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'{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Short description|American television and radio broadcast company (1924–2019)}} {{Infobox company | name = Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC | logo = Tribune Broadcasting 2014.png | logo_size = 200px | fate = Acquired by [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar]] | successor = [[Nexstar Media Group]] | former_names = {{ubl|WGN Incorporated|(1924–1966)|WGN Continental Broadcasting Company|(1966–1981)}} | type = [[Subsidiary]] | industry = {{ubl|[[Terrestrial television|Broadcast television]]|[[Terrestrial radio|radio]]}} | founded = {{Start date and age|1924}} | defunct = {{Start date and age|2019|9|19}} | hq_location = 515 North State Street | hq_location_city = Chicago, Illinois | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = United States | key_people = {{ubl|[[Peter Liguori]]|([[President (corporate title)|President]]/[[Chief executive officer|CEO]],|Tribune Media)|Larry Wert| (President, Tribune Broadcasting)}} | parent = [[Tribune Media]] | divisions = [[Tribune Entertainment#Tribune Studios|Tribune Studios]] | website = {{URL|http://www.tribunemedia.com}} | footnotes = <ref>[http://www.tribunemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Complaint-for-Damages-Tribune-v-Sinclair_accepted.pdf Complaint for Damages] Tribune v. Sinclair.</ref> }} '''Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC''' was an American [[media company]] which operated as a subsidiary of [[Tribune Media]], a media conglomerate based in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. The group owned and operated [[television station|television]] and [[radio]] stations throughout the United States, as well as full- or partial-ownership of [[cable television]] and national [[digital subchannel]] networks. == History == [[File:Tribune Broadcasting.PNG|200px|thumb|right|Tribune Broadcasting logo used from 1995 to August 4, 2014.]] Tribune's broadcasting unit originated with the June 1924 purchase of Chicago, Illinois, radio station WDAP by the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. The new owners changed the station's call letters to [[WGN (AM)|WGN]], to match the ''Tribune''{{'}}s slogan, "World's Greatest Newspaper" first used by ''Tribune'' in a February 1909 feature commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of [[Abraham Lincoln]] and then served as the newspaper's motto from August 29, 1911, until December 31, 1976.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420265&view=1up&seq=384 "Alterations and Corrections"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', August 1, 1924, page 6.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='World's Greatest'--1911-1976|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-06-08-9706300085-story.html|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 8, 1997|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> On September 13, 1946, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) granted Tribune license to operate a television station on channel 9 in Chicago and then signed-on a television station in Chicago, [[WGN-TV]] on April 5, 1948, initially as a dual affiliate of [[CBS]] and the [[DuMont Television Network]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Actions of the FCC|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/46-OCR/1946-09-23-BC-OCR-Page-0073.pdf|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting-Telecasting]]|via=American Radio History|page=73|date=September 23, 1946|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WGN-TV; 100,000 Saw Inaugural, 'Tribune' Estimates|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/48-OCR/1948-04-12-BC-OCR-Page-0035.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting-Telecasting|via=American Radio History|page=35|date=April 12, 1948|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=WGN-TV Makes Debut Tonight with Big Show|url=https://twotonbaker.com/2ton/clips/480405.htm|author=Larry Wolters|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|via=TwoTonBaker.com|date=April 5, 1948|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WGN's opening night: McCormick, a mayor and marionettes|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/wgns-opening-night-mccormick-a-mayor-and-marionettes|author=Robert Feder|website=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Chicago]]|publisher=Time Out Media Group|date=August 8, 2012|access-date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321200645/https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/wgns-opening-night-mccormick-a-mayor-and-marionettes|url-status=dead}}</ref> Two months later, the ''Tribune''{{'}}s then-sibling newspaper in [[New York City]], the ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'', established its own television station, [[Independent station|independent]] [[WPIX]].<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-06-14-BC.pdf#page=27 "WPIX inaugural, TV station to have glittering debut."] ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting - Telecasting]]'', June 14, 1948, pg. 27.</ref> WGN-TV became an independent outlet by 1956, and would eventually morph into a pioneering national [[superstation]] on November 9, 1978, as its signal was linked to cable and satellite customers across America. After McCormick succumbed from [[pneumonia]]-related complications on April 1, 1955, ownership of WGN-TV-AM, the ''Chicago Tribune'' and the News Syndicate Company properties would transfer to the McCormick-Patterson Trust, assigned to the [[McCormick Foundation|Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation]] in the names of the non-familial heirs of McCormick (whose two marriages never produced any children) and familial heirs of Patterson. The trust was dissolved in January 1975, with a majority of the trust's former beneficiaries, including descendants of the McCormick and Patterson families, owning stock in the restructured Tribune Company entity – which assumed oversight of all properties previously overseen by the trust – afterward.