WGN America, the Glossary
WGN America was an American subscription television network that operated from November 9, 1978 to February 28, 2021.[1]
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450 relations: $100,000 Fortune Hunt, A la carte pay television, A-Channel, Advance Publications, Alaska, Alberta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, ALF (TV series), Altice USA, American Broadcasting Company, American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, American League, Anna Paquin, Antenna TV, Arkansas, Arlington Million, Ashleigh Banfield, At the Movies (1982 TV program), Atlanta, Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, Atlantic Canada, Azteca América, À la carte, Balaban and Katz, Barney Miller, Bell MTS, Bell Satellite TV, Bellevue (TV series), Beth Chapman, BHC Communications, Big Ten Conference, Blackout (broadcasting), Boston, Bounty hunter, Bozo the Clown, Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics, Breach of contract, Broadcast syndication, Broadcasting & Cable, Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, Business Wire, C band (IEEE), Cable television, Cable television headend, Call sign, Canada–United States border, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CBS, Channel Master, ... Expand index (400 more) »
- 1970s in American television
- 1980s in American television
- 1990s in American television
- 2020s in American television
- History of television channels
$100,000 Fortune Hunt
100,000 Fortune Hunt is an American lottery-based game show originating in the state of Illinois. WGN America and $100,000 Fortune Hunt are Nexstar Media Group.
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A la carte pay television
A la carte pay television (from the French à la carte, "from the menu"), also referred to as pick-and-pay, is a pricing model for pay television services in which customers subscribe to individual television channels.
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A-Channel
A-Channel (proposed as The Alberta Channel) was a Canadian television system initially owned by Craig Media from September 1997 to 2004, then by CHUM Limited from 2004 to 2005 through A-Channel, Inc.
Advance Publications
Advance Publications, Inc. is a privately held American media company owned by the families of Donald Newhouse and Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., the sons of company founder Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. It owns publishing-relating companies including American City Business Journals, MLive Media Group, and Condé Nast, and is a major shareholder in Charter Communications (13% ownership), Reddit (42 million shares), and Warner Bros.
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Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, and the Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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ALF (TV series)
ALF is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.
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Altice USA
Altice USA, Inc., commonly known as Altice, is a rapidly growing telecommunications provider with headquarters in New York City, owned by the Franco-Israeli businessman Patrick Drahi.
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American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.
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American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc. (originally United Paramount Theatres, later the American Broadcasting Companies and ABC Television) was the post-merger parent company of the American Broadcasting Company and United Paramount Theatres.
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American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.
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Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin (born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress.
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Antenna TV
Antenna TV is an American digital television network owned by Nexstar Media Group. WGN America and Antenna TV are Nexstar Media Group.
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Arkansas
Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States.
Arlington Million
The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward on turf.
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Ashleigh Banfield
Ashleigh Dennistoun Banfield (born December 29, 1967) is a Canadian-American journalist and host of ''Banfield'' on the NewsNation network.
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At the Movies (1982 TV program)
At the Movies (also known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) is an American movie review television program that aired from 1982 to 1990.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta.
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Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (provinces de l'Atlantique), is the region of Eastern Canada comprising the provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec.
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Azteca América
Azteca América (sometimes shortened to Azteca) was an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by INNOVATE Corp., which acquired the network from the Azteca International Corporation subsidiary of TV Azteca.
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À la carte
In restaurants, à la carte is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to table d'hôte, where a set menu is offered.
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Balaban and Katz
Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation, or B&K, was a theatre corporation which owned a chain of motion picture theaters in Chicago and surrounding areas.
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Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th Street in Greenwich Village (Lower Manhattan).
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Bell MTS
Bell MTS Inc. (formerly Manitoba Telecom Services) is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. that operates telecommunications services in Manitoba.
Bell Satellite TV
Bell Satellite TV (Bell Télé; formerly known as Bell ExpressVu, Dish Network Canada and ExpressVu Dish Network and not to be confused with Bell's IPTV Fibe TV service) is the division of BCE Inc. that provides satellite television service across Canada.
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Bellevue (TV series)
Bellevue is a Canadian television crime drama series, it premiered on CBC Television on February 20, 2017.
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Beth Chapman
Alice Elizabeth "Beth" Chapman (October 29, 1967 – June 26, 2019) was an American bounty hunter and reality star who co-starred with her husband, Duane "Dog" Chapman, on the reality television shows Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, and Dog's Most Wanted.
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BHC Communications
BHC Communications, Inc. was the holding company for the broadcast property of Chris-Craft Industries.
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Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
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Blackout (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, the term blackout refers to the non-airing of television or radio programming in a certain media market.
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Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Bounty hunter
A bounty hunter is a private agent working for a bail bondsman who captures fugitives or criminals for a commission or bounty.
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Bozo the Clown
Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century.
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Bozo, Gar and Ray: WGN TV Classics
Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics is a two-hour television special produced by WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois which focuses on children's programming which aired on the station from 1955 to 2001.
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Breach of contract
Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance.
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Broadcast syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast television shows or radio programs to multiple television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air on.
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Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasting & Cable (B&C, or Broadcasting+Cable) is a monthly telecommunications industry trade magazine published by Future US.
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Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic
The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic (also known as The Bud Billiken Day Parade) is an annual parade held since 1929 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Business Wire
Business Wire is an American company that disseminates full-text press releases from thousands of companies and organizations worldwide to news media, financial markets, disclosure systems, investors, information web sites, databases, bloggers, social networks and other audiences.
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C band (IEEE)
The C band is a designation by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 4.0 to 8.0 gigahertz (GHz).
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Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.
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Cable television headend
A cable television headend is a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system.
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Call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station.
Canada–United States border
The Canada–United States border is the longest international border in the world.
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
Channel Master
Channel Master is a manufacturer of TV Antennas and Accessories which formerly employed 1600 people.
