WGN No More?

[Andy]

I don't think WGN was much of a pull for attracting Cubs fans anymore.  It's absolutely true that kids used to get home from school and the only thing worth watching on TV would be Cubs games on WGN because afternoon TV sucked.  But everything changed long before WGN stopped putting sports on the superstation.  For one thing, the Cubs play very few weekday afternoon games anymore.  Almost all Monday-Thursday home games are night games now, and virtually all weekday road games are night games.  So it's not the case that kids have been coming home from school and able to put on the game.

 

More importantly, the media dynamic has obviously changed.  When I was a kid, we got maybe 50 channels and there was no internet.  That's obviously not the case anymore.  Entertainment options are limitless.

 

I don't disagree with you at all Kid.  They'll have to find ways to get their content to multiple media formats.  Just miss how much simpler it was in the 80's.