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{{short description|American subscription television network}}
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{{about|the cable television channel formerly known as WGN America|other uses|News Nation (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox TV channel
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
| name = WGN America
{{Infobox television channel
| logofile = WGN America 2009 logo.svg
| name = NewsNation
| logosize = 200px
| logo = [[File:NewsNation logo.svg|200px|class=skin-invert]]
| logoalt =
| logo2 =
| logo_size =
| logo_alt = NewsNation logo (used since 2020)
| launch = October 1978
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1978|11|9}} as [[WGN-TV]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cable Briefs|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=December 18, 1978|page=74}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WGN America profile|url=http://www.thecab.tv/php/networkprofiles/12profileData/2012pdf/12WGN.pdf|website=TheCab.tv|date=2012}}</ref> <br/> March 1, 2021 (as NewsNation)
| closed date =
| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br>(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed)
| picture format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]])<br>[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
| owner = [[Nexstar Media Group]]
| share =
| key_people = {{ubl
| share as of =
|[[Sean Compton]] (President, Networks: Nexstar Media Group)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nexstar.tv/corporate-officers/sean-compton/ |title=Sean Compton |website=Nexstar Media Group |access-date=2023-10-08 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015005421/https://www.nexstar.tv/corporate-officers/sean-compton/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Award-Winning Journalist Ashleigh Banfield to Join Nexstar Media Group's Cable Network, WGN America |publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]] |date=January 5, 2021 |access-date=2023-10-08 |url=https://www.nexstar.tv/ashleigh_banfield_show_wgn_america_2021/ |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015005419/https://www.nexstar.tv/ashleigh_banfield_show_wgn_america_2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| share source =
|Michael Corn (President)<ref name="About NewsNation">{{cite web |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/about/ |title=About NewsNation |website=NewsNation |access-date=2023-10-08 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004042609/https://www.newsnationnow.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| network = [[The WB Television Network|The WB]]/[[Kids' WB]] (1995-1999)
|Cherie Grzech (Vice President of News and Managing Editor)<ref name="About NewsNation" /><ref>{{cite press release |title=NewsNation Announces Key Editorial Hires and Expansion of Production Facilities In New York City and Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.nexstar.tv/newsnation-announces-hires-expansion-production-facilities/ |publisher=[[Nexstar Media Group]] |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=2023-10-08 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015005420/https://www.nexstar.tv/newsnation-announces-hires-expansion-production-facilities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| owner = [[Tribune Company]]<br>([[Tribune Broadcasting]])
}}
| sister names = [[WGN-TV]], [[CLTV]]
| country = United States
| slogan = ''Everywhere America Calls Home'' <small>(general)</small><br>''Chicago's Very Own'' <small>(used during WGN newscasts)</small> <ref>[[WGN-TV]]</ref>
| language = English
| country = [[United States]]
| area = Nationwide
| language = [[American English|English]]
| headquarters = [[Chicago]], Illinois
| broadcast area = United States<br>[[Canada]]
| replaced = [[WGN America]]
| headquarters = Chicago <small>(programming)</small>/<br>New York <small>(sales)</small>
| sister_channels = {{ubl|[[WGN-TV]] and [[WGN (AM)|radio]] (Chicago)|[[Antenna TV]]|[[Rewind TV]]|[[The CW]]}}
| former names = WGN (1978-2001)<br>WGN Superstation (2001-2002)<br>Superstation WGN (2002-2008)
| website = {{Official URL}}
| SVP sales = Julio Marhengi
| online_serv_1 = Service(s)
| SVP programming = Sean Compton
| online_chan_1 = [[YouTube TV]], [[Hulu + Live TV]], [[FuboTV]], [[Sling TV]], Vidgo
| timeshift names =
| web = http://www.wgnamerica.com
| terr serv 1 =
| terr chan 1 =
| sat serv 1 = [[Galaxy 14]]
| sat chan 1 = Transponder 13 (DVB)
| sat serv 2 = [[DirecTV]]
| sat chan 2 = Channel 307 (SD/HD (Starting May 2010)
| sat serv 3 = [[Dish Network]]
| sat chan 3 = Channel 239
| cable serv 1 = [[Verizon FiOS]]
| cable chan 1 = Check local listings for channels (Also in HD)
| cable serv 2 = Available on most cable systems
| cable chan 2 = Check local listings for channels
| sat radio serv 1 =
| sat radio chan 1 =
| adsl serv 1 =
| adsl chan 1 =
| online serv 1 =
| online chan 1 =
}}
}}
'''WGN America''' (formerly known as "Superstation WGN" or "WGN Superstation") is a [[Chicago]]-based American [[superstation]] for [[WGN-TV]], owned by [[Tribune Broadcasting]] Company. WGN America offers its national programming across North America without the [[The CW|CW]] network programming that is carried on the Chicago area feed. It is the only remaining national superstation after [[TBS (TV channel)|TBS]] became a regular cable channel on October 1, 2007 (although WGN is still not available in most New England cable services).


'''NewsNation''' is an American [[United States cable news|cable news]] network owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]].
WGN America is available via satellite to [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]] as well as cable in the United States as well as through some smaller Canadian cable companies; most Canadian viewers which previously received the previous Superstation WGN feed now receive the [[WGN-TV]] Chicago feed. In the [[Chicago metropolitan area]], WGN America is not available on cable or terrestrial digital but is available to DirecTV, and Dish Network.


Known for most of its history as '''Superstation WGN''' before becoming [[WGN America]] in 2008, it relaunched on March 1, 2021, as a cable news network named after its flagship news program. The channel's relaunch came as part of a planned expansion of its news programming.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2021|title=WGN America will change its name to NewsNation, moving to compete with CNN, Fox, MSNBC|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-01-25/wgn-america-new-name-newsnation-news-cnn-fox-msnbc|access-date=January 25, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125184630/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-01-25/wgn-america-new-name-newsnation-news-cnn-fox-msnbc|url-status=live}}</ref> The channel continued to carry some entertainment programming held over from WGN America on weekends, but this was discontinued in July 2024. After their subsequent acquisitions by Nexstar, ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' and broadcast network [[The CW]] have also collaborated with NewsNation on content.
WGN America has no separate coastal feeds; as such, channel promos refer to shows airing at the same time on the [[Eastern Time Zone]] and the [[Pacific Time Zone]] (ex., ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' would be advertised as airing at "7 p.m. East/4 p.m. West", which it has used since the rebrand in lieu of referring to those zones as Eastern and Pacific). As a result, the weekday noon and nightly 9 p.m. newscasts from WGN-TV air in the Central Time Zone at the same time as the Pacific, Mountain and Eastern time zones, but is shown earlier or later depending on the location.


