>> THIS IS CHICAGO'S VERY OWN WGN MORNING NEWS AT 4. >> MIKE LOWE: WGN TV HAS BROADCAST DAY STARTS AT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AS OFFICERS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS TRAGIC SO WE'RE ON THE AIR LIVE FOR 14 HOURS. EVERY WEEKDAY. THAT OPERATED WGN MORNING NEWS HAS BECOME A CHICAGO STABLE. WE'RE GOING TO 165 UNDER YOUR EYES BLINKING YOUR EARS GIVING THE CITY A SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HAHA WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR. >> I THINK MY RULE, I THINK MAYBE IS TO BRING SOME COMEDIC I FEEL LIKE I LOVE TO PUSH THE AUTHENTIC SIDE OF THINGS TONIGHT, THE RAIN, IT'S GOING THE RAINY METEOROLOGIST PAUL CONRAD ON SUNDAY. IT'S PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH AND MIKE JANSSEN. YOU DECIDED TO WEAR A GREEN SWEATER TODAY. WELCOME CHICAGO AREA STUDENT HAS THE FRIDAY FORECAST OR YOU THINK IT WAS GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE JUST A FLOATING HEAD FRIDAY. THAT MEANS IT'S TIME FOR FRIDAY FORECASTER. >> AND HANDSTAND. WALKING. THEY LOCK. AND IF I ASKED YOU LIKE 10 MINUTES TO WALK IN YOUR HANDS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO IT? YOU NEED TO GET STRETCHED OUT ALL I CAN DO YOU CAN DO IT. >> HAVE BRODY, FREED WITH ME. HE'S 9 YEARS OLD. HOW YOU TO BRODY EVER THINK YOU'D BE ON TV LIKE THIS? NOW YOU JUMP RIGHT OUT OF BED. YOU LIKE GET TO GO BE ON TV AREA LIKE THE LITTLE BOY. I MADE A BAD DECISION AND I WAS EXCITED. YOU ARE EXCITED. IT'S A WAKEUP THINK. THINK I MADE A BAD DECISION ON OUR FUTURE OUTLOOK. WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN AND SNOW DOWNED BY A ST. LOUIS AND WELL. >> YOU WANT TO DO THAT HAND WALKING THING OUT DOOR. LOOK AT THAT. ALL RIGHT. MATTERS NICELY GOTTEN THEIR ROAD. >> MIKE LOWE: IN THE NEWSROOM, ASSIGNMENT EDITORS ARE CALLING SOURCES RESEARCHING IDEAS AND PREPARING AN OUTLINE OF THE DAY'S EVENTS. WE'LL SAVE ME SHE WILL SAY A LOT OF TIME FOR A PRESS CONFERENCE CONCLUDING IN WAUKEGAN WERE WGN. TV IS LINE. THEY STILL DON'T HAVE HIS WHERE ABOUTS, OBVIOUSLY STILL NOT FOUND AT THIS POINT. AND DIGITAL ANCHOR CHIP BREWSTER WILL PRESENT A LIVE NEWS CONFERENCE CLEARLY SEARCHING THE WATERWAYS TO THE STREAMING AUDIENCE. MORE INFORMATION IS ALWAYS ON OUR WEBSITE, WGN TV DOT COM OR LIVE STREAMS TO COME AS WELL. TODAY. >> WHAT IS WEIGHT LOSS INJECTIONS AS THE MORNING SHOW SIGNS OFF THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN ON THIS DAY. LIFESTYLE TALK SHOW DAYTIME CHICAGO SIGNS ON WE ARE THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE MORNING SHOW AND MIDDAY SHOW WHERE YOU JUST GET TO ESCAPE. THE NEWS CGN. THERE'S NOBODY IN THERE. THEN IT'S THE WGN MIDDAY NEWS WITH DINA BAIR AND PATRICK ELWOOD DIRECTOR STEVE NOVAK IS CALLING THE SHOTS TAKE TO MUSIC IN THE CONTROL ROOM OFTEN FLOOR OF THIS IS KIND OF COOL VIDEO. >> THAT DELIVERY. >> MIKE LOWE: MORNING ANCHOR LARRY POTASH ALSO HOST THE ACCLAIMED HISTORY SERIES BACK STORY. >> THIS SEASON ON AN ALL-NEW BACKSTORY 3 DECADES. >> SO MAYBE WRITE THEIR FAMILIES WITH THE BALL GAME. HE'S WORKING WITH PRODUCER MIKE D'ANGELO TO TWEAK. END UP COMING SO PLAY BY PLAY LIKE A QUICK. SO THE PLAY BY PLAY. >> MAYBE WE GET RID OF THE KID AND WE JUST START WITH HIM AND THEN DO A VO TRAILING SO WE CAN KEEP >> A TEAM OF 200 PEOPLE WORKS IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT TO DAILY ROUTINE. FOR ME WHERE I JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE RECENT COURT FILINGS. NEARLY HALF OF THEM ARE REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS PHOTO JOURNALIST ERIC ARNDT. LOTS DOESN'T FIT A LOT. >> MIKE LOWE: HE'S LOADING HIS GEAR INTO A NEWSMAN. HE'LL BE WORKING WITH REPORTER COURTNEY SPINELLI. THEIR ASSIGNMENT