mrschimpf 2058 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 1 hour ago, norcalTVfan said: Wow. It only takes a five-year career to make it to WGN now. They might as well just start recruiting in Laredo or Eureka for that matter. They're in an adjacent market and WITI was a sister station to them until 2020 (even discounting she came in a year later you don't exactly sever sister station relationships that quickly), so they probably have more than a glancing familiarity with her work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3064 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 WGN is apparently planning something for April 1st at 3:30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Encore Emp 24 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 That is a very early start and I don’t know if anyone will watch at 3:30 but I guess they have their reasons for doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1293 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 April Fools joke? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 494 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 6 minutes ago, MorningNews said: April Fools joke? Indeed, likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5275 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 It's a one-time show, sounds like it'll be at least party live, the brainchild of all the main show's comedic minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 165 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Well here’s that 3:30AM “newscast”: https://wgntv.com/morning-news/wgn-330-a-m-morning-show/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) On 11/27/2023 at 7:30 PM, norcalTVfan said: Wow. It only takes a five-year career to make it to WGN now. They might as well just start recruiting in Laredo or Eureka for that matter. I mean... WGN hired a then-newcomer morning meteorologist from Rockford almost eight years ago. She jumped from market #137 to market #3 and I think people criticized that because she wasn't market-ready to go from small market Rockford to big market Chicago. Today, Morgan Kolkmeyer is one of the best home run decisions WGN made to hire for their morning news program within the past decade. I wouldn't have known her otherwise had she not gone to WGN. Edited April 2 by TheRolyPoly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R. 61 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 It’s been about 50 days since Skilling’s retirement but Alyssa Donovan has announced that she has been promoted to Midday & 5pm Met Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3064 Posted Wednesday at 03:38 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:38 PM As we all expected, WGN will reunite with The CW in September. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mer764KCTV5 13 Posted Wednesday at 04:27 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:27 PM 48 minutes ago, Georgie56 said: As we all expected, WGN will reunite with The CW in September. It took 8 years for WGN to gain the CW again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3458 Posted Wednesday at 04:54 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:54 PM (edited) Talk about full circle. It was WGN and Tribune that held out 8 years ago sending The CW on a soul-searching journey in Chicagoland through WPWR and WCIU, and now with Nexstar in charge and in control of the CW, it's back on WGN. As long as they don't rebrand WGN as CW9. I don't think the folks at WGN could ever live it down. I wonder now what WCIU will do with their current "U" subchannel? Change it to U-too? Edited Wednesday at 04:55 PM by tyrannical bastard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 494 Posted Wednesday at 05:59 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:59 PM 55 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: As long as they don't rebrand WGN as CW9 With respect, what makes you suggest they would do that? PIX11, KTLA... Evidence that the branding will not be messed with. If I had to take a gamble, Branding and logo stays the same except for a somewhat awkwardly placed CW logo to the right of the 9... Just like they did in 2006. I do however look forward to a Paul Konrad WGN Courtesy Desk bit if they do try to mess with rebranding as CW9. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mer764KCTV5 13 Posted Wednesday at 06:53 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:53 PM 1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said: Talk about full circle. It was WGN and Tribune that held out 8 years ago sending The CW on a soul-searching journey in Chicagoland through WPWR and WCIU, and now with Nexstar in charge and in control of the CW, it's back on WGN. As long as they don't rebrand WGN as CW9. I don't think the folks at WGN could ever live it down. I wonder now what WCIU will do with their current "U" subchannel? Change it to U-too? 1. I don't think it's going to be rebranded as CW9, it's stayin' as WGN. 2. The U is probably gonna move to 26.1. 3. Yes, full circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5275 Posted Wednesday at 09:25 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 09:25 PM Bring back Eyewitness News at 7 on The U, you cowards. