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  WGN - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
WGN is the callsign of two broadcast stations in Chicago, Illinois, both of them owned by the Chicago Tribune company.
WGN is also a U.S. network available on satellite and cable TV services known as Superstation WGN.
WGN radio was created on June 1, 1924, when the Chicago Tribune bought WDAP with studios in the Drake Hotel and renamed it to WGN.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/WGN   (187 words)

  
 WGN Profile
Superstation WGN is the home to award winning shows like "Will and Grace," "Becker," "Home Improvement," "Andromeda," "Mutant X," and "The X-Files." The Sharon Osbourne Show also premiered on the network as a cable exclusive.
Superstation WGN is in the top 15 networks in virtually all time periods with Adults 18-34 and 18-49.
Superstation WGN's comedy block (M-F/4-8pm est) attracts the vital young audiences, with a median age of 32.7.
www.cabletvadbureau.com /02Profiles/WGNProf.htm   (246 words)

  
 Superstation WGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Superstation is available via satellite to DirecTV and Dish Network in the United States, StarChoice in Canada and cable television subscribers in both countries.
Superstation WGN's national feed does not carry the WGN Morning News (it is claimed that the newscast was dropped from the Superstation due to "SyndEx" rules on some segments) but does air the Noon and 9 p.m.
The Superstation feed did carry programming from the former The WB network nationwide (which Tribune had an ownership interest in) from the network's launch in 1995, until 1999, when local station coverage was deemed sufficent enough by Time Warner and Tribune to discontinue airing The WB on the Superstation feed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Superstation_WGN   (591 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for WGN
Birth of a Nation's Superstation: WGN executives were aghast when the channel was first put up on satellite, but the 'curse' turned into quite the blessing.(Superstation WGN 25th Anniversary)
Birth of a nation's superstation: WGN executives were aghast when the channel was first put up on satellite, but the 'curse' turned into quite the blessing.(World's Greatest Network)
Despite static, WGN isn't fine-tuning; Staying the course as ratings dip.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=WGN   (168 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Superstation
TBS Superstation Presents National 'Win the Wheels Sweepstakes' Winner Miles Enzor of Bryan, Texas, With a Customized 1965 Land Rover.
Superstation WGN and Cox Communications Partner With HomeTeam to Help Rebuild Boys & Girls Club in New Orleans.
TBS Superstation's MOVIES FOR GUYS WHO LIKE MOVIES Salutes James Bond With 'Never Say Never Again' on Tuesday, Jan. 29; Host Rick Schwartz Travels to the Bahamas to Swim With Sharks And Explore Sunken Ship Featured in the Movie.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Superstation   (256 words)

  
 GWIN's 'Wayne Allyn Root's WinningEDGE' to Air on Superstation WGN for Fall 2005 Season Business Wire - Find Articles
Per Root: "This move to Superstation WGN is among the most important announcements in the history of the company.
Eastern timeslot on Superstation WGN is ideal for 'The WinningEDGE.' And, in addition, WGN's diverse sports programming promises an attractive demographic audience.
This move to Superstation WGN puts us in a strong position to attract mainstream sponsors and advertisers, and continue expanding this additional high-margin revenue stream.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_May_11/ai_n13683719   (601 words)

  
 Cable 2006 - Superstation WGN (Page C84) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-3.cs.princeton.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Superstation WGN, the national flagship of Tribune Broadcasting Co., is available coast-to-coast in 68 million homes.
Superstation WGN understands that, and offers our try out new products and seek out fresh WGN viewers embrace a “work hard, viewers the best and most versatile pro-forms of entertainment.
We know WGN reaches these women with pro- grams “Homicide: Life on the Streets” what our viewers wantandexactly where gramming that includes blockbuster and “The Great American Poker Run” to find them—watching their favorite movies and new additions “Scrubs” and complement award-winning shows like shows at home on Superstation WGN.
www.cableguide-digital.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cable/2006/?pg=84   (490 words)

  
 In Chicago, It's an Institution - 9/27/2004 - Broadcasting & Cable
(Superstation WGN doesn't air in Chicago because of the FCC's exclusivity rules but is carried in almost 64 million homes nationwide via cable and satellite.) Tribune doesn't own the White Sox but still carries 30 of the American League team's games each season.
WGN prides itself on its strong local-news presence, airing 32 hours a week of news, including a four-hour block each morning.
Harry Caray, the late sportscaster, did play-by-play for other stations and other teams, but it was his time at WGN and the Cubs that solidified him as a legend, particularly because the games were beamed nationwide over Superstation.
www.broadcastingcable.com /article/CA455857.html?display=Special+Report   (1244 words)

