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American regional sports network

Hawkvision
Type	Pay television network (sports)
Availability	United States
Headquarters	Chicago, IL
Owner	Wirtz Corporation
Launch date	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Dissolved	1995; 30 years ago (1995)

Hawkvision was a short-lived subscription TV service founded by Wirtz Corporation and Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz. The service broadcast Chicago Blackhawks games. It operated in conjunction with Chicago's local version of SportsChannel, and access cost $29.95 per month.

Overview

In 1992, Wirtz, who had a reputation for stubbornness and frugality, ended all Blackhawks broadcast agreements with network and cable television outlets. While vilified for this decision by many Blackhawks fans, he felt that broadcasting regular home games was unfair to the team's season-ticket holders. Only Blackhawks games picked up by national broadcasters (which only happened when the Blackhawks made the playoffs) were shown on basic cable (complicated further by SportsChannel America having various issues with carriage).

Hawkvision only broadcast for a short time, ending after the 1994–95 season. However, regular Blackhawk home games did not resume airing on television until the 2007–08 season after Wirtz's death. His son Rocky took over the team's operations and agreed to allow WGN-TV and NBC Sports Chicago to carry those games.

Similar subscription TV services were utilized for the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets by rightsholder TSN from 2010 through 2014.

References

Wood, Matt (November 21, 2007). "Shooting The Hawks". Chicago Sports Weekly. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
"Blackhawks Owner William Wirtz Dies". Fox News. Associated Press. September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
Ziehm, Len (February 27, 2002). "All playoff games will be televised". Chicago SunTimes. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-29.

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This region includes the following cities: Chicago/Aurora/Joliet/DeKalb/Kankakee, IL Gary/Michigan City, IN Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Full power	WBBM-TV 2 (.1 CBS, .2 Start, .3 Dabl) WMAQ-TV 5 (.1 NBC, .2 Cozi, .3 AmCrimes, .4 Oxygen) WLS-TV 7 (.1 ABC, .2 Localish, .3 Charge!) WGN-TV 9 (.1 CW, .2 ANT, .3 Grit, .4 REW, .5 Nest) WTTW 11 (.1 PBS, .2 Prime, .3 Create, .4 PBS Kids, .5 World) WCIU-TV 26 (.1 Ind., .2 The U Too, .3 MeTV, .4 H&I, .5 Story, .6 Catchy, .7 MeToons) WFLD 32 (.1 Fox, .2 Movies!, .3 Buzzr, .4 TBD, .5 Fox WX) WWTO-TV 35 (.1 TBN, .2 Merit, .3 OnTV4U, .4 Positiv) WCPX-TV 38 (.1 Ion, .2 Bounce, .3 Court, .4 Laff, .5 Ion+, .6 Grit, .7 Get, .8 HSN) WSNS-TV 44 (.1 TMD, .2 TXO) WPWR-TV 50 (.1 MNTV) WYIN 56 (.1 PBS, .2 NHK) WTVK 59 (.1 ShopHQ, .2 SonLife, .3 Ads, .4 Binge) WXFT-DT 60 (.1 UniMás, .2 Mystery, .3 Quest) WJYS 62 (.1 Ind., .2/.3 CHSN) WGBO-DT 66 (.1 UNI, .3 Get, .4 Crime, .5 Grit)
Low power	WCHU-LD 3 (.1 HQ, .2/.7 Ads, .3 Best of ShopHQ, .4 Ace, .5 OAN+, .6 AWE, .8 Bark TV, .9 Right Now TV, .10 FTF Sports, .11 MTRSPT1, .12 Outdoor America, .13 NBT) WOCK-CD 13 (.1 LC, .2 KBC World (Korean), .3 NTD, .4 CCTV Documentary, .5 CCTV News, .6 SonLife) WRJK-LD 22 (.1 Diya, .3 Novelisima, .4 FNX, .5 Ace, .6 AWE, .7 OAN+, .8 WISH-TV News, .9 Fun Roads, .11 HSN, .12 QVC2) WWME-CD 23 (.1 MeTV, .2 H&I, .12 Infomercials) WPVN-CD 24 (.1 VL, .2 beIN Xtra, .3 Ind., .4 365BLK, .5 MBC (Korean), .6 Defy, .7 Timeless TV, .8 Outlaw, .9 L&C) W31EZ-D 25 (.1 Almavision, .2 Salem News, .3 LC, .4 Defy, .5 LATV) WAUR-LD 29 (.1 YTA) WLPD-CD 30 (.1 Inspire, .2 TBN) WSPY-LD 31 (.1 YTA, .2 ) WRME-LD 33 (.1 JTV, 87.75 FM analog MeTV-FM/oldies audio) WEDE-CD 34 (.1/.3 MCTV/Ind.) WESV-LD 40 (.1 Estrella, .2 Nosey, .3 Confess) WMEU-CD 48 (.1 The U Too, .2 Start, .3 Catchy, .4 MeTV+) WDCI-LD 57 / WILC-CD 8 (.1 Daystar, .2 DS Español, .3 Reflections)
ATSC 1.1 MPEG-4 (converter required for older sets)	WBBM-TV 2 (.4 Fave, .5 Comet) WMEU-CD 48 (.5 HEVCp) WJYS 62 (.4 Heartland, .5 QVC, .6 Canal de la Fe, .7 JTV, .8/.9 HSN, .10 Polvision) WGBO-DT 66 (.6 Retro)
ATSC 3.0	WBBM-TV 2 (2.1 CBS, 5.1 NBC, 9.1 CW, 32.1 Fox, 66.1 UNI) WRME-LD 33 (.1 JTV, 87.75 FM analog MeTV-FM/oldies audio)
Cable	Bostel CAN-TV CHSN Marquee Sports Network TLN
Streaming	CBS News Chicago NBC 5 Chicago News ABC 7 Chicago 24/7 WGN9+
Defunct	CLTV FSN Chicago Hawkvision KS2XBS NBC Sports Chicago ONTV Spectrum Sportsvision WHNW-LD 18 / WHVI-LP 24 (LeSEA) WYCC 20 (PBS/MHz/FNX) WOCH-CD 41 (.1 Charge!, .2 Comet) WCAE 50 WLXT-TV 60
Silent	WAAA-LD 49 KPDS-LD 49

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