WGLT, a privately owned company based in the US, was founded in 1966 and employs approximately 30 individuals. The company specializes in Broadcast Media Production and Distribution.
On April 6, 2026, WGLT announced it will host a three-part film series, "Good Night and Good Luck," in celebration of its 60th anniversary, featuring movies that highlight the importance of a free press and explore themes such as news control, large investigations, and newsroom responses to political pressures. This follows WGLT's selection on February 11, 2026, for the Healing Illinois Reporting Project, "Democracy Lives Here." For this initiative, led by Northwestern University's Medill School and Medill Solutions Journalism Hub, WGLT joined four other Illinois-based newsrooms to create a playbook for citizen engagement with local government. Earlier, on December 10, 2025, WGLT reorganized its staff and introduced programming changes for 2026. These modifications aimed to better align operations and content with current staffing levels and revenue, following an emergency funding campaign and annual fall fund drive conducted after the station operated nearly midway through its fiscal year without federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
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