  
 Company Profile
Included in the corporation are companies such as the Chicago Cubs, the WGN Superstation, Fox59 in Indianapolis, Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune.
The flagship of the Broadcasting Division is its superstation, WGN.
WGN is a cable station operating out of Chicago that is broadcast to 55 million homes across the United States.
www.bsu.edu /web/JPPINNICK/TCOMProjects/Profile/compinfo.html   (605 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - Why do I get WGN and why does it suck so much?
WGN is a superstation because, while a local Chicago channel, it's available throughout the country.
Stations like TBS and WGN got into it because they already had a local signal and local viewers (with local advertising revenue), but they weren't affiliated to any network so they could offer viewers in other cities programming that they couldn't get from their own local stations.
The superstations were good for cable companies because they gave the companies channels to offer, and they were good for the stations because it gave them access to new revenue that allowed them to compete more effectively with the local network stations (like getting the rights to broadcast the local sports teams).
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 Tribune Company :: Press Release
"WGN Superstation is an important asset for Tribune Company," said Eigner.
"WGN Superstation is widely viewed in both cable and satellite homes reaching more than 56 million homes.
WGN delivers a large, attractive audience for advertisers and offers enormous opportunity for subscriber growth and increased advertising revenue."
www.tribune.com /pressroom/releases/2002/02192002.html   (270 words)

  
 DIRECTV Adds Superstation WGN to Its Channel Lineup
WGN will be added to DIRECTV's most widely distributed package, Total Choice(TM), as well as Total Choice Silver, Gold and Platinum programming packages.
WGN entertains America with its combination of movies, sports, news and family programming," he added.
Basketball fans can whoop it up with coverage of the Chicago Bulls, who are led by the legendary Michael Jordan and the unpredictable Dennis Rodman, as they seek their fifth NBA title this year.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/73500&EDATE=   (491 words)

  
 wgnradio.com - Radio 720 WGN - Chicago's News and Talk . . . and Sports
Len will do an excellent job leading the WGN programming team.” Langmyer, who joined WGN in March, conducted the search for the new program director.
Tribune Broadcasting owns and operates 26 television stations concentrated in major markets and Superstation WGN on national cable.
The company’s broadcasting group operates 26 television stations, Superstation WGN on national cable, Chicago’s WGN-AM and the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
www.wgnradio.com /special/weiner.htm   (484 words)

  
 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Teams with Superstation WGN to Promote Child Safety and Help Bring ...
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Superstation WGN are teaming up to raise awareness about the plight of missing and exploited children in America and how parents can protect their kids through Together We Can.
The new program announced today at the National Press Club will begin to reach 57 million homes this fall as Superstation WGN promotes abduction prevention education and airs photos of missing children presumed to be taken across state lines.
According to NCMEC, one out of six missing children is recovered because someone recognizes his or her photograph on television or a missing child poster.
www.charitywire.com /charity107/03346.html   (636 words)

  
 WGN Hits Homers with MLB Ratings - 4/30/2004 2:08:00 PM - Multichannel News
Superstation WGN is making strong viewer contact with its coverage of Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs and White Sox.
Covering 10 Cubs and six Sox games through April 26, WGN has registered a 34% jump in households, to 417,000 per contest, measured against the comparable period during the 2003 season, according to Nielsen Media Research data.
WGN is going long with key demos, as well: The superstation was ahead 39% among adults 18-34 (105,000 of those watchers), 51% among adults 18-49 (230,000) and 44% among the 25-54 set (237,000).
www.multichannel.com /article/CA414091.html   (305 words)

  
 wgnradio.com - WGN Radio 720 Chicago
"Having grown up listening to WGN in the Quad Cities, he understands the unique bond WGN has with its listeners throughout the Midwest." Langmyer conducted the search for the new program director.
Tribune-owned WGN Radio (720 AM) is a 50,000-watt station with a format of talk, news, and sports.
The Voice of Chicago for over eighty years, WGN Radio is also the voice of the Chicago Cubs and Northwestern University football and basketball.
www.wgnradio.com /special/shomper.htm   (478 words)

  
 TV Week
WGN will carry "Scrubs" on its analog tier within the cable universe.
Both Comedy Central and WGN are expected to start running the show in fall 2006, when "Scrubs" also debuts in broadcast syndication.
The move follows Buena Vista's announcement last month that it cleared the single-camera medical comedy to local stations representing coverage of 50 percent of the country for the syndication launch.
www.tvweek.com /news.cms?newsId=8129   (330 words)

