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Chicagoland's Television
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| Type | Cable network |
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| Country |  United States |
| Availability | USA - Chicago Area |
| Slogan | Continuous Coverage - Around Chicago, Around The Clock |
| Owner | Tribune Company |
| Launch date | January 1, 1993 |
| Website | www.cltv.com |
Chicagoland Television, better known as CLTV, is a Chicagoland 24-hour cable news station based in Oak Brook, Illinois. CLTV was launched on New Year's Day of 1993. CLTV is owned by the Tribune Company and is seen on Comcast Cable. According to the CLTV website they reach 1.8 million households, making them one of the largest cable news networks.
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CLTV focuses primarily on 24-hour news coverage. A one hour news broadcast is aired live, then rebroadcast again the next hour or sometimes two hours before a new live broadcast is put together and aired, repeating the cycle throughout the day. This is in a manner similar to CNN Headline News. CLTV broadcasts are similar in style and quality to other news broadcasts in Chicago with live shots, traffic, weather, sports, breaking news, and in depth pieces. Because they are exclusively a news station CLTV will often air local news events live in their entirety, such as press conferences, high profile speeches, protest rallies, as well as other special city events such as Taste of Chicago. CLTV also covers a good deal of breaking news, especially in the suburbs, probably due in part to their suburban location.
- Weekday live news broadcasts begin at 5:00am, on Saturdays and Sunday at 7:00am.
- CLTV re-broadcasts the WGN News at Noon at 1:00pm on weekdays.
- Metromix airs on CLTV at 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm on weekdays and is a 30 minute program focusing on the Chicago area entertainment, restaurant, and social scene. Metromix is a television compliment to the Metromix section of the Chicago Tribune newspaper section of the same name.
- Other programs seen on CLTV are Metromix, Homes Plus, and Midwest Outdoors.
- In 2002, CLTV began running paid programming in the overnight hours, usually from 1:00am until 3:30am.
- Recently canceled was the well-known program Sports Page, which was a nightly sports call-in show similar to many radio sports shows. "The Sunday Night Roundtable", a hybrid of local and national sports coverage, remains on the air on Sunday nights.
- Also during the 1990s CLTV broadcast some Chicago Cubs games.
- CLTV will occasionally broadcast a local sporting event under the banner "Comcast SportsNet on CLTV" when Comcast SportsNet already has a sports event to air on their regular channel.
- Tonya Francisco Mornings 5am-11am
- Sean Lewis Middays 11am-5pm
- Amy Rutledge Evenings 5pm-5am
- Judy Wang Weekends 6am-6pm
- Monica Schneider Weekends 6pm-6am
- Randi Belisomo
- Gaynor Hall also fill in anchor
- Carlos Hernadez Gomez
- Aaron Baskerville also fill in anchor
- Jim Wagner
- Regina Waldroup also fill in anchor
- Lou Canellis
- Mike Paine Morning traffic
- Erin Mendez Commutercast currently filling in traffic at wgn for valerie warner
- Kim Kelly Weekends
- Amanda Czernecki Weekends
- Rebecca Grazier Weekends
- Jim Ryan Fill in Traffic
- Kelly Walker Fill in Traffic
- Zelda Robinson Fill in Traffic
- Jennifer Roberts fill in comutercast
- Tim Mcgill (AMS Seal of Approval) Mornings
- Keenan Smith (AMS Seal of Approval) Evenings
- Jim Ramsey (AMS/NWA Seals of Approval) Weekends
- Mike Hamernik (AMS Seal of Approval) Weekends
- Marcus Leshock - Host
- Jackie Tranchida - Reporter
- Pogo - Reporter
- Bahar Taktehchian - Reporter
- Stephanie Kurtz - Executive Producer
- Matt Knutson - Producer
- LJ Tabano - Producer
CLTV is owned by the Tribune Company, therefore it receives a lot of content and reporting from other news divisions of the Tribune Company. News video is shared extensively between CLTV and WGN-TV. All of CLTV's weather coverage is produced by WGN-TV. Chicago Tribune newspaper columnists provide in-depth reporting for many feature stories aired on CLTV.
The Metromix TV staff produces the Metromix program which airs in prime Monday through Friday on CLTV. Metromix Weekend runs numerous times Saturday and Sunday.
The Homes Plus program airs Saturday and Sunday morning and focuses on buying new homes in the Chicagoland area.
CLTV has an exclusive distribution agreement with Comcast Cable. Only Comcast subscribers can view CLTV. There are no plans to change the current distribution of CLTV.
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