I think at first WGN had the rights to the Illinois Lottery then WFLD took over before WGN retained the rights.
gtp2day has an Illinois Lottery Drawing from June 7, 1983. I'm pretty sure that aired on WGN, right before WFLD took over. Of course once again, WGN started to air the drawings again in either late 1986 or early 1987.
@Spr463 I heard WBBM had the drawings briefly in the mid-90's, they apparently won the 10pm ratings book around that time. But like before, the drawings ended up going back to WGN.
good ol days i miss it
crossman85208 4 weeks ago
I heard that music in a Cranston/Csuri demo reel.
palmercomm 3 years ago
It's called "Kitchen Dance" by Dave Grusin.
JimmySand9 2 years ago
The lotto machines they got now are a lot nicer
TINKERBELL7770 4 years ago
I think at first WGN had the rights to the Illinois Lottery then WFLD took over before WGN retained the rights.
gtp2day has an Illinois Lottery Drawing from June 7, 1983. I'm pretty sure that aired on WGN, right before WFLD took over. Of course once again, WGN started to air the drawings again in either late 1986 or early 1987.
Spr463 4 years ago
It was 1987 when the drawings returned to WGN
gtp2day 4 years ago
@Spr463 I heard WBBM had the drawings briefly in the mid-90's, they apparently won the 10pm ratings book around that time. But like before, the drawings ended up going back to WGN.
JimmySand9 2 months ago
I would like to know when WGN started broadcasting drawings of the Illinois Lottery. WFLD did a good job but WGN did lottery drawings a lot nicer.
DearbornPlaza 4 years ago
Well, the latest WFLD drawing I've found is from December 26, 1986, so my guess would be sometime in 1987.
Tubewings 4 years ago
That sounds right. I always thought the drawings were WGN until I saw what fuzzymemories had. It was probably early in 1987 when WGN took over.
DearbornPlaza 4 years ago
Do you have any Lotto drawings?
JimmySand9 4 years ago 2