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Chicago NBC 5 Becomes Local
TV Partner of Gay Games Chicago
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2006-06-07
The sponsorship will include extensive television coverage leading up to and during the week of Gay Games 2006 as well as support on the highly popular www.NBC5.com website.
"Chicago is a perfect host city for the Gay Games VII with its level of ethnic, racial and cultural diversity," said Larry Wert, president and general manager of NBC5. "NBC5 is proud to be the local television partner. We share the Gay Games VII mission statement of acceptance, self-expression and unity, and are committed to serve all of our constituencies."
About WMAQ-TV/NBC5
NBC5 (WMAQ-TV) is the Owned & Operated NBC station in Chicago. On October 8, 1948 the station, then called WNBQ-TV, transmitted its first telecast from the Merchandise Mart--the third game of the Indians-Braves World Series in Cleveland, Ohio. The station's current call letters, WMAQ-TV, were established in 1964. During NBC 5 Chicago's rich history, the station pioneered a number of television "firsts." On April 15, 1956 NBC 5 became the world's first all color station. In September of 1986, NBC 5 became the first Chicago commercial station to broadcast in stereo. In 1989, NBC 5 was the first Chicago station to present closed captioning of all local newscasts and in 2004 was the first television station to launch a streetside studio at 401 N. Michigan Avenue, Studio 5.
Currently, NBC5 airs 30 hours of local news per week. NBC5 News has over 30 reporters and anchors covering the Chicago area. NBC5 News covers local news on-air and on-line at NBC5.com.
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