This Christmas, WGN Radio will once again air the Dusty Rhodes Christmas Specials commercial-free beginning Wednesday, Dec. 24 at 2pm through Friday, Dec. 26 at 4am. The commercial-free ...

Last Saturday marked 38 years since WGN’s tv signals were hijacked in the “Max Headroom” incident. On November 22nd, 1987 someone, dressed as “Max Headroom,” hacked into the signal at WGN and PBS.

From Star Wars to Jaws, some of the most iconic movie lines were actually unscripted. Larry runs through some of the best. Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks ...

Click on your Zenith and plop on your plaid sofa as we revisit 10 retro TV commercials Central New Yorkers will remember.

FREEPORT, Ill. — Former Chicago radio personality Joe “JoBo” Colborn from the famed show “Eddie & JoBo” has died at the age of 70. In an update, the Stephenson County Coroner tells WGN, “there was no ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Mercedes Wells and her husband Leon sat inside a Chicago law firm on Tuesday, contemplating action against a local hospital just days after giving birth. It was around midnight ...

WGN Morning News’ Robin Baumgarten is back in the kitchen! She’s up to her old tricks with some retro recipes. Today, she’s cookin’ up a Frankfurter Loaf. Preheat oven to 375˚F. Heat frankfurters in ...

Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, writer, and director. He’s doing two shows at the Vic Theatre on November 22. He has appeared on American Dad, We Bare Bears, the Rocker, Taking Woodstock and ...

It’s that time of year again! Once again, WGN is featuring the most well-decorated homes around Chicagoland this holiday season. And Marcus Leshock from the WGN Morning News will be picking some of ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a Metra train on the South Side in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood, according to the train transportation company. A Metra Spokesperson ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago holiday season kicked off Friday downtown with the annual tree lighting ceremony. The festivities started at 5 p.m. at Millennium Park with performances by DJ Mike P and Mara ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — A Chicago Ridge woman accused in a 2023 drunken crash in unincorporated Winfield that claimed the lives of siblings received a decadeslong prison sentence on Monday.