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The Chicago Cubs Radio Network (known since 2024 as the Southwest Airlines Cubs Radio Network for sponsorship reasons) is the network of radio stations that broadcast Cubs games on 30 stations in six states. [1] Veteran broadcaster Pat Hughes has been the play-by-play announcer since 1996. From 1996 to 2010, Hughes was partnered with Ron Santo.
Games televised by WGN Sports or WLS-TV are syndicated by a network of affiliated stations within the team's territory. Beginning with the 2020 season, Cubs games will air on the new Marquee Sports Network, a regional sports network founded and operated by the Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
WGN Sports (originally known as WGN-TV Sports from 1948 to 1993) was the programming division of WGN-TV (channel 9), an independent television station located in Chicago, Illinois, United States—which is owned by the Nexstar Media Group—that was responsible for all sports broadcasts on the station, some of which were previously also broadcast on its former national superstation feed, WGN ...
WSBK-TV (channel 38) in Boston is best known in the market for being the longtime television home of the Boston Red Sox.WSBK became the Red Sox's over-air flagship station in 1975 and continued to carry the team's games for 20 years, until it lost the rights in 1996 to independent station WABU (channel 68, now Ion Television owned-and-operated station WBPX-TV).
WGN News at Nine (formerly The Nine O'Clock News; simulcast of 9 p.m. newscast; September 1980–January 30, 2014) WGN Midday News (formerly Chicago's Midday News and WGN News at Noon; simulcast of noon-1 p.m. CT portion, 1983–2014) [3] Heritage of Faith (1983–92) Chicago's Very Own (1988–92) $100,000 Fortune Hunt (1989–94) People to ...
October 15/16/22, the Cubs hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers for Games 1, 2, and 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series. Chicago won Games 1 and 6, earning the National League Championship on the latter win. October 28–3,0 the Cubs hosted the Cleveland Indians for Games 3, 4, and 5 of the 2016 World Series. These teams had not won the ...
On July 17, 1964, a game out of Los Angeles between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers contest became the first Pay TV baseball game. [citation needed] Subscription television offered the cablecast to subscribers for money. [citation needed] (The Dodgers beat the Cubs by the score of 3–2, with Don Drysdale collecting 10 strikeouts.)
Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports network operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Chicago Cubs, launched on February 22, 2020.It is devoted exclusively to Cubs baseball, replacing a trio of channels (cable channel NBC Sports Chicago and broadcast partners WLS-TV and WGN-TV) as the exclusive broadcaster of Cubs games not shown on national TV.