In September 2018, the channel, then WGN America, was received by approximately 80 million households that subscribed to a pay television service throughout the United States (or 62.7% of households with at least one television set).<ref>{{cite web|title=Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN (Cable Network Coverage Area Household Universe Estimates: September 2018)|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/nielsen-coverage-estimates-september-espn-nbcsn-nbatv-mlbn-nfln.html|author=Andrew Bucholtz|website=Awful Announcing|publisher=[[NESN|NESN Digital]]|date=September 10, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918124511/http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/nielsen-coverage-estimates-september-espn-nbcsn-nbatv-mlbn-nfln.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History==
===Differences between Chicago and national===
In October 1978, [[United Video]] uplinked the signal of [[WGN-TV]] Channel 9 in [[Chicago]] to the [[Satcom (satellite)|Satcom-3]] satellite for cable and satellite subscribers nationwide. For over 11 years, the national program schedule was the same as Chicago's.


The channel has publicly claimed to be [[Centrism|centrist]].
In 1989, a new law known as Syndication Exclusivity Rule, or "[[Syndication exclusivity|SyndEx]]", was passed. This law means that whenever a local station has the exclusive rights to air a syndicated program in their market, it must be blacked out on any out-of-town stations by the local cable company. On January 1, 1990, a separate national feed of WGN-TV was launched to avoid any blackouts, save for some sports programming, similar to [[WWOR-TV]]'s "[[WWOR EMI Service]]", only with fewer blackouts.


==History==
One major programming difference between the national and Chicago area feeds is that WGN America does not carry [[The CW Television Network|CW]] Network programming (which does appear on WGN-TV Chicago), as that network is available in most markets around the country. Superstation WGN did carry programming from the former [[The WB Television Network|WB]] Network nationwide (which Tribune had an ownership interest in) from the network's launch in 1995 until 1999, when local station coverage was deemed sufficient enough by [[Time Warner]] and Tribune to discontinue airing The WB on Superstation WGN, giving the network an early advantage over [[UPN]] (which declined to allow former superstation [[WWOR EMI Service|WWOR]] to carry their network nationwide). Moreover, some markets with Tribune-owned stations do not have WGN America on analog or digital cable. During this period, Superstation WGN also carried [[Kids' WB]], which was carried only on the Superstation due to WGN's local morning newscast (It was seen in Chicago at the time on [[WCIU-TV]], channel 26).
{{Main|WGN America}}


===Change to WGN America===
===As a superstation===
WGN America was established on November 9, 1978, when [[Gemstar–TV Guide International|United Video Inc.]] began redistributing the signal of [[WGN-TV]] (channel 9) in [[Chicago]] to cable and [[direct-broadcast satellite television|satellite]] subscribers throughout the United States. This expanded the prominent [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] into America's second [[communications satellite|satellite-distributed]] national "[[superstation]]", after [[Atlanta]]-based [[WPCH-TV|WTBS]] became [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]].<ref name="b&c-breakthrough">{{cite magazine|date=October 30, 1976|title=Superstation breakthrough|pages=25–26|periodical=Broadcasting}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=November 6, 1978|title=SSS tangles with RCA over transponder for WGN-TV|page=30|periodical=Broadcasting}}</ref>
On May 24, 2008, Superstation WGN formally changed its name to WGN America. Initially, its use was limited to promos, as the Superstation WGN idents remained in use. The new name and logo (which was similar to the 1988-1997 logo used by [[The Movie Channel]]) went into fulltime use on the channel on [[Memorial Day]], May 26, 2008. The channel would soon begin a slow change in its programming lineup, starting with the Sunday night "Out of Sight Retro Night" block, featuring older programs such as ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', ''[[Newhart]]'' and ''[[The Honeymooners]]'', some of which aired on WGN prior to the syndex era, or even after the start of syndex on the Chicago signal only.


As the national feed of WGN-TV, the channel broadcast a variety of programming seen on the Chicago signal, including sports (mainly [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]] baseball, as well as [[Chicago Bulls]] basketball games); locally originated news, children's, religious and [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] programs; movies; and syndicated series. Through the 1980s, the WGN local and national feeds maintained nearly identical program schedules, aside from some sporting events that were restricted to the Chicago-area signal under league policy restrictions. After the January 1990 re-imposition of federal [[syndication exclusivity]] regulations, programming between the two feeds increasingly deviated as the WGN national feed incorporated alternative syndicated programming to replace shows on the WGN-TV schedule that were subjected to market-exclusivity claims by individual television stations, and some local programs that the national feed chose not to clear; particularly from the late 2000s onward, as the WGN Chicago signal began expanding its local news programming and added lifestyle programs to its schedule.
A few shows, such as former WGN staples ''[[U.S. Farm Report]]'' and ''[[Soul Train]]'', had been dropped, mostly due to the dissolution of Tribune's [[Tribune Entertainment|television studio division]]. The transition process for a full rebranding was expected to take 12 to 18 months.<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-wed-rosenthal-28may28,0,458215.column</ref> In late July 2008, the network's [[digital on-screen graphic|logo bug]] was revised - the eyes element of the logo morphed into the words WGN America, and have also remained a part of the general logo in all other uses until the beginning of 2009. From January to April 2009, the text of the WGN America logo bug became the main logo with the eyes element.


On December 13, 2014, WGN America was converted by Tribune into a conventional basic cable network, at which time cable providers within the Chicago market started to offer it alongside its existing local carriage on satellite providers [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]]. Simulcasts of WGN-TV's Chicago-originated local newscasts, news specials and public affairs programs, special events and sports telecasts – with the exception of a one-hour simulcast of WGN-TV's [[WGN Morning News|morning news program]] that was carried early weekday mornings during the transitional period – immediately ceased being shown on a national basis the day prior, while WGN-TV maintained a separate schedule of local and syndicated programs exclusively catering to the Chicago market. The channel began to focus squarely on acquired programming, including shows held over from its superstation era, and by 2015, began to incorporate a limited schedule of original drama and reality series.<ref name="FederWGNAComcast">{{cite news|author=Robert Feder|author-link=Robert Feder|date=December 15, 2014|title=WGN America comes home to Chicago|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/12/15/wgn-america-comes-home-to-chicago/|access-date=January 11, 2015|archive-date=December 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230210206/http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/12/15/wgn-america-comes-home-to-chicago/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="B&CWGNAComcast">{{cite news|author=Kent Gibbons|date=December 16, 2014|title=WGN America Converts to Cable in Five Markets|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/wgn-america-converts-cable-five-markets/136444|access-date=January 11, 2015|archive-date=January 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132203/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/wgn-america-converts-cable-five-markets/136444|url-status=live}}</ref>
Tribune Chairman/CEO [[Sam Zell]] and CEO [[Randy Michaels]] have also stated to the media during a nationwide tour of Tribune properties that they would like to lure comedian [[Jay Leno]] into the Tribune fold as the host of a new late night program after the end of Leno's run as host of ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show]]'' on [[NBC]] in 2009, by launching it on Tribune stations and using WGN America as a lynchpin for the show.<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-wed-rosenthal-4jun04,0,7170008.column</ref> However, in December 2008 [[NBC]] retained the rights to Leno by moving his show to 10:00 and creating ''[[The Jay Leno Show]]''.


