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Above is a shot of my RCA TK10 from WGN…one of the original eight TK10s the station had in their studios, with four RCA TK30s in use on two mobile units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WGN<\/span>, Channel 9, is one of the nation’s first and only enduring independent stations, but it wasn’t always that way. In the beginning, they dual network affiliations with both CBS and Dumont, which early on wasn’t that uncommon in new TV markets, or markets with only one station.<\/p>\n

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The interesting part is, they shared that dual affiliation with WBKB, Channel 4, there in Chicago…until CBS bought WBBM. After that, WGN<\/span> became one of Dumont’s strongest affiliates, as well as a major production center for that network.<\/p>\n

Several Dumont programs were produced from the station’s facilities, including “The Al Morgan Show”, “Chicago Symphony”, “Chicagoland Mystery Players”, “Music From Chicago”, “They Stand Accused”, “Windy City Jamboree” and “Down You Go”.<\/p>\n

The station lost the Dumont affiliation when the network ceased operations on August 6, 1956; at that point, WGN<\/span> became an independent station. The rest, as they say, “is history”. -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n

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it couldn’t happen,” the Trib noted of the station’s debut. “But last night, with the speed of light, a stellar program was flashed in all its sparkling beauty to screens as far away as 45 miles.” Colonel Robert McCormick led the Tribune Company into the TV era, which would bring viewers such treasures as “Bozo’s Circus”, “Garfield Goose and Friends”, “Rayner and His Friends”, and “The Donahue Show.”<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<!-- GALLERY GRID -->\n<section class=\"wgn-grid\" id=\"wgnGallery\">\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"0\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.X64-46xld8PgdSWsIpwfGgHaF7&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"WGN-TV newsreel photographers 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#1<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">WGN-TV newsreel photographers Fred Giese, on the curb, and Leonard Bartholomew, positioned on the car, shoot pictures in the Loop on March 22, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"1\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.ovpdFFxATZdtf8_hdWc1FwHaFA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Chicago Stadium organ loft Golden Gloves 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#2<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">WGN-TV operated from the organ loft at the Chicago Stadium during its first scheduled telecast at the Golden Gloves fights on March 5, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Robert MacKay, Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"2\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.QB9jTiKUVmTuX1svyWbxIwAAAA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Golden Gloves Jack Brickhouse 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#3<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">The finals of the Golden Gloves was the first scheduled televised show on WGN-TV with Jack Brickhouse, center at table, as the first voice at the Chicago Stadium on March 5, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"3\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.KfoDVQxntLwb18GkNbzE3AHaGA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Spencer Allen news director 1953\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#4<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Spencer Allen, seen here in 1953, was the first news director for WGN-TV when they started in 1948. Allen had been a WGN Radio news reporter and writer since 1938.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"4\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.PDlpZD_HbHGYmF77o1sg6wHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Angel Casey model 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#5<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Angel Casey, Chicago model and radio actress, in front of the camera for WGN-TV, circa April 4, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"5\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.gU4rLIDMUfCMu09pYT9PJQHaEl&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Post-war studio model Palmer House 1944\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#6<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">A model of the post-war television studio is viewed at the Palmer House by G. William Lang, WGN chief engineer; Frank P. Schreiber, WGN general manager; and others on Aug. 28, 1944.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"6\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.AXxwUK85yl4WEukQEHblUQHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"WGN-TV mobile unit Brookfield Zoo 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#7<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">The WGN-TV mobile unit shoots pictures of the polar bears at Brookfield Zoo, circa April 23, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">R. A. Farrell, handout<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"7\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.gpXtCphLDN4YXzMru4dwLgHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Mobile unit Illinois Street 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#8<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">The WGN-TV mobile unit in operation on the street as it rehearsed programs for opening tonight at Illinois Street and the WGN Building on April 4, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Hardy Wieting, Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"8\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.7b11n-CBXWUBSBQOAuMUVwHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Engineers inside mobile unit 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#9<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Engineers monitor the reception inside WGN’s mobile unit at Illinois Street and the WGN building. The unit was put into operation for the opening of WGN-TV on April 4, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Hardy Wieting, Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"9\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.FCMn0tIFdNf4ilDU1VSByAHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Mobile unit Wrigley Field 1949\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#10<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">A WGN-TV mobile unit is parked outside Wrigley Field for a Cubs game, circa May 8, 1949.