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	WGN
		WGN is the name of a radio station and of a television station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois.
		WGN Radio (720 Khz) is co-owned with WGN-TV (Channel 9) and both are owned by the Tribune Company[?] which owns the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
		WGN was a high powered clear channel station, at night time often audible over much of the USA and sometimes as far away as Australia and South America.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wg/WGN.html (357 words)

	WGN
		WGN is the name of a radio station and of a television station broadcasting from Chicago, Illinois.
		WGN was a high powered clear channel station, at night time often audible over much of the USA and sometimes as far away as Australia and South America.
		On November 22, 1987, during the 9 O'Clock News sportscast WGN's broadcast signal was hijacked by an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask for approximately 25 Seconds, This was the first incident that night involving the interruption of a television station's broadcast signal.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/w/wg/wgn.html (399 words)

	Science Fair Projects - WGN-TV
		WGN Television, like its sister radio station WGN-AM (720 kHz), is owned by the Tribune Company which owns the Chicago Tribune newspaper whose slogan "World's Greatest Newspaper" was the basis for the call letters used by both stations.
		WGN is notable both as an early example of media conglomeration and as a pioneer in cable television, where it was one of the first superstations.
		WGN's transmitter is atop the John Hancock building and engineers were almost immediately able to thwart the video hacker by changing the Studio To Transmitter frequency, thus cutting the hacker off.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/WGN-TV (594 words)

	WGN (AM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		WGN is a radio station on 720 kHz in Chicago.
		WGN is a high-powered clear channel station, at night time often audible over much of the USA, parts of Canada, and sometimes as far away as Australia and South America.
		WGN breaks for news, weather, traffic and sports almost every hour, and also hosts Ron Santo and Pat Hughes as commentators for all games of the Chicago Cubs (another Tribune asset).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WGN-AM (427 words)

	Encyclopedia: WGN-TV
		WGN Television, like its sister radio station WGN-AM (720 kHz), is owned by the Tribune Company, which owns the Chicago Tribune newspaper whose slogan "World's Greatest Newspaper" was the basis for the call letters used by both stations.
		WGN is notable both as an early example of media conglomeration and as a pioneer in cable television, where it was one of the first superstations.
		WGN's transmitter is atop the John Hancock building and engineers were almost immediately able to thwart the video hacker by changing the Studio To Transmitter frequency, thus cutting the hacker off.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/WGN_TV (3570 words)

	WGN - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 also means White Gaussian noise (see also Additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN))
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WGN (189 words)

	RWonline - Guy Wire
		Most of the AM HD interference complaints are being generated by the increase in the sustained sideband noise induced by the digital IBOC sideband carriers of an HD Radio station.
		AM stations are asking how much sacrifice they should make now in lost listening and revenue in the interests of attaining a more competitive and equitable future years down the road.
		Leaving analog AM behind and replacing it with all digital is really the ultimate prize that will free the AM band from the shackles of its noise-plagued, low-fidelity performance of the past 85 years.
	www.rwonline.com /reference-room/guywire/gw-08-04-04.shtml (2030 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		WGN is usually the top rated radio station in Chicago.
		WGN went on the air on June 1, 1924 from studios in the Drake Hotel as the new name for WDAP, a station which had been broadcasting since May of 1922.
		WGN, a high-powered clear channel AM station (50,000 watts), which during nighttime hours is often audible over much of the USA, parts of Canada, and sometimes as far away as Australia and South America.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=WGN_(AM) (624 words)

	The Chicago Reporter: Radio stations serving minorities lag in revenue performance
		WGN had an average power ratio of 1.32 from 1995 to 1999, and WGCI’s average power ratio was.81.
		WGN, which is owned by the Tribune Co., positions itself as the city’s premiere personality, news and talk radio station.
		But fewer than 5 percent of WGN listeners were fl or Latino in the fall of 2000, the most recent ratings period, Krieschen said.
	www.chicagoreporter.com /2001/3-2001/radio/radioprint.htm (2451 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)

	Grundig FR200 AM/FM/SW/DAB Radio Reviews at Shopping.com
		WGN is located about 200 air miles from where I live.
		The FR200 received WGN clearly and cleanly, with an obviously strong signal that was virtually indistinguishable from the venerable GE SuperRadio in terms of freedom from interference and general signal strength.
		I found this performance on WGN to be typical of this radio, pulling in distant signals clearly, and turning in very interference-free performance on distant AM stations.
	www.shopping.com /xPR-Grundig_FR200~RD-100988391044 (1612 words)

	RWonline - IBOC DAB
		"WGN believes that the unlimited authorization of nighttime HD Radio is premature at this time because it may unnecessarily create interference to existing AM service when there is no significant penetration of HD Radios.
		WGN sees digital radio as an exciting enhancement to the existing service that will provide much-needed improvements in audio quality as well as new digital data services that were previously unavailable on the AM band.
		WGN submits that the NAB's proposal may unnecessarily cause severe interference to existing service at a time when there are very few digital receivers in the marketplace.
	www.radioworld.com /reference-room/iboc/02_rw_Iboc_comments.shtml (1691 words)