===Conversion to cable news channel===
In April 2009, WGN America rebranded the channel, with a new retro-style logo, a new five note [[Station identification|sounder]] equivalent to the [[NBC chimes]] (this same sounder is also in use on [[WGN (AM)|WGN Radio]] in Chicago), new graphics, a new slogan ("Everywhere America Calls Home"), and new original programming. The channel did so to increase cable carriage outside the network's traditional carriage area and position itself as a general entertainment channel that programs to the entire nation, not just Chicago and the Midwest. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090409wgn01]
[[File:WGN America logo 2014.png|200px|thumb|WGN America logo, used from January 2014 until it was renamed as NewsNation in March 2021]]
On September 1, 2020, WGN America launched a three-hour-long prime time newscast, ''[[NewsNation Prime|NewsNation]]'', which began development in October 2019, when Nexstar management commissioned research from television subscribers that determined a share of survey participants were dissatisfied with opinion-based programming on cable news channels such as [[CNN]] (which had previously offered straight news programming within its evening lineup, before shifting further into personality-based programming in the mid-2010s), [[MSNBC]] (which gravitated toward liberal opinion/talk programs beginning in 2008), and [[Fox News]] (developed in 1996 with a [[conservatism in the United States|conservative-leaning]] format).<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Making of NewsNation {{!}} NewsNation Now – YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMqlYlqhwsY&feature=youtu.be|access-date=August 31, 2020|website=www.youtube.com|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101191302/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMqlYlqhwsY&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CollegeOfMainland">{{cite news |url=https://libguides.com.edu/c.php?g=649909&p=4556556 |title=Which Way Does Your News Lean? – Media Bias |work=[[College of the Mainland]] |location=Texas City, Texas |date=December 2, 2020 |access-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302013229/https://libguides.com.edu/c.php?g=649909&p=4556556 |url-status=live }}</ref> The program draws partly from the broadcast and digital resources of Nexstar's television stations (including those acquired by [[Tribune Media]], in addition to WGN America, several months prior). NewsNation boasts the resources of "over 5,000 journalists in 200 newsrooms across America."<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Watch NewsNation |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/channel-finder/ |publisher=NewsNation}}</ref>


During December 2020 and January 2021, Nexstar reached carriage agreements that added WGN America to virtual multichannel television providers [[YouTube TV]] (reached on December 1),<ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar's WGN America Gets YouTube TV Carriage|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/nexstarss-wgn-america-gets-youtube-tv-carriage|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Future US, Inc.|date=December 1, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126014643/https://www.nexttv.com/news/nexstarss-wgn-america-gets-youtube-tv-carriage|url-status=live}}</ref> [[FuboTV]] (reached on December 11),<ref>{{cite press release|title=Nexstar's Cable Network, WGN America, Reaches First-Ever Carriage Agreement With fuboTV|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201211005553/en/Nexstar's-Cable-Network-WGN-America-Reaches-First-Ever-Carriage-Agreement-With-fuboTV|publisher=Nexstar Media Group|via=BusinessWire|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref> [[Hulu]] (reached on December 18),<ref>{{cite web|title=Hulu And Top Station Group Nexstar Set Carriage Deal For ABC Affiliates, Cable Network WGN America|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/hulu-nexstar-carriage-deal-abc-wgn-america-1234658914/|author=Dade Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207135724/https://deadline.com/2020/12/hulu-nexstar-carriage-deal-abc-wgn-america-1234658914/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sling TV]] (reached on December 24, through a broader agreement with Sling parent Dish Network which ended a three-week impasse in which the satellite provider lost access to Nexstar's broadcast stations)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dish Network And Nexstar Resolve Carriage Impasse, Restoring Local Stations And WGN America|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/dish-network-nexstar-carriage-deal-wgn-america-sling-tv-1234661533/|author=Dade Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=December 24, 2020|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127033012/https://deadline.com/2020/12/dish-network-nexstar-carriage-deal-wgn-america-sling-tv-1234661533/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Vidgo]] (reached on January 14)<ref>{{cite web|title=Nexstar Reaches WGNA Carriage Deal with Vidgo|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/nexstar-reaches-wgna-carriage-deal-with-vigdo|author=Jon Lafayette|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Future US Inc.|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref> to expand the channel beyond its existing wireline and satellite distribution footprint, and increase exposure for ''NewsNation''. ([[AT&T TV]] had already carried the channel since October 2019).<ref>{{cite web|title=WGN America Path, Food Network Stake Enter Spotlight After Nexstar-Tribune Deal|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/wgn-america-path-food-network-stake-enter-spotlight-after-nexstar-tribune-deal-1202739585/|author=Dade Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202015909/https://deadline.com/2019/09/wgn-america-path-food-network-stake-enter-spotlight-after-nexstar-tribune-deal-1202739585/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Programming==
{{Main|List of programs broadcast by WGN America}}
The network now relies primarily on a variety of re-runs and movies, such as ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', ''[[Bewitched]]'', ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' (from the Bergeron and Fugelsang/Fuentes era of that series), ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[7th Heaven]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'', ''[[Nash Bridges]]'', and ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]''. Other programs that the network features at times are ''[[Coach (TV series)|Coach]]'' and ''[[NewsRadio]]''. As of September 2009, the only "SyndEx-proof" shows airing on WGN America that air on the local Chicago feed are the religious program ''Singsation!'', the local public affairs program ''[[People to People International|People to People]]'', ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'', ''Smash Cuts'' and ''WWE Superstars''.


===Expansion of news programming===
Films, which formed the majority of the station's primetime schedule until the "Superstation WGN" branding era, also continue to air on the network, but mostly in weekend time periods. However, the channel does still air movie presentations on weeknights with the "Drive-in Theater" on Tuesdays (the title is also used for its weekend matinee presentations), "Way Back Wednesday with Winslow", featuring films released in the 1980s and hosted by [[Michael Winslow]] of ''[[Police Academy]]'' fame and the Friday night "[[Movie Underground]]", hosted by [[Marc Chase]] and April Rose (portraying "The Night Watchman" and "The Nightie Watchman", respectively). Monday primetime is reserved for a three-hour block of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' and Thursday primetime is reserved for ''WWE Superstars'' and ''America's Funniest Home Videos''.
On January 25, 2021, Nexstar Media Group announced that it would relaunch WGN America under the ''NewsNation'' brand on March 1, cutting all ties with the WGN brand after 43 years.<ref name=":0" /> The name change coincided with a gradual expansion of its news programming: expanding to nine hours per day (from six), the revised news schedule is fronted by a splintered expansion of the flagship ''NewsNation'' broadcast (adding an hour-long early evening edition, alongside the existing and now reduced two-hour ''NewsNation Prime'') and two host-centered news and interview programs anchored respectively by Joe Donlon and [[Ashleigh Banfield]]. NewsNation reduced its schedule of entertainment programs acquired by the channel under the WGN America moniker in daytime and some overnight slots; beginning with the launch of a morning news program in 2021, the acquired entertainment shows were replaced with additional news content once syndication contracts expired.<ref name="chitrib-newsnationrebrand">{{cite news|title=Chicago cable network WGN America changing its name to NewsNation, going all-in on news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-wgn-cable-newsnation-name-change-20210125-ufqsqaueqvgq7d2l57gujozhsu-story.html|author=Robert Channick|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 25, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215192923/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-wgn-cable-newsnation-name-change-20210125-ufqsqaueqvgq7d2l57gujozhsu-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ddl-newsnationrebrand">{{cite web|title=WGN America To Rebrand As NewsNation, Expanding Nightly Programming|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/wgn-america-rebrands-newsnation-expands-nightly-programming-1234679613/|author=Dade Hayes|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 25, 2021|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125195148/https://deadline.com/2021/01/wgn-america-rebrands-newsnation-expands-nightly-programming-1234679613/|url-status=live}}</ref>


