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Addison Street
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Chicago
Chicago ( or ) is the largest city in the state of Illinois. With over 2.8 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous city in the country. Its metropolitan area, commonly named "Chicagoland," is the 26th most populous in the world, home to an estimated 9.7 million people spread across the U.S. states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County.
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Chicago market
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Chicago, Illinois
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Great Chicago Fire
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about in Chicago, Illinois. Though the fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the 19th century, the rebuilding that began almost immediately spurred Chicago's development into one of the most populous and economically important American cities.
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Illinois
Illinois ( {{respell|-i-), is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. It is the most populous state in the Midwest region, however with 65% of its residents concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area, most of the state has either a rural or a small town character. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is an important transportation hub; the Port of Chicago connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River via the Illinois River. As the "most average state", Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics, though the latter has not really been true since the early 1970s.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis (), often abbreviated Indy (), is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, excluding the included towns, at 807,584 in 2009. It is Indiana's largest city and is the 14th largest city in the U.S., the third largest city in the Midwest (behind Chicago and Detroit), the second most populous state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona), and the most populous state capital east of the Mississippi River. Indianapolis is also the fastest growing region in the Midwest.
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Iowa
Iowa () is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New France. After the Louisiana Purchase, settlers laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. Iowa is often known as the "Food Capital of the World", however Iowa's economy, culture, and landscape are diverse. In the mid and late 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy transitioned to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, biotechnology, and green energy production. Iowa has been listed as one of the safest states in which to live. Des Moines is Iowa's capital and largest city.
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Lakeview, Chicago
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Payne Park
Payne Park refers both to a baseball field that stood from 1924 to 1990, and which has since been replaced by a public park of the same name in the same location, in Sarasota, Florida. Payne Park, the original stadium for the city of Sarasota, was built on a portion of 60 acres of land donated by Calvin Payne and his wife, Martha. Payne Park today refers to the 29-acre public park - the location of the ballpark - used for recreational and high school sporting events.
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Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 15,931. The town's name is pronounced "SEE-kaw-kus" (), with the accent on the first syllable, not the second as often used by non-natives.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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WFAN
WFAN (660 AM), also known as "Sports Radio 66" or "The FAN", is a radio station in New York City. The station broadcasts on a clear channel and is owned by CBS Radio. WFAN's studios are located in the combined CBS Radio facility in the West Village section of Manhattan; the transmitter is located on High Island in the Bronx, New York.
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WGN-TV
WGN-TV, virtual channel 9 (digital channel 19), is a television station in Chicago, Illinois. It has been owned by the Tribune Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of The CW Television Network. WGN-TV's studios and offices are located at 2501 W. Bradley Place in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago, and the station's transmitter is located atop the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower).
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Amy Dickinson
Amy Dickinson (born November 6, 1959) is an American newspaper columnist who writes the syndicated advice column, Ask Amy.
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Andrés Oppenheimer
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Andy Rooney
Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (born January 14, 1919) is an American radio and television writer. He is most notable for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes since 1978.
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Andy the Clown
Andy the Clown was the performing name of Andrew Rozdilsky, Jr. (December 6, 1917 - September 21, 1995), a lifelong Chicago resident who performed, unofficially, as a clown at Chicago White Sox games at Comiskey Park for 30 years from 1960 to 1990.
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Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos on July 15, 1950) is a Greek-American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she moved sharply to the left in the late 1990s. She is the ex-wife of former Republican congressman Michael Huffington.
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Artis Gilmore
Artis Gilmore (born September 21, 1949) is a former professional basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Betsy Holden
Betsy Holden (born October 19, 1955) is a corporate director of Tribune Company. Holden served as Co-CEO of Kraft Foods from 2001-2004 . She is a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company. Holden received her A.B. from Duke University in 1977, and an M.Ed and an MBA from Northwestern University in 1982. She was born in 1955 in Lubbock, TX and grew up in Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Bill Press
William "Bill" Press (born 1940) is an American talk radio host, political commentator and author.
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Bill Wennington
William ("Bill") Percey Wennington (born April 26, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian basketball player in the National Basketball Association who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he was also a member of two Canadian Olympic Basketball Teams (1984 and 1992) and the 1983 World University Games team that won gold against the USA. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. KBE (born November 7, 1918) is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, he has been a spiritual adviser to twelve United States presidents going back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. He is a Southern Baptist. He rose to celebrity status as his sermons were broadcast on radio and television.
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Billy Jurges
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Billy Pierce
Walter William Pierce (born April 2, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was the team's star pitcher between 1952 and 1961, and was named the American League's top pitcher in 1956 and 1957 after being runner-up in both 1953 and 1955. A seven-time All-Star, he led the American League (AL) in complete games three times despite his slight build, and in wins, earned run average (ERA) and strikeouts once each. He pitched four one-hitters and seven two-hitters in his career, and on June 27, 1958 came within one batter of becoming the first left-hander in 78 years to throw a perfect game.
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Billy Sianis
William Sianis (c. 1895 - October 22, 1970), better known as Billy Sianis (), was a Chicago, Illinois tavern owner, who went on to become part of baseball lore because of the famed Curse of the Billy Goat he supposedly put on the Chicago Cubs after he and his goat were tossed out of game four of the 1945 World Series.
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Bob Love
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Brant Brown
Brant Michael Brown (born June 22, 1971 in Porterville, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is currently the hitting coach for the Frisco RoughRiders.
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Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is an American fictional character who starred in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated films produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which became Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1944. In 2002, he was named by TV Guide as the greatest cartoon character of all time. Bugs starred in 163 shorts in the Golden Age of American animation, and made cameos in three others along with a few appearances in non-animated films.
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Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen () (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist and novelist.
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Carlton Fisk
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Charles Goren
Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game.
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Chuck Swirsky
Chuck Swirsky (born January 30, 1954) is the radio play-by-play voice of the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. He was formerly the longtime play-by-play voice of the Toronto Raptors.
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Clarence Page
Clarence Page (born 2 June 1947) is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and senior member of The Chicago Tribune editorial board.
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Daisy Fuentes
Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American model and television personality. Daisy Fuentes broke barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ (Signed to MTV US and MTV Latin America simultaneously), and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.
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Dan Wasserman
Dan Wasserman is an American political cartoonist for The Boston Globe.
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Dana Summers
Dana Summers is an American editorial cartoonist and comic strip creator for Tribune Media Services. His editorial cartoons are published in the Orlando Sentinel, usually entertaining a conservative opinion. He also created the Bound and Gagged comic strip, and co-writes The Middletons with Ralph Dunagin.
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Dave Barry
David "Dave" Barry (born July 3, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.
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Dennis Rodman
Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is a retired American professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he was nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" and "The Worm" and was known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities. Playing small forward in his early years before becoming a power forward, Rodman earned NBA All-Defensive First Team honors seven times and was voted NBA Defensive Player of the Year twice. He also led the NBA in rebounds per game for a record seven consecutive years and won five NBA championships (1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998). His biography at NBA.com states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history".
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Diane Farr
Diane Farr (born September 7, 1969 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She is known for her role as FBI agent Megan Reeves in the CBS television series Numb3rs.
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Dick Locher
Richard Earl Locher (born June 4, 1929), better known as Dick Locher, is a nationally syndicated cartoonist.
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Dick Motta
John Richard "Dick" Motta (born September 3, 1931 in Midvale, Utah) is a former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years, and
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Doug Collins
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Drew Sheneman
Drew Sheneman (c. 1975) is an American editorial cartoonist. His work, which has appeared in The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, since 1998, is nationally syndicated by Tribune Media Services.
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Ed Badger
Ed Badger is a former professional basketball coach.
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Ed Wilson
Ed Wilson is an American media executive. He is formerly President of Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting and also served as Chief Revenue Officer of Tribune Company.
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Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn (born on January 3, 1936 in Paterson, New Jersey) is minority owner and Vice Chairman of the Chicago White Sox.
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Ernie Banks
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Ferguson Jenkins
Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins, CM, (born December 13, 1942 in Chatham, Ontario) is a Canadian former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was a three-time All-Star, winner of the 1971 Cy Young Award, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality. He is known as host of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion (also known as ''Garrison Keillor's Radio Show'' on United Kingdom's BBC 7, as well as on RTE in Ireland , Australia's ABC and Radio New Zealand National in New Zealand).
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Gary Burbank
Gary Burbank (born Billy Purser, July 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American radio personality. He was heard daily on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio, until December 21, 2007, when he signed off for the last time.
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Gene Honda
Eugene "Gene" Honda is a popular public address announcer for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, DePaul University basketball, Big Ten Tournament, and the NCAA Final Four. He is also the voice of Chicago's PBS station WTTW Channel 11, and the Chicago Marathon. He formerly worked for radio station WLIT, "The Lite" in Chicago. Honda was the p.a. announcer for the 2009 NHL Winter Classic on January 1 at Wrigley Field.
