WLS-TV

:For the real-life channel 5 and ABC station, see and on Wikipedia.
 (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet. It has been owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division since the station's inception. WLS-TV's studios are located on North State Street in the Chicago Loop, and its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower.
==Programming==
===News operation===
====Titles====
*Tomorrow's News Tonight (1949–1954)
*Channel 7 News (1954–1965)
*NewsNight (1965–1968)
*Flynn-Daly (Eyewitness) News (1968–1973)
*Channel 7 Eyewitness News (1976–1996)
*ABC 7 News (1996–2013)
*ABC 7 Eyewitness News (2013–present)
====Theme history====
*Cool Hand Luke: Tar Sequence – Lalo Schifrin (1969–1980)
*(7's) On Your Side – Gari Media Group (1980–1983)
*News Series 2000 – Gari Media Group (1983–2001)
*News Series 2000 Plus – Gari Media Group (1992–2013, 2021–2023)
*Windy City Live – Gari Media Group (2011–present)
*Eyewitness News – Gari Media Group (2013–present)
*Stimulus – Gari Media Group (2013–present)
==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is multiplexed:
 Subchannels of WLS-TV
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
5.1 	720p	16:9 	WLS-HD 	ABC
5.2 	480i	16:9 	LOCLish 	Localish
5.3 	480i	16:9 	Charge 	Charge!
On June 12, 2009, WLS-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, 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 be broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 29, using virtual channel 5.
Category:Channel 5
Category:Chicago
Category:Illinois
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:ABC owned and operated stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1948