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Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail
The Charleston Gazette-Mail is a non-daily morning newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chicago Auto Show
The Chicago Auto Show is held annually in February at Chicago's McCormick Place convention center.
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Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago.
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Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago.
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Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
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Chicago Loop
The Loop, one of Chicago's 77 designated community areas, is the central business district of the city and is the main section of Downtown Chicago.
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Chicago metropolitan area
The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities.
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Chicago Thanksgiving Parade
The Chicago Thanksgiving Parade, "Chicago's Grand Holiday Tradition", is an annual parade produced and presented by the Chicago Festival Association (CFA).
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
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Chicagoland Mystery Players
Chicagoland Mystery Players, a police procedural, was "television's first crime series".
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Chris Cuomo
Christopher Charles Cuomo (born August 9, 1970) is an American television journalist anchor at NewsNation, based in New York City.
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Christian Science Publishing Society
The Christian Science Publishing Society was established in 1898 by Mary Baker Eddy and is the publishing arm of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati.
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Citytv
Citytv (sometimes shortened to City, which was the network's official branding from 2012 to 2018) is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications.
Citytv Saskatchewan
Citytv Saskatchewan (formerly the Saskatchewan Communications Network, or SCN) is a Canadian English language cable television channel in the province of Saskatchewan.
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CMT (American TV channel)
CMT (originally standing for Country Music Television) is an American pay TV network.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
CNN Business
CNN Business (formerly CNN Money) is a financial news and information website, operated by CNN.
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Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications and media company.
College basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur student-athletes at universities and colleges.
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College of the Mainland
College of the Mainland (COM) is a public community college in Texas City, Texas.
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College sports
College sports or college athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games.
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Commissioner of baseball
The commissioner of baseball is the chief executive officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – a constellation of leagues and clubs known as "organized baseball".
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Communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.
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Compulsory license
A compulsory license provides that the owner of a patent or copyright licenses the use of their rights against payment either set by law or determined through some form of adjudication or arbitration.
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Conan (talk show)
Conan is an American variety and late-night talk show that aired each Monday through Thursday at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time on TBS in the United States for 11 seasons, from 2010 to 2021.
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Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.
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Conservatism in the United States
Conservatism in the United States is based on a belief in individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states.
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Copyright Act of 1976
The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions.
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Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to produce derivative works.
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Corporate spin-off
A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst or hive-off, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active.
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Crain Communications
Crain Communications Inc is an American multi-industry publishing conglomerate based in Detroit, Michigan, United States, with 13 non-US subsidiaries.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Crain's Chicago Business is a weekly business newspaper in Chicago, IL.
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Crave (TV network)
Crave (formerly The Movie Network or TMN) is a Canadian premium television network and streaming service owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. Launched in 1983 as the national service First Choice, early difficulties and a subsequent industry restructuring led to its operations being restricted to Eastern Canada from 1984 to 2016; it then held a regional legal monopoly on movie-based premium TV services in its territory until the launch of the present-day Super Channel in 2007.
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CTV 2
CTV 2 is a Canadian English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc.
CTV 2 Alberta
CTV 2 Alberta is a Canadian English language entertainment and former educational television channel in the province of Alberta.
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CTV 2 Atlantic
CTV 2 Atlantic is a Canadian cable television channel serving Atlantic Canada owned by Bell Media, with its studios located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Data stream
In connection-oriented communication, a data stream is the transmission of a sequence of digitally encoded signals to convey information.
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Deadline Hollywood
Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.
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Delaware
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.
Delaware Court of Chancery
The Delaware Court of Chancery is a court of equity in the U.S. state of Delaware.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Denver
Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver.
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DePaul Blue Demons
The DePaul Blue Demons are the athletic teams that represent DePaul University, located in Chicago, Illinois.
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Digital on-screen graphic
A digital on-screen graphic, digitally originated graphic (DOG, bug, network bug, or screenbug) is a watermark-like station logo that most television broadcasters overlay over a portion of the screen area of their programs to identify the channel.
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Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a method of transmitting more than one independent program stream simultaneously from the same digital radio or television station on the same radio frequency channel.
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DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly DirecTV Now and AT&T TV) is a family of streaming multichannel television services offered in the United States by DirecTV.
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Discovery, Inc.
Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City.
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Dish Network
DISH Network L.L.C. (an acronym for "Digital Sky Highway"), a subsidiary of EchoStar, provides multichannel television and satellite television via DISH Network, mobile phone service via DISH Wireless (Boost Mobile), as well as over-the-top IPTV services via Sling TV.
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Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company.
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Dog's Most Wanted
Dog's Most Wanted is an American reality television series that ran on WGN America from September 4 to November 6, 2019.
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Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (also known simply as Dow Jones) is an American publishing firm owned by News Corp and led by CEO Almar Latour.
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Down You Go
Down You Go is an American television game show originally broadcast on the DuMont Television Network.
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Duane Chapman
Duane Chapman (born February 2, 1953), also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman.
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DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.
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Duopoly (broadcasting)
A duopoly (or twinstick, referring to "stick" as jargon for a radio tower) is a situation in television and radio broadcasting in which two or more stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
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Earl Pitts (character)
Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio beginning in 1968.
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Electronic program guide
Electronic programming guides (EPGs) and interactive programming guides (IPGs) are menu-based systems that provide users of television, radio, and other media applications with continuously updated menus that display scheduling information for current and upcoming broadcast programming (most commonly, TV listings).
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Encore Avenue
Encore Avenue was a Canadian English language Category A premium cable and satellite television channel that was owned by Corus Entertainment.
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Eric Bischoff
Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1955) is an American television producer, professional wrestling booker, promoter, and performer.