<ref>{{cite web|title=Col. Robert McCormick Dies; WGN-AM-TV Among Holdings|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-04-04-BC-OCR-Page-0074.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting-Telecasting|via=American Radio History|page=78|date=April 4, 1955|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=McCormick Will Names Five To Head 'Tribune,' Stations|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-04-11-BC-OCR-Page-0102.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting-Telecasting|via=American Radio History|page=102|date=April 11, 1955|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-06-20-BC-OCR-Page-0113.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting-Telecasting|via=American Radio History|page=111|date=June 20, 1955|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/55-OCR/1955-07-18-BC-OCR-Page-0106.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting-Telecasting|via=American Radio History|page=108|date=July 18, 1955|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/74-OCR/1974-12-16-BC-OCR-Page-0048.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting-Telecasting|via=American Radio History|page=48|date=December 16, 1974|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> In subsequent years, the Tribune Company gradually expanded its broadcasting unit, of which WGN-TV-AM served as its [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship stations]], a tie forged in January 1966, when the subsidiary (sans the WPIX television and radio stations, which continued to be controlled by the Tribune-managed News Syndicate Co. before being fully integrated into the company's main station group following its 1991 sale of the ''Daily News'') was renamed the WGN Continental Broadcasting Company. The group became known as the Tribune Broadcasting Company in January 1981, but retained the WGN Continental moniker as its [[doing business as|de facto business name]] until 1984 and as the licensee for WGN-TV and WGN Radio thereafter. The company gained its third television and second radio station in 1960, when it purchased KDAL-TV (now [[KDLH]]) and [[KDAL (AM)]] in [[Duluth, Minnesota]], from the estate of the late Dalton LeMasurier (Tribune sold KDAL-TV in 1978 and KDAL radio in 1981); the company would later purchase KCTO (subsequently re-called [[KWGN-TV]]) in [[Denver]] from [[J. Elroy McCaw]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|title=Changing hands|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/60-OCR/BC-1960-08-22-OCR-Page-0054.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=54|date=August 22, 1960|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WGN Inc. buying VHF in Denver|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/65-OCR/1965-09-06-BC-OCR-Page-0055.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=57|date=September 6, 1965|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref name="b&c-kwgntvtribune">{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1966/1966-03-14-BC.pdf|title=KWGN(TV) starts with a bang|periodical=Broadcasting|date=March 14, 1966|access-date=March 3, 2020|via=American Radio History}}</ref> Tribune's later television purchases included those of [[WANF|WANX-TV]] (later renamed WGNX) in [[Atlanta]] and [[WGNO]] in [[New Orleans]] (both in 1983);<ref>{{cite web|title=Changing hands|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/83-OCR/BC-1983-08-01-OCR-Page-0052.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=52|date=August 1, 1983|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> [[KTLA]] in [[Los Angeles]] (in 1985),<ref>{{cite web|title=$510 million's the mark to beat now|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-05-20-OCR-Page-0037.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=37|date=May 20, 1985|access-date=March 20, 2019}}<br>{{cite web|title=$510 million's the mark to beat now|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-05-20-OCR-Page-0038.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=38|date=May 20, 1985|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> [[WPHL-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]] (in 1992).<ref>{{cite web|title=Changing hands|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/91-OCR/BC-1991-11-18-OCR-Page-0075.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting|via=American Radio History|page=73|date=November 18, 1991|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> [[WLVI-TV]] in [[Boston]] (owned from 1994 to 2006);<ref>{{cite web|title=Shoring up for the fifth|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/93-OCR/BC-1993-11-08-Page-0043.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=43|date=November 8, 1993|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> KHTV (now [[KIAH]]) in [[Houston]] (in 1995);<ref>{{cite web|title=Tribune buys Houston U for WB|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-09-18-OCR-Page-0016.pdf|author=Elizabeth Rathbun|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=16|date=September 18, 1995|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> KTTY (now [[KSWB-TV]]) in [[San Diego]] (in 1996);<ref>{{cite web|title=Tribune's $70.5 million takes San Diego UHF|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-09-04-OCR-Page-0007.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=7|date=September 4, 1995|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> [[KCPQ]] and KTWB-TV (now [[KZJO]]) in [[Seattle]] (in 1998 and 1999, respectively);<ref>{{cite web|title=Changing Hands|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/98-OCR/BC-1998-09-28-OCR-Page-0054.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=54|date=September 28, 1998|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Duopoly: Wheeling starts; dealing to come|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/99-OCR/BC-1999-08-16-OCR-Page-0008.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=8|date=August 16, 1999|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> and WBDC-TV (now [[WDCW]]) in [[Washington, D.C.]] (in 1999).