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George Gervin
George "The Iceman" Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Virginia Squires, San Antonio Spurs, and Chicago Bulls. Gervin averaged at least 14 points per game in all 14 of his ABA and NBA seasons, and finished with an NBA career average of 26.2 points per game. Gervin is regarded by most to be one of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history.
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Grant DePorter
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Harlan Collins
Paul Harlan Collins, more often known as Harlan Collins, is a composer, arranger, musician, and writer. His daily feature, "Today's Chuckle", which was started by his father Tom in 1948, is the most widely syndicated front page feature in the world.
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Harold Baines
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Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (; born May 27, 1923) is a German-born American political scientist, diplomat, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. After his term, his opinion was still sought out by many following presidents.
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Hue Hollins
Hue Hollins is a former professional basketball referee in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 27 years. During his career in the NBA, Hollins officiated 19 NBA Finals games and five NBA All-Star Games. He is notable for working the Finals every year during the 1990s and for a notorious call during a 1994 NBA Playoffs game between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. Hollins has also been probed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over the 2007 NBA betting scandal involving former referee Tim Donaghy.
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Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer (born November 12, 1969) is an American political scientist specializing in US foreign policy, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm. Eurasia Group provides financial, corporate, and government clients with information and insight on how political developments move markets. Bremmer is of Armenian and German descent.
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J. Joseph Ricketts
J. Joseph Ricketts is the founder, former CEO and former chairman of TD Ameritrade, the largest online discount brokerage in the world, based in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Jack Brickhouse
John Beasley "Jack" Brickhouse (January 24, 1916 – August 6, 1998) was an American sportscaster. Known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1948 to 1981, he received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman (born September 1, 1960) is an American editorial cartoonist based in Portland, Oregon. He has been The Oregonians cartoonist since 1983 and his work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services.
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Jackie Robinson
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Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (; born April 28, 1950) is an American stand-up comedian and television host.
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Jed Hoyer
Jed D. Hoyer (born December 7, 1973), is the executive vice-president and general manager of the San Diego Padres. He is formerly the assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox. He joined the Red Sox in 2002, after the ownership of John W. Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino took over the team from John Harrington. He worked under the title of assistant to the general manager until December 2005. He then was given the title of assistant general manager. Hoyer briefly served as co-general manager of the Red Sox from October 31, 2005- January 19, 2006 and then returning to his previous job of assistant general manager. In November 2003, he accompanied general manager Theo Epstein to Arizona to persuade pitcher Curt Schilling to accept a trade to the Red Sox, spending Thanksgiving at Schilling's home in what was eventually a successful effort.
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Jen Lancaster
Jennifer ("Jen") Lancaster (born November, 1967) is an author of five published books: Bitter is the New Black; Bright Lights, Big Ass; Such A Pretty Fat; Pretty in Plaid; and My Fair Lazy.
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Jerry Sloan
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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted "the most important black leader" with 15% of the vote.
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Jim Boylan
Jim Boylan (born April 28, 1955 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American basketball coach. He served as the interim head coach for the Chicago Bulls until he was dismissed on April 17, 2008. The Milwaukee Bucks hired him as an assistant coach on May 14, 2008.
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Joakim Noah
Joakim Simon Noah (; born February 25, 1985) is a French/Swedish-American
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John Fugelsang
John Fugelsang (b. September 3, 1969, Long Island, New York) is an American actor, television personality and stand-up comedian.
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John Paxson
John MacBeth Paxson (born September 29, 1960) is a retired American basketball player. He is currently the VP of Basketball Operations of the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.
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Johnny Frigo
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Johnny Kerr
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Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Jacob Goldberg (born March 21, 1969) is an American conservative syndicated columnist and author. Goldberg is known for his contributions on politics and culture to National Review Online, where he is editor-at-large. He is the author of Liberal Fascism (2008), which reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list.
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Jules Witcover
Jules Joseph Witcover (born July 16, 1927) is an American journalist, author, and columnist.
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Ken Hubbs
Kenneth Douglass Hubbs (December 23, 1941 - February 13, 1964) was an American second baseman who played from to for the Chicago Cubs in the National League. He was killed in a plane crash near Provo, Utah prior to the 1964 season.
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Kevin Loughery
Kevin Michael Loughery (born March 28, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
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Larry Costello
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Leonard Pitts
Leonard Pitts, Jr. is an American commentator, journalist and novelist. He is a nationally-syndicated columnist and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He was originally hired by the Miami Herald to critique music, but within a few years he received his own column in which he dealt extensively with race, politics, and culture. He lives in Bowie, Maryland. He has won awards for his writing from the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and was first nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1993, eventually claiming the honor in 2004.
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Luis Aparicio
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Luke Appling
Lucius Benjamin Appling (April 2, 1907 – January 3, 1991) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox (1930-1950). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.
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Luol Deng
Luol Michael Deng (born April 16, 1985 in Wau, Sudan) is a Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls and the Great Britain national basketball team. He plays the small forward position.
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Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Michael Showalter
Michael English Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is one third of the sketch comedy trio Stella. Showalter first came to recognition as a cast member on MTV's The State, which aired from 1993 to 1995. He co-wrote (with David Wain) and starred in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and he wrote, directed, and starred in The Baxter (2005), with Michelle Williams, Justin Theroux and Elizabeth Banks. Both of these movies featured many of his co-stars from The State, and so do several of his other projects. His current project is Michael & Michael Have Issues with Michael Ian Black.
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Mike Royko
Michael "Mike" Royko (September 19, 1932 – April 29, 1997) was a newspaper columnist in Chicago, Illinois, who won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Over his thirty year career, he wrote over 7,500 daily columns for three newspapers, the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune.
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Mitch Albom
Mitchel David "Mitch" Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for his sports writing in the earlier part of his career, he is perhaps best known now for the inspirational stories and themes that weave through his books, plays and films. He is also well-known for his philanthropic work in Detroit, Michigan where he founded four charities.
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Nancy Faust
Nancy Faust (born March 11, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is the popular long-time stadium organist for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox.
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Nate Thurmond
Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (born July 25, 1941, in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. His nickname during his playing years was "Nate the Great".
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Neil Funk
Neil Funk is the current television play-by-play announcer for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.
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Pat Pieper
Frank "Pat" Pieper (February 17, 1886 in Hanover, Germany – October 22, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) served as the Chicago Cubs field (public address) announcer from to , a span of 59 years. Coincidentally, his first year as announcer was also the first season in which Wrigley Field was used as the home park of the Cubs. He first used a PA system in 1932 - before that, he used a megaphone. As field announcer, he announced the lineups, who was up to bat, and so forth. He missed just 16 home games during his time with the Cubs - none after 1924. After games, he'd serve as a waiter at night.
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Paul Conrad
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Paul Kennedy
Paul Michael Kennedy CBE, FBA (born 1945), is a British historian specialising in international relations and grand strategy. He has published prominent books on the history of British foreign policy and Great Power struggles.
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Paul Konerko
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Paul Westhead
Paul Westhead (born February 21, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the University of Oregon women's team. He has previously been a head coach for three NBA teams and an assistant for two others, and has also coached in the NCAA and WNBA. He won titles in both the NBA and WNBA, and is also remembered as the coach of the Loyola Marymount University men's basketball team during that school's era of greatest basketball glory. Westhead is known for an unorthodox, run-and-gun style similar to Nellie ball called "The System." He attended Saint Joseph's University.
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Pete Myers
Peter (Pete) E. Myers (born September 15, 1963 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American former professional basketball player and former assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls.
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Randy Michaels
Randy Michaels (born Benjamin Homel) is an American broadcasting executive who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Tribune Company and a member of the National Association of Broadcasters TV Board.
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Ray Clay
Ray Clay is an American public address announcer best known for his work for the Chicago Bulls organization in the 1990s.
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RedEye
The RedEye is a daily publication put out by the Chicago Tribune geared toward 18 to 34-year-olds. RedEye (not to be confused with Red Eye, or Red-Eye, or other popular international websites and business sharing the same name) was created due in part to the loss of readership among young people of the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers. Tribune Company began publishing the RedEye in an effort to pull readers back into readership and eventually migrate them into the big edition (Tribune).
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Robert Pagliarini
Robert Pagliarini is the president of Pacifica Wealth Advisors, a certified financial planner, and a #1 best-selling author.
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Robert Parish
Robert Lee Parish (born August 30, 1953 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a retired American basketball center. He was known for his strong defense and jump shooting, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1997, Parish was also named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
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Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thorn (born May 23, 1941, in Princeton, West Virginia) is the current president of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
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Ron Santo
Ronald Edward Santo (born February 25, 1940 in Seattle, Washington) is a former professional baseball player. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as the regular third baseman for the Chicago Cubs before playing his final year with the Chicago White Sox. Santo was a productive player despite suffering from diabetes, a condition which he carefully concealed for 80% of his career; it eventually necessitated the amputation of both of his legs.
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Ronnie Woo Woo
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WGN America

