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| Owner | Weigel Broadcasting Company |
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| Founded | October 28, 1987 |
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Call sign meaning | Disambiguation of sister stations WWME ("Memorable Entertainment") and WCIU (known as "The U") |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 168662 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
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| Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′44.1″N 87°38′10.2″W / 41.878917°N 87.636167°W |
| Translator(s) | WCIU-TV 26.2 Chicago |
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| Website | www |
WMEU-CD (channel 48) is a low-power, Class A independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is owned by locally based Weigel Broadcasting alongside fellow Weigel flagship properties, independent station WCIU-TV (channel 26) and MeTV outlet WWME-CD (channel 23). The three stations share studios on Halsted Street (between Washington Boulevard and Madison Street) in the Greektown neighborhood; WMEU-CD's transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop.
Even though WMEU operates a digital signal of its own, the low-power broadcasting radius does not reach the outer ring of Chicago proper or surrounding suburbs. Therefore, the station can also be seen through a 720p high definition simulcast on WCIU-TV's second digital subchannel in order to reach the entire market. This signal can be seen on channel 26.2, broadcasting from the Willis Tower transmitter. Additionally, until February 2024, CBS Television Stations contracted with Weigel to simulcast the subchannels of WBBM-TV over-the-air over WMEU-CD, which gave viewers within the inner ring of Chicago access to that station via UHF, due to the limitations of WBBM's main channel 12 VHF signal. That feed has since been replaced with a simulcast of Weigel-owned Catchy Comedy, which airs on WCIU 26.6, following WBBM-TV's transition to ATSC 3.0 and channel 2.1 being now simulcast on WGN-TV at ATSC 1.0.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMEU-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.