WGN-TV

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broadcast television network affiliate former superstation television station

WGN-TV is a Chicago-based television station and former national superstation known for its local news, sports broadcasts, and syndicated programming.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
WGN-TV canonical 10
720 WGN 1
WGN 9 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcast television network affiliate ⓘ
former superstation ⓘ
television station ⓘ
analogChannelHistoric 9 ⓘ
branding Chicago’s Very Own ⓘ
WGN-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WGN 9
broadcastArea Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
broadcastStandard ATSC ⓘ
callsignMeaning World's Greatest Newspaper ⓘ
surface form: World’s Greatest Newspaper
cityOfLicense Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfSuperstationDistribution Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryRegulator Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
digitalChannel 19 ⓘ
FCCFacilityId 72115 ⓘ
flagshipNewscast WGN-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: WGN News at Nine
formerNetworkAffiliation DuMont Television Network ⓘ
WB ⓘ
independent station ⓘ
formerOwner Tribune Company ⓘ
surface form: Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune Company ⓘ
surface form: Tribune Media
formerSuperstationFeed WGN America ⓘ
founder Tribune Company ⓘ
languageOfBroadcast English ⓘ
launchDate April 5, 1948 ⓘ
marketServed Chicago television market ⓘ
networkAffiliation The CW ⓘ
notableSportsRights Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Blackhawks (historical)

Chicago Bulls ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Bulls (historical)

Chicago Cubs ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Cubs (historical)

Chicago White Sox ⓘ
surface form: Chicago White Sox (historical)
owner Nexstar Media Group ⓘ
parentNewspaper Chicago Tribune ⓘ
primaryContentType local news ⓘ
sports programming ⓘ
syndicated programming ⓘ
programmingFocus Chicago local news ⓘ
regional sports coverage ⓘ
sisterStation WGN America ⓘ
surface form: WGN America (historical relationship)
slogan Chicago’s Very Own ⓘ
studioLocation North Center, Chicago ⓘ
timeZoneOfOperation Central Time Zone ⓘ
transmitterLocation Willis Tower ⓘ
surface form: Willis Tower, Chicago
virtualChannel 9 ⓘ
website https://wgntv.com ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Friedkin → employer → WGN-TV ⓘ
Tribune Company → owned → WGN-TV ⓘ
Tribune Company → operated → WGN-TV ⓘ
this entity surface form: superstation WGN
WGN America → basedOn → WGN-TV ⓘ
WGN America → parentStation → WGN-TV ⓘ
WGN Radio → sisterStation → WGN-TV ⓘ
WGN Radio → branding → WGN-TV ⓘ
this entity surface form: 720 WGN
Chicago Cubs radio broadcasts on WGN Radio → associatedStation → WGN-TV ⓘ
Harry Christopher Carabina → notableEmployer → WGN-TV ⓘ
Chicago Cubs television broadcasts on WGN-TV → broadcastOn → WGN-TV ⓘ
Chicago Cubs television broadcasts on WGN-TV → broadcaster → WGN-TV ⓘ
WGN-TV → branding → WGN-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WGN 9
WGN-TV → flagshipNewscast → WGN-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: WGN News at Nine
NBC Sports Chicago as primary Cubs broadcaster → sharedCubsRightsWith → WGN-TV ⓘ
subject surface form: NBC Sports Chicago