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- WGN-TV signed on in April 1948.
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WGN-TV was the second commercial television station in both Chicago and Illinois to sign on, as WBKB (channel 4) launched on September 6, 1946, but had operated on an experimental basis since 1940 as W9XBK. Two other stations joined WBKB and WGN-TV later in 1948: ABC 's WENR-TV (channel 7) on September 17 and NBC 's WNBQ (channel 5) on October 8.
In 1984, Bob Bell retired as the lead star of “The Bozo Show” with the program still #1 in its timeslot and was replaced by Joey D’Auria. In 1988, WGN became the first Chicago TV station to add...
WGN-TV was the second commercial television station in both Chicago and Illinois to sign on, as WBKB (channel 4) launched on September 6, 1946, but had operated on an experimental basis since 1940 as W9XBK. Two other stations joined WBKB and WGN-TV later in 1948: ABC's WENR-TV (channel 7) on September 17 and NBC's WNBQ (channel 5) on
Feb 3, 2023 · The reality was WGN had suddenly become a “superstation,” a local TV station with national reach.
Jan 6, 2023 · In 1961, WGN moved into the gleaming new Continental Broadcast Center at 2501 West Bradley place. The sun was setting on the ‘golden age’ of television — and WGN was set to begin a new era ...
On July 19, 2008, beginning with that night's edition of the 9:00 p.m. newscast, WGN-TV became the third television station in the Chicago market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.
WGN-TV signed on in April 1948. After short-term affiliations with both CBS and DuMont, channel 9 programmed as an independent, non-network station. It took this strategy national as a “superstation” in November 1978.
