WGN (AM)
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WGN is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a talk radio format. WGN's studios are in the Chicago Loop, while its transmitter is in Elk Grove Village. WGN also features broadc
WGN's main studio in the Tribune Tower, c. 1930s -1940s. It could seat 600 people.
Officer Baldy and the WGN traffic copter in 1959.
WGN-TV
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WGN-TV is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that serves as the local outlet for The CW. It is owned and operated by the network's parent company, Nexstar Media Group, sharing c
WGN (AM)
…the vacated 98.7 assignment. In 1946, the Tribune Company applied to the FCC for a construction permit to build a television station. On April 5, 1948, WGN-TV Channel 9 signed on the air. Because CBS, NBC and ABC had their own network stations in Chicago, WGN-TV became an independent television station…
Garfield Goose and Friends was one of the earliest television programs WGN-TV broadcast in color.
News van outside the Dirksen Federal Building in June 2018.
Bozo's Circus 1968
A TV schedule showing programming from 4 to 10 p.m., Thursday, September 16, 1954, for four TV stations in Chicago. WGN is the column on the left.