NewsNation was developed under the management of [[Sean Compton]], who was promoted to executive vice president of WGN America upon completion of the Nexstar purchase, and former WGN-TV [[news director]] Jennifer Lyons, who was reassigned by Nexstar to serve as WGN America's vice president of news.<ref>{{cite news|author=Cynthia Littleton|date=January 15, 2020|title=Nexstar to Launch National Primetime Newscast on WGN America|periodical=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/wgn-america-news-nation-primetime-1203467801/|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116005354/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/wgn-america-news-nation-primetime-1203467801/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, since its launch, NewsNation has been accused of having a rightward tilt due to its guests and for hiring former Fox News Channel chief and [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] [[Bill Shine]] as a consultant. The news director and managing editor quit following the disclosure of Shine's role in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Katie|date=March 7, 2021|title=Journalists Rebel at NewsNation, a Newcomer in Cable News|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/business/media/newsnation-cable-news.html|access-date=March 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106122640/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/business/media/newsnation-cable-news.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lyons announced her resignation in March amid the controversy and continued low ratings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Channick|first=Robert|title=Jennifer Lyons, VP of news at NewsNation, quits struggling Chicago-based cable news network|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-newsnation-cable-news-executive-quits-20210310-wec74ku3qjaivjeeotqzgeohgm-story.html|access-date=March 14, 2021|website=Chicago Tribune|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311224824/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-newsnation-cable-news-executive-quits-20210310-wec74ku3qjaivjeeotqzgeohgm-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Amid dissension from NewsNation staffers, Nexstar's CEO affirmed the schedule to convert NewsNation into an "all-news, talk, and opinion" channel by 2023.<ref name="Littleton">{{Cite web|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=March 10, 2021|title=Nexstar's NewsNation Faces Turmoil, Staff Departures Amid Conservative Bias Concerns|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/newsnation-jennifer-lyon-nexstar-bias-1234926851/|access-date=March 16, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106200409/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/newsnation-jennifer-lyon-nexstar-bias-1234926851/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The channel at present is heavily reliant on classic series during the late morning and afternoon hours, and also airs a Sunday night classic comedy block called ''Outta Sight Retro Night'', which consists of reruns of ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[Newhart]]'', ''[[Barney Miller]]'' and ''[[Cheers]]''.<ref>[http://www.wgnamerica.com/pages/outta_sight_retro_night] Retrieved November 9, 2008.</ref> The lineup starts at 5:00 p.m. ET, breaks away at 10:00 p.m. ET for ''WGN News at Nine'' and ''Instant Replay'', and resumes from 11-2 a.m. ET.<ref>http://www.wgnamerica.com/pages/outta_sight_retro_night</ref>


In May 2021, Nexstar hired Michael Corn, the senior executive producer of ''[[Good Morning America]]'', as its news director to replace Lyons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nexstar hires former ABC News exec Michael Corn to run NewsNation – Robert Feder|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2021/05/17/nexstar-hires-former-abc-news-exec-michael-corn-run-newsnation/|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=www.robertfeder.com|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721031606/https://www.robertfeder.com/2021/05/17/nexstar-hires-former-abc-news-exec-michael-corn-run-newsnation/|url-status=live}}</ref> Corn then named Fox News vice president Cherie Grzech as managing editor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 21, 2021|title=Veteran news executive Cherie Grzech joins NewsNation as VP of news, managing editor|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/veteran-news-executive-cherie-grzech-joins-newsnation-as-managing-editor/|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=NewsNation Now|language=en-US|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721031604/https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/veteran-news-executive-cherie-grzech-joins-newsnation-as-managing-editor/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, NewsNation premiered more opinion programming hosted by cable news veterans [[Leland Vittert]] and [[Dan Abrams]], as well as a morning show hosted by former [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] presenter Adrienne Bankert.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NewsNation expands with Dan Abrams talk show and 'Morning in America' – Robert Feder|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2021/07/19/newsnation-expands-dan-abrams-talk-show-morning-america/|access-date=July 21, 2021|website=RobertFeder.com|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721031604/https://www.robertfeder.com/2021/07/19/newsnation-expands-dan-abrams-talk-show-morning-america/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In recent years, WGN America has acquired syndication rights to series that have ran previously on the channel in first-run form in the mid-late 1990s when it carried WB network programming, ''7th Heaven'' is the only such show currently airing on WGN America, with ''[[The Wayans Bros.]]'', ''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'' and ''[[The Parent 'Hood]]'' having aired in the past. Between 2006 and 2009, WGN America ran sitcoms aimed at teen and preteen audiences during the mid-afternoon hours, such as ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'', ''[[Even Stevens]]'' and ''Sister, Sister'', only to move these shows to late night [[graveyard slot|graveyard slots]], when the show's target audiences are usually not awake, after a short time and eventually dropped them, likely due to the restructuring of Tribune's television division and a deal with the [[Disney Channel]] which proved too expensive to maintain.


On October 3, 2022, former CNN anchor [[Chris Cuomo]], who was terminated for advising his brother, New York governor [[Andrew Cuomo]], about how to deal with various scandals, joined the network with an evening program called ''Cuomo'' to replace ''NewsNation Prime'', thus fully converting evening programming to personality-driven opinion and analysis shows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steigrad |first=Alexandra |date=2022-07-28 |title=Chris Cuomo's upcoming TV show gets time slot, start date |url=https://nypost.com/2022/07/28/chris-cuomos-upcoming-tv-show-gets-time-slot-start-date/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=New York Post |language=en-US |archive-date=August 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822235430/https://nypost.com/2022/07/28/chris-cuomos-upcoming-tv-show-gets-time-slot-start-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref> News contributors include former White House chief of staff [[Mick Mulvaney]], former White House press secretary [[Sean Spicer]] and ''[[Washington Post]]'' columnist [[George Will]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the Team |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/meet-the-team/ |website=NewsNation |access-date=8 August 2023 |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810225555/https://www.newsnationnow.com/meet-the-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
WGN America programming chief [[Sean Compton]] revealed the new fall 2010 line-up in an October edition of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. It was revealed that for over a year WGN America had been quietly buying hit off-network sitcoms. In September 2010 the hit TV shows ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', and ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'' join the line-up. It was also revealed that ''[[30 Rock]]'' will be joining the line-up in September 2011 along with another sitcom Compton would not reveal. The syndicated edited version of ''[[South Park]]'' recently joined the network's line-up. In a Chicago Tribune article it was mentioned that the network will look entirely different come fall 2010 when the new shows sign on.


