WLS-TV

$16K 2025-2026 cycle

WLS-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle WLS-TV was paid $16K across 1 client committees.

Media ABC affiliate Chicago, IL ○ Dormant (7mo since last)
Call sign: WLS · Network: ABC · Market: Chicago, IL · Owner: Disney/ABC Television Group
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 7 months ago (Nov 21, 2025). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Activity span ALL TIME
Nov 13, 2025 → Nov 21, 2025
spans 0 months
Disbursements ALL TIME
3
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
1
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Dec 2024 Nov 2025
$16K across 12 months
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Top buyers

Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $16K Media · 3 txns WT WLS-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$16,416 3
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $16K Media · 3 txns WT WLS-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$16,416 3
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $16K Media · 3 txns WT WLS-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$16,416 3

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $16,416 100.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $0 0.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2025 Q4 2025 (2026 cycle): $16K Q4 $16K

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Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2025 Q4 2026 $16K 3 BOYKIN, RICHARD 100% Media 100% $16K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 3 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: BOYKIN, RICHARD (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $16K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 3 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: BOYKIN, RICHARD (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $16K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 3 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: BOYKIN, RICHARD (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $16K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $16,416 3 $5K 100.0% BOYKIN, RICHARD 100% 6mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
1
One-time clients 1 cycle
$16,416 · 100% of revenue
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Geographic concentration

Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.

State   Total spend % of revenue Clients
IL
$16,416 100.0% 1
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Notable disbursements

5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.

Reason Date Filer Category Purpose Amount
Largest all-time 2025-11-13 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $6,061
Largest all-time 2025-11-21 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $5,355
Largest all-time 2025-11-20 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $5,000
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