Snow-body Does It Better Than Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV
3rd Feb, 2011 | Posted in Broadcasting
Chicago Turns to Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Team for Blizzard 2011
Along with record snowfall in the past 48 hours, WGN-TV delivered record ratings, beating WLS’ News among Adults 25-54 during Feb 1, Blizzard 2011.WGN-TV aired more hours of local, live news coverage than any other affiliate in Chicago with over 21 hours of news, weather and information:
- WGN = 21.5 hours
- WFLD = 19 hours
- WLS = 17 ¼ hours
- WMAQ = 16 ½ hours
- WBBM = 15 ¾ hours
WGN-TV outranked WLS Tuesday, February 1st in the
- Morning 4:30a-9a: WGN 2.6 vs. WLS 1.9
- Midday: WGN 2.2 vs. WLS 1.9
- Late: WGN/9p 8.2 vs. WLS/10p 8.1
WGN Evening News delivered the highest ratings ever with a 5.1 HH rating on Tuesday, Feb 1 and a 5.2 HH rating on Wednesday, Feb 2. Strongest Adults 25-54 demo ratings as well for WGN Evening with a 2.0 rating on Tuesday and a 3.1 rating on Wednesday. WGN Evening News out delivered early newscasts on WMAQ and WBBM.
WGNtv.com set all-time records in online with over 11 million page views in 2 days.
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About WGN-TV
WGN-TV is Chicago’s CW network affiliate, programming a strong schedule of news, sports and entertainment, with most WGN Sports telecasts, WGN News and CW programs in high definition on WGN 9.1. WGN News now programs more news than any other Chicago TV station for WGN-TV and cable news channel CLTV in Chicago; Rockford, IL; and South Bend, IN. WGN 9.2 is Chicago’s home of Tribune Broadcasting’s new classic TV network, Antenna TV. WGN also programs for WGN America on cable, telco and satellite throughout the U.S. and Canada. WGN-TV is a Tribune Broadcasting station. For additional information on Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV, go to WGNtv.com.