On April 1, 2023, overnight drama series and infomercials were replaced with repeats of its evening talk and analysis shows; then on April 24, NewsNation permanently switched to a 24-hour all-news schedule on weekdays consisting of a four-hour rolling afternoon news block, ''NewsNation Now'' (replacing [[police procedural|crime dramas]] in that slot), and an hour-long political news show, ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' (a broadcast extension of the co-owned publication, replacing an hour of the early evening newscast ''NewsNation Rush Hour''). The network also unveiled a new studio at its [[New York City]] bureau (located in the [[Daily News Building]] in [[Midtown Manhattan|Midtown]] [[Manhattan]], where co-operated CW affiliate [[WPIX]], which also christened a separate new studio on that date, operates). Syndicated scripted series acquired under the WGN America brand that remain on the schedule (such as ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'' and ''[[Last Man Standing (American TV series)|Last Man Standing]]'') and time-brokered programs continued to air on weekends outside of prime time.
===Original programming===
On August 21, 2008, it was announced that radio hosts [[The Bob & Tom Show|Bob and Tom]] would join the WGN America line-up on November 3, 2008; the video [[simulcast]] of that show is produced for Tribune's [[Indianapolis]] sister operation [[WXIN]]/[[WTTV]] by B&T flagship station [[WFBQ]].<ref>http://www.wgnamerica.com/bobandtom.html</ref> Originally airing in a standard [[late night television|late night]] slot, it has since been moved to [[graveyard slot|overnights]].


On June 1, 2024, NewsNation expanded its all-news format to weekends, thereby completing its four-year transition into a 24/7 cable news network. NewsNation had gradually replaced non-news programming in weekend morning and daytime slots (consisting of religious and paid programming in the early morning, and marathon blocks of ''Blue Bloods'' — its last remaining entertainment program, which completed its syndication contract the week before the transition — in the late morning and afternoon) with weekend editions of ''Morning in America'', rolling news programs ''NewsNation Live'' and ''NewsNation Now'', and the [[Sunday morning talk show|weekly political talk show]] ''The Hill Sunday'' during the first half of 2024.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nexstar's NewsNation to Become 24/7 Cable News Channel June 1|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nexstar-newsnation-become-24-hour-cable-news-channel-june-1-1235906309/|author=Alex Weprin|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 22, 2024|archive-date=July 2, 2024|access-date=October 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702175223/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nexstar-newsnation-become-24-hour-cable-news-channel-june-1-1235906309/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=NewsNation Expands to 24/7 Cable News Network on June 1|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press/newsnation-24-7-june-1/|website=NewsNation|date=May 22, 2024}}</ref>
On December 19, 2008, WGN America confirmed a deal with [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) to show ''[[WWE Superstars]]'' as a one hour program every week, starting April 16, 2009.<ref name="wwesuperstars">{{cite news|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/wgnamerica|title=WGN America Enters the Ring|date=2008-12-19|accessdate=2008-12-19|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment}}</ref>


After seeing an increase in viewership during its coverage of the disappearance and [[killing of Gabby Petito]] in 2021, NewsNation launched a new series called ''Missing in America'' which focused on [[Missing person|missing persons cases]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-27 |title=NewsNation launches 'Missing in America' series |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/09/27/newsnation-missing-in-america/?og=1 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=NewscastStudio |language=en-US |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419060029/https://www.newscaststudio.com/2021/09/27/newsnation-missing-in-america/?og=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In April 2010, WGN announced it would begin carring [[Earl Pitts (radio character)|Earl Pitts Uhmerikun]], the radio commentary series created by [[Gary Burbank]]. Burbank has long been close with the current Tribune Company management, who approached him about bringing the series to television.<ref>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/04/02/wake-up-wgn-uhmerika-here-comes-earl-pitts/</ref>


Beginning in September 2024, NewsNation began to carry overflow [[CW Sports|sports programming]] from co-owned broadcast network [[The CW]], specifically airing the start of the second game of a [[college football]] doubleheader under the ''[[CW Football Saturday]]'' banner after the first game ran well over its scheduled timeslot or airing the start of the college football game after [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] races runs over its scheduled time slot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nexstar/purdue-oregon-state-game-forced-to-start-on-newsnation.html|title=Purdue-Oregon State game forced to start on… NewsNation?|first=Matt|last=Yoder|work=Awful Announcing|date=September 22, 2024|access-date=September 23, 2024}}</ref> Such usage of news channels for overflow weekend sports content is not unprecedented, as [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox]] has similarly used co-owned [[Fox Business]] for this purpose.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/pac-12-overflow-will-now-go-to-fox-business-not-fs2.html|title=Pac-12 overflow will now go to Fox Business, not FS2, but that wasn't the league's biggest issue|date=May 15, 2018|work=Awful Announcing|access-date=2018-05-18|language=en-US|archive-date=April 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420233857/https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/pac-12-overflow-will-now-go-to-fox-business-not-fs2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
WGN America also simulcasts or airs on a delayed basis many Chicago-based programs produced by WGN's local department, such as local parades, event coverage, or retrospective shows on WGN's past.


On November 6, 2024, NewsNation and its partner [[Decision Desk HQ]] were the first to call the [[2024 United States presidential election]] for [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-05 |title=NewsNation is first TV network to call presidential race for Trump thanks to Decision Desk HQ |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/newsnation-is-first-tv-network-to-call-presidential-race-for-trump-thanks-to-decision-desk-hq/ar-AA1tBgt5 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=MSN |language=en-US |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203065914/https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/newsnation-is-first-tv-network-to-call-presidential-race-for-trump-thanks-to-decision-desk-hq/ar-AA1tBgt5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Newscasts and other WGN-TV programming===
WGN America's national feed does not carry the ''[[WGN Morning News]]'' (it is claimed that the newscast was dropped in 1996 due to SyndEx rules on some segments), the 11 a.m.-noon portion of the ''WGN Midday News'' or the 5 p.m. newscast (there is no known reason why the 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. newscasts are not cleared on the superstation feed; these newscasts are however carried via live streaming on WGNTV.com), but it does air the Noon-1 p.m. portion of its midday newscast and the 9 p.m. newscast (all times [[Central Time Zone (Americas)|Central]]) and the Sunday night sports highlight show ''Instant Replay''. The [[Illinois State Lottery|Illinois Lottery]] weekday midday (around 12:40 p.m./CT) and nightly (around 9:20 p.m./CT) drawings during the respective newscasts, and the Tuesday and Friday night [[Mega Millions]] and Wednesday and Saturday night [[Powerball]] multi-state lottery drawings airing immediately after the 9 p.m. news also air on WGN America.