Launched	October 1978
Network	Independent (1978-1995, 1999-present) The WB/Kids' WB (1995-1999)
Owned by	Tribune Company (Tribune Broadcasting)
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV)
Slogan	Chicago's Very Own (used only during WGN newscasts)^[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Broadcast area	United States Canada (via cable)
Headquarters	Chicago (programming)/ New York (sales)
Formerly called	WGN (1978-2001) WGN Superstation (2001-2002) Superstation WGN (2002-2008)
Sister channel(s)	WGN-TV, CLTV, WGN (AM)
Website	http://www.wgnamerica.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV (US)	Channel 307 (SD/HD)
Dish Network	Channel 239 (SD/HD)
Cable
Verizon FiOS	Consult local lineup for SD channel number Channel 568 (HD)
Available on most other U.S. cable systems	Check local listings for channels
Available on some select Canadian cable systems	Check local listings for channels
IPTV
AT&T U-verse	Channel 180 (SD) Channel 1180 (HD) (not available in the Chicago area)
MTS TV	Channel 245 (SD) Channel 439 (HD)

WGN America (formerly known as "Superstation WGN" and "WGN Superstation") is a Chicago-based American feed of WGN-TV, owned by Tribune Broadcasting. WGN America offers its national programming across North America without the CW network programming and most syndicated programs that are carried on the Chicago area feed. WGN America is still not available on most cable systems in the New England region of the United States, including certain parts of the New York metropolitan area.

