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Rockford, Illinois Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, located in the far northern part of the state. Situated on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County). ...

Radio

Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.

FM

* displays artist and title on Radio Data System * FM translator: repeats another station's program

AM

Television

Rockford is one of a few US markets with no PBS station of its own. PBS Wisconsin member station WHA-TV (UHF channel 20, virtual channel 21.1) in neighboring

Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...

and Chicago-based

WTTW WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Owned by not-for-profit broadcaster Window to the World Communications, Inc., it is sister to commercial classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). The ...

serve as the default member stations for the Rockford market via cable and satellite; the former station's over-the-air analog signal was viewable in portions of the Rockford area prior to the 2009

digital television transition The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is conv ...

Print media

* '' Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture'' - monthly magazine; founded 1977; features executive editor Scott P. Richert's monthly column about Rockford, "The Rockford Files" * ''Community Bargain Hunter'' - weekly classified publication; founded 2006; circulation 16,000 * ''Northwest Quarterly'' - quarterly magazine; circulation 176,300 * ''Rock River Times'' - weekly newspaper; independently owned since 1987; circulation 2,500 * '' Rockford Register Star'' - daily newspaper; founded 1855; circulation 50,000''Rockford Register Star''
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