====Coverage of UFO issues====
Currently, WGN America airs a total of 12 hours of newscasts from WGN-TV each week (two hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays); however, the nightly newscast is occasionally pre-empted on WGN America due to certain sporting events airing on WGN-TV that are not cleared to air outside of Chicago or if a primetime movie on WGN America runs past 10:00PM/ET, even while a newscast airs on WGN-TV; an episode of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (either one from the 2001-present [[Tom Bergeron]] run airing at 10:00PM/ET if the newscast is preempted outside of Chicago due to a sporting event not cleared to air on WGN America or one from the 1997-1999 [[Daisy Fuentes]]-[[John Fugelsang]] run if a primetime movie ends at 10:30PM/ET) will typically air in its place in the event the newscast is to be preempted.
In 2023, NewsNation gained significant attention for its focus on [[UFO]] issues,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Meet the little-known cable TV network that's cashing in on renewed interest in UFOs |url=https://fortune.com/2023/07/14/meet-the-little-known-cable-tv-network-thats-cashing-in-on-renewed-interest-in-ufos-aden-ikram/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Fortune |language=en |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224191450/https://fortune.com/2023/07/14/meet-the-little-known-cable-tv-network-thats-cashing-in-on-renewed-interest-in-ufos-aden-ikram/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which it devotes more coverage to than most other cable news networks.<ref name=":1" /> ''Fortune'' stated that NewsNation's coverage was "normalizing [[UAPs]] by going where no network has gone before" in "sharp contrast" to traditional media's skeptical coverage towards UFO claims.<ref name=":2" /> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' said NewsNation had found a "viewership niche" in UFO coverage. UFO journalist [[Ross Coulthart]]'s interview with UFO whistleblower [[David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims|David Grusch]] in June 2023 earned high ratings for the network.<ref name=":1" /> NewsNation's interview with Grusch was repeatedly cited during a [[United States Congress]] UFO Hearing in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |title=Upstart NewsNation Cited Repeatedly During Congress' UFO Hearing |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/upstart-newsnation-cited-repeatedly-during-congress-ufo-hearing/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=Adweek |language=en-US |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224191450/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/upstart-newsnation-cited-repeatedly-during-congress-ufo-hearing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> NewsNation president Michael Corn told ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'': "We are a news organization that doesn't dismiss or shy away from any story. Grusch's claims are serious and fascinating–any way you slice it, that's news."<ref name=":2" /> NewsNation was forced to issue corrections after incorrectly claiming that ''[[The Intercept]]'' had obtained leaked information regarding Grusch's mental health.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |date=2023-09-06 |title=For cable news, UFO story has ratings payoff — and reporting pitfalls |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/18/newsnation-ufo-david-grusch-intercept-coulthart/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818175750/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/18/newsnation-ufo-david-grusch-intercept-coulthart/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


====Hosting a forum of 2024 Democratic Party presidential candidates====
Other local programs carried on the local Chicago area feed that are also carried on the Superstation feed include the Saturday morning public affairs programs ''Adelante, Chicago'' and ''[[People to People International|People to People]]'', select movies (though they are aired in different timeslots than they air on WGN-TV Chicago) and the annual ''[[Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon]]''.
On January 12, 2024, NewsNation hosted a forum featuring 2024 Democratic Party presidential candidates for the party’s nomination, including [[U.S. Representative]] [[Dean Phillips]], [[Marianne Williamson]], and [[Cenk Uygur]]. President [[Joe Biden]] was invited but did not attend. The discussion was moderated by [[Dan Abrams]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Democratic candidates offer visions for US as Biden alternative|website=NewsNation|date=January 12, 2024|access-date=December 5, 2024|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democratic-presidential-candidates-forum/|last=Wornell|first=Tyler|archive-date=January 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113020239/https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democratic-presidential-candidates-forum/|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Availability==
===Sports programming===
NewsNation is available on most multichannel television providers (including cable, satellite, IPTV and [[optical fibre|fiber-optic]]-based services) within the United States. However, the channel continues to have somewhat scattershot coverage (outside of satellite distribution) in portions of the Western United States and much of the [[New England]] region. Moreover, some multichannel providers in various markets where Tribune Broadcasting had owned a television station prior to the closure of the group's purchase by Nexstar do not carry NewsNation. In the [[Chicago metropolitan area]], NewsNation is carried by the three major cable television providers serving the immediate area (Comcast Xfinity, [[RCN Corporation|RCN]] and [[Wide Open West|WOW!]]) and streaming providers, in addition to the WGN-TV broadcast signal.
WGN America airs all [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]] baseball games televised on WGN-TV's local Chicago feed, as well as a select amount of [[Chicago Bulls|Bulls]] basketball games. Due to [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] broadcast rights restrictions, most Bulls games contracted to air on [[WGN-TV]] are seen in the Chicago area only; WGN America airs movies and other syndicated programming instead. With former superstation [[TBS (TV channel)|TBS]] having moved its national broadcasts of the [[Atlanta Braves]] to its local Atlanta [[WPCH-TV]] feed in 2008, it leaves WGN as the only superstation broadcasting local sports to a national audience.<ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002802979|1</ref> WGN gained the over-the-air rights for the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in 2008; however, these games are exclusive to WGN-TV and syndicated programming or movies air in its place on WGN America as these games are not cleared to air nationally (this is despite the fact that many Chicago Blackhawks games are not aired often on other cable channel outlets nationally to a wide audience, except for on the [[NHL Center Ice]] [[pay-per-view]] package and select telecasts on NBC, [[NHL Network]], [[Versus (TV channel)|Versus]].


==WGN in Canada==
=== Streaming ===
NewsNation streams on [[YouTube TV]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 1, 2020|title=NewsNation, WGN America coming to YouTube TV in January 2021|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/newsnation-wgn-america-coming-to-youtube-tv-in-january-2021/|access-date=December 30, 2020|website=NewsNation Now|language=en-US|archive-date=December 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227110831/https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/newsnation-wgn-america-coming-to-youtube-tv-in-january-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sling TV]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 25, 2020|title=NewsNation, WGN America joins Sling TV in 2021 as Nexstar Media Group and Dish Network reach multi-year deal|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/newsnation-wgn-america-joins-sling-tv-in-2021-as-nexstar-media-group-and-dish-network-reach-multi-year-deal/|access-date=December 30, 2020|website=NewsNation Now|language=en-US|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193706/https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/newsnation-wgn-america-joins-sling-tv-in-2021-as-nexstar-media-group-and-dish-network-reach-multi-year-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hulu]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 18, 2020|title=NewsNation, WGN America joins Hulu in 2021|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/newsnation-wgn-america-joins-hulu-in-2021/|access-date=December 30, 2020|website=NewsNation Now|language=en-US|archive-date=December 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218173411/https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/newsnation-wgn-america-joins-hulu-in-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[DirecTV Stream]], and [[FuboTV]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 11, 2020|title=NewsNation, WGN America coming to fuboTV in January 2021|url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/newsnation-wgn-america-coming-to-fubotv-in-january-2021/|access-date=December 30, 2020|website=NewsNation Now|language=en-US|archive-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103024355/https://www.newsnationnow.com/press-release/newsnation-wgn-america-coming-to-fubotv-in-january-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On January 17, 2007, many cable systems in Canada, as well as Star Choice (now [[Shaw Direct]]), switched to the WGN-TV Chicago feed, duplicating CW Network and many syndicated programs already available on other channels. This is a result of [[Shaw Broadcast Services]] (the main supplier of the WGN feed in Canada) switching to the local feed. It is believed that the switch was made to avoid fees required to carry Superstation WGN. WGN America continues to be carried on other cable systems in Canada (such as [[Manitoba Telecom Services|MTS TV]]), however [[Bell TV]] has been carrying the WGN-TV Chicago feed for several years.


