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WGN-TV

CW television station in Chicago
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WGN-TV

Summary

WGN-TV is a television station[1]. WGN-TV ranks in the top 2% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (430 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • WGN-TV is located in Illinois[3].
  • WGN-TV is in the country of United States[4].
  • WGN-TV's instance of is recorded as television station[5].
  • WGN-TV's owned by is recorded as Nexstar Media Group[6].
  • WGN-TV's logo image is recorded as WGN 9 logo.svg[7].
  • WGN-TV's logo image is recorded as WGN CW logo 2024.svg[8].
  • WGN-TV's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[9].
  • WGN-TV's ISNI is recorded as 0000000446583563[10].
  • WGN-TV's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50045420[11].
  • WGN-TV's Commons category is recorded as WGN-TV[12].
  • +1948-04-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WGN-TV[13].
  • WGN-TV's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019z6k[14].
  • WGN-TV's official website is recorded as https://wgntv.com[15].
  • WGN-TV's FCC Facility ID is recorded as 72115[16].
  • WGN-TV's licensed to broadcast to is recorded as Chicago[17].
  • WGN-TV's affiliation is recorded as The CW[18].
  • WGN-TV's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4915068[19].
  • WGN-TV's X is recorded as WGNNews[20].
  • WGN-TV's Crunchbase organization ID is recorded as wgn-tv-and-radio[21].
  • WGN-TV's language used is recorded as English[22].
  • WGN-TV's channel number is recorded as 9[23].
  • WGN-TV's catchphrase is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Chicago's Very Own"}[24].
  • WGN-TV's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+324590'}[25].
  • WGN-TV's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+312030'}[26].
  • WGN-TV's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+348091'}[27].

Body

Founding

+1948-04-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WGN-TV[13].

Operations

WGN-TV's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[9].

Ownership

WGN-TV's owned by is recorded as Nexstar Media Group[6].

Why It Matters

WGN-TV ranks in the top 2% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (430 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . km.aifb.kit.edu. km.aifb.kit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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