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"10\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.56ZsoQQXJhbixAaFALIrOgHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Spencer Allen televising fire Tribune Tower 1950\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#11<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Spencer Allen of WGN-TV news room, left, and television cameraman William Rockar, right, televising the fire at North Pier Terminal Warehouse from the 6th floor of Tribune Tower on April 22, 1950.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Robert MacKacy, Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"11\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.IZo8F0QLsW4qs3usaw0oOwHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Cooking demo Women's Magazine 1951\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#12<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Flower Vocational High School student Esther Riff practices a cooking demonstration for the WGN-TV program “Women’s Magazine of the Air”, circa Sept. 19, 1951.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"12\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.DDmkiMX7miMa-JgPLY9a9AHaC4&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Eddie Hubbard Catalog Quiz 1949\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#13<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Ukulele playing disc jockey Eddie Hubbard in a promotional picture for his show “Catalog Quiz” on WGN-TV, which premiered on Sept. 12, 1949.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"13\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.h6qvdOHbSzHdq3egF5rA_AHaHm&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Camera demonstration students 1951\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#14<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">J. E. Faragan, program director for WGN-TV, explains the workings of a television camera to students of the Chicago Public Schools’ radio workshop, circa Sept. 19, 1951.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"14\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.rwU-gSGAPX8Ob-jP1_DB6wHaEk&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Floating studio Tribune Square 1950\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#15<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">A view of the floating television studio in WGN’s building, in Tribune Square, which began operations on Jan. 25, 1950, featuring “Chicago Cooks with Barbara Barkley,” one of television’s earliest homemakers.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"15\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.XOcvSkpe7pkJIgBcRhVdTgHaGe&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Two-man dolly camera unit 1948\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#16<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">According to the Tribune, “Two dollies try out a two-man dolly unit on which the camera can be raised, lowered, and moved,” circa April 4, 1948.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"16\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.IJvo1j2jn7sq9CLAiBzxAQAAAA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"WGN-TV studios Tribune Tower 1955\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#17<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">The WGN-TV studios next to Tribune Tower, shown here in 1955 before the station relocated to the Northwest Side.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"17\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.DWeGV7V-JntDgR4_vo2EugHaI1&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Frazier Thomas Garfield Goose 1958\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#18<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Frazier Thomas with the puppets Garfield Goose and Beauregard Burnside III with Thomas’ son Jeff, 5, behind the camera at WGN-TV studios, circa June 1958. Garfield Goose and Friends aired from 1955 to 1976.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"18\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.54uulazOWqWjUQltV6OSfAHaES&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Garfield Goose and Friends WGN-TV 1958\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#19<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Frazier Thomas, right, hosted the WGN-TV produced “Garfield Goose and Friends”, is with his son Jeff, 5, circa June 1958.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">WGN handout<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"19\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.274KZDJmBX5_bRLwHVcxwQHaJG&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bandstand Matinee dancers 1956\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#20<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Peppy Wonso of Agnes McDonald High School and Bob Dipper of Evergreen Park High dance for the television cameras on May 29, 1956, during Bandstand Matinee, a WGN-TV rock ‘n’ roll program.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"20\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.t4DL_owua_ggGyIFIeoiVQHaFj&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bandstand Matinee Jim Lounsbury 1956\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#21<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Carol Johnson and Bob Dipper look into the camera during WGN-TV’s Bandstand Matinee on May 29, 1956. WGN and popular disc jockey Jim Lounsbury hosted the rock ‘n’ roll show for thousands of gyrating teenagers from 1954 to 1963.