WCHP

WCHP is a UPN owned-and-operated station locate in Chicago, Illinois. The station is owned by the Paramount Stations Group subsidiary of Viacom.

History
The station signed on the air on July 2, 1998 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 20 News".

Acquisition by the Paramount Stations Group
In 2006, Chris-Craft sold UPN to Viacom who then sold the network to the Paramount Stations Group. Viacom bought WCHP for more than 1.2 billion in 2007. The station signed off the air until 2009.

The sale was completed on March of 2009.