of WOCK-CD (channel 13), carrying Fox's Spanish-language MundoFox network. It dropped

345-507: A Univision and Televisa deal having to be renegotiated when traditional telenovelas fell in popularity around 2016; at this point, the majority of Hispanic people in the US were millennials, and "drawn to edgier and more fast-paced programs than traditional telenovelas." Though Univision did not start making its own hybrid shows, they began investing in online and multimedia programming, and bought into Netflix's original Mexican programming. Some of

460-630: A barter in some cases. Telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America . The word combines tele (for "television") and novela (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include dizi (Turkey), serial (India), teleserye (Philippines), lakorn (Thailand), teleromanzo (Italy), téléroman (Canada, specifically Quebec ), K-drama (South Korea), J-drama (Japan), C-drama (China) and sinetron (Indonesia). Commonly described using

575-504: A cable channel in January 1983, eventually evolving into SportsChannel Chicago . With SportsVision removed from its schedule, Eychaner began acquiring public domain movies to air on weekends and a few shows that were still owned by fellow independent station WSNS-TV (channel 44, now a Telemundo owned-and-operated station), which began carrying the ONTV subscription entertainment service on

690-548: A miniseries . This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera. Episodes of telenovelas usually last between 30 and 45 minutes, and rarely more than an hour, except for final episodes . The telenovela combines drama with the 19th century feuilleton and the Latin American radionovela . The medium has been used frequently in various countries to transmit sociocultural messages by incorporating them into storylines. By

805-669: A portmanteau of the Filipino words " telebisyon " ("television") and " serye " ("series"). The term "teleserye" originated in the 2000s from the ABS-CBN-produced Pangako Sa 'Yo , dubbed by the Philippine media as the first true teleserye as well as the most widely exported and most watched single Philippine television series abroad. In the 21st century, teleseryes may belong to one or several genres such as fantasy, suspense, action, or comedy, but featured several new variations from

920-562: A Western-format soap opera instead. Brazilian telenovelas often have convoluted subplots involving three or four different settings. Usually, there is a rich setting, a poor setting and one or more settings in which the characters of both settings can interact. There is no clear-cut line between "good" and "evil" characters, with protagonists often displaying weaknesses such as promiscuity , drinking, drug abuse , stupidity and excessive ambition, among others. Antagonists equally show positive features or motivations, including abuses suffered in

1035-507: A charter affiliate of the United Paramount Network ( UPN ); WPWR competed with WGN-TV—which initially turned down an affiliation with The WB , a joint venture between Time Warner and WGN parent Tribune Broadcasting that debuted the week before UPN launched—for the affiliation. WGN, meanwhile, reversed course and signed an affiliation agreement with The WB one month later on December 3. WPWR-TV formally affiliated with UPN when

1150-697: A charter owned-and-operated station of Fox in October 1986, that network would not air a full week's worth of programming until September 1993, so for all intents and purposes it was still programmed as an independent. In late August 1994, the station began carrying the Spelling Premiere Network syndication service, which featured a "Spelling Success" run of past series from the Spelling production portfolio. On November 10, 1993, WPWR-TV signed an affiliation agreement with Chris-Craft/United Television , to become

1265-481: A competing applicant, Aurora-Chicago Telecasters—and Metrowest Corporation—owned by Fred Eychaner , which would later become Newsweb Corporation . Both stations operated as independents in their respective languages. WPWR-TV's city of license was Aurora , while WBBS-TV was licensed to West Chicago ; each of them operated from the same transmitter on the Sears Tower. A large percentage of WPWR's programming schedule

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1380-575: A duopoly in Chicago as a result of the then-recent spin-off of its publishing business (which resulted in the severance of WGN-TV's joint ownership with the Chicago Tribune after 66 years). On September 23, Tribune announced that it had been notified by Fox that its affiliation with KCPQ would be terminated effective January 17, 2015, but that discussions between the two companies were still ongoing; on October 7, The Wall Street Journal reported that WPWR

1495-413: A federal grant to build out its facility, which returned to the air November 15, 1987, as WYIN . The move may have been initially planned to allow both WPWR and WBBS to go full-time on their own channels. However, market conditions intervened during this time that would force WBBS-TV off the air. In the spring of 1985, WSNS announced it would exit subscription television and become a full-time affiliate of

1610-510: A female drug trafficker in Sinaloa . Though it was censored somewhat due to the Drug War and was broadcast on a low-rated channel, it achieved higher viewership than other programs in the same timeframe. Peruvian telenovelas, like other telenovelas, revolve around the character's personal lives. There are usually slight touches of comedy, drama and suspense. Al Fondo Hay Sitio has become one of

1725-465: A five-year affiliation agreement that renewed the network's affiliations with twelve of Tribune's CW-affiliated stations through the 2020–21 television season. However, in negotiating the terms of the deal, Tribune decided not to renew The CW's affiliation with WGN-TV after the expiration of their initial ten-year agreement on September 1, 2016. Tribune decided to run WGN-TV as an independent, allowing it to fully commit to its schedule of local sports without

