MORNING NEWS
WGN Morning News finished the February sweep #1 with Adults 25-54 at 4am, 5am, 6am, 7am, and 9am, beating its nearest competition by a wide margin in each hour. WGN Morning News also continues its 11-year reign as the #1 rated news from 6-9am with Adults 25-54.
DAYTIME CHICAGO
Daytime Chicago, WGN’s lifestyle show hosted by Tonya Francisco and Amy Rutledge, finished the February sweep #1 in its time period with Adults 25-54 and grew the time period by +4% from last February.
MIDDAY NEWS
Viewers are taking well to the new anchor team of Dina Bair and Patrick Elwood as the WGN News at 11am finished the February sweep as the #1 Midday News with Adults 25-54, beating its nearest competitor by 32% and growing its viewership +16% from last February.
EVENING NEWS
WGN News at 4pm finished #2 in the time period with Adults 25-54, beating WMAQ’s 4pm News by 44%, WFLD’s 4pm News by 198%, and WBBM’s 4pm News by 205%. WGN News at 5pm also finished #2 with Adults 25-54, beating WMAQ’s 5pm News by 14%, WFLD’s 5pm News by 161%, and WBBM’s 5pm News by 195%. WGN News at 6pm finished #3, beating WBBM’s 6pm News by 133%. WGN News at 4pm also grew its Adults 25-54 viewership by +16% from last February.
LATE NEWS
WGN News at Nine finished the February Sweep as the #1 9pm News with Adults 25-54, beating WFLD’s 9pm News by 144%. WGN News at Ten finished #3 with Adults 25-54, beating WBBM’s 10pm News by 151%.
WEEKENDS
The following weekend newscasts finished the February sweep #1 or #2 in their time periods with Adults 25-54.
WGN-TV is Chicago’s Very Own source for news and entertainment and is owned and operated by Nexstar Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. WGN News programs more local news than any other Chicago TV station and can be seen on WGN-TV; WGN9+ streaming app on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV; as well as WGNTV.com/Live and the WGN-TV News mobile app. In-depth local weather coverage is available on all newscasts, WGNTV.com/Weather and the WGN-TV Weather mobile app. WGN 9.2 is the Chicago affiliate for Nexstar Media Inc.’s 1950s – 1970s classic TV network Antenna TV, WGN 9.3 is the Chicago affiliate for Court TV, WGN 9.4 is the Chicago affiliate for Nexstar Media Inc.’s 1980s – 2000s retro TV network Rewind TV, and WGN 9.5 is the Chicago affiliate for TBD. For more information on Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV, go to WGNTV.com