WGN America is available in the United States on most cable providers, via satellite to DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers, and to subscribers of AT&T U-verse (outside of the Chicago area) and Verizon FiOS; it is also carried on some smaller Canadian cable companies, although most Canadian viewers which previously received the superstation feed now receive the WGN-TV Chicago feed. In the Chicago market, WGN America is not available on over-the-air digital television or cable, but is available on DirecTV and Dish Network. Most American cable and IPTV providers carry WGN America on a "limited basic" programming tier (which also includes local broadcast stations and public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable channels).

WGN America only features one feed, and is not timeshifted for other areas of the U.S.; as such, its promos refer to shows airing on both the Eastern and Pacific time zones (ex., America's Funniest Home Videos would be advertised as airing at "7 p.m. East/4 p.m. West", a scheduling reference format it has used in promos since 2008, in lieu of referring to those zones as "Eastern" and "Pacific"). As a result, the weekday noon and nightly 9 p.m. newscasts from WGN-TV air in the Central Time Zone at the same time as the Pacific, Mountain and Eastern time zones, but is shown earlier or later depending on the location.

1 History
- 1.1 Differences between the Chicago and national feeds
- 1.2 Change to WGN America
2 Programming
- 2.1 Original programming
- 2.2 WGN-TV programming
3 WGN in Canada
4 WGN America HD
5 Slogans
6 References
7 External links

History [link]

Differences between the Chicago and national feeds [link]

In October 1978, United Video Satellite Group uplinked the signal of WGN-TV (channel 9) in Chicago to the Satcom-3 satellite for cable and satellite subscribers nationwide. For over 11 years, the national program schedule was the same as Chicago's. As United Video also owned Prevue Guide, WGN's audio subcarrier channel unheard by viewers was utilized to transmit programming schedules in a 2400 bit/s data stream to local cable providers for their own systems.

In 1989, a new law known as the Syndication Exclusivity Rule, or "SyndEx", was passed. This law means that whenever a local station has the exclusive rights to air a syndicated program in their market, it must be blacked out on any out-of-town stations by the local cable company. On January 1, 1990, a separate national feed of WGN-TV was launched to avoid any blackouts, save for some sports programming, similar to Secaucus, New Jersey-based WWOR-TV's "WWOR EMI Service", only with fewer blackouts.

One major programming difference between the national and Chicago area feeds is that WGN America does not carry CW network programming (which does appear on WGN-TV Chicago), as that network is available in most markets around the country. Superstation WGN did carry programming from the now-defunct WB network (which Tribune had an ownership interest in) nationwide from the network's launch in 1995 until 1999, when local station coverage was deemed sufficient enough by Time Warner and Tribune to discontinue airing The WB on the superstation feed, giving the network an early advantage over UPN (which declined to allow former superstation WWOR to carry UPN programming nationwide to areas without an affiliate). Moreover, some cable providers in markets with Tribune-owned stations do not carry WGN America on analog or digital cable. During this period, Superstation WGN also carried Kids' WB, which was carried only on the superstation feed due to WGN's local morning newscast; it was seen in Chicago at the time on WCIU-TV (channel 26).

