![]() WGN-TV began test broadcasts on February 1, 1948, then informally signed on the air on March 6 to broadcast the 1948 Golden Gloves boxing finals from the Chicago Stadium. The front page of Part Five of the Chicago Sunday Tribune of April 4, 1948, announcing the launch of WGN-TV the next day. The three-letter base call sign served as an initialism for "World's Greatest Newspaper", a tagline and slogan used by the Tribune since 1909. ![]() ![]() By January 1948, however, the company decided to call its new television property WGN-TV after WGN, which had been owned by the Tribune since 1924. After the FCC awarded the permit on November 8, the group originally requested to assign WGNA as the station's call sign. McCormick and the owner of WGN and WGNB submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on September 13, 1946, and under the "WGN Incorporated" subsidiary, to build a television station on VHF channel 9. The Chicago Tribune Company, headed by Chicago Tribune editor and publisher Robert R. WGN-TV, WGN radio and the now-defunct regional cable news channel Chicagoland Television (CLTV) were the three flagship properties of Tribune Broadcasting, itself part of the Tribune Media conglomerate (formerly known as the Tribune Company until August 2014), until the company's purchase by Nexstar was completed in September 2019. A charter affiliate of both The WB and of successor network The CW, WGN-TV reverted to being an independent station in 2016. Later renamed WGN America, the former superstation feed was converted into a conventional basic cable network in December 2014, enabling it to be added to local cable providers, and later soft re-launched as NewsNation in September 2020. television station to be made available via satellite transmission to cable and direct-broadcast satellite subscribers nationwide. Like concept progenitor WTBS in Atlanta, WGN-TV was a pioneering superstation on November 8, 1978, it became the second U.S. Its transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower in the Loop. WGN-TV's studios are located on West Bradley Place in Chicago's North Center community as such, it is the only major commercial television station in Chicago which bases its main studio outside the Loop. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is sister to the company's sole radio property, news/talk/ sports station WGN (720 AM). When Bill is not on the air doing weather, you can find him in the gym or on the slopes skiing with my family.WGN-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Nothing is more important than his Arizona Wildcats when it comes to sports. His favorite pro teams are the NY Yankees, NY Islanders, and the Dallas Cowboys. He is a 3-time Emmy Award Winner in including best weathercast and team coverage for a rare Phoenix snow event in 2006 that brought almost a foot of snow to Desert Mountain.įrom there, he became the chief meteorologist for WFLD, FOX 32 Chicago from 2011 – 2021.īill is a die-hard sports fan. he also flew with the NOAA hurricane hunters over the Baja of California where there was an ongoing study on the North American Monsoon. He covered both hurricane Isabel and Katrina. They also have an English Cream Golden Retriever named Luke.Īfter Houston, Bill became the chief meteorologist for KNXV, ABC 15 in Phoenix, AZ from 2003-to 2010. ![]() They've been married for over 20 years and have two wonderful children, Avry and Briyana. Little did he know that the instructor he would interview would become his wife. The live shot for the morning show happened to be at Billy Blanks Tae Bo studio. Bill was called into work on a Monday morning to fill in for the morning meteorologist who was out sick. He worked at KLFY for almost 18 months before moving to Houston, TX where he worked for KPRC as a weekend meteorologist.įunny story. He studied mechanical engineering before switching to atmospheric science.īill transferred to the University of Arizona where he received his degree in Atmospheric Science with a minor in Math, Physics, and Hydrology.īill began his career in Lafayette, LA. The problem was that the phone numbers were NOT toll-free so mom and dad weren’t very happy when the phone bill arrived in the mail.Īfter graduating from Centereach High School in NY, he attended Lycoming College, PA for 2 years where he played college football as a wide receiver. He became so hooked on skiing and weather, that he would call the ski report for many of the resorts in Vermont. He loved to ski so much that he constantly watched the Weather Channel so he could tell his parents where the best snow was going to be. Bill's love for weather began as a kid while growing up on Long Island, NY.
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