WCHP

WCHP is a UPN owned-and-operated station located in Chicago, Illinois. The station is owned by the Paramount Stations Group subsidiary of Dorado Media.
== History ==
The station signed on the air on July 2, 1988, as an independent station. It was the city's weakest analog station. More than half of the city couldn't receive the station's signal. Many people complained to the city about the station not having a good signal and the city notified the FCC about the situation.
They got approved for a signal booster from the FCC, after that the station began their news department with the name "Channel 18 News".
On January 16, 1995, WCHP became a charter UPN affiliate by the time that network debuted.
=== Acquisition by the Paramount Stations Group ===
In 2006, CBS Corporation sold UPN to Viacom who then sold half of the network to the Paramount Stations Group. Viacom bought WCHP for more than 1.2 billion in 2007. The sale was completed in October 2007.
== Digital Television ==
Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Pragramming
18.1 	720p 	16:9 	WCHP-HD 	Main WCHP Programming / UPN
18.2 720p 16:9 GETTV-HD Get TV
18.3 720p 16:9 WCHP-DT3 Cartoon Cartoons
Category:UPN Owned-and-Operated Stations
Category:Chicago
Category:Channel 18
Category:Illinois
Category:UPN affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988
Category:Former independent stations