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Estrella TV
Estrella TV (Translated as Star TV) is an American Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by the Estrella Media subsidiary of HPS Investment Partners, LLC.
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Even Stevens
Even Stevens is an American comedy television series produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003, airing a total of 65 episodes spanning three seasons.
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Fairchild Media is a publisher of digital media, journalism, photography and design, events and summits, video and studios, and fashion.
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Family Classics
Family Classics is a Chicago television series which began in 1962 when Frazier Thomas was added to another program at WGN-TV.
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Fay Vincent
Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. (born May 29, 1938), known as Fay Vincent, is a former entertainment lawyer, securities regulator, and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989, to September 7, 1992.
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.
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Four Points Media Group LLC was a holding company owned by Cerberus Capital Management, established in 2007 to serve as a buyer for 7 television stations formerly owned by CBS Corporation.
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Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.
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Fox News
The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.
Foxnet
Foxnet is an American cable television channel that was owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation.
Frazier Thomas
William Frazier Thomas (June 13, 1918 – April 3, 1985) was a Chicago television personality.
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FuboTV
FuboTV Inc., operating as FuboTV or Fubo (stylized in lowercase), is an American streaming television service serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Spain and based in Midtown Manhattan.
Gannett
Gannett Co., Inc. is an American mass media holding company headquartered in New York City.
Garfield Goose and Friends
Garfield Goose and Friends is a children's television show produced by WGN-TV in Chicago, Illinois, United States from 1955 to 1976.
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Gary Burbank
Gary Burbank (born Billy Purser, July 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American radio personality.
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Gemstar–TV Guide International
Gemstar–TV Guide International, Inc. was a media company that licensed interactive program guide technology to multichannel video programming distributors such as cable and satellite television providers, and consumer electronics manufacturers; video recorder scheduling codes under brands such as VCR Plus; as well as serving as publishers of TV Guide magazine as well as operators of tvguide.com, owners of TV Guide Network and TVG Network, and provided various related services.
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Georgia Championship Wrestling
Georgia Championship Wrestling is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco.
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Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing
The Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing is an informal name for winning four major Thoroughbred horse races in one season in the United States.
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Grandfather clause
A grandfather clause, also known as grandfather policy, grandfathering, or being grandfathered in, is a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases.
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Graveyard slot
A graveyard slot (or death slot) is a time period in which a television audience is very small compared to other times of the day, and therefore broadcast programming is considered far less important.
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Hallmark Mystery
Hallmark Mystery (formerly known as Hallmark Movie Channel (HMC) and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (HMM)) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel owned by Hallmark Media, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards.
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High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
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Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn is a chain of hotels based in Atlanta, Georgia and a brand of IHG Hotels & Resorts.
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Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.
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Hubert Louis Will
Hubert Louis Will (April 23, 1914 – December 9, 1995) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Hulu
Hulu (styled hulu in its logo) is an American subscription streaming media and content hub within the Disney+ streaming service owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Hunt Valley, Maryland
Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, near the site of the Maryland Hunt Cup Steeplechase.
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Idaho
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Illinois Fighting Illini
The Illinois Fighting Illini are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Illinois State Lottery
The Illinois State Lottery (known simply as the Illinois Lottery) is an American lottery for the U.S. state of Illinois, operated by Allwyn Illinois.
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Independent Network News (TV program)
The Independent Network News (INN) (later retitled INN: The Independent News and USA Tonight) was an American syndicated television news program that ran from June 9, 1980, to June 1990.
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Independent station
An independent station is a broadcast station, usually a television station, not affiliated with a larger broadcast network.
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Indiana
Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.
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Intermountain West
The Intermountain West, or Intermountain Region, is a geographic and geological region of the Western United States.
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Ion Television
Ion Television (currently known on-air as simply Ion) is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company.
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Iowa
Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.
Iowa Lottery
The Iowa Lottery Authority is run by the state of Iowa.
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Irving, Texas
Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.
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Jack Taylor (journalist)
John Alfred Taylor (December 1928 – February 3, 2023) was an American broadcaster who was the host of The Jack Taylor Show on 1220 WKRS Radio in the Chicago area.
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Jamie Kellner
James Charles Kellner (April 18, 1947 – June 21, 2024) was an American television executive.
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Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, writer and comedian.
Jim Crockett Promotions is a family-owned professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
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John Drury (television anchor)
John Richard Drury (January 4, 1927 – November 25, 2007) was an American television news anchor from Chicago, Illinois.
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John Hancock Center
The John Hancock Center is a 100-story, 1,128-foot supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.
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JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (stylized as JPMorganChase) is an American multinational finance company headquartered in New York City and incorporated in Delaware.
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Kansas
Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
KCPQ
KCPQ (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States, serving as the Fox network outlet for the Seattle area.
KDVR
KDVR (channel 31) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. WGN America and KDVR are Nexstar Media Group.
Kids' WB
Kids' WB (stylized as Kids' WB!) was an American children's programming block that aired as part of The WB network from September 9, 1995, to September 16, 2006.
KTLA
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW. WGN America and KTLA are Nexstar Media Group.
KTVT
KTVT (channel 11), branded CBS Texas, is a television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States, serving as the CBS outlet for the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
KTVU
KTVU (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Oakland, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's Fox network outlet.
KWGN-TV
KWGN-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, serving as the local CW outlet. WGN America and KWGN-TV are Nexstar Media Group.
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan and the most populous city in Ingham County.
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Late-night talk show
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show, originating in the United States.
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Late-night television
Late-night television is one of the dayparts in television broadcast programming.
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Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company.
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Letter box
A letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot or mailbox is a receptacle for receiving incoming mail at a private residence or business.
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Leveraged buyout
A leveraged buyout (LBO) is one company's acquisition of another company using a significant amount of borrowed money (leverage) to meet the cost of acquisition.