<ref>{{cite web|title=Duopoly: New rules spark CBS-Viacom talk|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/99-OCR/BC-1999-08-23-OCR-Page-0008.pdf|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|via=American Radio History|page=8|date=August 23, 1999|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> WGN-TV and WPIX were the only stations that Tribune had owned since their inceptions. Tribune also operated several local [[cable television]] systems from 1977 to 1985. In 1993, Tribune launched [[Chicagoland Television]] (CLTV), a regional cable news channel for the [[Chicago metropolitan area|Chicago area]], which originally operated separately from the company's other Chicago media properties until it merged its operations with WGN-TV's news department in 2009. In November 1994, Tribune Broadcasting formed a partnership with several minority partners, including [[Quincy Jones]], to form Qwest Broadcasting; Qwest operated as a technically separate company from Tribune (which owned stations in a few markets where Tribune-owned stations, including [[WATL]] in Atlanta, which was operated alongside Tribune-owned WGNX);<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233539/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15893274.html Tribune, minority group on TV station Qwest; new company's first buys are WATL-TV Atlanta and WNOL-TV New Orleans], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', November 21, 1994.</ref> Tribune would later acquire the Qwest stations outright in November 1999.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233400/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4514910.html BREAKFAST BRIEFING // CHICAGO], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', November 10, 1999.</ref> In January 1995, Tribune Broadcasting became a partner in [[The WB]] Television Network, in a [[joint venture]] with the [[Warner Bros. Television]] division of [[Time Warner]].<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRIBUNE+BROADCASTING+JOINS+WITH+WARNER+BROS.+TO+LAUNCH+FIFTH...-a014268087/ Tribune Broadcasting Joins with Warner Bros. to Launch Fifth Television Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022044827/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRIBUNE+BROADCASTING+JOINS+WITH+WARNER+BROS.+TO+LAUNCH+FIFTH...-a014268087/ |date=October 22, 2012 }}, ''TheFreeLibrary.com''. Retrieved October 12, 2010.</ref> Tribune initially had a 12.5% ownership interest in the network at its launch and later increased its stake to 22%. In addition, partly as a result of a November 1993 affiliation deal with the network, most of Tribune's television properties were WB affiliates. On July 2, 1996, Tribune acquired [[Renaissance Broadcasting]], which owned [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]- and WB-affiliated stations in several large and mid-sized markets.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233303/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-83951383.html Tribune Co. Looks to Boost Role in TV with Offer for Six Stations], ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]'', July 2, 1996.</ref> On January 24, 2006, Time Warner announced that it would partner with [[CBS Corporation]] to form a new network that would feature The WB and CBS-owned [[UPN]]'s higher-rated shows mixed with newer series, called [[The CW]] Television Network. All but three of Tribune's 19 WB affiliates became affiliates of The CW on September 18, 2006, through ten-year agreements (the exceptions were in Philadelphia, Seattle and Atlanta, due to The CW affiliating with CBS-owned stations in those markets), though Tribune itself would not exercise an ownership stake in The CW as it did with The WB.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/upn-and-wb-to-combine-forming-new-tv-network.html|title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=January 24, 2006|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In April 2007, Tribune's broadcasting interests were included in the sale of the entire company to Chicago investor [[Sam Zell]], who planned take the publicly traded company private. The deal was completed on December 20, 2007.<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/2007/04/02/news/companies/tribune_zell/ Zell buys Tribune Co., Cubs to be sold], ''[[CNNMoney]]'', April 3, 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2013.</ref> On December 21, 2007, Tribune and [[Oak Hill Capital Partners]]-controlled [[Local TV LLC|Local TV, LLC]] announced plans to collaborate in the formation of a "broadcast management company" (later named The Other Company); its [[Tribune Interactive]] division also operated the websites of its stations as part of the partnership.<ref name=trib-schurz-local>{{cite web|title=Tribune Interactive, Schurz in Web Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/41314/tribune-interactive-schurz-in-web-deal?ref=search|publisher=TVNewsCheck|access-date=July 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/98399-Radio_Daze_Tribune_Gang_Sets_Out_to_Reinvent_TV.php Radio Daze: Tribune Gang Sets Out to Reinvent TV], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', April 13, 2008.</ref><ref name="tribune-ltvpartnership">{{cite press release| title = Tribune and Local TV to Form Broadcast Management Company| publisher = Tribune Company | date = December 20, 2007 | access-date = December 21, 2007| url = http://www.tribune.com/pressroom/releases/2007/12212007.html}}</ref> On December 8, 2008, Tribune announced that it would voluntarily restructure its debt obligations, as part of its filing for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection]] in the [[United States Bankruptcy Court]]. As the company had sufficient funds to do so, Tribune continued to operate its newspaper publishing and broadcasting, and interactive businesses without interruption during the restructuring.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Tribune Company to Voluntarily Restructure Debt Under Chapter 11| publisher = Tribune Company | date = December 8, 2008| access-date = December 8, 2008| url = http://www.tribune.com/pressroom/releases/2008/12082008.html| quote = Tribune Company to Voluntarily Restructure Debt Under Chapter 11. Publishing, Interactive and Broadcasting Businesses to Continue Operations. Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field Not Part of Chapter 11 Filing; Monetization Efforts to Continue}}</ref> On January 1, 2011, Tribune launched the digital broadcast network [[Antenna TV]], a service that features a variety of classic television series, including programming from [[Sony Pictures Television]] and D.L. Taffner Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/456533-Tribune_Launching_Classic_TV_Multicast_Network.php|title=Tribune Launching Classic TV Multicast Network|last=Albiniak|first=Paige|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=August 30, 2010|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref> On May 13, 2013, Tribune announced that it would buy a 50% stake in the [[This TV]] digital broadcast network from fellow Chicago-based media company [[Weigel Broadcasting]]; Tribune took over operational duties for the network on November 1, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/493485-Tribune_Replaces_Weigel_As_Partner_on_This_TV.php|title=Tribune Replaces Weigel As Partner on This TV|last=Malone|first=Michael|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=May 14, 2013|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref> ===Split and subsequent transactions=== On July 1, 2013, Tribune announced that it would purchase the 19 stations owned by Local TV, LLC outright for $2.725 billion; the purchase expanded the number of [[Big Three television networks|Big Three]] network affiliates in its portfolio from one to 10 (most of Tribune's television stations prior to the purchase had either been independent stations or from 1995 onward, affiliates of networks that have launched since 1986; New Orleans station WGNO (channel 26) – an ABC affiliate – was Tribune's only station affiliated with one of the three pre-1986 networks prior to the purchase), as well as form [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopolies]] involving stations in Denver and [[St. Louis]] where the two companies maintained [[local marketing agreement]]s.<ref name=tribune-localtv>{{cite web|title=Acquisition to make Tribune Co. largest U.S. TV station operator|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-tribune-buying-local-tv-20130701,0,3402241.story|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> In order to prevent conflicts with newspaper cross-ownership restrictions (specifically, with ''[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]'' and ''[[The Morning Call]]''), three stations involved in the acquisition – the [[Norfolk, Virginia]], duopoly of [[WTKR]] (channel 3) and [[WGNT]] (channel 27), and [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], station [[WNEP-TV]] (channel 16) – were sold to Dreamcatcher Broadcasting and are operated by Tribune under shared services agreements (Tribune has an option to purchase WNEP after the publishing/broadcasting split,<ref name="bandc-dreamcatcher">{{cite web|title=Tribune to Put Local TV's WNEP Scranton, Norfolk Stations Up for Sale|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/494770-Tribune_to_Put_Local_TV_s_WNEP_Scranton_Norfolk_Stations_Up_for_Sale.php|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=July 29, 2013}}</ref> although such a transfer may be complicated by possible FCC action on a proposal to end a "discount" in television station ownership limits that count UHF stations to half a percentage to a group's overall market reach, which would put Tribune just over the current limit of 39%, under which the company's current station holdings after the Local TV purchase would be [[grandfather clause|grandfathered]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/25/entertainment/la-et-ct-fcc-uhf-discount-20130925|title=FCC expected to propose dropping UHF discount from TV ownership caps|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=September 25, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 16, 2019|issn=0458-3035}}</ref>). The Federal Communications Commission approved the acquisition on December 20,<ref>[http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20131220/NEWS06/131229986/tribune-set-to-become-biggest-commercial-tv-owner-in-u-s FCC OKs Tribune Co.'s agreement to buy Local TV Holdings], ''[[Crain's Chicago Business]]'', December 20, 2013.</ref> and the sale was completed one week later on December 27.<ref>[http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?p=6470 Company Completes Final Steps of Transaction Announced in July] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228101139/http://corporate.tribune.com/pressroom/?p=6470 |date=December 28, 2013 }}, Tribune Company, December 27, 2013</ref> === Aborted merger with Sinclair; acquisition by Nexstar === On February 29, 2016, Tribune Media announced that it would review various "strategic alternatives" to increase the company's value to shareholders, which include a possible sale of the entire company and/or select assets, or the formation of programming alliances or strategic partnerships with other companies, due to the decrease in its stock price since the Tribune Publishing spin-off and a $385 million revenue write-down for the 2015 fiscal year, partly due to original scripted programming expenditures for WGN America since it converted the cable network from a superstation in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tribune-media-sale-120178095/|title=Tribune Media to Explore Sale of Company or Assets, Takes $385 Million Write-Down|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=March 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/tribune-media-for-sale-hires-financial-advisers-1201711430/|title=Tribune Media Hangs Up "For Sale" Sign With Hiring Of Financial Advisers|last=Lieberman|first=David|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 29, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/92850/tribune-faces-a-future-filled-with-options|title=Is This The End Of Tribune Broadcasting?