Superstation WGN going HD in November
by Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Oct 22nd 2007 at 12:11PM
A keen eyed observer at DBSTalk.com noticed that Superstation WGN updated their FAQ and the last question now asks when it'll go HD. According to the FAQ, it will be available to cable and satellite providers in November. Unfortunately, they don't say what providers or even what will be in HD. We'd be more excited, but with all the new so called HD channels launching lately -- with almost no HD -- these announcements are being more and more meaningless.
Filed under: Cable, Fiber, Satellite, New content
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pepperstn @ Oct 22nd 2007 12:37PM
this is one of my local stations!! awesome.. all new HD line up coming!!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2284981
Derrick @ Oct 22nd 2007 12:52PM
Granted they will not have much HD but this is appropiate because I believe They proceeded TBS and TNT in the infant days of cable.
Jeff N. @ Oct 22nd 2007 1:08PM
They will probably broadcast Cubs games in HD but stretch syndicated TV series like TBS does.
Matt @ Oct 22nd 2007 1:11PM
Comcast in the Chicagoland area already has this. I get screwed because I'm in Rockford and have Insight's weak HD line-up. Hope things will change when Comcast takes over.
Jim @ Oct 22nd 2007 1:31PM
I get this station off of my antenna and was suprised to notice that a rerun of Two and a Half Men off of WGN was broadcast in HD. You don't typically see non primetime shows broadcast on network stations. I was pretty impressed!
andy @ Oct 22nd 2007 1:33PM
All I know is that I have local stations broadcasting in both analog and digital, and even when the content is not HD, I ALWAYS watch the digital broadcast. Often times, the analog is completely unwatchable and the digital is pristine. I'll take "HD" broadcast any day, regardless of how much actual HD content they have.
the_boo @ Oct 22nd 2007 2:58PM
The local broadcast of WGN has been HD for some time now, all the CW shows have been airing in HD for nearly 2 years on their air and the Cubs games have been HD for a while too.
ftaok @ Oct 22nd 2007 3:52PM
@the_boo
WGN-9 and SuperstationWGN are different channels. Apparently, WGN-9 has been HD-digital for a while now for Chicago area viewers.
SuperstationWGN is what the people not in Chicago get. We get to see a few Cubs/Sox games and maybe a couple of Bulls games. We do not get the CW programming. In Philly, we have our own CW channel.
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