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On October 2, 2017, the network was rebranded as NBC Sports Chicago, as part of a larger rebranding of the Comcast SportsNet networks under the NBC Sports brand. [13] On January 2, 2019, the White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks agreed to an exclusive five-year deal with NBC Sports Chicago beginning in the fall of 2019, ending their broadcasts on ...
NBC Sports Group: December 31, 2021 Launched on July 31, 1995. Formerly known as Outdoor Life Network and Versus. Olympic Channel: NBC Olympics, United States Olympic Committee and NBC Sports Group: September 30, 2022: Launched on July 31, 2003. Formerly Bravo HD+ and Universal HD. Stadium College Sports: Diamond Sports Group: December 31, 2023 ...
In 2004, Jerry Reinsdorf, Bill Wirtz, and the Tribune Company—the owners of the Bulls and White Sox, Blackhawks, and Cubs respectively—formed a new regional sports network with Comcast known as Comcast SportsNet Chicago (later named NBC Sports Chicago). The network was jointly owned by the four teams, while Comcast held a 30% stake and ...
Hawkvision only broadcast for a short time, ending after the 1994–95 season. However, regular Blackhawk home games did not resume airing on television until the 2007–08 season after Wirtz's death. His son Rocky took over the team's operations and agreed to allow WGN-TV and NBC Sports Chicago to carry those games.
In November 2022, Kaplan announced he would be leaving NBC Sports Chicago at the end of the year, choosing to focus on his ESPN radio show and growing YouTube channel ...
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.
Pat Foley retires from sports broadcasting after calling his final Chicago Blackhawks telecast for NBC Sports Chicago. A suburban Chicago native, Foley's broadcasting career spanned more than four decades, and was primarily spent calling play-by-play for the NHL 's Blackhawks on radio and/or television since 1980 (with a two-year break from ...
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports cable channels .