By the early 1990s, WGN began to increase its national cable coverage when many cable systems began to swap WWOR for the WGN superstation feed.^[2] However in 1996, WGN's news, sports, entertainment and WB network programming had gone missing from many areas served by now-defunct cable provider TCI outside the Chicago area as it dropped the superstation feed from TCI systems in several markets, the move was in part to make room for additional channels; this was around the same time that WGN temporarily lost the rights to Chicago Bulls basketball games due to a lawsuit between WGN-TV and the National Basketball Association. However due to viewer outcry in some markets over the decision, TCI later backed off plans to drop programming from the WGN superstation feed in five Midwestern states.^[3]^[4]

In 1997, TCI and Tribune had also discussed a move to convert the WGN superstation feed into a basic cable channel (similar to what Atlanta superstation WTBS did that same year), with TCI owning 50%.^[5] In 2001, the superstation feed was rebranded as WGN Superstation, before rebranding again as Superstation WGN in November of the following year, coinciding with the introduction of WGN-TV Chicago's current logo.

Change to WGN America [link]

On May 24, 2008, Superstation WGN formally changed its name to WGN America. Initially, its use was limited to promos, as the Superstation WGN IDs remained in use. The new name and logo went into fulltime use on the channel on Memorial Day, May 26, 2008; the new logo was also the first used by the superstation feed to not include a variant of WGN-TV's logo. The logo featured the eyes of a female (similar in resemblance to the 1988-1997 logo used by The Movie Channel), used alongside the channel's new slogan "TV You Can't Ignore". The channel would soon begin a slow change in its programming lineup, starting with the Sunday night "Out of Sight Retro Night" block, featuring older programs such as WKRP in Cincinnati, Newhart, ALF, Barney Miller and The Honeymooners, some of which aired on WGN prior to the Syndex era, or even after the start of Syndex on the Chicago signal only.

A few shows, such as former WGN staples U.S. Farm Report and Soul Train, had been dropped, mostly due to the dissolution of Tribune's television production and distribution division. The transition process for a full rebranding was expected to take 12 to 18 months.^[6] In late July 2008, the network's logo bug was revised - the eyes element of the logo morphed into the words WGN America, and have also remained a part of the general logo in all other uses until the beginning of 2009. From January to April 2009, the text of the WGN America logo bug became the main logo with the eyes element.

File:WGN America 2009 logo.svg

First version of current logo, used from April 2009 to July 1, 2010.

Tribune Chairman/CEO Sam Zell and CEO Randy Michaels have also stated to the media during a nationwide tour of Tribune properties that they would like to lure comedian Jay Leno into the Tribune fold as the host of a new late night program after the end of Leno's run as host of The Tonight Show on NBC in 2009, by launching it on Tribune stations and using WGN America as a linchpin for the show.^[7] However, in December 2008 NBC retained the rights to Leno by moving his show to 10:00 and creating The Jay Leno Show.

In April 2009, WGN America rebranded the channel, with a new retro-style logo (which was given a slight update on July 1, 2010 with the rounded trapezoid containing the "WGN" simplified into rounded squares and the word "america" spaced), a new five note sounder equivalent to the NBC chimes (this same sounder is also in use on WGN Radio in Chicago), new graphics, a new slogan ("Everywhere America Calls Home"), and new original programming. The channel did so to increase cable carriage outside the network's traditional carriage area and position itself as a general entertainment channel that programs to the entire nation, not just Chicago and the Midwest.^[8]

Programming [link]

Main article: List of programs broadcast by WGN America

The network now relies primarily on a variety of re-runs, such as America's Funniest Home Videos (from the Bergeron and Fugelsang/Fuentes era of that series), Futurama, Mad About You, Scrubs, The New Adventures of Old Christine, 'Til Death, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Walker, Texas Ranger, Matlock, Monk, The Unit and edited syndication versions of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and South Park.^[9] Most shows airing on WGN America can also be seen on other over-the-air broadcast stations nationwide, but have been cleared by the studios for "full-signal" rights (that is, shows that do not fall under Syndex regulations). For example, although syndicated reruns of 30 Rock now air on other TV stations nationwide (including WGN-TV/Chicago), it is allowed to air on WGN America due to its clearance by NBCUniversal for "full-signal" carriage.

Feature films also air on the channel, which are also cleared for "full-signal" carriage as the superstation feed runs films from syndicated packages distributed by Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros. Television, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, 20th Television and other distributors for local broadcast syndication. These feature films formed the majority of the superstation's primetime schedule until the "Superstation WGN" branding era; though as of September 13, 2010, WGN America no longer airs movies in primetime, having been relegated to Sunday afternoons and weekend late nights since September 18, 2010. The channel at present is heavily reliant on classic television series during the late morning and afternoon hours, and from August 2007 until September 5, 2010 aired a Sunday night classic comedy block called Outta Sight Retro Night, which consisted of reruns of The Cosby Show, Newhart, Barney Miller and Cheers;^[10] the lineup started at 5 p.m. ET, broke away at 10 p.m. ET for WGN News at Nine and Instant Replay, and resumed from 11-2 a.m. ET.^[11]

In recent years, WGN America has also acquired sub-run syndication rights to series that have aired on the channel previously in first-run form between 1995 and 1999 when it carried WB network programming. 7th Heaven, The Wayans Bros., Sister, Sister and The Parent 'Hood have all aired in first-run and off-network syndication form on WGN America in the past. Between 2006 and 2009, WGN America ran sitcoms aimed at teen and preteen audiences during the mid-afternoon hours, such as Lizzie McGuire, Even Stevens and Sister, Sister, only to move these shows to late night graveyard slots, when the show's target audiences are usually not awake, after a short time and eventually dropped them, likely due to the restructuring of Tribune's television division and a deal with the Disney Channel which proved too expensive to maintain.