==WGN America HD==
=== Radio ===
On September 1, 2020, at the same time ''NewsNation'' was launched, the NewsNation brand expanded to radio by broadcasting its 2-minute top-of-the-hour news headlines on [[WGN (AM)|WGN 720 AM]]. These audio newscasts are also available to listen nationally on the radio section of the network's website and app.<ref>[https://www.newsnationnow.com/radio/ Radio updates from WGN Radio on NewsNation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813013729/https://www.newsnationnow.com/radio/ |date=August 13, 2021 }} (accessed August 14, 2021)</ref>
'''WGN America HD''' is a [[High-definition television|high definition]] simulcast of WGN America, broadcasting programming available in HD in the [[1080i]] picture format. [[Chicago Cubs|Cubs]] and [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]] baseball, [[Chicago Bulls|Bulls]] basketball, ''[[WWE Superstars]]'' and WGN noon and 9 p.m. newscasts are currently broadcast in high definition. WGN-TV began broadcasting its newscasts in high definition on July 19, 2008. It is available on [[Cox Communications]], [[Comcast]], [[AT&T U-verse]], [[Verizon FiOS]], [[Dish Network]] and other select cable providers. On April 19, 2010, [[DirecTV]] announced that it would be carrying the HD feed of WGN America as part of a new lineup of HD channels to be rolled out beginning in May of that year. <ref> [http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/article.jsp?assetId=P6770018 DIRECTV Extends Its HD lead With Over 160 HD Channels] DirecTV Press Release April 20, 2010</ref>

==Slogans==
*''Chicago's Very Own'' (1983–present; used during WGN newscasts)
*''Entertaining America'' (1997–2001)
*''It's Great to Be Home'' (2005–2008)
*''TV You Can't Ignore'' (2008–2009)
*''Everywhere America Calls Home'' (2009–present)
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==See also==
* [[WGN-TV]]
* [[WGN (AM)|WGN Radio 720]]
* [[List of DirecTV channels]]
* [[List of Dish Network channels]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{official|http://www.wgnamerica.com}}
*{{official website}}
{{NewsNation|state=expanded}}
* [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/10/sitcomsonlinecom-exclusive-interview.html Interview with WGN America]
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{{Chicago TV}}
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{{Authority control}}
{{Sports television in the United States}}
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Latest revision as of 03:20, 18 December 2024

This article is about the cable television channel formerly known as WGN America. For other uses, see News Nation (disambiguation).

NewsNation
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerNexstar Media Group
Key people
  • Sean Compton (President, Networks: Nexstar Media Group)[1][2]
  • Michael Corn (President)[3]
  • Cherie Grzech (Vice President of News and Managing Editor)[3][4]
Sister channels
History
LaunchedNovember 9, 1978; 46 years ago (1978-11-09) as WGN-TV[5][6]
March 1, 2021 (as NewsNation)
ReplacedWGN America
Links
Websitewww.newsnationnow.com Edit this at Wikidata
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, FuboTV, Sling TV, Vidgo

NewsNation is an American cable news network owned by Nexstar Media Group.

Known for most of its history as Superstation WGN before becoming WGN America in 2008, it relaunched on March 1, 2021, as a cable news network named after its flagship news program. The channel's relaunch came as part of a planned expansion of its news programming.[7] The channel continued to carry some entertainment programming held over from WGN America on weekends, but this was discontinued in July 2024. After their subsequent acquisitions by Nexstar, The Hill and broadcast network The CW have also collaborated with NewsNation on content.

In September 2018, the channel, then WGN America, was received by approximately 80 million households that subscribed to a pay television service throughout the United States (or 62.7% of households with at least one television set).[8]

The channel has publicly claimed to be centrist.

History

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Main article: WGN America

As a superstation

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WGN America was established on November 9, 1978, when United Video Inc. began redistributing the signal of WGN-TV (channel 9) in Chicago to cable and satellite subscribers throughout the United States. This expanded the prominent independent station into America's second satellite-distributed national "superstation", after Atlanta-based WTBS became TBS.[9][10]

As the national feed of WGN-TV, the channel broadcast a variety of programming seen on the Chicago signal, including sports (mainly Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball, as well as Chicago Bulls basketball games); locally originated news, children's, religious and public affairs programs; movies; and syndicated series. Through the 1980s, the WGN local and national feeds maintained nearly identical program schedules, aside from some sporting events that were restricted to the Chicago-area signal under league policy restrictions. After the January 1990 re-imposition of federal syndication exclusivity regulations, programming between the two feeds increasingly deviated as the WGN national feed incorporated alternative syndicated programming to replace shows on the WGN-TV schedule that were subjected to market-exclusivity claims by individual television stations, and some local programs that the national feed chose not to clear; particularly from the late 2000s onward, as the WGN Chicago signal began expanding its local news programming and added lifestyle programs to its schedule.

On December 13, 2014, WGN America was converted by Tribune into a conventional basic cable network, at which time cable providers within the Chicago market started to offer it alongside its existing local carriage on satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network. Simulcasts of WGN-TV's Chicago-originated local newscasts, news specials and public affairs programs, special events and sports telecasts – with the exception of a one-hour simulcast of WGN-TV's morning news program that was carried early weekday mornings during the transitional period – immediately ceased being shown on a national basis the day prior, while WGN-TV maintained a separate schedule of local and syndicated programs exclusively catering to the Chicago market. The channel began to focus squarely on acquired programming, including shows held over from its superstation era, and by 2015, began to incorporate a limited schedule of original drama and reality series.[11][12]

Conversion to cable news channel

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WGN America logo, used from January 2014 until it was renamed as NewsNation in March 2021

On September 1, 2020, WGN America launched a three-hour-long prime time newscast, NewsNation, which began development in October 2019, when Nexstar management commissioned research from television subscribers that determined a share of survey participants were dissatisfied with opinion-based programming on cable news channels such as CNN (which had previously offered straight news programming within its evening lineup, before shifting further into personality-based programming in the mid-2010s), MSNBC (which gravitated toward liberal opinion/talk programs beginning in 2008), and Fox News (developed in 1996 with a conservative-leaning format).[13][14] The program draws partly from the broadcast and digital resources of Nexstar's television stations (including those acquired by Tribune Media, in addition to WGN America, several months prior). NewsNation boasts the resources of "over 5,000 journalists in 200 newsrooms across America."[15]

