WGN America is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Tribune Broadcasting. The channel is one of several flagship properties owned by Chicago, Illinois-based corporate parent Tribune Media, which also owns the channel's former parent television station during its existence as a superstation, WGN-TV (channel 9), regional cable news channel Chicagoland Television (CLTV) and radio station WGN (720 AM).
As of July 2015, WGN America is available in approximately 72.987 million pay television households (62.7% of households with at least one television set) in the United States.
Nexstar Media Group's cable network WGN America is expanding its news programming to five hours on weeknights, and it's officially rebranding as NewsNation.
