WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
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WTTW, virtual channel 11 (UHF digital channel 47), is a PBS member television station and the primary PBS member station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., and is sister to classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). The two stations share studio facilities located at the Renée Crown Public Media Center on North Saint Louis Avenue (adjacent to Northeastern Illinois University) in the city's North Park neighborhood; WTTW maintains transmitter facilities located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. It also owns and operates The Chicago Production Center, a video production and editing facility that is operated alongside the two stations. Source
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| Scope | Local |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Chicago |
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| Broadcast Affiliation | PBS |
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Search ArticlesTry a Vegetarian Adaptation of Kreplach, Jewish Dumplings, Passed Down Through the Generations
Family Recipe: Jewish American Style premieres Sunday, April 5 at 6:00 pm on WTTW and is available to stream via the PBS app by WTTW Passport members. Get more recipes, food news, and stories at wttw.com/food or by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. When Micah Siva’s now-husband met her grandmother for the first time, they made kreplach together.
How an Orchestra Percussionist Runs a Fast-Casual Korean Chain
Get more recipes, food news, and stories at wttw.com/food or by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. Have a food story or recommendation? Email us at [email protected]. From his seat in the back of National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., principal percussionist Eric Shin, who is also the CEO and co-founder Korean fast-casual minichain SeoulSpice, has lately been drawing connections between a finely tuned orchestra and a full, humming restaurant.
The Radical Publisher Who Helped Modernism Reach an Audience with a Magazine Started in Chicago
A little over a year into the run of The Little Review – before it had gone to trial for publishing much of James Joyce’s Ulysses, or given page space to Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, and other innovators – the literary magazine was in trouble. “Editor Margaret Anderson explains that, though she lives in a tent to dodge a landlord, she lacks the $75 which a prosaic printer demands,” reported the Chicago Examiner on September 3, 1915.
Chicago Hospitality Veterans Open a Hotly Anticipated Seasonal Restaurant in Evanston
Get more recipes, food news, and stories at wttw.com/food or by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. Have a food story or recommendation? Email us at [email protected]. A husband and wife team are drawing on their experience in respected Chicago restaurant groups to open their own restaurant near their home in north suburban Evanston.
A New PBS Documentary Explores How the U.S. Government Tried to Cover Up the Effects of the Atomic Bomb
American Experience: Bombshell premieres on WTTW and the PBS app Tuesday, January 6 at 8:00 pm. “What has been done is the greatest achievement of organized science in history,” said United States President Harry Truman on August 6, 1945, in an address announcing the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare in history.
Chef of the Year Nominee Jennifer Kim of Proxi Shares Chicago Recommendations
Jennifer Kim's experiences dining, cooking, and shopping in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods add layers of interest and impact to the menu at Proxi. Credit: Kinship Get more recipes, food news, and stories at wttw.com/food or by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. Every month, people from Chicago's hospitality industry share recommendations for food, drink, ingredients, and more as part of our Chef Picks series.
Shaved Celery Salad with Pomegranate Honey Vinaigrette from 'America's Test Kitchen'
America's Test Kitchenairs on WTTW and is available to stream via the PBS app. Get more recipes, food news, and stories at wttw.com/food or by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. Thanksgiving meals can easily be filled with solely rich, heavy foods, so it's nice to add something light and bright to the table. This shaved celery salad from America's Test Kitchen is perfect.
Thanksgiving Tips from the 'America's Test Kitchen' Hosts
America's Test Kitchenairs on WTTW and is available to stream via the PBS app. Get more recipes, food news, and stories at wttw.com/food or by signing up for our Deep Dish newsletter. America’s Test Kitchen’s Bridget Lancaster likes to think of a Thanksgiving menu as “like an extended family get-together,” she says. “You’ve got your old favorite: you hear from Aunt Dottie once a year.
New Documentary Explores the Fight to Transform Old Railroad Corridors into Public Trails
From Rails to Trails airs Monday, October 20 at 9:00 pm on WTTW and streaming on the PBS app. If you’ve ever walked on Chicago’s trail, The 606, you have tread where freight cars once rumbled through the city. The 2.7 miles of that urban trail are just a few of more than 26,000 miles of rail trails in the United States. A new documentary chronicles the at times controversial transformation of former railroad corridors into these multi-use public paths.
Great Performances
episode / view more episodes The Magic of Grace Bumbry Discover Grace Bumbry's inspiring rise to global opera fame. Spotlighting her historic performances, the film explores the racial barriers she overcame to triumph in her 1966 performance as 'Carmen.'