WGN-AM is a radio station on 720 kHz in Chicago, co-owned with WGN-TV. WGN-AM's transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The station offers a News and Talk format. Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... BRANDING refers to either the imprinting of brand marks on live skin, see Livestock branding and Branding persons a marketing technique, see Brand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up Slogan on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading daily newspaper of the Midwestern United States. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video signals (programs) to a number of recipients (listeners or viewers) that belong to a large group. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... A radio station is a sound broadcasting service. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Elk Grove Village is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ...

The WGN radio station went on the air on June 1, 1924. They took over their frequency from an even earlier radio station, WDAP, which went on the air in May of 1922. The call letters were said to stand for "World's Greatest Newspaper," in reference to the station's owner, the Chicago Tribune. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading daily newspaper of the Midwestern United States. ...

WGN was a high-powered clear channel station, at night time often audible over much of the USA and sometimes as far away as Australia and South America. Early programing was noted for its creativity and innovation; it included live music, political debates, comedy routines, and some of radio's first broadcasts of sporting events, including the Indianapolis 500 automobile race. In 1926 WGN broadcast Sam & Henry, often considered the very first situation comedy. WGN is now mainly a talk radio station. WGN breaks for 15 minutes of news, weather, traffic, and sports every hour and also hosts Ron Santo and Pat Hughes as commentators for all games of the Chicago Cubs (another Tribune asset). Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Indianapolis 500, 1994 The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, frequently shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American race for open-wheel automobiles held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sam & Henry (also rendered as Sam n Henry) was a radio show which aired in 1926 and 1927 by Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... Ronald Edward Santo (born 25 February 1940 in Seattle, Washington) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. ... Virgil Patrick Pat Hughes (born May 27, 1955 in Tucson, Arizona) is the play-by-play baseball announcer for the Chicago Cubs, working for WGN radio. ... The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Over many decades WGN was a Full Service Radio station. They played small amounts of music during mornings and afternoons, moderate amounts of music on weekends during the day, had midday and evening talk, sports (the longtime home of The Chicago Cubs baseball games), and other features. The music was Easy Listening/MOR artists until the 70's when the music was more of an AC type sound. Music was phased out on WGN during the 1980's and by 1990 WGN was almost completely talk.

Current WGN radio shows include hosts Spike O'Dell, Kathy and Judy, Steve Cochran, John Williams, Milt Rosenberg, Nick Digilio, Gary Lee Wright, and Steve and Johnnie. There have been a number of noteworthy men named John Williams: John Williams (actor) (1903-1983), actor John Williams (archer) American archer and Olympic gold medallist John Williams (author) (1922-), wrote historical novel Augustus John Williams (accordionist), Chicago-born accordion player John Williams (archbishop) (1582-1650), archbishop John Williams (composer...

In June 2005 WGN Radio changed its slogan from "Chicago's News and Talk (and Cubs!)" to "The Voice of Chicago."

External links

• WGN-AM Radio
• WGN gold - The history of WGN Radio