The Ghost in the Machine: WMEU-TV and the Unfinished Business of Chicago’s Airwaves
We talk a lot about the death of broadcast TV. But we rarely talk about the between life and death. wmeu tv
WMEU represents the end of the multiplex dream . In 2009, the digital transition promised us six channels of paradise. Instead, we got 480i reruns of Matlock and “paid programming.” WMEU is the most extreme case: A major market signal (Chicago DMA #3) that has been deliberately soft-canceled. The Ghost in the Machine: WMEU-TV and the