A report on WGN-TV
Independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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WBBM-TV
21 linksTelevision station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network.
Television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the CBS network.
In December 1948, WBKB began sharing the market's CBS affiliation with WGN-TV (channel 9), after that station affiliated with the network.
Superstation
20 linksTerm in North American broadcasting that has several meanings.
Term in North American broadcasting that has several meanings.
Other microwave firms were also developed to relay independent television stations to cable systems, including H&B Microwave (a subsidiary of H&B Communications Corp., a major provider of CATV service and microwave relays throughout the U.S.), which began retransmitting the signal of WGN-TV (channel 9) in Chicago to subscribers of the Dubuque TV-FM Cable Company in Dubuque, Iowa; WGN's signal soon began to be imported via microwave to other CATV systems throughout the Midwest.
Independent station (North America)
18 linksType of television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any broadcast television network; most commonly, these stations carry a mix of syndicated, brokered and in some cases, local programming to fill time periods when network programs typically would air.
Type of television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any broadcast television network; most commonly, these stations carry a mix of syndicated, brokered and in some cases, local programming to fill time periods when network programs typically would air.
Soon, other companies decided to copy Turner's idea and applied for satellite uplinks to distribute other stations; WGN-TV in Chicago, KTVU in Oakland-San Francisco, and WPIX and WOR-TV in New York City would begin to be distributed nationally during the late 1970s and early 1980s (in the case of KTVU, it would revert to being a regional superstation by the early part of the latter decade).
Tribune Broadcasting
16 linksAmerican media company which operated as a subsidiary of Tribune Media, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois.
American media company which operated as a subsidiary of Tribune Media, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois.
and then signed-on a television station in Chicago, WGN-TV on April 5, 1948, initially as a dual affiliate of CBS and the DuMont Television Network.
The CW
24 linksAmerican English-language commercial broadcast television network that is operated by The CW Network, LLC, a limited liability joint venture originally between the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global, the former owner of the defunct television network UPN; and the Warner Bros. unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, former majority owner of the defunct television network The WB.
American English-language commercial broadcast television network that is operated by The CW Network, LLC, a limited liability joint venture originally between the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global, the former owner of the defunct television network UPN; and the Warner Bros. unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, former majority owner of the defunct television network The WB.
As part of the deal, Tribune's Chicago flagship WGN-TV would leave the network and revert to being an independent station after nearly 21 years of being affiliated with The CW and its predecessor network, The WB.
Chicago
20 linksMost populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third-most populous city in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles.
Most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third-most populous city in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles.
A number of statues also honor recent local heroes such as Michael Jordan (by Amrany and Rotblatt-Amrany), Stan Mikita, and Bobby Hull outside of the United Center; Harry Caray (by Amrany and Cella) outside Wrigley field, Jack Brickhouse (by McKenna) next to the WGN studios, and Irv Kupcinet at the Wabash Avenue Bridge.
WFLD
18 linksTelevision station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the Fox network.
Television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the Fox network.
To counterprogram against its more established VHF rivals, channel 32 offered older cartoons, older off-network sitcoms, documentaries, drama series, westerns and live sporting events, although it easily trailed its biggest competitor, WGN-TV (channel 9, formerly a CW affiliate, now again as an independent station), in the ratings among Chicago's independent stations.
The WB
17 linksAmerican television network first launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner.
American television network first launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner.
On December 3, 1993, The WB announced a separate affiliation agreement with Tribune for its Chicago flagship station WGN-TV (which originally planned to remain an independent station due to concerns about handling its sports programming commitments while maintaining a network affiliation ); through this deal, WGN's superstation feed would provide additional national distribution for The WB as a cable-only affiliate, in order to give the network time to fill gaps in markets where it was unable to find an affiliate at launch.
UPN
20 linksAmerican broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995.
American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995.
This gave UPN the rare distinction of being one of the only broadcast networks to not have had owned-and-operated stations (O&O) in the three largest media markets, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago (with The WB – the only network that never have had an O&O – being the only other, as minority owner Tribune Broadcasting owned most of its charter affiliates including those in all three markets, while majority owner Time Warner only owned WTBS-TV, an independent station that originated then-superstation TBS).
WLS-TV
12 linksTelevision station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the ABC network.
Television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, airing programming from the ABC network.
It was the third television station to sign on in the Chicago market behind WGN-TV (channel 9), which debuted six months earlier in April, and WBKB (channel 4), which changed from an experimental station to a commercial operation in September 1946.