REPORTING ON A FATAL HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. >> WELL, FAMILY TRAVELING IN A CAR TOGETHER, REALLY TRAGIC WHEN YOU GET DOWN LOW, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE SPECKS OF GLASS. YOU CAN SEE THE TIRE PRINT TO SEE IT COME UP ON THE CURB. YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MOVE THE CAMERA AROUND, GET LOW, GET DIFFERENT ANGLES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHAT'S MORE OF A VISUAL TO WHAT HAPPENED HERE LAST NIGHT? >> SO TO FIND OUT THEY'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF THEIR CAMERAS CAUGHT ANYTHING. THEY JUST NEED A FEW MINUTES, BUT THEY BELIEVE MY CAMERAS, MY CATCHES THE TRAFFIC. I SEE A STRETCHER BEING CARRIED OUT. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT >> IMMEDIATELY MY HEART JUST DROPPED TO THE GROUND. ONCE THEY CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS AND GATHER OTHER ELEMENTS. IT'S BACK TO THE NEWS VAN WHERE SPINELLI STARTS WRITING THE STORY RACING AGAINST THE CLOCK AND ART SETS UP A LIVE SIGNAL. >> SO THIS IS THE THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS DONE AND STILL TRIED AND TRUE THAT THE MICROWAVE SIGNAL GOES UP TO THE MASK. SEND THAT TO ONE OF OUR RECEIVE SITES DOWNTOWN. DOES A NEW CELL SERVICE. SO IT'S >> TODAY, CHANNEL MINUS. HE'S ON THE PHONE WITH THE BROADCAST ENGINEER. OKAY. VERY GOOD THAT YOU CAN FIRE UP ANY TIME. YOU'RE 80 AT THE WGN TV STUDIOS. ALL DONALD ON BUDDY. MY BAT. >> SHOULD BE COMING UP SOON. WILL DO A MIC CHECK. >> YEAH, I BELIEVE THE CHOPPERS GOING UP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE TALENT AND IT TODAY. >> MIKE LOWE: MIKE SALE IS INSIDE OF NEWS CENTER, WHICH IS REALLY THE NERVE CENTER OF WGN WHERE REMOTE VIDEO FEEDS FROM THE CHICAGO AREA, THE NATION AND THE WORLD ARE COORDINATED AND COLLECTED VIA SATELLITE MICROWAVE, CELLULAR AND DIGITAL TRANSMISSIONS. VERY TENSE MOMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACTION VERY QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE THAT >> YOU MAKE A DEADLINE TO OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE IN THAT SUV REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION REPORTING SPINELLI WILL REPORT LIVE FROM THE LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT IN THE 4 O'CLOCK NEWSCAST WITH BEN BRADLEY, LOURDES DUARTE. YOU KNOW YOU YOU GET WELL VERSED ON A SUBJECT AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN EVENING ANCHOR RAY CORTOPASSI HAS ARRIVED AT WGN WHILE PREPARING TO ANCHOR THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME NEWSCASTS WILL TIKTOK CEO WAS GRILLED ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY DURING COMBATIVE. >> MIKE LOWE: 5, 4, 3, >> WELL, PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE TERMS GET STARTED. >> MIKE LOWE: ANCHOR MICAH MATERRE IS TAPING AN EPISODE OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE. MIKE, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 7 MINUTES HERE AHEAD OF HER DUTIES ANCHORING THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME NEWSCASTS. YOU SEE THE ANCHORS EVERY DAY, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH BEHIND US WHERE THE ANCHORS WE HOLD DOWN THE FORT, SO TO SPEAK. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ANCHORS WEEK. WE HOLD IT DOWN. BUT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PUTTING THAT ONE STORY TOGETHER. MEANTIME, IN THE NEWSROOM, VIDEO EDITORS, PRODUCERS AND NEWS WRITERS ARE BUSY CREATING THE ELEMENTS OF A NEWSCAST WRITERS ALWAYS HAVE TO FILL A NEWSCAST NO MATTER WHAT. >> MIKE LOWE: ONCE A WEEK POLITICAL ANALYST PAUL LISNEK TAKES THE WGN TV POLITICAL REPORT. A PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOW FOCUSED ON GOVERNMENTAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES. I VIEW THE ROLE OF ANY PROGRAM HOST OR AN ANCHOR AS ONE WHO CAN ATTEMPT TO TEACH THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE ARE SOME COMPLICATED STORIES THAT REQUIRE GRAPHICS GOT REQUESTS FOR ERIN IVORY FOR REMARKABLE WOMEN ARE DIRECTOR CHRISTY STONE IS BUSY DESIGNING MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON BRAND AND MAKE US LOOK OUR BEST AND TOPICAL PRODUCER SCOTT BENNETT IS CREATING PROMOTIONS. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I HAVE TO DO IS JUST BOIL EVERYTHING DOWN LATE. >> MIKE LOWE: JUST GET TO THE ESSENCE OF SOMETHING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF A STORY. AND THEN. >> HE'S PEOPLE WITH IT LIKE HERE'S THIS LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, AND FIND OUT THE REST WHEN YOU TUNE IN TONIGHT AT 9. >> MIKE LOWE: WGN PRODUCES A NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THIS 2023 MAYORAL DEBATE. THE MODERATORS, OUR POLITICAL REPORTER AND WEEKEND ANCHOR TAHMAN BRADLEY. IT'S NO GOOD UNLESS YOU CAN SORT OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY. >> AND PREPARE FOR THAT AND THEN HAVE THE RIGHT FOLLOW-UP. THE FOLLOW-UP IS ALMOST MORE IMPORTANT. THEN THE INITIAL QUESTION. >> AND ANCHOR LOURDES DUARTE. I KEEP THEM ON TIME, BUT I'M NOT COMBAT IT. WATER. >> MIKE LOWE: AFTER DISCUSSING TOPICS IN THE NEWSROOM, IT'S OFF TO STUDIO ONE, A FAMED SPACE WHERE THE BOZO SHOW WAS ONCE PRODUCED. >> THE WAY THAT WE DO DEBATES IS EVERYTHING WE DO IS BACKED UP BY FACTS SHOULD GO TO JOHNSON, POLITICAL PRODUCER, JORDAN OVERSEES THE PRODUCTION. >> MIKE LOWE: MISTER JOHNSON, YOU'VE BEEN HIGHLY CRITICAL OF YOUR OPPONENTS IN A NOD TO WGN HISTORY. THE BELL TO NOTIFY CANDIDATES THAT THEIR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THING NOT A CHILD IT'S ACTUALLY LEARN IS SOUNDED BY A BUTTON FASHIONS TO LOOK LIKE THOSE THOSE WATCHING IT ALL IS THE WGN NEWS DEPARTMENT'S TOP EXECUTIVE NEWS DIRECTOR DOMINIC STASI. BIG STAFF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS KIND OF DOING. >> WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST KEEPING THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS. THE CAMPAIGN PART OF THIS ELECTION ENDS PRINCE THAN THE WGN SPORTS DEPARTMENT IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE CUBS AND WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING GAMES AND THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. WE'VE GOT AS MANY AS 6 GAMES GOING AT ONCE. THEY'RE ALSO WORKING TO PRODUCE THE HALF HOUR SPORTS SHOW CALLED GN SPORTS, WHICH CLOSES OUT THE LIVE BROADCAST DAY AT 11:00PM. IT WAS QUITE A COMPETITIVE FINISH. >> WE'LL SHOW YOU RETURN TO WRAP UP CAN SUPPORT AFTER THIS. >> MIKE LOWE: IN EACH OF ITS 75 YEARS, CHANNEL 9 HAS GROWN AND EVOLVED. IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE STATION THAT SIGNED ON THE AIR IN 1948, 45 IN THE BUT ITS CORE MISSION REMAINS THE TO LIVE UP TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING CHICAGO'S VERY OWN TELEVISION STATION. IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE OWE THAT THE VIEWERS OF CHICAGO, TOO, DELIVER OTHER BIG STORIES AND DO IT AS COMPLETE AND AS BALANCED POSSIBLE. >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY. >> RAY CORTOPASSI: IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT AND IT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT INTO THE MORNING AND IT NEVER STOPS AND IT IS JUST AN AMAZING PRIVILEGE. SO IF YOU MISSED TONIGHT'S TWO-HOUR SPECIAL WGN AT 75, THERE WILL BE AN ENCORE PRESENTATION. MARK THAT DOWN IS COMING UP SUNDAY AT 7 O'CLOCK. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE MORE WGN TV DOT COM SLASH 75 AND