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Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company founded by John C. Malone in 1991.
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A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling.
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List of professional wrestling websites
This is a list of professional wrestling websites: Online websites that focus mostly or exclusively on professional wrestling.
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List of three-letter broadcast call signs in the United States
This is a list of radio and television broadcasting stations in the United States that are currently assigned three-letter call signs.
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Lizzie McGuire
Lizzie McGuire is an American comedy television series created by Terri Minsky that premiered on Disney Channel on January 12, 2001.
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Los Angeles Marathon
The Los Angeles Marathon (formerly known as the City of Los Angeles Marathon) is an annual running event typically held each spring in Los Angeles, California, since 1989.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Magnificent Mile
The Magnificent Mile, sometimes referred to as The Mag Mile, is an upscale section of Chicago's Michigan Avenue, running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side.
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Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.
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A marathon or watchalong is an event in which viewers or readers engage many hours' worth of media (film, television, books, YouTube videos etc.) in a condensed time period.
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A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content.
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Mega Millions
Mega Millions (originally known as The Big Game in 1996 and renamed, temporarily, to The Big Game Mega Millions six years later) is an American multijurisdictional lottery game.
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Memorial Day
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
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MeTV
MeTV, an acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, is an American broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting.
Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
Michigan Avenue (Chicago)
Michigan Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago that runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid.
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Microwave transmission
Microwave transmission is the transmission of information by electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the microwave frequency range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz (1 m - 1 mm wavelength) of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Milwaukee County.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper and also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely read.
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Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Missouri
Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Monee, Illinois
Monee is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States, a south suburb of Chicago.
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Montana
Montana is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Motion of no confidence
A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion of confidence and corresponding vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fit to continue to occupy their office.
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Movie Central
Movie Central (occasionally abbreviated as "MC", mostly in program guides) was a Canadian English language Category A premium cable and satellite television channel that was owned by Corus Entertainment.
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MSNBC
MSNBC (short for Microsoft NBC) is an American news-based television channel and website headquartered in New York City.
Multichannel News
Multichannel News is a magazine and website published by Future US that covers multichannel television and communications providers, such as cable operators, satellite television firms and telephone companies, as well as emerging Internet video and communication services.
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Multichannel television
A multichannel television service, also known as simply a television provider, is a type of service provider who distributes television programming to its customers for a subscription fee.
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Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases.
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My Little Margie
My Little Margie is an American television sitcom starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955.
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MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV (stylized as myNetworkTV; unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by its Fox Television Stations division, and distributed through the syndication structure of Fox First Run.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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National Hockey League
The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey, LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada.
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National League East
The National League East is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions.
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National League West
The National League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions.
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NBA on ESPN
The NBA on ESPN is the branding used for the presentation of National Basketball Association (NBA) games on the ESPN family of networks.
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NBA on USA
The NBA on USA is the de facto name for the USA Network's National Basketball Association (NBA) television coverage.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and doing business as simply NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is a subsidiary of Comcast and is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
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Network affiliate
In the broadcasting industry (particularly in North America, and even more in the United States), a network affiliate or affiliated station is a local broadcaster, owned by a company other than the owner of the network, which carries some or all of the lineup of television programs or radio programs of a television or radio network.
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New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
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New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, encompassing.
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New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
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Newhart
Newhart is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons.
News Central (American TV program)
News Central is an American series of primetime newscast television programs on television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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News Corporation
The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City.
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Newsday
Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Newsmax TV
Newsmax TV is an American conservative television channel owned by Newsmax.
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NewsNation
NewsNation is an American subscription television network owned by the Nexstar Media Group, and is the company's only wholly owned, national cable-originated television channel. WGN America and NewsNation are Nexstar Media Group.
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NewsNation Prime
NewsNation Prime is an American television news program on NewsNation, which premiered nationally on September 1, 2020. WGN America and NewsNation Prime are Nexstar Media Group.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded media company with headquarters in Irving, Texas, Midtown Manhattan, and Chicago.
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NHL Centre Ice
NHL Centre Ice is a Canadian digital cable subscription out-of-market sports package controlled and distributed by Rogers Communications through Rogers Cable as of 2014.
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NHL on ESPN
The broadcasts of National Hockey League (NHL) games produced by ESPN have been shown on its various platforms in the United States, including ESPN itself, ABC, ESPN+, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, and Hulu.
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NHL on NBC
The NHL on NBC is an American presentation of National Hockey League (NHL) games produced by NBC Sports, and televised on NBC properties, including MSNBC, CNBC, Golf Channel, USA Network and NBCSN in the United States.
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Nielsen Holdings
Nielsen Holdings plc (or Nielsen) is an American information, data and market measurement firm.
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Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers.
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North Center, Chicago
North Center is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located in the city's North Side.
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North Dakota
North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.
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Northeastern United States
The Northeastern United States, also referred to as the Northeast, the East Coast, or the American Northeast, is a geographic region of the United States located on the Atlantic coast of North America.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame.
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Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.
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Oaktree Capital Management
Oaktree Capital Management, Inc. is an American global asset management firm specializing in alternative investment strategies.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.
One Prudential Plaza
One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 41-story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the headquarters for Prudential's Mid-America company.
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Optical fiber
An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other.
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Orion Samuelson
Orion Samuelson (born March 31, 1934) is a retired American broadcaster, known for his agriculture broadcasts and his ability to explain agribusiness and food production in an understandable way.
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Our Miss Brooks
Our Miss Brooks is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher.
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Outsiders (American TV series)
Outsiders is an American television drama series created by Peter Mattei.
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Over-the-top (OTT) media service refers to a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet, typically provided by third-parties without the involvement or control by an Internet service provider (ISP).
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Owned-and-operated station
In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated.
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Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.
