WPVN-CD


WPVN-CD is a low-power, Class A television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Innovate Corp. The station's studios are located on West Belmont Avenue in northwest Chicago, with transmitter atop the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago.

History

The station became a Retro TV affiliate for the Chicago television market on November 13, 2010, but the main purpose of the station is to relocate much of the ethnic programming removed by Weigel Broadcasting in December 2010 when they decided to end carrying it over to WCIU-DT6.
On March 28, 2011, WPVN-CA applied to move its transmitting facilities to the Trump International Hotel and Tower from its current analog and digital locations. The application was approved on August 31, 2011, along with getting Class A digital status on October 7, 2011.
In July 2016, a 24-hour broadcast of JBTV replaced KBS World on channel 24.7.
On May 25, 2018, HC2 Holdings announced it would purchase WPVN-CD for $7 million plus costs.). it became an owned-and-operated station of HC2's network Azteca América, Replacing WCHU-LD. With Polvision also selling off Milwaukee sister station WPVS-LP , the company will complete a withdrawal from over-the-air television broadcasting ownership, though retains control of WPVN's fourth subchannel.
In February 2020, WPVN-CD was issued a license to transmit from the John Hancock Center in Chicago.
In 2023, due to Azteca América ceasing operations, the station flipped to Visión Latina.
In 2025, the station flipped to Fubo Sports Network after Fubo partnered with Innovate Corp. to add the network to low-powered stations.

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
24.1720p16:9WPVN-CD
24.2480i16:9WPVN-CDNTD America
24.3480i16:9WPVN-CDSWAAG TV
24.4480i16:9WPVN-CD365BLK
24.5480i16:9WPVN-CDTimeless TV
24.6480i16:9WPVN-CDDefy
24.7480i16:9WPVN-CDInfomercials
24.8480i16:9WPVN-CDOutlaw
24.9480i16:9WPVN-CDLaw & Crime Network
24.10480i16:9WPVN-CDFubo Sports
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