  
 WGN to Launch Ultimate Arena Paintball Series
Fulfilling a promise Tribune Broadcasting made at its 2004 upfront presentation, superstation WGN announced Wednesday the launch of its first original TV series this spring with the preview of Ultimate Arena Paintball on April 2 at 8 p.m.
WGN will broadcast five, half-hour weekly Ultimate Arena Paintball programs this spring, returning to the WGN schedule with five, one-hour exhibition broadcasts in October.
Along with the new series, superstation WGN is offering advertisers a wide range of sponsorship and promotion opportunities, from on-air promotion, event signage and contests to product placement, segment sponsorships and paintball team naming rights.
www.mediaweek.com /mw/news/tvstations/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000853219   (319 words)

  
 NoDQ.com > TNA > News on Raven, Samoa Joe, Sahadi, Sting, more
While WGN Superstation does air WGN-TV content such as the WGN-TV nightly news and some of the syndicated and sports programing, none of the WB programming such as Charmed, 7th Heaven or the WB Sunday Evening Movie airs on the Superstation.
The change occured in 1999 For Canadian viewers, the WGN-TV feed and not the Superstation feed is distributed nationally, so that would have been the only market that would have had ran into an issue.
In Chicago, unless you have a satellite, you are unable to acquire the WGN Superstation feed over the air or on cable.
nodq.com /tna/143677474.shtml   (550 words)

  
 WGN Superstation - USA national entertainment TV network at Mondo Times
Home » Major Media » Entertainment » General » WGN Superstation
WGN Superstation is a USA TV network covering entertainment » general.
WGN Superstation contact information is available to Mondo Times Advanced and Professional Members.
www.mondotimes.com /2/topics/5/entertainment/1/7135   (82 words)

  
 WGN Adds Disney Pair - 4/24/2006 - Multichannel News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Officials at WGN, now available in some 68 million cable and satellite homes, said the superstation will run the shows back to back, along with Moesha, Home Improvement and America’s Funniest Home Videos as part of a family entertainment block.
WGN declined an interview request, seeking information, among other things, about the inventory split for local cable operators.
Sources familiar deal, though, indicate WGN controls seven minutes of commercials in each of the half-hour shows.
www.multichannel.com /article/CA6327084.html?display=Programming   (341 words)

  
 WGN-TV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WGN Television began test broadcasts in February 1948 and began regular programming on April 5 with the two-hour special "WGN-TV Salute to Chicago" at 7:45 p.m.
In 1994, weekday morning children's programming was replaced by WGN Morning News and The Bozo Show was moved to Sunday mornings until 2001, when the program was discontinued by WGN management.
WGN 9 (Chicago) - WGEM-DT 10.2 (Quincy) - WHOI-DT 19.2 (Peoria)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WGN-TV   (1097 words)

  
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The WinningEDGE™ will air in the 10:00 AM EST/9 am Central Saturday Morning time slot on Superstation WGN, positioning it directly preceding the start of the weekend of college and professional football games.
Root: "This move to Superstation WGN is among the most important announcements in the history of the Company.
The 10 am EST timeslot on Superstation WGN is ideal for The WinningEDGE.
www.vlcn.com /gwni6105.htm   (634 words)

  
 SuperstationWGN.com | TV | About the Station
A: Most WGN-produced programs including WGN News, Bozo, Garfield Goose and Ray Rayner are NOT available.
"Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics" will be rebroadcast December 24 at 11pm/et (8pm/pt) and December 25 at 2pm/et (11am/pt).
A: The series' distributor, Program Partners, has informed us that the earliest they may release the final 13 episodes of "Da Vinci's Inquest", also known as "Da Vinci's City Hall", is summer of 2007.
wgnsuperstation.trb.com /about/station   (500 words)

  
 Cable TV Talk - Disney Channel Shows to WGN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In a first for original Disney Channel series, Lizzie McGuire and Even Stevens will live on in syndication, as Superstation WGN secured the exclusive rights to the tween-targeted shows.
Beginning this fall, WGN will begin airing Lizzie, starring actress and singer Hillary Duff, and Stevens, starring Shia LaBeouf and Christy Carlson Romano, weekdays during the early-fringe daypart, as well as on weekends.
Officials at WGN, now available in some 68 million cable and satellite homes, said the superstation will run the shows back-to-back, along with Moesha, Home Improvement and AFV, as part of its family-entertainment block.
www.cabletvtalk.com /showthread.php?t=3559   (340 words)

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