WGN-TV

$197K 2025-2026 cycle

WGN-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle WGN-TV was paid $197K across 3 client committees.

Media Independent affiliate Chicago, IL ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)
Call sign: WGN · Network: Independent · Market: Chicago, IL
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 3 months ago (Mar 11, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Activity span ALL TIME
Mar 8, 2018 → Mar 11, 2026
spans 8.0 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
15
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
3
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.

Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$90K across 12 months
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Top buyers

Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $70K Media · 7 txns WT WGN-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$69,892 7
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $90K Media · 11 txns WT WGN-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$89,892 11
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $90K Media · 11 txns WT WGN-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$89,892 11
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

BOYKIN, RICHARD $90K Media · 11 txns WT WGN-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
BOYKIN, RICHARD
IL · House DEM
$89,892 11

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $89,892 45.70%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $106,815 54.30%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2018202020252026 Q1 2018 (2018 cycle): $2KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $46KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $59KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $26KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $64K Q1Q4Q1 $64K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 4 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q1 2018 $2K 1 C00639971 100% Media 100% $2K
2020 Q3 2020 $46K 1 C00717827 100% Media 100% $46K
2020 Q4 2020 $59K 2 C00717827 100% Media 100% $105K
2025 Q4 2026 $26K 5 BOYKIN, RICHARD 100% Media 100% $26K
2026 Q1 2026 $64K 6 BOYKIN, RICHARD 100% Media 100% $90K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 15 disbursements (avg $13K/check) Top buyer: C00717827 (53% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $70K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 15 disbursements (avg $13K/check) Top buyer: C00717827 (53% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $90K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 15 disbursements (avg $13K/check) Top buyer: C00717827 (53% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $90K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 15 disbursements (avg $13K/check) Top buyer: C00717827 (53% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $90K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $196,707 15 $13K 100.0% C00717827 53% 3mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
One-time clients 1 cycle
$196,707 · 100% of revenue
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Geographic concentration

Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.

State   Total spend % of revenue Clients
Unknown
$106,815 54.3% 2
IL
$89,892 45.7% 1
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Notable disbursements

5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.

Reason Date Filer Category Purpose Amount
Largest all-time 2020-09-28 C00717827 Media TV ADS $46,210
Largest all-time 2020-10-05 C00717827 Media TV ADS $35,190
Largest all-time 2020-10-14 C00717827 Media TV ADS $23,545
Largest all-time 2026-02-27 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $15,000
Largest all-time 2026-03-11 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $12,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-06 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $12,000
Largest this cycle 2026-02-13 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $10,000
Largest this cycle 2026-02-26 BOYKIN, RICHARD Media ADVERTISING $10,000
See full disbursement table →