During December 2020 and January 2021, Nexstar reached carriage agreements that added WGN America to virtual multichannel television providers YouTube TV (reached on December 1),[16] FuboTV (reached on December 11),[17] Hulu (reached on December 18),[18] Sling TV (reached on December 24, through a broader agreement with Sling parent Dish Network which ended a three-week impasse in which the satellite provider lost access to Nexstar's broadcast stations)[19] and Vidgo (reached on January 14)[20] to expand the channel beyond its existing wireline and satellite distribution footprint, and increase exposure for NewsNation. (AT&T TV had already carried the channel since October 2019).[21]

Expansion of news programming

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On January 25, 2021, Nexstar Media Group announced that it would relaunch WGN America under the NewsNation brand on March 1, cutting all ties with the WGN brand after 43 years.[7] The name change coincided with a gradual expansion of its news programming: expanding to nine hours per day (from six), the revised news schedule is fronted by a splintered expansion of the flagship NewsNation broadcast (adding an hour-long early evening edition, alongside the existing and now reduced two-hour NewsNation Prime) and two host-centered news and interview programs anchored respectively by Joe Donlon and Ashleigh Banfield. NewsNation reduced its schedule of entertainment programs acquired by the channel under the WGN America moniker in daytime and some overnight slots; beginning with the launch of a morning news program in 2021, the acquired entertainment shows were replaced with additional news content once syndication contracts expired.[22][23]

NewsNation was developed under the management of Sean Compton, who was promoted to executive vice president of WGN America upon completion of the Nexstar purchase, and former WGN-TV news director Jennifer Lyons, who was reassigned by Nexstar to serve as WGN America's vice president of news.[24] However, since its launch, NewsNation has been accused of having a rightward tilt due to its guests and for hiring former Fox News Channel chief and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bill Shine as a consultant. The news director and managing editor quit following the disclosure of Shine's role in February 2021.[25] Lyons announced her resignation in March amid the controversy and continued low ratings.[26] Amid dissension from NewsNation staffers, Nexstar's CEO affirmed the schedule to convert NewsNation into an "all-news, talk, and opinion" channel by 2023.[27]

In May 2021, Nexstar hired Michael Corn, the senior executive producer of Good Morning America, as its news director to replace Lyons.[28] Corn then named Fox News vice president Cherie Grzech as managing editor.[29] Later that year, NewsNation premiered more opinion programming hosted by cable news veterans Leland Vittert and Dan Abrams, as well as a morning show hosted by former ABC News presenter Adrienne Bankert.[30]

On October 3, 2022, former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who was terminated for advising his brother, New York governor Andrew Cuomo, about how to deal with various scandals, joined the network with an evening program called Cuomo to replace NewsNation Prime, thus fully converting evening programming to personality-driven opinion and analysis shows.[31] News contributors include former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and Washington Post columnist George Will.[32]

On April 1, 2023, overnight drama series and infomercials were replaced with repeats of its evening talk and analysis shows; then on April 24, NewsNation permanently switched to a 24-hour all-news schedule on weekdays consisting of a four-hour rolling afternoon news block, NewsNation Now (replacing crime dramas in that slot), and an hour-long political news show, The Hill (a broadcast extension of the co-owned publication, replacing an hour of the early evening newscast NewsNation Rush Hour). The network also unveiled a new studio at its New York City bureau (located in the Daily News Building in Midtown Manhattan, where co-operated CW affiliate WPIX, which also christened a separate new studio on that date, operates). Syndicated scripted series acquired under the WGN America brand that remain on the schedule (such as Blue Bloods and Last Man Standing) and time-brokered programs continued to air on weekends outside of prime time.

On June 1, 2024, NewsNation expanded its all-news format to weekends, thereby completing its four-year transition into a 24/7 cable news network. NewsNation had gradually replaced non-news programming in weekend morning and daytime slots (consisting of religious and paid programming in the early morning, and marathon blocks of Blue Bloods — its last remaining entertainment program, which completed its syndication contract the week before the transition — in the late morning and afternoon) with weekend editions of Morning in America, rolling news programs NewsNation Live and NewsNation Now, and the weekly political talk show The Hill Sunday during the first half of 2024.[33][34]

After seeing an increase in viewership during its coverage of the disappearance and killing of Gabby Petito in 2021, NewsNation launched a new series called Missing in America which focused on missing persons cases.[35]

Beginning in September 2024, NewsNation began to carry overflow sports programming from co-owned broadcast network The CW, specifically airing the start of the second game of a college football doubleheader under the CW Football Saturday banner after the first game ran well over its scheduled timeslot or airing the start of the college football game after NASCAR Xfinity Series races runs over its scheduled time slot.[36] Such usage of news channels for overflow weekend sports content is not unprecedented, as Fox has similarly used co-owned Fox Business for this purpose.[37]

On November 6, 2024, NewsNation and its partner Decision Desk HQ were the first to call the 2024 United States presidential election for Donald Trump.[38]

Coverage of UFO issues

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In 2023, NewsNation gained significant attention for its focus on UFO issues,[39][40] which it devotes more coverage to than most other cable news networks.[39] Fortune stated that NewsNation's coverage was "normalizing UAPs by going where no network has gone before" in "sharp contrast" to traditional media's skeptical coverage towards UFO claims.[40] The Washington Post said NewsNation had found a "viewership niche" in UFO coverage. UFO journalist Ross Coulthart's interview with UFO whistleblower David Grusch in June 2023 earned high ratings for the network.[39] NewsNation's interview with Grusch was repeatedly cited during a United States Congress UFO Hearing in July 2023.[41] NewsNation president Michael Corn told Fortune: "We are a news organization that doesn't dismiss or shy away from any story. Grusch's claims are serious and fascinating–any way you slice it, that's news."[40] NewsNation was forced to issue corrections after incorrectly claiming that The Intercept had obtained leaked information regarding Grusch's mental health.[39]

Hosting a forum of 2024 Democratic Party presidential candidates

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On January 12, 2024, NewsNation hosted a forum featuring 2024 Democratic Party presidential candidates for the party’s nomination, including U.S. Representative Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson, and Cenk Uygur. President Joe Biden was invited but did not attend. The discussion was moderated by Dan Abrams.[42]

Availability

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NewsNation is available on most multichannel television providers (including cable, satellite, IPTV and fiber-optic-based services) within the United States. However, the channel continues to have somewhat scattershot coverage (outside of satellite distribution) in portions of the Western United States and much of the New England region. Moreover, some multichannel providers in various markets where Tribune Broadcasting had owned a television station prior to the closure of the group's purchase by Nexstar do not carry NewsNation. In the Chicago metropolitan area, NewsNation is carried by the three major cable television providers serving the immediate area (Comcast Xfinity, RCN and WOW!) and streaming providers, in addition to the WGN-TV broadcast signal.

Streaming

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NewsNation streams on YouTube TV,[43] Sling TV,[44] Hulu,[45] DirecTV Stream, and FuboTV.[46]

Radio

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On September 1, 2020, at the same time NewsNation was launched, the NewsNation brand expanded to radio by broadcasting its 2-minute top-of-the-hour news headlines on WGN 720 AM. These audio newscasts are also available to listen nationally on the radio section of the network's website and app.[47]

References

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