Original programming [link]

On August 21, 2008, it was announced that radio hosts Bob and Tom would join the WGN America line-up on November 3, 2008; the video simulcast of that show was produced for Tribune's Indianapolis sister operation WXIN/WTTV by B&T flagship station WFBQ.^[12] Originally airing in a standard late night slot, it was later moved to overnights; WGN America ceased airing The Bob and Tom Show on September 13, 2010.

On December 19, 2008, WGN America confirmed a deal with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to show WWE Superstars as a one hour program every week, starting April 16, 2009.^[13] The channel stopped airing the show after the April 7, 2011 episode and it is now available in the United States only on WWE.com.

In April 2010, WGN America announced it would begin carrying Earl Pitts Uhmerikun, a television version of the radio commentary series created by Gary Burbank, it began airing that same month. Burbank has long been close with certain Tribune Company executives of that time, who approached him about bringing the series to television.^[14] The commentary was aired in the form of a series of 90-second segments, usually during WGN-TV newscasts; the Earl Pitts Uhmerikun segments were dropped from WGN America by November 2011.

WGN-TV programming [link]

Newscasts [link]

WGN America's national feed at present carries 12 hours worth of WGN-TV's local newscasts each week (with two hours on weekdays and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays), approximately one-third of the 49 hours per week of newscasts that WGN-TV produces; WGN America simulcasts the noon-1 p.m. hour of the WGN Midday News on weekdays and the nightly 9 p.m. newscast (all times Central), along with the 20-minute sports highlight show Instant Replay on Sunday evenings. Since 2008, WGN-TV anchors typically reference the national simulcast immediately before the top story of the noon and 9 p.m. newscasts (except during the weekend newscasts and preemptions of the 9 p.m. newscast on WGN America); however ironically, the superstation feed does not air promos for the WGN-TV newscasts (exceptions being promos seen near the conclusion of Cubs, White Sox and Bulls evening games that run until or past 9 p.m. CT), though sports telecasts aired on WGN-TV that are carried nationally are promoted on WGN America.

WGN America has for undetermined reasons, not cleared the 11 a.m. hour of the WGN Midday News, or the weeknight 5 p.m. and weekend morning newscasts for broadcast on the superstation feed since those newscasts respectively launched in October 2009, September 2008 and October 2010 (these newscasts are, however, carried via live stream on WGNTV.com); the WGN Morning News also does not air outside of WGN-TV's broadcast coverage area and pay television system operators in northeastern Illinois and far northwestern Indiana carrying the WGN-TV local feed, although it did air nationally from its 1994 debut until 1996, when it was dropped reportedly due to SyndEx rules on some segments.

As of September 13, 2010, due to the removal of movies from the Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday primetime lineups in favor of sitcom reruns nightly in primetime,^[15] preemptions of the 9 p.m. newscast on WGN America have decreased to only occasional instances where certain sporting events airing on WGN-TV are not cleared to air outside the Chicago market, and the game is scheduled to run past 9 p.m. CT (prior to the scheduling change, feature films than ran past 10 p.m. ET also caused the late-evening newscast to be preempted). Episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos (from either the 2001–present Tom Bergeron run or the 1997-1999 Daisy Fuentes-John Fugelsang run) air in the newscast's place in the event of a primetime sports preemption outside of the Chicago market; the noon-1 p.m. CT portion of the midday newscast is also occasionally preempted (though in far rarer instances) when a Cubs or White Sox baseball game scheduled for broadcast on WGN-TV/WGN America begins at 1 p.m. ET.

Other WGN-TV programming [link]

Aside from programming shared by both the local and national superstation feeds that have been cleared for "full-signal" carriage, other local programs shared by the two feeds (in addition to the noon and 9 p.m. newscasts) include the Saturday morning public affairs programs Adelante, Chicago and People to People (which are rotated in the same 5:30 a.m. CT timeslot on a bi-weekly basis) and select feature films (which are aired in different timeslots than they air on WGN-TV/Chicago). Through WGN-TV's longtime association as the MDA Love Network station for the Chicago market, WGN America also simulcasts the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (having aired the telethon in both its former 18-hour format used until 2010, and the six-hour primetime format used for the 2011 telethon), with the local segments featuring WGN-TV personalities included; as a result, donations to the Chicago-based segments of the telethon come from both in and outside of the Chicago market. WGN America also simulcasts or airs on a delayed basis other Chicago-based programs produced by WGN's local programming department, such as local parades, event coverage or retrospective shows on WGN's past (including the McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade and the special Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics).

Although the program schedules between WGN-TV/Chicago and the national superstation feed were initially similar in the years following the enaction of the SyndEx rules, having carried much of the same programming as one another with limited programming substitutions outside of Chicago, WGN-TV/Chicago and the national superstation feed (particularly since the rebrand of the superstation to "WGN America") have begun to feature significantly fewer common programs in comparison to previous years with vast programming differences between the two feeds. As of November 2011, the only "SyndEx-proof" shows shared between WGN America and WGN-TV/Chicago (other than local newscasts) that are cleared for "full-signal" carriage are People to People and Adelante, Chicago, syndicated reruns of 30 Rock, and the religious programs Singsation!, Tomorrow's World and Believer's Walk of Faith with Pastor Bill Winston. At one time in 2007, WGN America broadcast The Steve Wilkos Show, airing one hour before WGN-TV's airing of the show.

