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2026-02-25 Economy

'Chicago's very own' WGN-TV was hit by a brutal round of cuts this week.

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1857 views ] Top

1 Television is 20th century tech, nobody has watched it since the days of The Simpsons and Friends.
Learn to code.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-02-25 01:34|| 2026-02-25 01:34|| Front Page Top

2 Tegna is the company that runs CBS8 in San Diego. They suck.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-02-25 13:24|| 2026-02-25 13:24|| Front Page Top

3 WGN used to broadcast Cub and White Sox games and were part of the cable package we got (as was TBS which did Atlanta Brave games).

Seems like an era long ago now.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-02-25 19:18|| 2026-02-25 19:18|| Front Page Top

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