WBUI

WBUI
Decatur–Springfield–; Champaign–Urbana, Illinois; ; United States;
City	Decatur, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 22 (UHF); Virtual: 23;
Branding	CW 23 (general); NewsChannel 20 Sunrise (morning newscasts); Fox Champaign News (9 p.m. newscasts);
Programming
Affiliations	23.1: The CW; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	GOCOM Media, LLC; (GOCOM Media of Illinois, LLC);
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via JSA/SSA; to be operated by Rincon Broadcasting Group upon sale of WICS/WICD
Sister stations	WRSP-TV, WCCU, WICS, WICD
History
Founded	December 28, 1983
First air date	May 14, 1984
Former call signs	WFHL (1984–1998); WPXU (1998–1999);
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 23 (UHF, 1984–2009)
Former affiliations	Religious Independent (1984–1998); Pax (1998–1999); The WB (1999–2006); UPN (secondary, 1998–2002);
Call sign meaning	The WB (former affiliation) and University of Illinois (allusion of service to Champaign–Urbana)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	16363
ERP	325 kW
HAAT	401 m (1,316 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°56′56″N 88°50′12″W / 39.94889°N 88.83667°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	cw23tv.com

WBUI (channel 23) is a television station licensed to Decatur, Illinois, United States, serving the Central Illinois region as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by GOCOM Media, LLC, alongside Springfield-licensed Fox affiliate WRSP-TV, channel 55 (and its semi-satellite, Urbana-licensed WCCU, channel 27). GOCOM maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Springfield-licensed ABC affiliate WICS, channel 20 (and its semi-satellite, Champaign-licensed WICD, channel 15), for the provision of certain services. WBUI, WRSP and WICS share studios on East Cook Street in Springfield's Eastside; WBUI maintains an advertising sales office on South Main Street/US 51 in downtown Decatur and transmitter facilities in Whitmore Township (between Oreana and I-72).