• WGN-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the local outlet for The CW. It is owned and operated by the...
    215 KB (24,610 words) - 20:08, 23 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for WGN America
    by United Video Inc. as a national feed of Chicago independent station WGN-TV, making the station's programming available to cable and satellite providers...
    164 KB (20,264 words) - 01:01, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for WCIU-TV
    September 1, 2024, when The CW moved back to Nexstar-owned WGN-TV. Gray Television–owned WPCH-TV in Atlanta now holds the title. Founded by John J. Weigel...
    50 KB (5,516 words) - 19:17, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Max Headroom signal hijacking
    first incident took place during the sports segment of independent TV station WGN-TV's 9:00 p.m. newscast. Like the later signal intrusion, it featured...
    19 KB (1,950 words) - 10:44, 12 October 2024
  • television set). WGN America was originally established on November 9, 1978, when United Video Inc. began redistributing the signal of WGN-TV (channel 9) in...
    28 KB (2,768 words) - 08:53, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for WPWR-TV
    affiliation with WGN-TV after the expiration of their initial ten-year agreement on September 1, 2016. Tribune decided to run WGN-TV as an independent...
    41 KB (4,800 words) - 01:10, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for WLS-TV
    on September 17, 1948, as WENR-TV. It was the third television station to sign on in the Chicago market behind WGN-TV (channel 9), which debuted six months...
    52 KB (6,027 words) - 11:02, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tom Skilling
    Tom Skilling (section WGN-TV)
    meteorologist. From 1978 to his retirement in 2024, he worked as a meteorologist at WGN-TV in Chicago. The oldest of four children, Tom Skilling was born at Magee...
    12 KB (964 words) - 14:23, 6 May 2024
  • to channel 7. As a result of WBBM-TV's purchase by CBS, it picked up all CBS programming previously carried by WGN-TV, after a two-month cancellation clause...
    80 KB (8,122 words) - 06:32, 23 September 2024
  • WGN Sports (originally known as WGN-TV Sports from 1948 to 1993) was the programming division of WGN-TV (channel 9), an independent television station...
    111 KB (12,499 words) - 18:00, 16 September 2024
  • 2000s. Rewind TV's programming and advertising operations are headquartered in the WGN-TV studios in Chicago. In July 2016, Antenna TV owner Tribune Broadcasting...
    4 KB (291 words) - 14:07, 18 September 2024
  • broadcasting outlets in Chicago, Illinois. WGN (AM), a radio station (720 AM) licensed to Chicago, Illinois, United States WGN-TV, a television station (channel 9...
    1,004 bytes (168 words) - 05:15, 5 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Ray Rayner
    was a staple of Chicago children's television in the 1960s and 1970s on WGN-TV. Rayner (the name was initially spelled "Rahner" but pronounced "Rayner")...
    26 KB (2,708 words) - 07:49, 19 September 2024
  • Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics is a two-hour television special produced by WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois which focuses on children's programming which...
    5 KB (594 words) - 19:02, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bozo the Clown
    also differed slightly. One example is the voice and laugh of Chicago's WGN-TV Bob Bell, who also wore a red costume throughout the first decade of his...
    43 KB (5,712 words) - 23:07, 2 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Garfield Goose and Friends
    Garfield Goose and Friends is a children's television show produced by WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, United States, from 1955 to 1976. The show was known...
    30 KB (3,251 words) - 15:52, 3 October 2024
  • He was the original portrayer of the character for Chicago superstation WGN-TV. Bell was born in Flint, Michigan, to a General Motors factory worker. He...
    14 KB (1,367 words) - 23:17, 10 September 2024
  • The WGN Morning News is an American morning television news program airing on WGN-TV (channel 9), a CW owned-and-operated television station and former...
    15 KB (1,942 words) - 04:34, 11 September 2024
  • WGN (720 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a talk radio format. WGN's studios are in the Chicago Loop, while the transmitter...
    50 KB (5,749 words) - 14:58, 7 October 2024
  • either TBS/WPCH-TV, WGN-TV or WSBK in a specialty tier. On April 4, 1985, the CRTC granted authorization for WTBS, WGN-TV, WPIX and WOR-TV to be distributed...
    178 KB (19,834 words) - 13:28, 23 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for WMAQ-TV
    after a 20-year absence. WMAQ-TV became the third station in Chicago to expand into the time period, following WGN-TV (which began its 4 p.m. newscast...
    73 KB (8,153 words) - 00:19, 12 October 2024
  • the real Salem witch trials in the 17th century. The series premiered on WGN America on April 20, 2014, becoming the network's first original scripted...
    32 KB (1,987 words) - 03:13, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for The WB
    The WB (redirect from The WB (TV network))
    station WVUE-TV. On December 3, 1993, The WB announced a separate affiliation agreement with Tribune for its Chicago flagship station WGN-TV (which originally...
    83 KB (10,601 words) - 04:11, 11 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for TBS (American TV channel)
    fellow independent stations WOR-TV (now MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WWOR-TV) in New York City and WGN-TV in Chicago were also uplinked to...
    143 KB (16,368 words) - 13:06, 10 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for The CW
    The CW (redirect from CW (TV network))
    this decision was WGN-TV's large use of local sports programming at the time, which led to many pre-emptions of the CW while WGN-TV had to move as many...
    181 KB (18,323 words) - 08:02, 14 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Bozo Show
    The Bozo Show (category WGN America original programming)
    Show was a locally produced children's television program that aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and nationally on its superstation feed (now NewsNation). It...
    27 KB (2,932 words) - 04:02, 11 September 2024
  • south suburbs". WGN-TV. Retrieved February 8, 2024. Bradley, Ben (February 6, 2024). "Dolton mayor to critics: 'I'm the leader!'". WGN-TV. Retrieved February...
    63 KB (5,554 words) - 20:43, 10 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for WFLD
    WFLD (redirect from WFLD-TV)
    live sporting events, although it easily trailed its biggest competitor, WGN-TV (channel 9, formerly a CW affiliate, now again as an independent station)...
    57 KB (6,485 words) - 00:14, 12 October 2024
  • journalist, author and former weekend anchor of the WGN News at Nine, which broadcasts on WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, and co-anchored the weekend newscast...
    6 KB (520 words) - 06:22, 4 June 2024
  • property—after WGN-TV, WPIX in New York City, and KDAL-TV (now KDLH) in Duluth, Minnesota, the latter of which was owned by Tribune from 1960 to 1978. When WGN Continental...
    38 KB (4,188 words) - 12:43, 7 October 2024