Talk:WGN-TV
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Is this level of disambiguation necessary? -- Zoe
I guess there is no reason to write down that its motto used to be "Chicago's very own channel 9"? 68.63.79.72 04:45, 13 December 2005
- Too late. It's in the InfoBox. :) Wahkeenah 04:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Logos
Awesome collection of logos. Now if someone could find the logo from the early 60s showing the Prudential Building (assuming I'm remembering the correct station), that would be something. Then there was the one from the early 80s or so which showed WGN "orbiting" around the big 9, accompanied by, of all things, the opening instrumental notes from Roger Whittaker's "The Last Farewell"... Wahkeenah 12:45, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I have never seen the logo you state from the 1960's - The station lost most of it's old video because of re-use of video tape until about the 1980's. It was a money saving move, but so much great video is lost forever because of it.
The 1980's orbiting logo I don't recall - I have video tapes back to 1982, (this is how WGN got most of their old video, from collectors, they had to be wealthy to have video recorders prior to 1980.)
1980 News had a logo of a similar to what you state, but believe it was just a white star like dot, unless my TV reception was that bad back then. WGN used to come in quite good though. The logo was shared with the Independent News (from New York's WPIX Tribune station) though not the same as the WGN version. Kidsheaven 22:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "turner time?"
No mention of their former practice of starting programs at :05 and :35 rather than on the hour; Do they still do this? when did they start & stop?
- You must be thinking of TBS Superstation. There, Turner Time was used from 1983-1997, and still used on a semi-regular basis (specifically when re-running SATC.
[edit] Be on the lookout...
A editor using the IP address "75.3.82.7" has been poorly editing this article by making various stylistic errors. I have re-reverted back to previous (stylistically correct) versions but this user continues to flip back to their version, which can be considered as vandalism. Rollosmokes 07:36, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] You've got to be kidding...
Didn't realize "Rollosmokes" was assigned as the sole editor of this page. If so, he should consider confirming his claims before posting. Contacting WGN-TV would be a good start. He'll find the corrections that were made by "75.3.82.7" were actually corrections and not "vandalism." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.3.82.7 (talk • contribs) 10:29, 12 June 2006 (EDT).
The problem that I'm having is with the many changes in style that this unknown editor has been making in their effort to "correct" this article. They are as follows:
- there is no -AM suffix attached to WGN radio officially, so it does not belong here.
- Single-digit numbers, in most cases, should be written in word form and not numerically.
- The word channel should have a lower-case "c" and not an upper-case "C" when not starting a sentence (this is basic grammar).
- Your additions are full of redundancy, such as your repeated mentions of "WGN-TV Channel 9 and WGN-DT Channel 9.1", and your insistence to add "WGN-DT" in other places.
In a nutshell, you (whomever you claim to be) are a poor editor with no idea on how to write an article, what to change and what not to change. You don't even have the bravery to take accountability for your "work" by registering with Wikipedia and getting a screenname. But it doesn't matter, because you can still be blocked. And I will continue to revert this article as long as I continue to see your vandalism. Rollosmokes 16:47, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Not vandalism so Rollosmokes and 75.3.82.7 becareful about WP:3RR rule. 75.3.82.7 please see WP:MOS before you revert further. Thanks Jaranda wat's sup 17:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
In response to last posting by "Rollosmokes":
- Since he identified WGN Radio's channel position as "720", I added that it was on the "AM" dial.
- Single-digit numbers, in most cases, should be written in word form and not numerically. But television channel positions, whether they're single-digit or not, in most cases, are written numerically and not word form.
- The word channel should have an upper-case "C" and not a lower-case "c" when identifying a television channel position (this is journalistic grammar).
- "WGN-TV Channel 9" and "WGN-DT Channel 9.1" are separate.
As for the remaining corrections "Rollosmokes" didn't refer to here, I also stand by them. I've never been in a pissing match with anyone on Wikipedia before. Apparently, I'm not the first that has with "Rollosmokes." Instead of stooping to name-calling, threats and false accusations as he has, and since he obviously has much more free time on his hands than I, I'm going to walk away from this and let him post whatever he chooses. I only suggest, again, that he not only researches but confirms his claims before he permanently posts them. Thanks.
[edit] Trivia
How is The Weatherman's station based off of wgn? It's definitely not clear to me.
- The station let the producers of the film use their studios for the weather segments, and gave clearance to them for a modified logo/channel to fit their movie. The same thing was done between Life or Something Like It and Seattle's KOMO-TV. Nate 03:51, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Can't show you any link to it, but it was actually filmed at the Bradley Place Studio of WGN-News. They had promotional (news) segments added around the release of that film and Tom Skilling did participate and is listed it the credits of the movie. That he would want to be associated with the film is sort of questionable to me, however for over $1,000,000 a year he will do almost anything. He did work with a puppet in Milwaukee at Channel-6 before coming to the Chicago market. Tom stated "the puppet used to receive more fan mail than he did". Reference Source WGN-TV segment on station history and WTTW- Chicago Tonight. Kidsheaven 23:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Here is an interesting link on Tom Skilling getting out of Jury Duty: [1] Kidsheaven 23:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