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R. 61 Posted Wednesday at 10:36 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:36 PM 1 hour ago, 24994J said: Bring back Eyewitness News at 7 on The U, you cowards. Nobody wants to see captain di-… lemme stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3458 Posted Wednesday at 10:37 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:37 PM (edited) We can only hope Nexstar is not that stupid. But then again, they still have NewsNation as a home for any disgraced journalist. Is that actually doing better / making more money than WGN America? Edited Wednesday at 10:37 PM by tyrannical bastard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2058 Posted Wednesday at 11:01 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 11:01 PM 20 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: We can only hope Nexstar is not that stupid. But then again, they still have NewsNation as a home for any disgraced journalist. Is that actually doing better / making more money than WGN America? The primetime staff probably makes more than the actual channel grifting off Nexstar's national ambitions. They had that Beavis and Butthead skit on SNL and when they highlighted it on air it was pointless because NN is so undefinable and nobody outside PIX Plaza actually remembers it was supposed to be spoofing NN. But as for WGN, I hope creative just refuses outright to make the entire logo pumpkin orange. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1405 Posted Thursday at 02:37 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:37 PM 21 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Talk about full circle. It was WGN and Tribune that held out 8 years ago sending The CW on a soul-searching journey in Chicagoland through WPWR and WCIU, and now with Nexstar in charge and in control of the CW, it's back on WGN. As long as they don't rebrand WGN as CW9. I don't think the folks at WGN could ever live it down. I wonder now what WCIU will do with their current "U" subchannel? Change it to U-too? WPIX and KTLA never went that route. KPLR just rebranded, and they didn’t go that route. I think it’s a safe bet that they won’t mess with what works. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 494 Posted Thursday at 03:54 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:54 PM 17 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Is that actually doing better / making more money than WGN America? Ratings wise, we already know that answer. Moneywise, NN will get the guaranteed political ad buys that WGN-A never did... Does that offset the higher operational costs? Nexstar must believe that it will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rollo Smokes 182 Posted Thursday at 03:55 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:55 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, nycnewsjunkie said: WPIX and KTLA never went that route. KPLR just rebranded, and they didn’t go that route. I think it’s a safe bet that they won’t mess with what works. WPIX was branded as CW11 for the first two years of the CW, before going with the more-appropriate PIX 11 branding. WPIX, KTLA and WGN by themselves (and even St. Louis 11 for KPLR) are stronger brand names in their respective markets. But then again, look what Fox did to KCPQ once they got their hands on that station...it was goodbye Q13 (Fox), hello Fox 13. Edited Thursday at 03:59 PM by Big Rollo Smokes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 165 Posted Thursday at 04:00 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:00 PM 1 minute ago, Big Rollo Smokes said: WPIX was branded as "CW11" for the first two years of the CW, before going with the more-appropriate PIX 11 branding. Also they were The WB 11 (or something similar) for the whole existence of The WB. It was after Sam Zell bought Tribune that the CW was deemphasized on all (if not most) of its CW affiliates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnewsjunkie 1405 Posted Thursday at 04:47 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:47 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, Big Rollo Smokes said: WPIX was branded as CW11 for the first two years of the CW, before going with the more-appropriate PIX 11 branding. I’m aware of that, I live in the market. Point is, they don’t identify that way now, and I don’t think there’s anything indicating that Nexstar is going that route with their legacy stations. Edited Thursday at 06:20 PM by nycnewsjunkie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraphicsMan 11 Posted Thursday at 11:08 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:08 PM On 5/1/2024 at 12:54 PM, tyrannical bastard said: As long as they don't rebrand WGN as CW9. I don't think the folks at WGN could ever live it down. They won’t do that. There coming back to CW they were one before they never rebranded. CW will be put on the logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4165 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago (edited) Given how badly the affiliation base has been degraded and continues to be degraded, Nexstar really needs to stop the Sam Zell-era double standard and impose the network branding on their biggest stations. That absolutely means KRON, KTLA and WGN. Like, come on. Make it so people know your network actually still exists. Because right now they don't. Edited 23 hours ago by Rusty Muck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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