WGN

Summary

WGN is a radio station^[1]. WGN ranks in the top 1% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• WGN is located in Chicago^[3].
• WGN is in the country of United States^[4].
• WGN's instance of is recorded as radio station^[5].
• WGN's owned by is recorded as Tribune Broadcasting^[6].
• WGN's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146722653^[7].
• WGN's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92033568^[8].
• WGN's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2002070720^[9].
• WGN's Commons category is recorded as WGN (AM)^[10].
• WGN's radio format is recorded as all-news radio^[11].
• WGN's radio format is recorded as talk radio^[12].
• +1922-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WGN^[13].
• WGN's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 42.011694444444444, 'longitude': -88.03535, 'precision': 2.777777777777778e-05}^[14].
• WGN's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vrzt^[15].
• WGN's parent organization or unit is recorded as Tribune Broadcasting^[16].
• WGN's official website is recorded as https://wgnradio.com/^[17].
• WGN's licensed to broadcast to is recorded as Chicago^[18].
• WGN's X is recorded as WGNRadio^[19].
• WGN's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as wgn-radio^[20].
• WGN's Encyclopedia of Chicago ID is recorded as 1348^[21].
• WGN's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+52803'}^[22].
• WGN's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+54503'}^[23].
• WGN's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+56009'}^[24].
• WGN's Bluesky handle is recorded as wgnradio.bsky.social^[25].
• WGN's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/aac7b2b9-cefc-4afe-8243-2f41af7b4a0b^[26].

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Founding

+1922-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WGN^[13].

Operations

WGN's parent organization or unit is recorded as Tribune Broadcasting^[16].

Ownership

WGN's owned by is recorded as Tribune Broadcasting^[6].

Why It Matters

WGN ranks in the top 1% of radio_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).^[2]