	Top Radio Stations Extend Leads in Ratings - Technology - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		News-and-talk WGN regained the upper hand among listeners 12 and older, edging urban-music WGCI with a 6.6 share to 6.3, while WGCI took the top spot in three key age demographics: 18 to 34, 18 to 49 and 25 to 54.
		While Chicago Cubs broadcasts are a reliable spring and summer boost for WGN, some of its gains this time around came in time slots outside the afternoon-drive period that traditionally features baseball.
		In the last year, for example, morning personality Spike O'Dell moved up from 14th to a tie for sixth among listeners age 25 to 54, as his ratings climbed to a 3.7 share from 2.8.
	www.redorbit.com /news/display?id=181460&source=r_technology (405 words)

	WGN (AM) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		WGN-AM's transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
		In 1926 WGN broadcast Sam and Henry, often considered the very first situation comedy.
		WGN gold - The history of WGN Radio (http://wgngold.com/)
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/WGN_%28AM%29 (184 words)

	Tribune Company :: Press Release
		He joined WGN in 1985 as an account executive.
		"WGN has long been one of the top-performing stations in Chicago, and has a proud heritage," said Krieschen.
		In broadcasting, Tribune properties include 24 television stations and Superstation WGN on national cable.
	www.tribune.com /pressroom/releases/2003/02102003b.html (460 words)

	The Complete Howard Stern Links! - Ratings - Chicago - page 2
		Although WGN remained the top-rated station overall, the Tribune Co.-owned news talker was down from both the previous quarter and last summer.
		WGN's afternoon veteran Spike O'Dell, who stepped in as morning host after Collins was killed in a plane crash in February, held on to first place in the critical drive-time slot despite the decline.
		WGN was off slightly in the mornings-down to 9.5 from Collins' huge fall rating of 10.4.
	www.animaux.net /stern/chicago2.html (18608 words)

	Tribune Company :: Tribune Names Tom Langmyer VP/General Manager of WGN Radio, Chicago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		He'll do a terrific job at leading the strong team at WGN." Carver oversees WGN Radio in addition to his responsibilities at WATL-TV and led the search for the new general manager.
		"WGN is Chicago's premier radio station and is respected nationally for having the finest broadcasters, a commitment to local programming and a strong dedication to community service," said Langmyer.
		A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Langmyer holds a bachelor's degree in communication from Grove City College in Grove City, Pa. He serves on the board of directors of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and the Urban League of Greater St. Louis.
	sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20050308/CGTU05908032005-1.html (534 words)

	Chicago Radio History
		In the eighties, like so many AM top 40 stations around the country, it dropped music in favor of talk, as music formats migrated to FM.
		Chicago began to feature stations on the AM dial from the very beginning of commercial radio, which was the early 1920s.
		FM radio slowly began to appear on the dial in the forties and fifties, but did not start to gain significant audiences until the sixties and seventies.
	www.tangentsunset.com /chicagoradiohistory.htm (1780 words)

	The Catholic New World - 12/22/02 - TV & Radio Listings
		WJJG (1530 AM): L’Ora della Famiglia with Fr.
		WGN (720 AM) Word on Fire with Fr.
		WJJG (1530 AM): L’Ora Cattolica Italiana with Frs.
	www.catholicnewworld.com /archive/cnw2002/122202/tvradio.html (412 words)

	WGN, Powered by Many Squares
		There was a report by a WGN user that indicated this was previously not available, and meant that only 20 of the 24 available slots on the server could be utilised for gamers.
		I am in the process of recovering this installation, and should have this operational later this evening.
		WGN has placed a new Natural Selection server online as of this afternoon.
	www.wgn.net.au (606 words)

	wgngold.com - The History of Chicago's WGN Radio 720
		Listen to the memories of Jack Rosenberg, the man behind the scenes of WGN Sports for over four decades.
		Listen to WGN Radio's 40th Anniversary Special for some great highlights from the early years.
		Materials appearing on or accessible through this website may not be recorded, reproduced or retransmitted, in whole or in part, without WGN Radio's prior written consent.
	wgngold.com (440 words)

	The Complete Howard Stern Links! - Ratings - Chicago - page 1
		WGN also finished first overall in mornings with Spike O'Dell and middays with the duo of Kathy O'Malley and Judy Markey, followed by Steve Cochran.
		WGN's Spike O'Dell continued first in mornings overall, while the duo of Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart at Bonneville International's modern rock WTMX jumped ahead of WBBM-AM's Felicia Middlebrooks and Pat Cassidy and WGCI-FM's "Crazy" Howard McGee for the top spot in mornings among listeners between the ages of 25 and 54.
		WGN bounced back from its worst ratings ever to reclaim the top spot in the Arbitron survey for winter.
	www.animaux.net /stern/chicago.html (5697 words)