1840-452: A full-time basis in the fall of 1982. These programs ran weekdays from 6 to 8 a.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m., as well as from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends; public domain movies also ran during the overnight hours when WBBS signed off for the night. WPWR also chose to compete with rival independent WCIU-TV (channel 26)'s locally produced business news service, Stock Market Observer , by running national business programming from

1955-428: A millennial telenovela will contain many of the following themes: it fits into contemporary politics and culture; has positive representations of LGBT+ people when present; features themes of female empowerment and the sexualization of the male body; involves use of social media; presents characters of moral ambiguity rather than in black and white, and with more complexity; contains intentionally comedic moments; and

2070-444: A more realistic vein or are adaptations of novels. The first Colombian telenovela was El 0597 está ocupado , produced in 1959 by the programadora Producciones PUNCH . From then until the late 1990s arrival of private television in the country, a variety of programadoras produced and aired their own telenovelas, such as those from Colombiana de Televisión , TeVecine , Cenpro Televisión (the producer of Perro amor , which

2185-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in

2300-468: A predetermined duration, usually running for only five-, six- or seven days a week and in total for more than five months. Sinetrons are usually made by production companies such as SinemArt and MD Entertainment . These programmes are usually broadcast on national television networks during the country's designated primetime period (6.00 to 11.00 pm), often a priority since these programme earn significant ratings, attracting advertisers. In Malaysia ,

2415-452: A rerun of the anthology series Night Gallery as the first program it aired on its new frequency; the now HSN-owned channel 60 simultaneously had its call letters changed to WEHS (it is now UniMás owned-and-operated station WXFT-DT ). As time went on, WPWR began acquiring many cartoons, more recent off-network sitcoms, drama series , movies and first-run syndicated shows (including Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987 and War of

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2530-436: A result of the January 12, 2015, launch of a prime time newscast produced by ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV , channel 7). This agreement ended after WPWR assumed The CW affiliation from WGN; with WGN reverting to independence , it no longer had network-mandated preemption restrictions forcing it to move sports telecasts to other stations in the market. Before the shift to the channel share with WFLD, WPWR-TV maintained

2645-483: A secret bank account in Switzerland that she had maintained prior. As well as this, it is not uncommon for a hero to be relegated to a secondary role due to an actor's lack of charisma. Besides the convoluted plots, Brazilian telenovelas also approach sensitive social issues and try to present some of the country's actual culture, occasionally in an idealized way. Another important characteristic of Brazilian telenovelas

2760-564: A tertiary outlet for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox beginning in the 2015 season , broadcasting occasional telecasts of the two teams' Major League Baseball games that are produced by WGN-TV (through its WGN Sports programming unit), due to that station's network affiliation contracts with The CW that limit the number of programming preemptions that WGN-TV is allowed on an annual basis (these telecasts were previously seen on WCIU-TV, which discontinued its overflow agreement with WGN as

2875-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations

2990-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,

3105-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around

3220-571: Is centered on an unconventional family. Though the term "millennial telenovela" was first used in 2016 when BuzzFeed and Telemundo co-produced a short series to cater for the emerging Latin American millennial market, it became more widely used in 2018 after the success of the Netflix black comedy The House of Flowers . The development of the genre may be a response to a controversial market practice of importing telenovelas to US channels, with

3335-719: Is independent company Argos Comunicación . Telenovelas produced by U.S.-based network Telemundo tend to follow the Mexican model. Previously, telenovelas were often thought to be used as a government tool to distract citizens from national issues, a reason cited for temporary decrease in their credibility and popular appeal. Nowadays, Mexican television has managed to counteract government influence in its telenovelas. In particular, around 1990, Televisa found an enormous market for its telenovelas in regions such as Brazil and parts of Latin America, post- Cold War Eastern Europe and Asia. This precipitated

3450-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually

3565-415: Is that they rely less on individual stars than other South American works. A Brazilian telenovela may have a permanent cast of more than 40 actors, of which some seven or eight are considered "central" to the show. The chief reason for this is that telenovelas are not shot in advance (instead chapters are shot around two weeks before their airdate) so that they can respond to public reaction. Under this scheme,

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3680-588: Is the youth telenovela , which borrows some elements of the teen drama format but is usually more family-oriented in structure, contains comedic elements and sometimes maintains a high concept or supernatural plotline (such as 11:11: En mi cuadra, nada cuadra and Chica vampiro ). Telenovelas have geographically diverged into two major groups – the Latinovelas, and the Asianovelas, portmanteaus of Latin and Asian with novelas . Telenovelas, in particular, are

3795-400: Is the only major television station in the Chicago market that has never aired regularly scheduled local news programming of any kind. Starting in the 2012 fall television season, WPWR-TV has aired Crimestoppers Case Files: Chicago , a true-crime documentary show profiling unsolved homicides and violent crimes in the Chicago area . The show was created by Christopher Shawn Rech, producer of