The Illinois Lottery is the only U.S. state lottery which televises their non multi-jurisdictional drawings to a national audience, as WGN America simulcasts the lottery's drawings live weekdays during the midday newscast and nightly during the primetime newscast at 12:40 and 9:22 p.m. CT, respectively; the winning numbers for all games drawn in the midday and evening drawings are also shown if either the noon or 9 p.m. newscasts are preempted, and on weekend afternoons during scheduled programming in the 1 p.m. ET time slot, where they are shown either during a commercial break or in an lower-third graphic appearing on-screen within the program. In addition, WGN America also simulcasts drawings from the Mega Millions and Powerball multi-state lotteries (which the Illinois Lottery is a participant) on their respective drawing nights (Tuesdays and Fridays for Mega Millions; Wednesdays and Saturdays for Powerball) at 11 p.m. ET, except during an ongoing sports telecast; WGN America effectively acts as the default broadcaster of the Mega Millions live drawings in areas of lottery-participating states where no local station televises the drawings. Because of WGN America's ubiquitous distribution in the state of Iowa, the Iowa Lottery thus uses Illinois' lottery numbers for their own Pick 3 and Pick 4 games daily.^[16]^[17]

Sports programming [link]

WGN America airs all Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball games televised on WGN-TV/Chicago. It also simulcasts about 10 Chicago Bulls NBA games from the Chicago area feed. WGN-TV/Chicago has rights to carry additional Bulls games, as well as a number of Chicago Blackhawks NHL games; however, due to broadcast rights restrictions imposed by the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League respectively, WGN America is not allowed to carry other games from the Bulls schedule, outside of the 10 games allowed to air outside the Chicago market, or any Blackhawks game that the local station carries (in the latter case due to the NHL's exclusive contract with Comcast/NBCUniversal); similar restrictions by these and other sports leagues also prevent live streams of sports highlights to be streamed on WGNTV.com during live streams of WGN-TV newscasts. WGN America substitutes games not cleared for national carriage with movies and/or syndicated programming.

Certain related programming carried locally, such as the Blackhawks' victory parade following the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs and a half-hour special paying tribute to the late Cubs player and broadcaster Ron Santo in 2011, have also not been shown on WGN America, though in the latter case a few Tribune and Local TV LLC partner stations aired the funeral on their digital subchannels.

WGN in Canada [link]

On January 17, 2007, many cable systems in Canada, as well as satellite provider Star Choice (now Shaw Direct), switched to the WGN-TV Chicago feed, duplicating CW network shows and many syndicated programs already available on other channels. This is a result of Shaw Broadcast Services (the main supplier of the WGN feed in Canada) switching to the local feed; it is believed that the switch was made to avoid fees required to carry WGN's superstation feed. WGN America continues to be carried on other cable systems in Canada (such as MTS TV, which carries both WGN America and WGN-TV Chicago), while Bell TV has been carrying the WGN-TV Chicago feed for several years. WGN also is carried as part of the NHL Centre Ice sports package in Canada as well, primarily for simulcasts of Chicago Blackhawks games.

WGN America HD [link]

WGN America HD is a high definition simulcast of WGN America, broadcasting programming available in HD in the 1080i picture format. Select syndicated programs (such as 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother and Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Cubs and White Sox baseball and Bulls basketball games, and WGN-TV's noon and 9 p.m. newscasts are currently broadcast in high definition. WGN-TV began broadcasting its newscasts in high definition on July 19, 2008. It is available on Cox Communications, Comcast, AT&T U-verse, Verizon FiOS and other select cable providers, as well as via satellite providers Dish Network and DirecTV. NEED TO GET TIME WARNER CABLE!!!

Slogans [link]

"Chicago's Very Own" (1983–present; used during WGN newscasts)
"Entertaining America" (1997–2001)
"It's Great to Be Home" (2005–2008)
"TV You Can't Ignore" (2008–2009)
"Everywhere America Calls Home" (2009–2010)

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References [link]

^ WGN-TV
^ Umstead, R. Thomas. "Midwest systems switch out WWOR; cable television operators sign up WGN", Multichannel News, January 13, 1992. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from HighBeam Research.
^ Katz, Richard. "Networks on chopping block; TCI makes mincemeat of programmers' lineups", Multichannel News, December 2, 1996. Retrieved February 24, 2011 from HighBeam Research.
^ Becker, Dave. "TCI Will Retain WGN in Madison, The Superstation Will Be Available in Five States", The Wisconsin State Journal, December 20, 1996. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from HighBeam Research.
^ Colman, Price. "WGN-TV moving toward basic: superstation is discussing plan that would have TCI owning 50%", Broadcasting & Cable, April 28, 1997. Retrieved March 1, 2011 from HighBeam Research.
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^ WGN AMERICA IS EVERYWHERE AMERICA CALLS HOME -- NETWORK COMPLETES REBRAND AND RELAUNCHES IN APRIL The Futon Critic April 9, 2009
^ http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/07/wgn-america-fall-2010-schedule-tca.html
^ [1] Retrieved November 9, 2008.
^ http://www.wgnamerica.com/pages/outta_sight_retro_night
^ http://www.wgnamerica.com/bobandtom.html
^ "WGN America Enters the Ring". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2008-12-19. http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/wgnamerica. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
^ http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/04/02/wake-up-wgn-uhmerika-here-comes-earl-pitts/
^ http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=270367
^ http://www.ialottery.com/PDF/GameRules/Pick3_Rules.pdf
^ http://www.ialottery.com/PDF/GameRules/Pick4_Rules.pdf

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The Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-Time Roster Seasons Head coaches Current season

Arenas	International Amphitheatre Chicago Stadium United Center

Head Coaches	Kerr Motta Badger Costello Robertson Sloan Johnson Thorn Westhead Loughery Albeck Collins Jackson Floyd Berry Cartwright Myers Skiles Boylan Del Negro Thibodeau

D-League Affiliate	Iowa Energy

NBA Finals Appearances (6)	1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998

