Business topics are covered on the Wintrust Business Lunch with John Williams. Also during weekdays, the radio station simulcasts the 4:00 a.m. In addition to its talk programming (consisting of both topical and sports shows), WGN Radio broadcasts local news headlines, weather forecasts supplied by WGN-TV, traffic reports and sports headlines every half-hour on weekdays from 5:00 a.m.
In addition to WGN-AM's live online stream the station also operates two online talk-oriented internet-online stream, when no program airs a continuous off-the-air audio loop is heard. WGN is responsible for the activation of the Chicago metropolitan area Emergency Alert System when hazardous weather alerts, disaster area declarations, and child abductions are issued. The station also streams its programming on its website. During nighttime hours, it is audible over most of the eastern two-thirds of North America with a good radio, but is strongest in the central United States and Canada. Under the right conditions, it can be heard as far as Windsor, Ontario, around 250 miles (400 km) away. During daytime hours Illinois' mostly flat land and near-perfect ground conductivity gives WGN at least secondary coverage to almost two-thirds of Illinois (as far south as Springfield) as well as large slices of Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Iowa. WGN is a clear channel Class A station operating with the maximum AM power in the United States of 50,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. WGN is the only radio station owned by Nexstar Media Group, which primarily owns television stations it had been one of the flagship properties of Tribune Media, through its Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary, prior to its 2019 merger with Nexstar, and was co-owned with the Chicago Tribune, whose "World's Greatest Newspaper" slogan served as the basis for the WGN call sign, from 1924 to 2014. Since around 1990, WGN has maintained a news/talk format. The station's studios are located on the 18th floor of 303 East Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop, while its transmitter is located in Elk Grove Village. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
WGN, 720 AM, is a commercial radio station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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