3910-515: The Arab world , telenovelas known as musalsal ( Arabic : مسلسل ) are traditionally associated with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ; the nightly iftar — where Muslims are allowed to break their day-long fast —coincides with prime time, which results in increased television audiences. Broadcasters traditionally premiere new novelas during Ramadan; they are usually 30 episodes in length, so that they last

4025-574: The Dominican Republic have started to produce their own novelas through Venevision International, Iguana Productions and Antena Latina Productions. The first Dominican telenovela, María José, oficios del hogar ("María José, Housewife"), was produced by Venevision and television station Color Visión, which formed the first Dominican telenovela company (now inactive) in 1986. Comedy-drama series such as Catalino el Dichoso and sequel En La Boca de los Tiburones were also considered telenovelas during

4140-506: The Financial News Network each weekday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The FNN simulcast was dropped in January 1984, at which time the station added several classic sitcoms from the early to mid-1950s and older cartoons to its schedule. In 1984, more recognizable classic sitcoms and newer barter cartoons were mixed into the schedule. Meanwhile, HATCO-60's WBBS-TV programmed channel 60 daily from 7 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., as

4255-544: The Showtime documentary A Murder in the Park , and is hosted by executive producer Andy Hale. The 30-minute program covers one to two cases per episode and features interviews with detectives and family members, as well as walk-throughs of the actual crime scenes and dramatic reenactments. The show airs in the 11 p.m. time slot and is produced by show runners Andrew K. Smith and Marc Wilkinson. In October 2017, Case Files Chicago

4370-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station

4485-584: The culture of the Francophone province of Quebec . Nearly all television stations in the country that broadcast in the French language carry téléromans. The first téléroman was La famille Plouffe ("The Plouffe Family"), which was broadcast on Radio-Canada in the 1950s. The téléroman was created during the earliest days of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's television network , when CBC

4600-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has

4715-435: The 1950s, Brazil became one of the first countries to produce novelas with high budgets and aimed both to the national and international markets. Mexico soon followed, and by the 1970s and 1980s the country started to engage more profusely in using telenovelas to shape behavior. This was particularly successful in introducing the idea of family planning. The 1990s played a key role in the international export of telenovelas, thus

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4830-423: The 2010s. In 2010, Portugal won the first Emmy for a Telenovela, with Meu Amor ("My Love"). In 2011, Portugal won its second consecutive International Emmy for a Telenovela with Laços de Sangue ("Blood Ties"). Portugal also sells telenovelas to Eastern Europe and America. Telenovelas were first introduced to Soviet viewers in 1988, when a stripped-down version of Escrava Isaura (running only 15 episodes)

4945-627: The African American community. A technical problem, however, impeded a key part of GWWX's plans. GWWX was the second channel 56 permitholder to seek approval to place the station on the Sears Tower. The first one was Greater Media Television, which had held the construction permit for WGMI and was denied in its plan to locate the facility there in 1968 because the Sears Tower site did not meet spacing requirements to two allocations in southeast Wisconsin: channel 49 at Racine and channel 55 at Kenosha . Additionally, channels 56 and 60 could not co-exist at

5060-558: The American colloquialism Spanish soap opera , many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs. This makes them shorter than most other television series , but still much longer than

5175-467: The CW affiliation led the station to return to the "My50 Chicago" branding on September 1, 2019. The station dropped the "My50" moniker again and was quietly rebranded with the start of the new television season on September 23, 2024 as "Fox Chicago Plus", bringing it in pattern with other Fox-owned MyNetworkTV stations that have chosen to brand with a 'plus' suffix as a complement to their Fox sister stations, with

5290-560: The Latin teen pop group Menudo (which included a young Ricky Martin ) to Chicago's Latino community. Eychaner showed an interest quickly in acquiring another license to make WPWR a full-time station. In Gary, Indiana , Great Lakes Broadcasting—formerly known as GWWX-TV—had held a construction permit since 1981 to build WDAI, a television station on channel 56. When it applied for the station in 1979, GWWX-TV had proposed part-time subscription television operation, as well as news and information for

5405-665: The Philippines and the advent of the "telenovela craze" precipitated by Mexican telenovelas broadcast worldwide, previously dominant Filipino sitcoms had been largely replaced by domestically produced drama series airing on primetime television to encourage more competition among networks and reach out to more audiences across the nation. Examples of such classic telenovelas include Flordeluna , Villa Quintana , Mara Clara , Esperanza , Valiente , Kung Mawawala Ka , Mula sa Puso and Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan . Modern Philippine television dramas are usually termed teleserye ,

5520-711: The Spanish International Network (today's Univision ). WCIU, the previous SIN outlet in Chicago, then took an affiliation with the NetSpan network. WBBS-TV owner Miyares, realizing that the loss of the NetSpan affiliation would be crippling for his station, reduced WBBS' programming schedule to 8 p.m. to its late-night sign-off on weekend evenings late that year, selling the rest of the weekday time periods that his station had occupied to Eychaner, allowing WPWR to broadcast full-time on weekdays. WBBS shut down for good in early 1986; Miyares sold WBBS' remaining airtime on