NBA Championships (6)	1991 1992 1993 1996 1997 1998

Retired Jerseys	4 10 23 33

Hall of Famers	Nate Thurmond George Gervin Robert Parish Phil Jackson Michael Jordan Jerry Sloan Scottie Pippen Artis Gilmore Tex Winter Dennis Rodman

Key Personnel	Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf Vice President of Basketball Operations: John Paxson General Manager: Gar Forman Coach: Tom Thibodeau

Rivals	Detroit Pistons New York Knicks Miami Heat Indiana Pacers Cleveland Cavaliers

Culture and Lore	The Arrival 69 Points Hare Jordan and Air Jordan Jumpman Bad Boys 1991 NBA Finals Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen The Shot Tommy Edwards The Shrug Benny the Bull "Sirius" Ray Clay "Jam" 72-10 Space Jam Double Nickel "I Believe I Can Fly" Father's Day Victory Hack-a-Rodman The Flu Game Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals The Last Shot The Jordan Rules The Triangle offense The Madhouse on Madison The Madhouse on Madison II Ashland Green Line Station The Zen Master Tex The Spirit Game 6 of the 2009 NBA Playoffs First Round D-Rose The Man from Sudan The Circus Trip Too Big, Too Strong, Too Fast, Too Good The Noble One Beat M.I.A. The Bench Mob

Media	TV WGN-TV WGN America WCIU Comcast SportsNet Chicago CN100 Radio WMVP-AM Announcers Neil Funk Stacey King Chuck Swirsky Bill Wennington

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Look up America in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

America usually refers to either:

The Americas, a landmass comprising North America and South America
The United States of America, a country in North America

America may also refer to:

1 Other locations
2 Astronomy
3 Film and television
4 Literature
5 Music
- 5.1 Albums
- 5.2 Songs
6 Other media
7 People
8 Sports
9 Vehicles
- 9.1 Ships
10 Video games
11 See also

Other locations [link]

América, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
America, Limburg, Netherlands
América, Tamaulipas, Mexico
America, Illinois, U.S.
America, Oklahoma, U.S.

Astronomy [link]

916 America, a minor planet

Film and television [link]

America (1924 film), a film by D. W. Griffith
America (2009 film), an American made-for-television film
America (2011 film), a 2011 Puerto Rican film
America: Freedom to Fascism, a 2006 documentary
América (TV series), a Brazilian telenovela
America (US TV series), a syndicated afternoon talk show
Amreeka, a 2009 film (Amreeka the Arabic pronunciation for America)
America America, an American film by Elia Kazan
America: A Personal History of the United States, a 13-part BBC television documentary series
America: The Story of Us, a six-part, 12-hour television documentary depicting the history of the United States

Literature [link]

America (novel), a young adult novel by E. R. Frank
"America" (Judge Dredd story), a story by John Wagner
"America" (poem), a poem by Allen Ginsberg
America (The Book), a book written by the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
"America" (short story), by Orson Scott Card
America, a Jake Grafton novel by Stephen Coonts
"America", a poem by Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass

Music [link]

America (band), an English-American rock band
America Records (France), a French jazz record label

Songs [link]

"America" (Bree Sharp song)
"America" (Killing Joke song)
"America" (Neil Diamond song)
"America" (Prince song)
"America" (Razorlight song)
"America" (Simon & Garfunkel song)
"America" (West Side Story song)
"America, Fuck Yeah", the satirical theme song of the 2004 film Team America: World Police
"America", a song by Tracy Chapman from Where You Live
"America", a song by Waylon Jennings from Turn the Page
"America", a song by Nas from his untitled ninth studio album
"America", a song by Santana featuring P.O.D. from Shaman
"América", a song by José Luis Perales
"America", a song by Bobby Susser from America: An Album for All Ages
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" or "America", a patriotic song of the United States

Other media [link]

America (magazine), a weekly Roman Catholic magazine
America (XM), an XM satellite radio channel
América 2, an Argentine television station
America One, an American over-the-air television network
América Televisión, a Peruvian television network

People [link]

America Ferrera, American actress
America Hoffman, son of activist Abbie Hoffman
America Olivo, American actress

Sports [link]

América Football Club (disambiguation)
América de Cali, a football club from Cali, Colombia
América Managua, a football club from Managua, Nicaragua
Club América, a football club from Mexico City
Copa América (Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup") football competition in South America

Vehicles [link]

America (aircraft), a multi-engine airplane used by Richard E. Byrd and his crew on a 1927 transatlantic flight
America (airship), an airship flown in 1907 and 1909 attempts to reach the North Pole, and a 1910 attempt to cross the Atlantic
America (Spanish automobile), an automobile produced in Barcelona, Spain
America (American automobile)
America, the callsign of the Apollo 17 Command/Service Module

Ships [link]

America (yacht), a racing yacht that won the America's Cup in 1851
French ship America (1788), a Téméraire-class ship of the French Navy
- America class ship of the line, derived from the French ship America
SS America, several ships of the name
HMS America, several ships of the Royal Navy
USS America, several ships of the United States Navy
America class steamship, Cunard sidewheel transatlantic steamships
- RMS America, first of the America-class
America class amphibious assault ship

Video games [link]

America (video game), a 2001 Wild West-themed real-time strategy game

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History [link]

Differences between the Chicago and national feeds [link]

Change to WGN America [link]

Programming [link]

Original programming [link]

WGN-TV programming [link]

Newscasts [link]

Other WGN-TV programming [link]

Sports programming [link]

WGN in Canada [link]

WGN America HD [link]

Slogans [link]

References [link]

External links [link]

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Other locations [link]

Astronomy [link]

Film and television [link]

Literature [link]

Music [link]

Albums [link]

Songs [link]

Other media [link]

People [link]

Sports [link]

Vehicles [link]

Ships [link]

Video games [link]

See also [link]

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