{"id":4234,"date":"2012-12-06T05:06:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T10:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2013-04-13T17:58:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T21:58:05","slug":"tribune-broadcasting-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2012\/12\/06\/tribune-broadcasting-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribune Broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"
by James Natalie<\/pre>\n
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Tribune logo image courtsey wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n
History<\/h2>\n
Founded in 1847, the Tribune Company<\/a> has demonstrated its powerful stance in the media industry as its newspapers, television stations, radio stations, and websites now reach over 80 percent of households nationwide. [1]<\/p>\n
After its television division started out in 1948 with the establishment of WGN-TV<\/a> in Chicago and WPIX-TV<\/a> in New York, two stations that proved to be the heart of Tribune Television, Tribune Television continued to prosper and in 1981 the Tribune Broadcasting Company was born. Already having acquired a third television station, Denver’s KWGN-TV<\/a>, Tribune Broadcasting went on to buy stations in Atlanta, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Boston in years to follow.<\/p>\n
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Chicago Cubs playing at Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
photo courtesy cubs.com<\/p><\/div>\n
However, popular for its Chicago Cubs<\/a> baseball broadcasts on WGN-TV and WGN Radio<\/a>, Tribune Broadcasting Company’s first order of business in 1981 was stringing a deal with the Wrigley<\/a> family to purchase the Chicago Cubs baseball team for a total of $20.5 million. WGN-TV, along with WGN Radio, have been broadcasting Cubs games ever since. [1]<\/p>\n
Noteworthy events for Tribune’s television stations:<\/p>\n