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Paramount Television
The first incarnation of Paramount Television was as the television production division of the American film studio Paramount Pictures, until it changed its name to CBS Paramount Television on January 17, 2006.
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Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation (also known as Parks and Rec) is an American political satire mockumentary television sitcom created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.
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Pay television
The pay television (pay TV), also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and streaming television.
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Periscope (service)
Periscope was an American live video streaming app for Android and iOS developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired by Twitter, Inc. before its launch in March 2015.
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Person of Interest (TV series)
Person of Interest is an American science fiction crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 22, 2011, to June 21, 2016, with its five seasons consisting of 103 episodes.
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Peter Liguori
Peter Liguori (born January 7, 1960) is an American business executive who most recently held the position of president and chief executive officer of Tribune Media; he departed the company at the end of March 2017. WGN America and Peter Liguori are Nexstar Media Group.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
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Pioneer Court
Pioneer Court is a plaza located near the junction of the Chicago River and Upper Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Magnificent Mile.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Pop (American TV channel)
Pop, commonly referred to as Pop TV (formerly known as Electronic Program Guide, Prevue Guide, Prevue Channel, TV Guide Channel, and TV Guide Network), is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global under its networks division through MTV Entertainment Group.
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Post-Bulletin
The Post-Bulletin is an American newspaper and news website based in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Powerball
Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which also manages other large jackpot games such as the Mega Millions.
PR Newswire
PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in Chicago.
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PrimeStar
PrimeStar was an American direct broadcast satellite broadcasting company formed in November 1990 by seven cable television companies including Comcast Corp.
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling (often referred to as pro wrestling, or simply, wrestling) is a form of athletic theater that combines mock combat with drama, under the premise (known colloquially as kayfabe), that the performers are competitive wrestlers.
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Public affairs (broadcasting)
In broadcasting, public affairs radio or television programs focus on matters of politics and public policy.
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Public-access television
Public-access television (sometimes called community-access television) is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels.
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Pure (Canadian TV series)
Pure is a Canadian television drama series that first aired on CBC Television in January and February 2017, and subsequently on Super Channel.
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Randy Michaels
Benjamin Homel, known professionally as Randy Michaels, is an American broadcasting executive and a former member of the National Association of Broadcasters TV Board. WGN America and Randy Michaels are Nexstar Media Group.
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Ray Rayner
Ray Rayner (born Raymond M. Rahner; July 23, 1919 – January 21, 2004) was an American television presenter, actor and author.
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RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.
RCN Corporation
RCN Corporation, originally Residential Communications Network, founded in 1993 and based in Princeton, New Jersey, was the first American facilities-based ("overbuild") provider of bundled cable telephony, cable television, and internet service delivered over its own hybrid fiber-coaxial local network as well as dialup and DSL Internet service to consumers in the Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
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Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors.
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Regional sports network
A regional sports network (RSN) in the United States and Canada is a television channel that presents sports programming to a local media market or geographical region.
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Rerun
A rerun or repeat is a rebroadcast of an episode of a radio or television program.
Restraint of trade
Restraints of trade is a common law doctrine relating to the enforceability of contractual restrictions on freedom to conduct business.
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Retransmission consent
Retransmission consent is a provision of the 1992 United States Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act that requires cable operators and other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to obtain permission from commercial broadcasters before carrying their programming.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Reverse compensation
Reverse compensation, in United States broadcasting, is the practice of a commercial television station paying a television network in exchange for being permitted to affiliate with that network.
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Right of first refusal
Right of first refusal (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transaction with a third party.
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Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Ring of Honor Wrestling
Ring of Honor Wrestling (also known as ROH Honor Club TV, and often shortened as ROH Wrestling TV, ROH TV, ROH TV on HonorClub, or ROH on HonorClub) is an American professional wrestling television series produced by Ring of Honor (ROH).
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Ring Warriors
Ring Warriors was an American professional wrestling promotion based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Riverside Plaza (Chicago)
The Riverside Plaza is considered one of Chicago's finest Art Deco buildings.
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Robert R. McCormick
Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American lawyer, businessman and anti-war activist.
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Ron Santo
Ronald Edward Santo (February 25, 1940 – December 3, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman who played for the Chicago Cubs from 1960 through 1973 and the Chicago White Sox in 1974.
Royalty payment
A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset.
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Ryman Hospitality Properties
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. is a hotel, resort, entertainment, and media company named for one of its assets: the Ryman Auditorium, a National Historic Landmark in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Salem (TV series)
Salem is an American supernatural horror television series created by Brannon Braga and Adam Simon, loosely inspired by the real Salem witch trials in the 17th century.
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Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.
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Sam Zell
Samuel Zell (born Shmuel Zielonka; September 28, 1941 – May 18, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist primarily engaged in real estate investment.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota).
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Satcom (satellite)
Satcom, a portmanteau of satellite communications, was a brand of artificial geo-stationary communications satellites originally developed and operated by RCA American Communications (RCA Americom) that facilitated wide-area telecommunications by receiving radio signals from Earth, amplifying them, and relaying them back down to terrestrial receivers.
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Satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle.
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SES Americom
SES Americom was a major commercial satellite operator of North American geosynchronous satellites based in the United States.
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Shaw Broadcast Services
Shaw Broadcast Services (French: Services de Radiodiffusion Shaw) is the division of Canadian telecommunications company Shaw Communications that is responsible for providing and managing the distribution of television channels to cable companies via satellite.
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Shaw Direct
Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada and a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Rogers Communications.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits unfair monopolies.
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Shoot the Messenger (TV series)
Shoot the Messenger is a Canadian political and crime drama television series that aired on CBC Television from October 10, 2016 to December 5, 2016.