|last=Jessell|first=Harry|work=TVNewsCheck|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/tribune-media-asset-sales-affect-cw-affiliation-negotiations-1201714771/|title=Tribune Media's Cash Search Shouldn't Affect CW Negotiations, Analysts Say|last=Lieberman|first=David|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> With the FCC reinstating the "UHF discount" rule, reports surfaced in late April 2017 that multiple parties were attempting to make offers for Tribune, including [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], [[Nexstar Media Group]], and a partnership between [[21st Century Fox]] and [[Blackstone Group]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/possible-bidding-war-emerges-for-tribune-media-1493609956|title=Possible Bidding War Emerges for Tribune Media|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=May 1, 2017|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=January 29, 2019|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/business/dealbook/21st-century-fox-bid-tribune-media-deal.html|title=In Fox Bid for Tribune, a Return to Erratic Murdoch Deal Making|last=Saba|first=Jennifer|date=May 1, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/business/21st-century-fox-and-blackstone-said-to-be-interested-in-buying-tribune-media.html|title=21st Century Fox and Blackstone Said to Be Interested in Buying Tribune Media|last1=de la Merced|first1=Michael J.|date=April 30, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2019|last2=Steel|first2=Emily|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-tribune-media-fox-blackstone-20170501-story.html|title=Reports: Fox News owner joins race to buy Tribune Media|work=Chicago Tribune|date=May 1, 2017|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> On May 7, 2017, it was reported that Sinclair Broadcast Group was nearing a deal to purchase Tribune Media,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tribune-media-m-a-sinclair-exclusive-idUSKBN1830QH|title=Exclusive: Sinclair Broadcast nears deal for Tribune Media|last1=Baker|first1=Liana|last2=Toonkel|first2=Jessica|work=Reuters|date=May 7, 2017|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sinclair-tribune-media-acquisition-1202411524|title=Sinclair Reportedly Near Deal to Buy Tribune Media|last=Stedman|first=Alex|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 7, 2017|access-date=May 7, 2017}}</ref> and that 21st Century Fox had dropped its bid for the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/business/dealbook/sinclair-is-said-to-be-near-a-deal-for-tribune-media.html|title=Sinclair Is Said to Be Near a Deal for Tribune Media|last=de la Merced|first=Michael J.|date=May 7, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 29, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sinclair-broadcast-near-deal-to-buy-tribune-media-for-about-4-billion-1494187942|title=Sinclair Broadcast Near Deal to Buy Tribune Media for About $4 Billion|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=May 7, 2017|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=January 29, 2019|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> On May 8, 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group officially announced its intent to acquire Tribune Media. The transaction would have been a cash-and-stock deal valuing the company at $3.9 billion. Depending on regulatory changes or decisions, some divestitures might have been required.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sinclair-tribune-merger-station-group-1202416416/|title=Sinclair Broadcast Group Sets $3.9 Billion Deal to Acquire Tribune Media|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 8, 2017|access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> However, on August 9, 2018, Tribune canceled the Sinclair deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tribune-calls-off-dollar39-billion-sinclair-media-deal|title=Tribune calls off $3.9 billion Sinclair media deal|website=[[MSN]] |date=August 9, 2018|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> On November 14, 2018, it was reported that Nexstar was a leading bidder to acquire Tribune.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvweek.com/tvbizwire/2018/11/bidding-war-for-tribune-media-taking-shape/|title=Bidding War for Tribune Media Taking Shape|date=November 14, 2018|work=TV Week|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> On December 3, 2018, Nexstar announced its intent to merge with Tribune Media for $6.4 billion ($4.1 billion for all of Tribune's shares in cash and $2.3 billion of Tribune's debt).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nexstar-reaches-deal-to-buy-tribune-media-for-4-1-billion-1543788985|title=Nexstar Reaches Deal to Buy Tribune Media for $4.1 Billion|last=Mullin|first=Benjamin|date=December 2, 2018|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=January 29, 2019|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The merge would give the company 216 stations in 118 markets, placing it just below the FCC's market cap of 39% of TV households and making it the largest owner of television stations in the United States. On August 1, 2019, the [[United States Department of Justice]] approved the deal between Nexstar Media Group and Tribune Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/08/01/justice-department-approves-nexstar-deal-tribune-media/|title=Justice Department approves Nexstar deal for Tribune Media|last=Feder|first=Robert|work=RobertFeder.com|date=August 1, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-media-nexstar-doj-approval-20190801-o3mdccn635dlrgqdj47lua2f6a-story.html|title=Tribune Media - Nexstar merger one step closer after DOJ approval|last=Channick|first=Robert|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 1, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2019}}</ref> The sale was approved by the FCC on September 16,<ref>[https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-89A1.pdf "Memorandum Opinion and Order"], [[Federal Communications Commission]], September 16, 2019, Retrieved September 16, 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-nexstar-sale-approved-fcc-wgn-20190916-hlbtp65ye5htxg3hnuunmo5nqu-story.html|title=Tribune Media sale to Nexstar approved by FCC; WGN-Ch. 9 no longer Chicago's very own|last=Channick|first=Robert|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/09/16/fcc-approves-tribune-media-sale-whats-next-wgn/|title=FCC approves Tribune Media sale: What's next for WGN?