	Tribune Co. hires St. Louis radio exec to run WGN-AM Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles
		Langmyer, 42, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., joined KMOX as program director in 1992 and was promoted to operations director in 2000.
		At WGN, Langmyer succeeds Mark Krieschen, who cited "personal reasons" for stepping down last month just weeks after Mary June Rose resigned as program director.
		Calling WGN "a meeting place and trusted friend for people throughout the Midwest," Langmyer said: "It is an honor to have the opportunity to work with the talented team at Tribune Co. For many years I have admired its professionalism, commitment to local programming and dedicated involvement in the community."
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050309/ai_n12939132 (253 words)

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		created: 10/28/2004 10:54:18 PM updated: 10/29/2004 7:44:18 AM CHICAGO (AP) -- Longtime Chicago Cubs analyst Steve Stone announced Thursday he was leaving WGN-TV, less than one month after coming under fire for on-air comments he made criticizing the team.
		WGN and the Cubs are both owned by Tribune Co., the parent of the Chicago Tribune.
		Later that night on WGN radio, he also criticized the team for making excuses in a late-season loss that damaged their chances of making the playoffs.
	www.ksdk.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=69086 (366 words)

	Radio Personalities and Producers (11/00)
		If you want to call her, the best time is between 10:15 and 10:30 a.m., when she has a break (she's on the air from 5 a.m.
		WGN's Randy Eccles is looking for stories that are "entertaining or compelling." As Assistant Program Director, he works with seven full-time news producers.
		Convince us that your story would make good radio." Like other panelists, he asks that you listen to the shows that WGN produces so you are familiar with the hosts and the kinds of topics they like to discuss.
	www.publicity.org /monthlynov00.htm (1355 words)

	Tribune Company :: Press Release
		He’ll do a terrific job at leading the strong team at WGN." Carver oversees WGN Radio in addition to his responsibilities at WATL-TV and led the search for the new general manager.
		"WGN is Chicago’s premier radio station and is respected nationally for having the finest broadcasters, a commitment to local programming and a strong dedication to community service," said Langmyer.
		A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Langmyer holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Grove City College in Grove City, Pa. He serves on the board of directors of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and the Urban League of Greater St. Louis.
	www.tribune.com /pressroom/releases/2005/03082005.html (499 words)

	School Closings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		A decision to close will normally be made by 5:30 a.m., and will be based upon road conditions, weather reports, police reports and personal inspections of streets and campuses by District 202 personnel.
		When schools are to be closed, the media outlets listed in the box to the right will be notified between 5:30 a.m.
		If the schools are open but parents believe that their child's normal route to school is unsafe, parents should keep their child at home.
	www.learningcommunity202.org /closed.htm (661 words)

	Think Progress » Hastert No-Shows Major Interview; Anonymous Hastert Staffer Falsely Claims Interview Was Never ...
		But according to Bubala, an employee for WGN’s sister television station said that while Hastert was supposedly on a telephone call, a WGN cameraman was filming Hastert arriving at and entering his home in Illinois.
		WGN is the biggest radio station in Illinois, and John Williams is in the prime “drive time” slot.
		I am not sure but I think that Paul is saying that conservative voters are being turned on by pedophilia and will vote for Repubs in the election….but I could be wrong.
	thinkprogress.org /2006/10/04/hastert-interview (6552 words)

	Radio Ink - The Voice of Radio Revolution
		Even in a major market, WGN wins in Chicago by a ratings mile.
		WGN finishes the summer book with a 6.7, and WGCI comes in second with a 5.3.
		WGN is programmed by Mary June Rose, and WGCI is programmed by Elroy Smith.
	www.radioink.com /HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=63093&pt=archive (150 words)

	CNN Transcript - CNN Today: Chicago Remembers WGN-AM's Great Bob Collins - February 9, 2000
		WGN host Bob Collins and a neighbor were on board one of the planes, which crashed into a hospital roof.
		A stunned Steve Carver WGN's vice president and general manager had this to stay about his colleague.
		WATERS: WGN radio held a commercial-free tribute to Bob Collins, this morning.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0002/09/tod.02.html (700 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Fire Destroys House Of WGN-AM's Spike O'Dell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		WGN Radio's general manager says they have been flooded with calls today, an indication of how popular Spike O’Dell is with his listeners.
		WGN Radio Vice President/General Manager Tom Langmyer said, “Spike was informed by his producer, Jim Weiser, who had received word that the house, in fact, had been destroyed by fire and was able to contact Spike and let him know the news.
		Chief Smith says that nobody was home and no one was injured during this blaze or the fighting of this blaze, however there is some sad news.
	www.cbs2chicago.com /local/local_story_174145654.html (389 words)

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