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Simultaneous substitution
Simultaneous substitution (also known as simsubbing or signal substitution) is a practice mandated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requiring broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) in Canada to distribute the signal of a local or regional over-the-air station in place of the signal of a foreign or non-local television station (typically one that is affiliated with a U.S.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith.
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Sister, Sister (TV series)
Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.
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Slavery
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.
Sling TV
Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dish Network.
Soul Train
Soul Train is an American musical variety television show.
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South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.
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South Dakota
South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.
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Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.
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Spectrum (brand)
Spectrum is the trade name of Charter Communications, which is widely used by market consumers and commercial cable television channels, internet, telephone, and wireless service providers.
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SS Carl D. Bradley
SS Carl D. Bradley was an American self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm on November 18, 1958.
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St. Louis Cardinals
The St.
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Standard-definition television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition.
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Starz (Canadian TV channel)
Starz is a Canadian English language premium television network owned by Bell Media.
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Station identification
Station identification (ident, network ID, channel ID or bumper) is the practice of radio and television stations and networks identifying themselves on-air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, particularly in the United States, as a "sounder" or "stinger", more generally as a station or network ID).
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Subcarrier
A subcarrier is a sideband of a radio frequency carrier wave, which is modulated to send additional information.
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Super Écran
Super Écran is a Canadian premium television network owned by Bell Media.
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Super Bowl XLVIII
Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2013 season.
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Super Channel (Canadian TV channel)
Super Channel Entertainment Network (Formally and commonly known as Super Channel) is a Canadian English language premium cable and satellite television channel owned by Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.
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Superstation
Superstation (alternatively rendered as "super station" or informally as "SuperStation") is a term in North American broadcasting that has several meanings.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Suzanne B. Conlon
Suzanne Elizabeth Brown Conlon (born January 17, 1939) is an American attorney and jurist who is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Syndication exclusivity
Syndication exclusivity (also known as syndex) is a federal law implemented by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States that is designed to protect a local television station's rights to syndicated television programs by granting exclusive broadcast rights to the station for that program in their local market, usually defined by a station's Nielsen Designated Market Area.
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TBS (American TV channel)
TBS (originally an initialism of Turner Broadcasting System), stylized as tbs, is an American basic cable television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Ted Turner
Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist.
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Tele-Communications Inc.
Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) was a cable television provider in the United States, and for most of its history was controlled by Bob Magness and John Malone.
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Telemundo
Telemundo (formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast. It provides content nationally with programming syndicated worldwide to more than 100 countries in over 35 languages.
Telepictures
Telepictures (also known as Telepictures Productions; formerly known as Telepictures Distribution and Telepictures Corporation) is an American television show and filmmaking company, currently operating as a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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Teletext
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets.
Tennessee
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Tennis Channel
Tennis Channel is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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Terrestrial television
Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an antenna.
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The Al Morgan Show
The Al Morgan Show is an American variety program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1951.
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The Bob & Tom Show
The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995.
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The Bozo Show
The Bozo Show was a locally produced children's television program that aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and nationally on what is now NewsNation.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor (CSM), commonly known as The Monitor, is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Cincinnati Enquirer is a morning daily newspaper published by Gannett in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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The Cisco Kid (TV series)
The Cisco Kid is a 1950–1956 half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, the Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho.
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The CW
The CW Television Network (commonly referred to as the CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75-percent ownership interest. WGN America and the CW are Nexstar Media Group.
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a secondary national broadcast television syndication service feed of The CW (which is 75-percent owned by Nexstar Media Group, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery each owning 12.5-percent). WGN America and The CW Plus are Nexstar Media Group.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.
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The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show.
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The Jay Leno Show
The Jay Leno Show is an American prime time talk show hosted by Jay Leno that was broadcast by NBC from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010.
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The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an annual telethon held on (starting the night before and throughout) Labor Day in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
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The Movie Channel
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium television network owned by Showtime Networks, a subsidiary of Paramount Global operated through its Paramount Media Networks division. The network's programming mainly features first-run theatrically released and independently produced motion pictures, and during promotional breaks between films, special behind-the-scenes features and movie trivia.
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The Music Show (American TV program)
The Music Show is an early American television program which was broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network from May 1953 to October 1954.
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The Parent 'Hood
The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 18, 1995, to July 25, 1999.
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The Phil Donahue Show
The Phil Donahue Show, also known as Donahue, is an American television talk show that was hosted by Phil Donahue.
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The Wayans Bros.
The Wayans Bros. is an American sitcom television series that aired on The WB from January 11, 1995, to May 20, 1999.
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The WB
The WB Television Network (shortened to The WB, and nicknamed the "Frog Network" or "The Frog" for its former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American television network launched on broadcast television on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner and the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Company, with the former acting as controlling partner (and from which The WB received its name). WGN America and the WB are Nexstar Media Group.
The WB 100+ Station Group
The WB 100+ Station Group (originally called The WeB from its developmental stages until March 1999) was a national programming service of The WB—owned by the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, the Tribune Company, and group founder and longtime WB network president Jamie Kellner—intended primarily for American television markets ranked #100 and above by Nielsen Media Research estimates. WGN America and the WB 100+ Station Group are Nexstar Media Group.
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They Stand Accused
They Stand Accused (also known as Cross Question) is an American dramatized court show broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 11, 1949, to October 5, 1952 and again from September 9 to December 30, 1954.
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Thomas S. Ricketts
Thomas Stuart Ricketts is the Chairman of the Chicago Cubs, and the Chairman, co-founder and former CEO of Incapital LLC, a firm that provides securities firms and individual investors more efficient access to corporate bonds.
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Time Out (magazine)
Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.
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TLC (TV network)
TLC is an American multinational cable and satellite television network owned by the Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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TNT (American TV network)
TNT (originally an abbreviation for Turner Network Television) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery that launched on October 3, 1988.