5635-644: The Street"), shown once a week. Between 1957 and 1958 Mexico produced its first drama serial in the modern telenovela format of Monday to Friday slots, Senda prohibida ("Forbidden Path"), written by Fernanda Villeli . The first global telenovela was Los ricos también lloran ("The Rich Also Cry", Mexico, 1979), which was exported to Russia, China, the United States and other countries. Telenovelas tend to fall within these seven categories: Besides these, another category of series that has become popular in recent years

5750-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in

5865-605: The Wolves games returned to WPWR beginning with the 2016–17 season on a weekly basis; these games air on Saturdays, when CW network programming is not aired as a result. Through WFLD's April 2008 programming agreement with the team, WPWR carries select preseason games and other team-related programming from the Chicago Bears (including the feature/interview program Inside the Bears ). Through an agreement with Tribune Broadcasting, WPWR became

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5980-467: The Worlds in 1988; at least one Star Trek spinoff would air on WPWR from that time until June 2005, when UPN aired the last network episode of Star Trek: Enterprise ). Within a year of starting full-time operation on channel 50, WPWR had firmly established itself as the third independent station in Chicago, behind WGN-TV (channel 9) and future sister station WFLD (channel 32). Although WFLD had become

6095-402: The air on April 4, 1982, as a shared station operation broadcasting on UHF channel 60, split between English-language WPWR-TV and Spanish-language WBBS-TV. The shared station was the result of a shared-time agreement between two of the three applicants vying for the channel: HATCO-60—owned by Chicago Hispanic marketing agency owner Marcelino Miyares alongside other partners and the members of

6210-803: The all-time highest television ratings both in Mexico and other regions. Due to the international success of the telenovelas broadcast in and out of Mexico, by the late 1990s, it was claimed that telenovelas were Mexico's leading export product. Many consider the period from 1958 to 2004 to be Televisa's Golden Age of telenovelas. At the same time the Mexican government loosened its control over television. Telenovelas, primarily those produced by Argos Comunicación, consequently addressed new themes, including poverty, political corruption , immigration and drug smuggling . However, with American drama and comedy series becoming increasingly popular among Mexican audiences through cable or satellite television and unlicensed copying,

6325-566: The capital , like with the TVN novela Iorana (which took place on Easter Island ). Telenovelas in the country are usually produced and broadcast by Canal 13 , and the public broadcaster Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), which debut their main telenovelas in March each year with a few days between their premiere dates, which have led marketing to a "telenovela war" of sorts. Lately, other Chilean television networks such as Mega and Chilevisión are joining

6440-526: The channel to Eychaner, turning WPWR into a 24-hour operation, until Eychaner's purchase of the WBBS-TV license for $ 11 million closed on August 22, 1986, when WPWR-TV went full-time. The following year, only able to own one station, Eychaner sold the channel 60 license to Home Shopping Network for $ 25 million, in order to move WPWR-TV's programming and call sign to UHF channel 50. When the frequency swap occurred on January 18, 1987, WPWR moved to channel 50, with

6555-408: The country well, as a prime export. Other countries then localize them by creating novelas based on the same story, barely changing names, settings and, more often than not, mixing the cast with Colombian actors to respect ownership/property agreements and copyright laws. One fine example is Betty, la fea (adapted by ABC in the United States as Ugly Betty ) in which the franchise for the storyline

6670-616: The duration of the month. In Egypt, new musalsal do not usually premiere outside of Ramadan, with reruns airing over the remainder of the year. In Bolivia , themes of drama, romance, music, natural landscapes, remote situations and adventure are common. Some are based on novels, historical and factual events. Such melodramas produced in Bolivia include Las Tres Perfectas Solteras , Indira , Tierra Adentro , La Virgen de las 7 calles , Luna de Locos and Tres de Nosotras . The country has made over 15 telenovelas so far, and most of

6785-576: The early 1990s. The telenovela Tropico was produced by Venevision International, Iguana Productions, and Antena Latina Productions, in 2007 with mostly Dominican actors and a few from Venezuela and Peru. It aired domestically on Antena Latina 7 and in United States on Univision. There are currently plans for more telenovelas to be filmed and produced in the Dominican Republic. In 2004, Germany began producing its own telenovelas. All German telenovelas are formatted as melodramatic love stories. With

6900-466: The equivalent of telenovela for a local language drama is drama rantaian . The drama may last for 13 episodes for a weekly drama and more than 15 episodes if broadcast by a daily basis, usually three to five days a week. However, since almost all television broadcasters that air domestically produced dramas also air foreign dramas, Malaysian television dramas are less prolific compared to Indonesian, Philippine, South Korean or Turkish dramas. Mexico

7015-635: The exception of Storm of Love ("Sturm der Liebe"), which is produced by Bavaria Film Studios , and Rote Rosen which is produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft, every German telenovela is produced by Grundy UFA. The most successful ones, Bianca – Wege zum Glück ("Bianca: Paths to Happiness"), Wege zum Glück ("Paths to Happiness"), Verliebt in Berlin ("In Love in Berlin"/"In Love with Berlin"), Storm of Love and Rote Rosen , were also syndicated in Italy, France and other European countries; Verliebt in Berlin

