NEWS ANALYSIS
Fade-Out For CLTV Leaves Chicago Poorer
At precisely 6 p.m. Tuesday — just six hours before a new year begins — CLTV will sign off the air forever. With that, a 27-year piece of Chicago broadcast history will come to an end — the victim of a changing media landscape, a proliferation of digital news sources and out-of-town owners who took over parent company Tribune Media earlier this year.
DMA 3: CHICAGO
Nexstar Pulling Plug On Chicago’s CLTV
CLTV, the 24-hour local cable news channel launched as Chicagoland Television on New Year’s Day 1993, is shutting down at the end of the month, Nexstar Media Group announced Monday.
MARKET SHARE (DMA 3: CHIDAGO)
CLTV Launches Nightly Sports Talk Show
DMA 3 (CHICAGO)
Sports Show Launching On Tribune’s CLTV
TECH SPOTLIGHT
Tribune Putting Virtual Sets To The Test
In Chicago, the broadcaster is preparing to use Brainstorm’s computer-generated set for its 24/7 cable news channel as well as for special events and sports and talk shows on the channel and on flagship WGN.