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"21\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.CQmGg3dPLGHLn3Qhn_AMJQHaEK&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Hi-Fi Club rock n roll WGN-TV 1959\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#22<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Teenagers dance to rock ‘n’ roll in the main studio at WGN-TV during an hour-long radio show called the “Hi-Fi Club” on April 16, 1959.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">William Bender, Chicago Tribune<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"22\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.MwnKTuTtXc0Gn1JyqQ-GEgHaJP&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bob Newhart WGN-TV studio 1960\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#23<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Bob Newhart hams it up at the WGN-TV studio in 1960.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"23\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.explicit.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.rYIaUdkxMTjx74XYFJVnYQHaEy&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Mary Jane Dlouhy Treetop House 1961\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#24<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Mary Jane Dlouhy, seen here in 1961, was the host of the WGN-TV morning children’s show “Treetop House.” Dlouhy hosted the show with Mr. Widgin, a marionette.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Handout<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"24\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts2.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.E1UcrqtUGGHFLPfXe0BNcQAAAA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Ray Rayner WGN-TV career characters\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#25<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Throughout his career with WGN-TV, Rayner would play many characters, including Sergeant Pettibone on “Dick Tracy”, Oliver O. Oliver on “Bozo’s Circus,” and eventually his own show “Rayner and His Friends.”<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"25\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.-UVAnBM5WOx0sJD75TPZtAAAAA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"WGN-TV cameras at the ballpark 1960s\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#26<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">WGN television cameras covered the ballpark for their at home viewers in the 1960s.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">WGN handout<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"26\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.h6qvdOHbSzHdq3egF5rA_AHaHm&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Girl Scout tour WGN-TV 1965\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#27<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">A Girl Scout troop from Palatine learns about the operation of WGN-TV studios during a tour given by guide Frank Kapanowski, circa Nov. 19, 1965.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"27\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.ovpdFFxATZdtf8_hdWc1FwHaFA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Jack Brickhouse WGN-TV White Sox 1967\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#28<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Jack Brickhouse at the WGN-TV microphone during a White Sox game, circa July 30, 1967.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"28\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.uKXHh3BlNUHgwo6fhvVp7AHaJP&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bob Bell Bozo the Clown WGN-TV 1968\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#29<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Bob Bell, the actor who played Bozo the Clown, at WGN-TV studios in Chicago in 1968.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"29\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.ci310TwrYMBlvtLkIxYrYAHaJT&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bob Bell as Bozo 1967\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#30<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Robert “Bob” Bell as Bozo the Clown in 1967.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"30\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.mnnN8zsnJ_tnxkjhuRiAPAHaJI&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bozo's Circus original cast 1966\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#31<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">“Bozo’s Circus”, a television program targeted to kids, became more popular in Chicago than in any other television market. Bozo’s original cast is shown here with Bob Bell as Bozo, in 1966.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"31\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.explicit.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.RgyvWXai7vVMoQAS-2XS6gAAAA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Bob Bell Ray Rayner Bozo's Circus 1967\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#32<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Bob Bell as Bozo the Clown, left, and Ray Rayner as Oliver O. Oliver, right, during “Bozo’s Circus” in 1967.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"32\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts3.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.623UQRKdvUP1ocvTVD7UUgAAAA&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Ray Rayner Ned Locke Bob Bell Bozo's Circus 1967\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#33<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Ray Rayner as Oliver O. Oliver, right, is shown with Ringmaster Ned Locke, left, and Bob Bell as Bozo the Clown, center, during the WGN-TV produced show “Bozo’s Circus,” in 1967.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">Chicago Tribune historical photo<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"33\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts4.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.sxam0NKUsOkZmCJSW4mE5QHaJN&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Ray Rayner Show Chelveston duck 1970s\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#34<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p class=\"wgn-cap\">Ray Rayner on the set of “The Ray Rayner Show” with Chelveston the duck and Cuddly Dudley, in the mid-1970s.