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Tom Skilling
Thomas E. Skilling III (born February 20, 1952) is a former American television meteorologist.
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TPG Angelo Gordon
TPG Angelo Gordon (formerly Angelo Gordon) is a global alternative investment manager founded in 1988 by John Angelo and Michael Gordon who together ran the arbitrage department of L.F. Rothschild in the 1980s.
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Tribune Broadcasting
Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC was an American media company which operated as a subsidiary of Tribune Media, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. WGN America and Tribune Broadcasting are Nexstar Media Group.
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Tribune Entertainment
Tribune Entertainment (formerly Mid-America Video Tape Productions, WGN Continental Productions, Tribune Productions and Tribune Entertainment Company) was a television production and broadcast syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting.
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Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. WGN America and Tribune Media are Nexstar Media Group.
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Tribune Publishing
Tribune Publishing Company (briefly Tronc, Inc.) is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company.
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Tribune Tower
The Tribune Tower is a, 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Tulsa World
The Tulsa World is an American daily newspaper.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States.
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Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965.
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TV by the Numbers
TV by the Numbers was a website devoted to collecting and analyzing television ratings data in the United States that operated from 2007 to 2020. WGN America and tV by the Numbers are Nexstar Media Group.
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TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news.
U.S. Farm Report
The U.S. Farm Report (USFR) is a weekly syndicated United States television news program focused on agriculture, presented in magazine format, which has a focus on agriculture and agribusiness.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
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UC Berkeley School of Law
The University of California, Berkeley School of Law (branded as Berkeley Law) is the law school of the University of California, Berkeley.
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Underground (TV series)
Underground is an American period drama television series created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski about the Underground Railroad in Antebellum Georgia.
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UniMás
UniMás (stylized as UNIMÁS, and originally known as TeleFutura from its launch on January 14, 2002, to January 6, 2013) is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.
United Center
The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is named after its corporate sponsor United Airlines, which has been based in Chicago since 2007 and has a hub at O'Hare International Airport.
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United States cable news
Cable news channels are television networks devoted to television news broadcasts, with the name deriving from the proliferation of such networks during the 1980s with the advent of cable television.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that registers copyright claims, records information about copyright ownership, provides information to the public, and assists Congress and other parts of the government on a wide range of copyright issues.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts.
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.
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Univision
Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.
UPN
The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that operated from 1995 to 2006.
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Vertical blanking interval
In a raster scan display, the vertical blanking interval (VBI), also known as the vertical interval or VBLANK, is the time between the end of the final visible line of a frame or field and the beginning of the first visible line of the next frame or field.
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Very high frequency
Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten meters to one meter.
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Warner Media, LLC (doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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WBBM-TV
WBBM-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's CBS network outlet.
WCIU-TV
WCIU-TV (channel 26) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, affiliated with The CW.
Weigel Broadcasting
Weigel Broadcasting Co. is an American television broadcasting company based in Chicago, Illinois, alongside its flagship station WCIU-TV (Channel 26), at 26 North Halsted Street in the Greektown neighborhood.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Western Union
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the company changed its name to the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1856 after merging with several other telegraph companies.
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Western United States
The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.
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WFBQ
WFBQ (94.7 FM, "Q95") is a radio station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, owned by iHeartMedia.
WFLD
WFLD (channel 32) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet.
WFMT
WFMT (98.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a classical music radio format.
WGN (AM)
WGN (720 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a talk radio format. WGN America and WGN (AM) are Nexstar Media Group.
WGN Morning News
The WGN Morning News is an American morning television news program airing on WGN-TV (channel 9), an independent television station and national superstation in Chicago, Illinois owned by Nexstar Media Group. WGN America and WGN Morning News are Nexstar Media Group.
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WGN-TV
WGN-TV (channel 9) is an independent television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. WGN America and WGN-TV are Nexstar Media Group.
Wide Open West
WideOpenWest (doing business as WOW!) is the eighth largest cable operator in the United States with their network passing 1.9 million homes and businesses.
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Windy City Jamboree
Windy City Jamboree was an American popular music program on the DuMont Television Network from March 19 to June 18, 1950.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by Lee Enterprises.
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WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati is an American sitcom television series about the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional AM radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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WLS-TV
WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet.
Wordmark
A wordmark or word mark is a distinct text-only typographic treatment of the name of a product, service, company, organization, or institution which is used for purposes of identification and branding.
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS).
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WPCH-TV
WPCH-TV (channel 17), branded on-air as Peachtree TV, is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, affiliated with The CW.
WPIX
WPIX (channel 11) is a television station in New York City, serving as the de facto flagship of The CW Television Network. WGN America and WPIX are Nexstar Media Group.
WSBK-TV
WSBK-TV (channel 38) is an independent television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
WTTV
WTTV (channel 4) and WTTK (channel 29) are television stations licensed respectively to Bloomington and Kokomo, Indiana, United States, serving as the CBS affiliates for the Indianapolis area. WGN America and WTTV are Nexstar Media Group.
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion.
WWE Superstars
WWE Superstars, or simply Superstars, is an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by WWE that originally aired on WGN America in the United States and later broadcast on the WWE Network.
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WWOR EMI Service
WWOR EMI Service was a New York City-based American cable television channel that operated as a superstation feed of Secaucus, New Jersey-licensed WWOR-TV (channel 9).
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WWOR-TV
WWOR-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, United States, serving the New York City area as the flagship of the MyNetworkTV programming service.
WXIN
WXIN (channel 59) is a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. WGN America and WXIN are Nexstar Media Group.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is an American streaming television service operated by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.
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Zap2it
Zap2it is an American website and digital media company that provides television program listings information for areas of the United States and Canada. WGN America and Zap2it are Nexstar Media Group.