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7130-514: The first Franco-Ontarian téléroman, Francoeur . Beginning with its tenth season in 2010, Degrassi: The Next Generation was produced and broadcast in a style similar to the telenovelas format. This lasted until episode 21 of the twelfth season in 2012. Degrassi: Next Class also adapts this format for its broadcast on Family Channel . Chilean telenovelas typically focus on both traditional drama and middle-class life, with some touches of comedy. Often, these programs show life outside of

7245-412: The first time a network owned-and-operated station has opted to carry a network owned by its parent company as a secondary affiliation. In addition, WPWR was the largest CW affiliate not owned by either Tribune Media or CBS Corporation. On April 18, 2019, Weigel Broadcasting signed an agreement through which WCIU-TV would take over as The CW's Chicago-area affiliate. The station's last CW program carried

7360-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of

7475-560: The highest-budget telenovelas in South America. Escrava Isaura (1976) was a major hit in South America, the Eastern Bloc, Africa and China. Novelas usually last six to eight months at most in Brazil. One of the longest-running telenovelas in the country, however, is the teen-oriented Malhação ( Young Hearts ), which had aired from 1995 until 2020; as such, it is commonly classified as

7590-553: The launch of a "Make the CWitch" promotional video advertising the then-pending switch. The affiliation transaction made Chicago the largest market where The CW and MyNetworkTV share a primary channel affiliation on a single station; by 2019, it was one of three stations with such a dual affiliation (the others being WKTC in Columbia, South Carolina , and KFMB-DT2 in San Diego ). It was also

7705-419: The launch of its own "sixth" network called MyNetworkTV , which would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its sibling subsidiary Twentieth Television , with WPWR and the other Fox-owned UPN affiliates serving as the nuclei for the new network. In the interim, the station changed its on-air branding to "Power 50" (as a play on its call letters), which remained in use for most of the summer of 2006. However,

7820-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at

7935-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on

8050-582: The most famous telenovelas of Peru and has been shown around South America in Ecuador , Bolivia , Paraguay and Uruguay . Domestically produced telenovelas first appeared on Philippine television in the 1960s, beginning with the ABS-CBN program Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato . The format of Philippine telenovelas is almost the same as Spanish and Mexican telenovelas, as they have borrowed many elements including many clichés . However, Philippine telenovelas, which portray

8165-888: The most popular non-English-speaking scripted forms of entertainment in the world to date. Novelas made in Spain and the Spanish-speaking Americas are widely popular in Spanish-speaking countries and communities. Novelas made in Portugal and Brazil are highly popular in Lusophone countries, with Angolan novelas also making their way recently. Some novelas also have a huge following in Europe's Mediterranean and eastern countries, as well as in Asia and Oceania. Latinovelas are primarily responsible for

8280-474: The network launched on January 16, 1995. As WPWR was never owned by either of UPN's parent companies, Chris-Craft Industries or Viacom (the latter—which maintained a program partnership with the network from its launch through Paramount Television —acquired 50% of UPN in 1996 and bought out Chris-Craft's stake in 2000), it was the largest UPN station that was not owned by the network. On June 27, 2002, Newsweb Corporation sold WPWR to Fox Television Stations (at

8395-408: The network's programming on its UPN-affiliated stations. However, it is very unlikely that WPWR would have been selected as The CW's Chicago affiliate in any event. Representatives for The CW were on record as preferring to align with UPN and The WB's "strongest" affiliates; WGN-TV had been well ahead of WPWR in the ratings since the latter's sign-on. One month later on February 22, 2006, Fox announced

8510-604: The novela she had starred in many years earlier, Los Ricos Tambien Lloran in 1979, became a major hit in Russia. In the same period, Thalía earned the title as the "Queen of Soap Operas" after starring in the so-called Las Tres Marias or the "Maria Trilogy" telenovelas – Maria Mercedes , Marimar and Maria la del Barrio – and Rosalinda , converting her into one of the world's foremost television icons, as her telenovelas were broadcast in Mexico and more than 180 other countries to almost 2 billion viewers worldwide, earning

8625-457: The occasional poor performance of the actor playing the main character may turn the production into a flop, which happened with the 1982 telenovela Sol de Verão ("Summer Sun") after the death of main star Jardel Filho and in 2016, in Velho Chico ("Old River"), after the death of lead-actor Domingos Montagner . In Canada , telenovelas are known as téléromans in French and are a part of

8740-762: The official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 51, using virtual channel 50. In April 2017, during the FCC's incentive auction , WPWR-TV sold its spectrum for $ 160,748,259. WPWR's channels moved to WFLD's spectrum on June 11, 2018, with its subchannels being renumbered to WFLD's virtual channel 32, though WPWR's main channel retained virtual channel 50.1. Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany ,

