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| City | Sugar Grove, Illinois |
| Channels | |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 8.1:Daystar 8.2: Daystar Español 8.3: Blank |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Word of God Fellowship, Inc.[1] |
| WDCI-LD | |
| History | |
Former call signs | W54BE (1989–2008) W40CN (2008–2011) W40CN-D (2011–2020) W27EB-D (2020–2022) |
Former channel numbers | Analog: 54 (UHF, 1992–2008) 40 (UHF, 2008–2011) Digital: 40 (UHF, 2011–2020) |
| EducationalIndependent (1989–2012) Commercial Independent (2012–2020) Translator ofWAOE (MyNetworkTV) (2020–2022) Corner Store TV (2022–2023) | |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71111 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 381.1 m (1,250 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′56.1″N87°37′23.2″W / 41.898917°N 87.623111°W /41.898917; -87.623111 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WILC-CD (channel 8) is alow-power,Class Areligious television station licensed toSugar Grove, Illinois, United States, serving theChicago area as anowned-and-operated station of theDaystar Television Network. The station's transmitter is located atop theJohn Hancock Center.
Waubonsee Community College, which serves theAurora area, launched the station on channel 54 as W54BE. Programming includeddistance 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; orAT&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.
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 8.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WILC-CD | Daystar |
| 8.2 | 720p | WILC-ES | Daystar Español | |
| 8.3 | 480i | WILC-SD | Daystar Reflections |
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