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The WGN Morning News is an American morning television news program airing on WGN-TV (channel 9), a CW owned-and-operated television station and former national superstation in Chicago, Illinois owned by Nexstar Media Group.
WGN Weekend Morning News (Saturday edition, 1992–98; Sunday edition, 1992–94) The Bozo Super Sunday Show (1994–2001) Illinois Instant Riches/Illinois' Luckiest (1994–2000) WGN Morning News (simulcast of morning newscast; September 6, 1994 – 1997 and February 3-December 12, 2014) [4] Adelante, Chicago (1995–2014)
WGN-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the local outlet for The CW.It is owned and operated by the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is sister to the company's sole radio property, news/talk/sports station WGN (720 AM).
Simulcasts of WGN-TV's Chicago-originated local newscasts, news specials and public affairs programs, special events and sports telecasts – with the exception of a one-hour simulcast of WGN-TV's morning news program that was carried early weekday mornings during the transitional period – immediately ceased being shown on a national basis ...
Also during weekdays, the radio station simulcasts the first two hours of the WGN Morning News. The station used ABC News Radio for national news reports as the network's Chicago affiliate. [69] On September 1, 2020, WGN Radio dropped ABC News Radio in favor of being an "audio news hub" for the co-owned NewsNation TV channel.
Bange joined WGN-TV in August 1993 as a general assignment reporter, and then was later named co-anchor of the WGN Morning News from January to October 1995 before moving to weekend evenings. [2] In 2009, Bange completed the Olympic length of the Chicago Triathlon.
In August 2014, Duarte moved from afternoons to mornings, becoming co-host of WGN Morning News, alongside Dan Ponce. [6] According to media blogger Robert Feder, the new pairing of anchors led to the station's biggest ratings boost in that time slot. [7]
Robert Howard (Bob) Jordan, Jr. (born August 31, 1943 [1] in Atlanta, Georgia) is a retired American television news journalist, author and former weekend anchor of the WGN News at Nine, which broadcasts on WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, and co-anchored the weekend newscast alongside Jackie Bange from 1995 until his retirement in 2016.