Spring Rubber 609 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I liked the holiday color scheme during the midday show today. Too bad they're not using it during the evening news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1291 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 What the hell is the WGN Weather Center set? It looks awful compared to the rest of the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 What the hell is the WGN Weather Center set? It looks awful compared to the rest of the set. The weather center is in a office separate from the studio seen here. The green screen is in the studio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=VgiZvE7iWhI;m=1;s=38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 609 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Marcus Leshock is anchoring all 6 hours of the morning news today. Basically half of their on-air staff seems to be off today. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1844 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Marcus Leshock is anchoring all 6 hours of the morning news today. Basically half of their on-air staff seems to be off today. And with Lauren Jiggetts expecting a baby soon (alongside Sarah Jindra from the Evening News team), expect more off-air staff for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 And with Lauren Jiggetts expecting a baby soon (alongside Sarah Jindra from the Evening News team), expect more off-air staff for a while. Sarah's on the morning show. She literally made the announcement there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherandTraffic 44 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 There's a small plane that landed on LSD, too bad it happened in the afternoon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 So, a press release is out where WGN is claiming victories and 2nd place finishes in every slot but 10pm, mostly in the demo, but I have one question; like preempted network newscasts, are they omitting baseball-shortened/completely dumped 4pm hours in these numbers? Either way, I can't imagine that their success at 4 isn't due to more baseball lead-ins. Either way, I'm guessing these summer numbers aren't so off of normal performance that we could legitimately say that Chicago's Very Own is also Chicago's #2 News. [MEDIA=twitter]1022948774803587072[/MEDIA] 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 So, a press release is out where WGN is claiming victories and 2nd place finishes in every slot but 10pm, mostly in the demo, but I have one question; like preempted network newscasts, are they omitting baseball-shortened/completely dumped 4pm hours in these numbers? Either way, I can't imagine that their success at 4 isn't due to more baseball lead-ins. Either way, I'm guessing these summer numbers aren't so off of normal performance that we could legitimately say that Chicago's Very Own is also Chicago's #2 News. [MEDIA=twitter]1022948774803587072[/MEDIA] The CW must still be stinging after WGN bailed on them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
312newswannabe 7 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 There's a small plane that landed on LSD, too bad it happened in the afternoon. I was thinking the same thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublejman69 105 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 The CW must still be stinging after WGN bailed on them. The CW audience aren't really big news or sports viewers and The CW is probably happy that its programs are seen at its mandatory time in market number 3. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningNews 1291 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Not sure if he's been on the whole morning, but Pat and Lauren are hosting the 9 am hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 609 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Not sure if he's been on the whole morning, but Pat and Lauren are hosting the 9 am hour. No, Larry was anchoring when I watched during the 7am hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Presented without comment. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH1998 23 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 out of all the other noon newscasts in the U.S., why doesn't the WGN Midday News (formerly WGN News at Noon) have a "fourth" anchor? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 609 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Heck, most stations across the country can't justify a second anchor at noon, let alone a third or fourth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 What midday newscast anywhere has more than 2 midday anchors at one time? I know some stations have a rotation with weekend anchors, but that doesn't count. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 [MEDIA=twitter]1026857291402936320[/MEDIA] UPDATE: https://www.robertfeder.com/2018/08/07/wgn-news-director-jennifer-lyons-resigns-top-game/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155680293827283 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 609 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Blast from the past tonight. Whoever is directing the Cubs game tonight in Pittsburgh has been using the 2011-2017 WGN Cubs music throughout the entire telecast. The new music was only used for the opener since it's probably built into the opener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 609 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 WGN is already in team coverage for storms that aren't even here yet. Severe storms and flooding rains are expected tonight. Tom and Demetrius are already sharing airtime here in the 6pm hour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Larry Potash is finally getting the co-anchor of his dreams. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 WGN's Dean Richards has joked that he and Billy Joel look alike. With the Piano Man in town, Pat Tomasulo took the doppelganger out on the streets of Chicago to introduce "Mr. Joel" to his fans. Spoiler alert: people will fall for anything. Also, the station has debuted the "World's Greatest Newspaper Television Podcast." https://wgntv.com/2018/09/07/listen-worlds-greatest-newspaper-television-podcast-episode-1/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Rubber 609 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 I wonder if WGN is still planning on doing a late Saturday newscast with the late start to tonight's Cubs game. Edit: Yes, they do. They just advertised it during the game broadcast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3059 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Jeff Hoover just announced that there's another Morning News primetime special coming in December. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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