WSLN (channel 19) is a television station licensed to Freeport, Illinois, United States, serving the Rockford area as an affiliate of The CW (via The CW Plus). It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power CBS affiliate WIFR-LD (channel 23). The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on North Meridian Road in Rockford.
The CW affiliation in Rockford originated on WREX-DT2 in 2006 before moving to WIFR in 2021. WSLN signed on in 2023, taking over the CW Plus service as a full-power station.
History
Stateline CW on WREX-DT2
The CW affiliation in the Rockford market originally launched in 2006 as Stateline CW on WREX's second digital subchannel (DT2). WREX branded the service as Stateline CW 14, which was carried on channel 14 on most Rockford-area cable systems and on WREX digital subchannel 13.2.