WGN-TVWGN-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that serves as the local outlet for The CW. It is owned and operated by the network's parent company, Nexstar Media Group, sharing common ownership with its radio counterpart, WGN (720 AM), a news-talk and sports station.Television stationA television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
CBS News and StationsCBS News and Stations is a division of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Skydance Corporation that owns and operates a group of American television stations along with CBS News.
Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film studio and distribution arm of Skydance Motion Pictures, itself a division of Skydance Corporation. Founded on May 8, 1912, it is the sixth-oldest global film studio and the second-oldest in the United States behind Universal Pictures, and it is, along with its sister studio Warner Bros. Pictures, one of the "Big Four" film studios.
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS, an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Skydance. It is one of Skydance's flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, CNN, DC, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and HBO Max.
WNBCTelevision station in New York CityWNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City. It is the flagship station of the NBC television network, owned and operated through its NBC Owned Television Stations division.
William C. EddyWilliam Crawford Eddy (August 22, 1902 – September 15, 1989) was an American naval officer, submariner, engineer, television producer, educator, cartoonist, artist, inventor, entrepreneur, explorer and writer. Bill Eddy was born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, where his father was a businessman and four-term mayor. He completed high school at the New York Military Academy, then received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
Balaban and KatzBalaban and Katz Theater Corporation, or B&K, was a theatre corporation which owned a chain of motion picture theaters in Chicago and surrounding areas.
Chicago LoopCommunity area in Chicago, IllinoisCommunity area and central business district in Illinois, United StatesThe Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the 77 municipally-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located at the center of downtown Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America, after Downtown and Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
ChicagoMost populous city in Illinois, USCity in Illinois, United StatesChicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census.
Willis TowerThe Willis Tower, formerly known and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest building, a title that it held for nearly 25 years. It is the third-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, as well as the 26th-tallest in the world.Owned-and-operated stationIn the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate, which is independently owned and carries network programming by contract.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.