|last=Feder|first=Robert|work=RobertFeder.com|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> and occurred on September 19.<ref>[https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar_completes_tribune_transaction_2019/ "Nexstar Media Group Completes Tribune Media Acquisition Creating The Nation’s Largest Local Television Broadcaster"], Nexstar Media Group, September 19, 2019, Retrieved October 3, 2019.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-nexstar-tribune-sale-completed-wgn-20190919-i3ba4p4yibhfjo3vrki4ebe6ke-story.html|title=Nexstar completes purchase of WGN owner Tribune Media|last=Channick|first=Robert|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 19, 2019|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/nexstar-tribune-fcc-deal-complete-compton-1203334923/|title=Nexstar Completes Tribune Acquisition, Sean Compton to Head Programming|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|work=Variety|date=September 19, 2019|access-date=September 19, 2019}}</ref> == Television production and distribution == === Tribune Entertainment === {{Main|Tribune Entertainment}} Tribune Entertainment was Tribune's television production, syndication and advertising sales subsidiary. Founded in 1981, this subsidiary produced and/or distributed several first-run syndicated programs including most notably ''[[Geraldo (TV series)|Geraldo]]'', ''[[Soul Train]]'', and the ''[[U.S. Farm Report]]''; Tribune Entertainment's production and syndication divisions were shut down in December 2007. === Tribune Studios === {{Infobox company | name = Tribune Studios | logo = Tribune Studios 2014.svg | logo_size = 200px | type = Division | industry = Television | fate = Acquired by Nexstar | foundation = {{Start date|2013|03|19}} | defunct = {{End date|2019|9|17}}<br>({{Age in years, months and days|2013|03|19|2019|9|17}}) | location_city = Chicago | location_country = United States | key_people = Matt Cherniss (president) | production = TV shows | parent = Tribune Media | footnotes = <ref name=bc>{{cite news|title=Sinclair Launches American Sports Network|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/sinclair-launches-american-sports-network/132498|author=Michael Malone|work=Broadcasting & Cable, LLC|date=July 17, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> }} On March 19, 2013, Tribune Company announced its return to television production with the formation of Tribune Studios (not to be confused with the [[Old Warner Brothers Studio|Los Angeles studio facility that formerly held the same name]] until its sale by Tribune to [[private equity firm]] Hudson Capital in 2008, and was subsequently renamed Sunset Bronson Studios). The new company will produce programs primarily for Tribune Broadcasting's television stations and [[WGN America]], some of which will receive national distribution.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/492425-Tribune_Re_Launching_Studio_With_Matt_Cherniss_at_Helm.php Tribune Re-Launching Studio With Matt Cherniss at Helm], ''Broadcasting & Cable'', March 19, 2013.</ref> On September 17, 2019, Tribune Studios, the television parent of Tribune Broadcasting, was acquired by Nexstar, and the television company went disbanded shortly. == Former stations == Tribune Broadcasting owned 39 television stations located in 33 markets (including eight duopolies). 31 of its stations were affiliated with each of the post-1986 broadcast networks: 14 were affiliated with Fox (not counting a [[Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|satellite station]] of [[KDVR]]), 12 with The CW and three with [[MyNetworkTV]] (not counting a [[digital subchannel]] of [[WQAD-TV]]). In addition, the company owned five CBS affiliates (not counting a satellite of [[WTTV]]), two [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliates, two NBC affiliates and one independent station (not counting a digital subchannel of WTTV). It also provided operational services to three stations (one ABC affiliate, one CBS affiliate and one CW affiliate – the latter two were also operated as part of a duopoly) in the respective markets of Norfolk-[[Hampton Roads, Virginia|Hampton Roads]]-[[Newport News, Virginia]], and Scranton-[[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]], through [[local marketing agreement|shared services agreements]] with Dreamcatcher Broadcasting. <section begin=shared /> === Television === Stations are listed alphabetically by state and [[city of license]]. * (**) – Indicates a station that was built and signed-on by Tribune. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! [[City of license]] / [[Media market|Market]] ! Station ! Channel ! Years owned ! Current status |- | [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]–[[Decatur, Alabama|Decatur, AL]] ! [[WHNT-TV]] | 19 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC|Acquired from [[Local TV LLC]].}} | [[CBS]] affiliate owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]] |- | rowspan="2" | [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]–[[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville, AR]] ! [[KFSM-TV]] | 5 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | CBS affiliate owned by [[Tegna Inc.]] |- ! [[KXNW]] | 34 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, CA]] ! [[KTLA]] | 5 | 1985–2019 | [[The CW]] owned-and-operated ([[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]) |- | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]–[[Stockton, California|Stockton]]–[[Modesto, California|Modesto, CA]] ! [[KTXL]] | 40 | 1997–2019{{efn|name=Renaissance|Acquired from [[Renaissance Broadcasting]].}} | [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[San Diego|San Diego, CA]] ! KTTY/[[KSWB-TV]] | 69 | 1996–2019 | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | rowspan="2"| [[Denver|Denver, CO]] ! [[KWGN-TV]] | 2 | 1966–2019{{efn|name=LocalLMA}} | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- ! [[KDVR]] | 31 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins, CO]] ! KFCT{{efn-ua|Satellite of KDVR.