100 Code
100 Code (also known as The Hundred Code) is an internationally co-produced Swedish crime drama series, developed by Bobby Moresco, that first aired on German premium channel Sky Krimi on May 14, 2015.
1080i
1080i (also known as BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type.
1992–93 Chicago Bulls season
The 1992–93 NBA season was the Bulls' 27th season in the National Basketball Association.
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1995–96 NBA season
The 1995–96 NBA season was the 50th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), though the 50th anniversary was not celebrated until the following season.
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1996–97 Chicago Bulls season
The 1996–97 NBA season was the Bulls' 31st season in the National Basketball Association.
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1997–98 Chicago Bulls season
The 1997–98 NBA season was the Bulls' 32nd season in the National Basketball Association.
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2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2007–08 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 82nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.
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2007–08 NHL season
The 2007–08 NHL season was the 91st season of operation (90th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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2008–09 NHL season
The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation (91st season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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2010 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 14, 2010, after the 2009–10 NHL regular season.
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2010 Tonight Show conflict
The 2010 Tonight Show conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving the American television network NBC and two of its late-night talk show hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno, over the timeslot and hosting duties of the long-running franchise The Tonight Show.
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2011 Chicago Cubs season
The 2011 Chicago Cubs season was the 140th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 136th in the National League and the 96th at Wrigley Field.
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2016 World Series
The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season.
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2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2018–19 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 93rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.
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2024 United States elections
The 2024 United States elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
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20th Television
20th Television (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, 20th Century-Fox Television, and 20th Century Fox Television) is an American television production company which is a division of Disney Television Studios, part of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company.
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480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital video in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Myanmar, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
4DTV
4DTV is a proprietary broadcasting standard and technology for digital cable broadcasting and C-band/Ku-band satellite dishes from Motorola, using General Instrument's DigiCipher II for encryption.
7th Heaven (TV series)
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series created and produced by Brenda Hampton.
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See also
1970s in American television
- 1970 in American television
- 1971 in American television
- 1972 in American television
- 1973 in American television
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- 1975 in American television
- 1976 in American television
- 1977 in American television
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- History of HBO
- History of NBC
- History of Nickelodeon
- History of Saturday Night Live (1975–1980)
- History of the American Broadcasting Company
- List of 1970s American television episodes with LGBT themes
- List of TV Guide covers (1970s)
- Major League Baseball on television in the 1970s
- NASCAR on television in the 1970s
- NBA on television in the 1970s
- NFL on television in the 1970s
- NHL on television in the 1970s
- Network era
- Qube (cable television)
- Rural purge
- WGN America
1980s in American television
- 1980 in American television
- 1980s professional wrestling boom
- 1981 in American television
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- History of CBS
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- History of HBO
- History of NBC
- History of Nickelodeon
- History of Pop (American TV channel)
- History of Saturday Night Live (1975–1980)
- History of Saturday Night Live (1985–1990)
- History of The Weather Channel
- History of the American Broadcasting Company
- List of 1980s American television episodes with LGBT themes
- List of TV Guide covers (1980s)
- Major League Baseball on television in the 1980s
- Multi-channel transition
- NASCAR on television in the 1980s
- NBA on television in the 1980s
- NFL on television in the 1980s
- NHL on television in the 1980s
- Network era
- Night Flight Plus
- Qube (cable television)
- WGN America
1990s in American television
- 1990 in American television
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- Attitude Era
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- History of CBS
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- History of Cartoon Network
- History of Disney Channel
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- History of Freeform
- History of HBO
- History of MSNBC: 1996–2007
- History of NBC
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- History of Pop (American TV channel)
- History of Saturday Night Live (1985–1990)
- History of Saturday Night Live (1990–1995)
- History of Saturday Night Live (1995–2000)
- History of The Weather Channel
- History of the American Broadcasting Company
- List of 1990s American television episodes with LGBT themes
- List of All That cast members
- List of Late Show with David Letterman episodes
- List of TV Guide covers (1990s)
- List of shows considered as Peak TV
- Major League Baseball on television in the 1990s
- Monday Night War
- Multi-channel transition
- NASCAR on television in the 1990s
- NBA on television in the 1990s
- NFL on television in the 1990s
- NHL on television in the 1990s
- Post-network era
- Saturday Night Live parodies of Joe Biden
- WGN America
2020s in American television
- 2020 in American television
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- 2024 in American television
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- Golden Age of Television (2000s–present)
- History of CBS
- History of CNN
- History of Cartoon Network
- History of Disney Channel
- History of ESPN
- History of Freeform
- History of HBO
- History of NBC
- History of Nickelodeon
- History of Pop (American TV channel)
- History of Saturday Night Live (2020–present)
- History of The Weather Channel
- History of the American Broadcasting Company
- List of All That cast members
- List of Monday Night Football results (2020–present)
- List of TV Guide covers (2020s)
- List of Thursday Night Football results (2006–present)
- List of shows considered as Peak TV
- Major League Baseball on television in the 2020s
- NASCAR on television in the 2020s
- NBA on television in the 2020s
- NFL on television in the 2020s
- Post-network era
- Saturday Night Live parodies of Joe Biden
- SpongeBob SquarePants fan theories
- WGN America
- Wednesday Night Wars
History of television channels
- History of CBS
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- History of Cartoon Network
- History of Disney Channel
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- History of HBO
- History of ITV
- History of MSNBC: 1996–2007
- History of MSNBC: 2008–2015
- History of NBC
- History of Nickelodeon
- History of Pop (American TV channel)
- History of The WB
- History of The Weather Channel
- History of UPN
- History of VH1
- History of the American Broadcasting Company
- History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- WGN America
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGN_America
Also known as History of WGN America (1978-2020), History of WGN America (1978–2021), Superstation WGN, WGN Superstation, WGNCN.
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