8855-699: The official title of the show was changed from Crimestoppers Case Files: Chicago to Case Files Chicago with Andy Hale . Starting with the 2008 season, WPWR obtained broadcast rights to games from the Major League Soccer franchise Chicago Fire S.C. In September 2009, the station acquired the partial local television rights to broadcast American Hockey League games involving the Chicago Wolves , carrying games to which Comcast Network 100 did not hold rights. The over-the-air Wolves telecasts moved to independent station WMEU-CD (channel 48) in 2013. Currently,

8970-398: The past, family problems and poverty. It is not uncommon for a villain to attract the sympathy of the public, or even to have their storylines conclude with a satisfactory ending. For instance, in the novela Belíssima ("Most Beautiful") in 2006, villainess Bia Falcão (played by Fernanda Montenegro ) escaped a police siege and fled to France, where she settled with a boyfriend, living using

9085-468: The previous Philippine telenovelas of the preceding century. In 1997–2004, the International Channel from comcast aired Telenovelas such as Pangako Sa 'Yo , Basta't Kasama Kita , Mula sa Puso , Recuerdo de Amor , Saan Ka Man Naroroon , and Flames on its international simulcast. The last series to air on its AZN network were Krystala and Marina . The first Portuguese telenovela

9200-551: The previous year. Although rumors abounded that UPN's future was in jeopardy due to its three largest stations being effectively owned by the corporate parent of another network, Fox renewed the network's affiliation agreements for WPWR and the group's eight other UPN-affiliated stations for three additional years from September 24, 2003, to September 15, 2006. On January 24, 2006, the Warner Bros. Entertainment unit of Time Warner and CBS Corporation (owner of WBBM-TV ) announced that

9315-668: The productions take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra . The majority of telenovelas shown on domestic television networks are international productions (imported from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico). A lot of Bolivian telenovelas are produced by independent producers, since many producers are more dedicated to the country's film industry. Brazilian telenovelas (more often "novelas") are both more realistic and apt to broach controversial subjects. These programs tend to showcase realistic depictions of middle class, working class and upper class individuals in society. Brazilian productions are

9430-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be

9545-561: The programming service being pushed further from prime time. Commensurate with the rebranding, MyNetworkTV programming moved to 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. weeknights, with a four-episode block of Family Feud replacing it from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Occasionally as time permits, WPWR may air Fox network programs whenever WFLD is unable to in the event of extended breaking news or severe weather coverage. In certain instances, WPWR may also interrupt regularly scheduled programming to simulcast live breaking news coverage, whether from WFLD or from Fox News . WPWR

9660-444: The reality of Filipino (as well as much of other Asian) societies, have evolved through decades and feature specific characteristics distinct from most of the world's telenovelas. The late 1980s and 1990s coincided with the end of martial law and the resulting expansion of commercial television networks as the Philippine government loosened controls over the press and media. With the help of simultaneous nationwide programming across

9775-468: The requirements to move some broadcasts to WPWR-TV due to network limits on preemptions, and to rebroadcast preempted programming on The CW's off nights. On the date the deal was announced, CBS Corporation and Fox Television Stations announced a long-term deal in which WPWR would become the CW affiliate for the Chicago market once WGN disaffiliated from the network. This marked the first time a station currently owned by Fox chose to affiliate with The CW. At

9890-580: The same site per channel spacing rules. As such, GWWX amended its application to specify a tower in Park Forest, Illinois , enabling the FCC to grant the application in November 1981. By 1984, WDAI was still unbuilt; the other allocation to Gary, noncommercial channel 50, was also silent. Public outlet WCAE had folded in 1983 because the Lake Central School Corporation could no longer support

10005-401: The second television station for Chicago's Hispanic community. WBBS-TV programming included telenovelas and movies, as well as locally produced shows, such as the popular music video program Imagen , hosted by local Spanish-language television personality (and now media executive) Rey Mena and Vivianne Plazas. One of the notable events for WBBS occurred in 1983, when the station introduced

10120-517: The show's run including a villain. One common ending archetype consists of a wedding and the villain dying, going to jail, becoming permanently injured or disabled, or losing their mind . The use of sexually themed episodes starring the leading couple of the story has been a common element through most Mexican (and Latin American) telenovelas. Televisa and TV Azteca are the largest producers and exporters of Mexican telenovelas. Their main competitor

10235-531: The simulcast when Fox sold off their interest in the network, which continued for sixteen more months until being shut down on December 1, 2016, as MundoMax. Even during its CW affiliation, WPWR remained in the 720p format, below the network's preferred 1080i resolution, due to both WPWR channel sharing with WFLD with a number of subchannels, along with 720p being the Fox high definition standard. WPWR-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 50, on June 12, 2009,

10350-460: The so-called "telenovela war". Many of the most successful telenovelas in Chile are set in a historical era such as Pampa Ilusión (1935), El señor de La Querencia (1920), Los Pincheira (1918), Secretos en el jardín (1981) or Perdona nuestros pecados (1953–1961). Colombian telenovelas such as Betty la fea ("Betty, the ugly one") often focus on comedic storylines. However, some are of