}} | 22 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]–[[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, CT]] ! [[WTIC-TV]] | 61 | 1997–2019{{efn|name=Renaissance}} | Fox affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |- | [[Waterbury, Connecticut|Waterbury, CT]] ! WTXX/[[WCCT-TV]] | 20 | 2001–2019 | The CW affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |- | [[Washington, D.C.]] ! WBDC/[[WDCW]] | 50 | 1999–2019 | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Miami]]–[[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale, FL]] ! {{ubl|WDZL/WBZL/|[[WSFL-TV]]}} | 39 | 1997–2019{{efn|name=Renaissance}} | The CW affiliate owned by the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] |- | rowspan="2" | [[Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]] ! WGNX | 46 | 1983–1999 | CBS affiliate [[WANF]], owned by [[Gray Television]] |- ! [[WATL]] | 36 | 2000–2006 | [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |- | [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]] ! [[WGN-TV]] ** | 9 | 1948–2019 | [[Independent station|Independent]] owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Moline, Illinois|Moline, IL]] ([[Quad Cities]]) ! [[WQAD-TV]] | 8 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |- | [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington, IN]] ! [[WTTV]] | 4 | 2002–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, IN]] ! [[WXIN (TV)|WXIN]] | 59 | 1997–2019{{efn|name=Renaissance}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo, IN]] ! WTTK{{efn-ua|Satellite of WTTV.}} | 29 | 2002–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines, IA]] ! [[WHO-DT]] | 13 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | [[NBC]] affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | rowspan="2" | [[New Orleans|New Orleans, LA]] ! [[WGNO]] | 26 | 1983–2019 | ABC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- ! [[WNOL-TV]] | 38 | 2000–2019 | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]–[[Boston|Boston, MA]] ! [[WLVI|WLVI-TV]] | 56 | 1994–2006 | The CW affiliate owned by [[Sunbeam Television]] |- | [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]–[[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]]–[[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, MI]] ! [[WXMI]] | 17 | 1998–2019 | Fox affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |- | [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth, MN]]–[[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior, WI]] ! KDAL-TV | 3 | 1960–1978 | The CW affiliate [[KDLH]], owned by Gray Television |- | [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City, MO]] ! [[WDAF-TV]] | 4 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | rowspan="2"| [[St. Louis|St. Louis, MO]] ! [[KTVI]] | 2 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- ! [[KPLR-TV]] | 11 | 2003–2019{{efn|name=LocalLMA|From 2008 to 2013, Local TV LLC operated KWGN-TV and KPLR-TV under local marketing agreements with KDVR and KTVI.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 17, 2008|title=Tribune, Local TV in sharing deal|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-xpm-2008-09-17-0809160436-story.html|access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref>}} | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[New York City|New York, NY]] ! [[WPIX]] ** | 11 | 1948–2019 | The CW affiliate owned by [[Mission Broadcasting]]{{efn|Operated under a local marketing agreement by Nexstar Media Group.}} |- | [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]]–[[Albany, New York|Albany]]–[[Troy, New York|Troy, NY]] ! WEWB-TV/[[WCWN]] | 45 | 1999–2006 | The CW affiliate owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] |- | [[High Point, North Carolina|High Point]]–[[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]–[[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem, NC]] ! [[WGHP]] | 8 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Cleveland|Cleveland, OH]] ! [[WJW (TV)|WJW]] | 8 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | rowspan="2" | [[Oklahoma City|Oklahoma City, OK]] ! [[KFOR-TV]] | 4 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- ! [[KAUT-TV]] | 43 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]–[[Portland, Oregon|Portland, OR]] ! KWBP/|[[KRCW-TV]] | 32 | 2003–2019 | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]] ! [[WPHL-TV]] | 17 | 1992–2019 | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O)/MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]]–[[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre, PA]] ! [[WNEP-TV]] | 16 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}}{{efn|name=Dreamcatcher|Owned by Dreamcatcher Broadcasting, LLC, and operated through a [[local marketing agreement]].}} | ABC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |- | [[York, Pennsylvania|York]]–[[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]–[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]–[[Lebanon, Pennsylvania|Lebanon, PA]] ! [[WPMT]] | 43 | 1997–2019{{efn|name=Renaissance}} | Fox affiliate owned by Tegna Inc. |- | [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, TN]] ! [[WREG-TV]] | 3 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group |- | [[Dallas]]–[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth, TX]] ! [[KDAF]] | 33 | 1997–2019{{efn|name=Renaissance}} | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Houston|Houston, TX]] ! {{ubl|KHTV/KHWB/|KHCW/[[KIAH]]}} | 39 | 1996–2019 | The CW owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, UT]] ! [[KSTU]] | 13 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |- | rowspan="2" | [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk, VA]] ([[Hampton Roads]]) ! [[WTKR]] | 3 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}}{{efn|name=Dreamcatcher}} | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |- ! [[WGNT]] | 27 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}}{{efn|name=Dreamcatcher}} | The CW affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |- | [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]] ! [[WTVR-TV]] | 6 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |- | rowspan="2" | [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]–[[Seattle|Seattle, WA]] ! [[KCPQ]] | 