<\/p>\n <p class=\"wgn-cred\">WGN handout<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"wgn-item\" data-i=\"34\">\n <div class=\"wgn-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ts1.mm.bing.net\/th?id=OIP.PP2-pvxV_dlQaoRBWLW28QHaEM&pid=15.1&o=7&rm=3\" alt=\"Phil Donahue show 1970s\"><div class=\"wgn-over\"><span>#35<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n <p 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This photo ran on April 4, 1948 with the announcement in the Tribune that WGN-TV would start its transmission the next day. Both Giese and Bartholomew were the first cameramen appointed to the eight man WGN-TV Newsreel staff. Bartholomew had been a veteran still photographer for the Tribune who earned the nickname \\u2018the man who\\u2019s late for dinner.\\u2019\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"WGN-TV operated from the organ loft at the Chicago Stadium during its first scheduled telecast at the Golden Gloves fights on March 5, 1948.\",r:\"Robert MacKay, Chicago Tribune\"},\n {c:\"The finals of the Golden Gloves was the first scheduled televised show on WGN-TV with Jack Brickhouse, center at table, as the first voice at the Chicago Stadium on March 5, 1948.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Spencer Allen, seen here in 1953, was the first news director for WGN-TV when they started in 1948. Allen had been a WGN Radio news reporter and writer since 1938.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Angel Casey, Chicago model and radio actress, in front of the camera for WGN-TV, circa April 4, 1948.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"A model of the post-war television studio is viewed at the Palmer House by G. William Lang, from left, WGN chief engineer; Frank P. Schreiber, WGN general manager; P. C. McCabe of the Austin company which built the model; and J. D. McLean of General Electric company\\u2019s television equipment division on Aug. 28, 1944.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"The WGN-TV mobile unit shoots pictures of the polar bears at Brookfield Zoo, circa April 23, 1948.\",r:\"R. A. Farrell, handout\"},\n {c:\"The WGN-TV mobile unit in operation on the street as it rehearsed programs for opening tonight at Illinois Street and the WGN Building on April 4, 1948.\",r:\"Hardy Wieting, Chicago Tribune\"},\n {c:\"Engineers monitor the reception inside WGN\\u2019s mobile unit at Illinois Street and the WGN building. The unit was put into operation for the opening of WGN-TV on April 4, 1948.\",r:\"Hardy Wieting, Chicago Tribune\"},\n {c:\"A WGN-TV mobile unit is parked outside Wrigley Field for a Cubs game, circa May 8, 1949.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Spencer Allen of WGN-TV news room, left, and television cameraman William Rockar, right, televising the fire at North Pier Terminal Warehouse from the 6th floor of Tribune Tower on April 22, 1950.\",r:\"Robert MacKacy, Chicago Tribune\"},\n {c:\"Flower Vocational High School student Esther Riff practices a cooking demonstration for the WGN-TV program \\u2018Women\\u2019s Magazine of the Air\\u2019, circa Sept. 19, 1951.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Ukulele playing disc jockey Eddie Hubbard in a promotional picture for his show \\u2018Catalog Quiz\\u2019 on WGN-TV, which premiered on Sept. 12, 1949.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"J. E. Faragan, program director for WGN-TV, explains the workings of a television camera to Franklin Weinstein, from left, Glen Swanson, Robin Wright, Al Cohen, Roberta Zells, and Gail Gustafson of the Chicago Public Schools\\u2019 radio workshop, circa Sept. 19, 1951.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"A view of the floating television studio in WGN\\u2019s building, in Tribune Square, which began operations on Jan. 25, 1950. The studio is 34 by 52 by 22 feet and floats on inflated rubber bags. Air space is provided between the walls and the ceiling and the building proper to eliminate outside noise and vibrations. The cameramen were filming \\u2018Chicago Cooks with Barbara Barkley,\\u2019 one of television\\u2019s earliest homemakers.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"According to the Tribune, \\u2018Two dollies try out a two-man dolly unit on which the camera can be raised, lowered, and moved,\\u2019 circa April 4, 1948.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"The WGN-TV studios next to Tribune Tower, shown here in 1955 before the station relocated to the Northwest Side.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Frazier Thomas with the puppets Garfield Goose and Beauregard Burnside III with Thomas\\u2019 son Jeff, 5, behind the camera at WGN-TV studios, circa June 1958. Garfield Goose and Friends was a popular children\\u2019s television show that aired from 1955 to 1976.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Frazier Thomas, right, hosted the WGN-TV produced \\u2018Garfield Goose and Friends\\u2019, is with his son Jeff, 5, circa June 1958.\",r:\"WGN handout\"},\n {c:\"Peppy Wonso of Agnes McDonald High School and Bob Dipper of Evergreen Park High dance for the television cameras on May 29, 1956, during Bandstand Matinee, a WGN-TV rock \\u2018n\\u2019 roll program.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Carol Johnson of Austin High School and Bob Dipper of Evergreen Park High School take a quick look into the camera during WGN-TV\\u2019s Bandstand Matinee on May 29, 1956. WGN and popular disc jockey Jim Lounsbury hosted the rock \\u2018n\\u2019 roll show for thousands of gyrating teenagers from 1954 to 1963.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Teenagers dance to rock \\u2018n\\u2019 roll in the main studio at WGN-TV during an hour-long radio show called the \\u2018Hi-Fi Club\\u2019 on April 16, 1959.\",r:\"William Bender, Chicago Tribune\"},\n {c:\"Bob Newhart hams it up at the WGN-TV studio in 1960.\",r:\"Chicago Tribune historical photo\"},\n {c:\"Mary Jane Dlouhy, seen here in 1961, was the host of the WGN-TV morning children\\u2019s show \\u2018Treetop House.\\u2019 Dlouhy hosted the show with Mr. Widgin, a marionette.\",r:\"Handout\"},\n {c:\"Throughout his career with WGN-TV, Rayner would play many characters, including Sergeant Pettibone on the \\u2018Dick Tracy\\u2019 show, Oliver O. 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