WGN-TV

1948–1959

1959–1964

April 1961 ID with NAB Television Code

1964–1977

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WGN-TV station ID from 1964

WGN-TV station ID from 1967

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WGN-TV color ID (late 1960s)

WGN-TV Color Presentation Bumper #2-A (c. 1971)

WGN-TV Color Presentation Bumper #2-B (c. 1971)

Sign outside of building circa late 1960's

1977–1983

WGN-TV station ID A from 1977

WGN-TV station ID (1977-1981)

WGN-TV station ID B from 1977

WGN-TV station ID #2 (1977-1981)

1981–1983

1983–1993

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Alternate version of logo

WGN-TV station ID from 1983

WGN-TV station ID from 1985

WGN-TV station ID from 1988

In-program station ID (late 1980s)

Tales from the Darkside promo (late 1980s)

1993–2002

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The "9" (which looks like the Japanese hiragana character for "no") in the 1993-2002 logo is also turned upside-down into a "G" in the black bar with the "WGN" callsign; this logo was used by the national superstation feed of WGN-TV in promos and IDs until 1998, when only the "WGN" portion of the logo began to be used on the superstation feed.

2002–2017

2002–2006 variant

2006–2012 variant

2012–2016 variant

2016–2017 variant

When this logo was introduced in November 2002, the 1999-2006 version of The WB logo was originally placed next to the boxed "9" in the logo; when WGN affiliated with The CW (owned by CBS Corporation and the Warner Bros. Entertainment division of Time Warner, owners of UPN and The WB respectively, and initially featuring some of both networks' programming) in September 2006, the logo was updated to include The CW's logo. A variant without the box "9" and network logo was used on the national superstation feed until 2008, when Superstation WGN rebranded as WGN America; since then, WGN-TV and WGN America do not use similar branding schemes.

WGN disaffiliated from The CW on September 1, 2016, at which time the affiliation moved to MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WPWR-TV. This move made WGN an MyNetworkTV station for the first time in 21 years.

Alternate version occasionally used online (2006–2016)

Station ID (2002–2006)

Station ID used during Illinois Lottery drawings (2006–2016)

WGN-DT2 station ID (2006–2007, during affiliation with The Tube)

WGN Saturday Night Movie open (2002–2006)

Emergency Alert System test slide (2007 - 2011)

Emergency Alert System test ID (2011-2014)

2017–present

An entirely new logo design for the station was introduced on May 17, 2017.

See also

• WGN America
• WGN NewsTemplate:TV stations in Chicago