10465-424: The so-called 'Telenovela Craze' that spread in many regions in the world. By 2018, some signs of fading popularity had emerged. Brazil is considered the pioneer of the telenovela genre. In 1951 Brazil produced Sua vida me pertence ("Your Life Belongs to Me"), the first telenovela in the world. In 1952 Cuba released Senderos de amor ("Paths of Love") and Mexico released Ángeles de la calle ("Angels of

10580-489: The so-called 'Telenovela Craze'. Credited by media experts to Televisa's move in the early 1990s of exporting its telenovelas, it rivalled the wave of American sitcoms that were broadcast worldwide in the same period. During the peak of the global success of Latin American telenovelas in the 1990s and 2000s, several prominent Mexican actors and actresses gained huge following for the telenovelas that they starred in. For example, Verónica Castro 's international fame grew when

10695-602: The station simultaneously began to use the "My50" brand in some advertisements to promote the change, particularly at station-sponsored events held during that timeframe (such as the Taste of Chicago ); this brand began to be used by the station officially in July 2006. WPWR became a MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station when the network launched on September 5, 2006. In September 2014, the New York Post reported that Fox Television Stations

10810-460: The station. The license had been transferred to Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting, which was attempting to raise funds to rebuild channel 50 from a newer, more centrally located facility in the region. Eychaner saw an opportunity: he bought a majority stake in Great Lakes and its WDAI construction permit and then paid Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting $ 684,000 to join it in a petition to switch

10925-531: The stations share studios on North Michigan Avenue in the Chicago Loop and transmitter facilities atop the Willis Tower . The station carries programming from Fox's secondary programming service, MyNetworkTV , in late night. WPWR-TV sold its spectrum space in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s incentive auction , and began channel-sharing with WFLD on June 11, 2018. The station first signed on

11040-654: The statuses of channel 50 and 56 and then assign the WDAI permit to channel 50—enabling it to be built on the Sears Tower—and WCAE to the newly noncommercial channel 56. The FCC approved such swaps among channels in the same band, as was the case with the two UHF stations, in March 1986, and in August, the commission issued final orders switching the commercial and noncommercial allocations for Gary. The money Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting received from Metrowest enabled it to land

11155-490: The telenovela trend in regions outside of Latin America, which is known as the biggest producer of telenovelas up until the early 2000s. In the 2010s, the terms "millennial telenovela" and "modern telenovela" have been coined to describe an emerging genre related to the telenovela. Based in the same culture, the target audience is much younger (the millennials ); the typical storylines and melodrama were recreated to better appeal to this demographic. Commenters have written that

11270-405: The television companies opted to adapt stories from Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. These used veteran actors in order to decrease expenses. Currently, the most successful telenovelas are being created by Argos and Telemundo and are rebroadcast (or adapted) by the main companies. The most successful one, La Reina del Sur , based on the book by Arturo Perez Reverte , is based on the true story of

11385-520: The time the announcement was made, there was no mention of MyNetworkTV's future relationship with WPWR, including if the programming service would move to another station. When WPWR took over as Chicago's CW affiliate on September 1, the station instead retained MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation, airing its programming between 10 p.m. and midnight (later moved to between 9 and 11 p.m., immediately following The CW's prime time lineup). On July 11, 2016, WPWR-TV unveiled its CW-standardized logo with

11500-585: The time, a subsidiary of News Corporation , which in turn was the then-parent company of the Fox network) for $ 425 million—a handsome return on Eychaner's original investment from 20 years earlier. The sale closed on August 21, 2002. As a result of this transaction, Fox now owned UPN's three largest affiliates; it already owned WWOR-TV in New York City and KCOP-TV in Los Angeles as a result of its $ 5.5 billion purchase of most of Chris-Craft's television holdings

11615-538: The two companies would shut down their respective networks, The WB and UPN, and combine their individual programs to create a new "fifth" television network called The CW . With the announcement, The CW signed a ten-year agreement with Tribune Broadcasting to affiliate 16 of the group's 19 WB affiliates—including Tribune flagship station WGN-TV—with the new network. In response to having its UPN affiliates be passed over for affiliations with The CW, Fox Television Stations stripped all network branding from and ceased promoting

11730-788: The world's major producers of telenovelas include the following: Argentina 's telenovelas generally focus on melodramatic twists of traditional middle class life, with touches of comedy. Many telenovelas are broadcast by the main television networks, Canal 13 and Telefe . Oriented mostly to female viewers in the 1960s, their scope moved to more wide audiencies by the early 1990s, and "youth telenovelas", aimed primarily at children and teenagers, are produced since then. Argentine youth telenovelas have become hits in other countries, where they have been remade or rebroadcast. Some well known youth telenovelas include Chiquititas ("Tiny Angels"), Rebelde Way , Floricienta , Muñeca Brava ("Wild Angel"), Violetta and Patito Feo ("Ugly Duckling"). In

