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WCHI

Location

Chicago, IL

Branding

The Works
Chicago Action News

Slogan

That's The Way We Like It in Chicago!

Channel(s)

Analog: 50 (UHF)
Digital: 51 (UHF)

subchannel(s)

50.1 WCHI-The Works
50.2 MeTV

Affiliation

The Works

First air date

September 17, 1948

Former call letters

none

Former channel number

62 (UHF, 1948-1961)

Former Affiliation

ABC (pirated) (1948-2015)
BIG Network (2015-2017)

Owner

BHC Communications

WCHI is a The Works affiliate that serves the Chicago, IL area. It broadcasts on channel 50. It is owned by BHC Communications.

Newscasts[]

Its newscasts now have a Chinese side-audio track.

Current Staff (Year Joined in Parenthesis)[]

Jake Marques - News Director

  • Melissa Diaz - anchor; weekday mornings "Chicago Action News in the AM" (2015)
  • John Quarters - anchor; weeknights at 6 and 10 (2015)
  • Jake Stevens - anchor; weeknights at 6 and 10 (2015)
  • Maria Sanchez  - anchor; weekend evenings (2015)

StormTeam 50 Meteorologists[]

  • Jake De Zio - meteorologist; weekday mornings "Chicago Action News in the AM" (2015)
  • John Walkers - chief meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval); weeknights at 6 and 10 (2015)
  • Thomas Colex - meteorologist; weekend evenings (2015)

Sports Team[]

  • Dougie "The Doug Luckie" Martinez - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 (2015)
  • Ching Ti Zao - sports reporter; weekend evenings (2003)

Current On-Air Reporters[]

  • Wang Xiuying Ching - general assignment reporter (1999)
  • Nick Colex - general assignment reporter (2015)
  • John Zhang Wei - general assignment reporter (2012)
  • Jake Fang Quen - general assignment reporter (2014)
  • Mike Fernendez - general assignment reporter (2015)

Former Staff[]

TBA!

Former Stormteam 50 Meteorologists[]

TBA!

Former Members of Sports Team[]

TBA!

Former On-Air Reporters[]

  • Qiangguo Sima Qian - general assignment reporter (2005-2016) (now with WSSN)

Signal Translators[]

As of 1/1/2015, WCHI now has translators.

WCHI broadcasts on two different translators to widen its broadcast area: 

W82FC-D BELLE PRAIRIE CITY IL (POWER OF 300W, SERVES VIEWERS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE TOWN DUE TO FOREST BLOCKAGE)

W34RQ-D BUNKER HILL IL (POWER OF 700W, SERVES MACOUPIN COUNTY DUE TO FOREST BLOCKAGE)

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