13 | 1999–2019 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |- ! {{ubl|KTWB-TV/|KMYQ/[[KZJO]]}} | 22 | 1998–2019 | MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated (O&O) |- | [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, WI]] ! [[WITI (TV)|WITI]] | 6 | 2013–2019{{efn|name=LocalTVLLC}} | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |} {{notelist}} {{notelist-ua}} === Radio === At the time of Tribune's dissolution, WGN was the company's sole remaining radio station and served as the flagship station for a regional distribution service known as the Tribune Radio Network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WGN Radio - 720 AM |url=https://wgnradio.com/ |website=WGN Radio - 720 AM}}</ref> Its primary features were farm reports from WGN's [[Orion Samuelson]] and [[Max Armstrong]]; the network also handled distribution of the [[Chicago Cubs Radio Network]] until the 2014 season. {| ! style="border: 1px solid #a3b0bf; cellpadding=" bgcolor="#cedff2" 2"; margin: auto" | AM Stations ! style="border: 1px solid #afa3bf; cellpadding=" bgcolor="#ddcef2" 2"; margin: auto" | FM Stations |} {| class="wikitable" !City of license / Market !Station !Years owned !Current status |- | rowspan="2" | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento, CA]] ! style="background: #cedff2;" | KGNR 1320 | 1975–1996 | [[KIFM]], owned by [[Audacy, Inc.]] |- ! style="background: #ddcef2;" | KCTC 96.1 | 1975–1996 | [[KYMX]], owned by [[Bonneville International]] |- | rowspan="3" | [[Denver|Denver, CO]] ! style="background: #cedff2;" | KEZW 1430 | 1993–2002 | [[KAMP (AM)|KAMP]], owned by Audacy, Inc. |- ! style="background: #ddcef2;" | KKHK 99.5 | 1995–2002 | [[KQMT]], owned by Audacy, Inc. |- ! style="background: #ddcef2;" | [[KOSI]] 101.1 | 1993–2002 | Owned by Bonneville International |- | [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport, CT]] ! style="background: #cedff2;" | [[WICC (AM)|WICC]] 600 | 1967–1989 | Owned by [[Cumulus Media]] |- | rowspan="3" | [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]] ! style="background: #cedff2;" |[[WGN (AM)|WGN]] 720 | 1924–2019 | Owned by [[Nexstar Media Group]] |- ! style="background: #ddcef2;" | [[WFMT]] 98.7 | 1968–1970 | Owned by [[WTTW|Window to the World Communications]] |- ! style="background: #ddcef2;" | WGWG-LP 87.7 | {{efn-la|WGWG-LP is owned by Venture Technologies Group, and was operated by Tribune under a local marketing agreement. Tribune was supposed to hold the LMA until 2015, the FCC's deadline for converting low-power television stations to digital broadcasting, however due to low ratings, [[Weigel Broadcasting]] announced on December 30, 2014, that they would take over the station's LMA from Tribune and would change formats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/12/30/weigel-broadcasting-to-become-radio-active-on-87-7-fm/|title=Weigel Broadcasting to become radio active on 87.7 FM|last=Feder|first=Robert|date=December 30, 2014|website=RobertFeder.com|access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> The LMA with Tribune ended on February 23, 2015, when Weigel took over the station and changed the format to oldies. The callsign was also changed to WRME-LP.<ref name=tribune-wgwgonemoremonth>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-wgn-am-877-fm-0131-biz-20150130-story.html|title=WGN-AM to simulcast on 87.7 FM for one more month|last=Channick|first=Robert|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 30, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref><ref name=tribune-wrmemetvfm>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/ct-877-fm-metv-radio-0210-biz-20150209-story.html|title=MeTV launching radio station at 87.7 FM|last=Channick|first=Robert|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 9, 2015|access-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref> Although licensed as a television station on channel 6, it is also operated as a radio station.<ref name=chitrib-wgnfmsports>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-wgn-fm-sports-talk-station-the-game-20140217,0,5026506.story|title=WGN launching FM sports talk station 'The Game'|last=Channick|first=Robert|work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 17, 2014|access-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref>}} | [[WRME-LD]], owned by Venture Technologies Group{{efn|Operated through a local marketing agreement by [[Weigel Broadcasting]].}} |- | [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth, MN]]–[[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior, WI]] ! style="background: #cedff2;" | [[KDAL (AM)|KDAL]] 610 | 1960–1981 | Owned by [[Midwest Communications]] |- | [[New York City|New York, NY]] ! style="background: #ddcef2;" |WPIX-FM/WQCD 101.9 | 1963–1997 | [[WFAN-FM]], owned by Audacy, Inc. |- | [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, WI]] ! style="background: #ddcef2;" | [[WMIL-FM]] 106.1-HD3 | 2009–2018{{efn|Owned by [[iHeart]] and operated by Tribune.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/51627887.html|title=Accord puts Channel 6 weather, news on Clear Channel radio stations|last=Cuprisin|first=Tim|date=July 24, 2009|website=JSOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727000144/http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/51627887.html|archive-date=July 27, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=January 16, 2019}}</ref>}} | Owned by [[iHeartMedia]] |} {{notelist-la}} {{notelist}} <section end=shared /> ==Other assets== === Cable networks === * [[WGN America]] * [[Chicagoland Television]] * [[Food Network]] (30 percent interest) === Digital multicast networks === * [[This TV]] (50 percent interest) * [[Antenna TV]] == References == {{Reflist|2}} {{NXST TV}} {{The WB}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:The CW]] [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1924]] [[Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008]] [[Category:Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States]] [[Category:Nexstar Media Group]] [[Category:2019 mergers and acquisitions]] [[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2019]]'