WGN-TV, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 1948 and employs approximately 410 individuals. It operates primarily in Broadcast Media Production and Distribution. The company functions as a Chicago source for news and entertainment, programming local news that is accessible on WGN-TV, CLTV, WGNTV.com, and its dedicated WGN-TV News and Live applications. It provides in-depth local weather within all newscasts and through the WGN-TV News app. WGN 9.2 serves as Chicago’s local channel for Nexstar Media Group’s classic TV network Antenna TV, while WGN 9.3 operates as Chicago’s Court TV network affiliate. WGN-TV is a Nexstar Media Group station.
On April 30, 2026, state leaders in Illinois spoke with WGN-TV, expressing outrage over a Supreme Court ruling on Congressional redistricting in Louisiana, where plaintiffs had argued that district boundaries were created with excessive reliance on the racial makeup of voters. Previously, on April 19, 2026, Chicago prepared for live coverage of the 40th anniversary opening of Al Capone's vault, an event set to revisit the site of the original "Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults" broadcast. Earlier, on April 7, 2026, WGN reported on Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, who advocated for prostate cancer screening, drawing on his personal experience of being 10 years cancer-free. Raoul has also filed over 50 lawsuits against the Trump Administration, challenging policies on healthcare funding, immigration, and national guard deployments.
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