WILC-CD

WILC-CD
Sugar Grove–Chicago, Illinois; United States;
City	Sugar Grove, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF); Virtual: 8;
Programming
Affiliations	8.1: Daystar; 8.2: Daystar Español; 8.3: Blank
Ownership
Owner	Word of God Fellowship, Inc.
Sister stations	WDCI-LD
History
Former call signs	W54BE (1989–2008); W40CN (2008–2011); W40CN-D (2011–2020); W27EB-D (2020–2022)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 54 (UHF, 1992–2008); 40 (UHF, 2008–2011); Digital:; 40 (UHF, 2011–2020)
Former affiliations	Educational Independent (1989–2012); Commercial Independent (2012–2020); Translator of WAOE (MyNetworkTV) (2020–2022); Corner Store TV (2022–2023)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	71111
Class	CD
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	381.1 m (1,250 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°53′56.1″N 87°37′23.2″W / 41.898917°N 87.623111°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.daystar.com

WILC-CD (channel 8) is a low-power, Class A religious television station licensed to Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States, serving the Chicago area as an owned-and-operated station of the Daystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located atop the John Hancock Center.

History

Waubonsee Community College, which serves the Aurora area, launched the station on channel 54 as W54BE. Programming included distance education telecourses from the college and a community bulletin board.^[3] The station moved to channel 40 in 2008, with the call sign W40CN. The college marketed the station as primarily on cable: Comcast channel 99 or 17; Mediacom channel 15; or AT&T U-Verse channel 99.^[4]

The college was not able to construct a digital facility for the station, citing severe budget problems with Illinois state funding and the local district's real estate tax base as reasons.^[5] In April 2012, the college filed to sell W40CN to Local Media TV Holdings.^[6]

On November 24, 2020, the station moved to digital channel 27, as W27EB-D. On October 24, 2022, the station changed its call sign to WILC-CD. On April 19, 2023, it was announced that WILC-CD would be sold to Daystar for $4,975,000; the transaction was completed on June 15.