11845-399: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines

11960-565: Was Vila Faia , in 1982. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, almost all Portuguese telenovelas were broadcast by RTP . However, since the start of the 21st century, TVI has emerged as the most prolific broadcaster of Portuguese telenovelas. Morangos com Açúcar , one of its most successful telenovelas, lasted for nine seasons. SIC , which usually imported telenovelas from Brazil's Rede Globo, has also started to produce its own telenovelas. Portuguese telenovelas have since exceeded telenovelas from neighboring Spain in terms of international popularity by

12075-503: Was also syndicated in Canada. German television channels ARD , ZDF , Sat. 1 and ProSieben all include telenovelas on their programme schedules. In Indonesia , a similar format exists called the sinetron (a portmanteau of sine , short for cinema and tron , from "elec tron ic"), which are essentially soap operas in a miniseries -style format. While most English-language soap operas can continue indefinitely, almost all Sinetrons have

12190-528: Was considering trading WPWR to Tribune Broadcasting (which would have created a new duopoly with WGN-TV), in exchange for acquiring that company's Seattle Fox affiliate KCPQ , as part of the company's efforts at the time to seek station purchases in markets with teams in the National Football Conference (to which the Fox network holds primary broadcast rights ). Should the proposal have been accepted, Tribune would legally have been able to create

12305-432: Was no longer included in the negotiations (Fox would subsequently back off its attempt to acquire KCPQ as well as a lame-duck purchase of KBCB in nearby Bellingham, Washington , opting to renew its affiliation agreement with the former on October 17; KCPQ is now owned by Fox as of March 2020). On May 23, 2016 (although first reported by Robert Feder on his website the day prior), Tribune Broadcasting and The CW reached

12420-471: Was nominated for an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chicago/Midwest Chapter in "Outstanding Achievement for Public Affairs/Current Affairs Programming – Series" for their season 5 episode profiling the unsolved murder of Anthony "TJ" Green. Later that month, Wilkinson took over directing duties on the program, with Smith now overseeing post-production. In January 2018,

12535-413: Was occupied by SportsVision , a new pay television service which Eychaner had developed through a deal with Chicago White Sox co-owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn . To receive the service, viewers had to rent a set-top converter and pay a monthly fee in order to view SportsVision's event telecasts, involving the Chicago sports teams. However, SportsVision was not a success and transitioned into

12650-458: Was on August 31, which was Did I Mention Invention? from the network's One Magnificent Morning E/I block. With The CW's move, the MyNetworkTV programming returned to prime time on WPWR's weeknight schedule, airing from 8 to 10 p.m., sandwiched between episodes of Chicago P.D. (carrying four episodes of the series from the programming service and syndication on Tuesday evenings); the loss of

12765-460: Was one of the first countries in the world to become known for producing telenovelas aimed at shaping social behavior – one issue of which is family planning during the 1970s. The Mexican model of telenovelas – quick to be replicated by other telenovela-producing countries in Latin America and Asia for most of the 1990s – usually involves a romantic couple that encounters many problems throughout

12880-468: Was popular in the late 1990s). Telenovelas produced by RTI Colombia and Telemundo are usually shown and produced on Caracol, while Televideo and Fox Telecolombia produce some of RCN's telenovelas. Caracol and RCN also produce and broadcast their own shows. Currently, four or five Colombian telenovelas are usually broadcast from 6:00 to around 11:00 p.m. on those networks. It is notable that many novelas designed and written by Colombians sell outside

12995-674: Was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often the term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content

13110-633: Was the only television network in Canada (as per the 1949 Massey Commission ). Whereas theoretically, CBC's main English-language television network could broadcast English-language shows from American stations (and also was forced to compete with U.S. television networks), CBC's Radio-Canada network had to develop its own programmes for French-Canadian viewers. As a consequence, Francophone television in Canada developed differently from Anglophone television. In 2003, Ontario 's provincial French-language public television service, TFO , began broadcasting

13225-1050: Was translated and adapted by over 30 networks around the world. The first Croatian telenovela was Villa Maria , made in 2004 by AVA Production. After Villa Maria, AVA made Ljubav u zaleđu (2005–2006), Obični ljudi (2006–2007), Ponos Ratkajevih (2007–2008) and Zakon ljubavi (2008). Telenovelas made by AVA were aired in more than 25 countries. With Serbian FOX Televizija , RTL Televizija made Croatian version of Yo soy Betty, la fea called Ne daj se, Nina (2007). After that RTL made Ruža vjetrova (2011–2013), Tajne (2013–2014), Vatre ivanjske (2014–2015) and Prava žena (2016–2017). Ring Multimedia production made Sve će biti dobro (2008–2009), Dolina sunca (2009–2010) and Pod sretnom zvijezdom (2011) for Nova TV . Nova TV itself made some telenovelas too: Najbolje godine (2009–2011), Larin izbor (2011–2013), Zora dubrovačka (2013–2014), Kud puklo da puklo (2014–2016), Zlatni dvori (2016–2017) and Čista ljubav (2017–2018). Television networks in

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