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WGN No More?
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Does anybody else remember watching games in the 80s from a few stadiums - I know Montreal was one of them - and the broadcasts always sounded weird?  Like Harry was calling the game from inside a tunnel.
Yes. It seemed like most of the broadcasts in Houston, Cincy and Pittsburgh were like that too. Must have been the artificial surfaces or dome effect. That wasn't baseball.


And like Brick, I also remember the Sox night game broadcasts on 44 and later 60 or 66, where everything looked damp and gloomy at all times, as though the lights were dimmed to save money for Reinsdorf and his penny-pinching goons.
 


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But do you remember the Sox when they were on ONTV/Sportsvision? You had to click a selector to choose between the White Sox or pornography.

 

No shit.

 

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ONTV squiggly line porn was the best.
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I can't tell it from a White Sox game.

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Cubs spring training schedule on WBBM 780 just released:


March 7: vs. Colorado in Scottsdale, 2:05 p.m.

March 8: vs. Texas, 2 p.m.

March 14: vs. Milwaukee in Maryvale, 2 p.m.

March 15: vs. Cincinnati, 2 p.m.

March 21: vs. Seattle, 2 p.m.

March 22: vs. San Diego, 2 p.m.

March 28: vs. Colorado, 2 p.m.

March 29: vs. Kansas City in Surprise, 2 p.m.
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Oh, boy. I can't take his horrible impressions, but I guess we are stuck with him for a while on WBBM pre and post game shows.

Quote:Chicago sportscaster Mark Grote emerged from among hundreds of applicants Monday to win the coveted job of pre-game and post-game host for Cubs broadcasts on CBS Radio all-news WBBM AM 780. Hell join Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer as the third member of the radio team this spring.
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Final broadcast schedule is out. WPWR 50 replaces WCIU 26 for 2015:


Sun 4/5 vs. St. Louis 7:05 PM ESPN2


Mon 4/6 OFF DAY


Tue 4/7 vs. St. Louis 7:05 PM WGN


Wed 4/8 vs. St. Louis 1:20 PM ABC7


Thur 4/9 OFF DAY


Fri 4/10 @ Colorado 3:10 PM WGN


Sat 4/11 @ Colorado 7:10 PM CSN+


Sun 4/12 @ Colorado 3:10 PM WGN


Mon 4/13 vs. Cincinnati 7:05 PM CSN+


Tue 4/14 vs. Cincinnati 7:05 PM CSN


Wed 4/15 vs. Cincinnati 7:05 PM WPWR


Thur 4/16 OFF DAY


Fri 4/17 vs. San Diego 1:20 PM ABC7


Sat 4/18 vs. San Diego 1:20 PM CSN


Sun 4/19 vs. San Diego 1:20 PM WGN


Mon 4/20 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM CSN


Tue 4/21 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM WGN


Wed 4/22 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM CSN


Thur 4/23 @ Pittsburgh 11:35 AM CSN


Fri 4/24 @ Cincinnati 6:10 PM CSN


Sat 4/25 @ Cincinnati 12:10 PM ABC7


Sun 4/26 @ Cincinnati 12:10 PM WGN


Mon 4/27 vs. Pittsburgh 7:05 PM CSN


Tue 4/28 vs. Pittsburgh 7:05 PM WPWR


Wed 4/29 vs. Pittsburgh 7:05 PM CSN


Thur 4/30 OFF DAY


Fri 5/1 vs. Milwaukee 1:20 PM CSN


Sat 5/2 vs. Milwaukee 1:20 PM CSN


Sun 5/3 vs. Milwaukee 1:20 PM WGN


Mon 5/4 @ St. Louis 7:10 PM CSN


Tue 5/5 @ St. Louis 7:15 PM WGN


Wed 5/6 @ St. Louis 7:15 PM CSN


Thur 5/7 @ St. Louis 12:45 PM CSN


Fri 5/8 @ Milwaukee 7:10 PM CSN


Sat 5/9 @ Milwaukee 6:10 PM CSN


Sun 5/10 @ Milwaukee 1:10 PM WGN


Mon 5/11 vs. NY Mets 7:05 PM CSN


Tue 5/12 vs. NY Mets 7:05 PM CSN+


Wed 5/13 vs. NY Mets 7:05 PM WGN


Thur 5/14 vs. NY Mets 1:20 PM CSN


Fri 5/15 vs. Pittsburgh 1:20 PM CSN


Sat 5/16 vs. Pittsburgh 3:05 PM ABC7


Sun 5/17 vs. Pittsburgh 1:20 PM WGN


Mon 5/18 OFF DAY


Tue 5/19 @ San Diego 9:10 PM WGN


Wed 5/20 @ San Diego 9:10 PM CSN


Thur 5/21 @ San Diego 8:10 PM CSN+


Fri 5/22 @ Arizona 8:40 PM CSN+


Sat 5/23 @ Arizona 9:10 PM CSN


Sun 5/24 @ Arizona 3:10 PM WGN


Mon 5/25 vs. Washington 1:20 PM WGN


Tue 5/26 vs. Washington 6:05 PM CSN


Wed 5/27 vs. Washington 7:05 PM CSN+


Thur 5/28 OFF DAY


Fri 5/29 vs. Kansas City 3:05 PM CSN


Sat 5/30 vs. Kansas City 6:15 PM FOX


Sun 5/31 vs. Kansas City 1:20 PM ABC7


Mon 6/1 @ Miami 6:10 PM CSN


Tue 6/2 @ Miami 6:10 PM CSN


Wed 6/3 @ Miami 6:10 PM WPWR


Thur 6/4 @ Washington 6:05 PM WGN


Fri 6/5 @ Washington 6:05 PM CSN


Sat 6/6 @ Washington 11:05 AM CSN


Sun 6/7 @ Washington 3:05 PM CSN


Mon 6/8 OFF DAY


Tue 6/9 @ Detroit 6:08 PM CSN


Wed 6/10 @ Detroit 6:08 PM CSN


Thur 6/11 vs. Cincinnati 7:05 PM CSN


Fri 6/12 vs. Cincinnati 3:05 PM WGN


Sat 6/13 vs. Cincinnati 6:15 PM FOX


Sun 6/14 vs. Cincinnati TBD CSN or ESPN


Mon 6/15 vs. Cleveland 7:05 PM WPWR


Tue 6/16 vs. Cleveland 7:05 PM CSN


Wed 6/17 @ Cleveland 6:10 PM CSN+


Thur 6/18 @ Cleveland 6:10 PM CSN


Fri 6/19 @ Minnesota 7:10 PM WGN


Sat 6/20 @ Minnesota 1:10 PM ABC7


Sun 6/21 @ Minnesota 1:10 PM ABC7


Mon 6/22 vs. LA Dodgers 7:05 PM WGN


Tue 6/23 vs. LA Dodgers 7:05 PM CSN


Wed 6/24 vs. LA Dodgers 7:05 PM CSN


Thur 6/25 vs. LA Dodgers 1:20 PM ABC7


Fri 6/26 @ St. Louis 7:15 PM ABC7


Sat 6/27 @ St. Louis 6:15 PM FOX


Sun 6/28 @ St. Louis 1:15 PM CSN


Mon 6/29 OFF DAY


Tue 6/30 @ NY Mets 6:10 PM CSN


Wed 7/1 @ NY Mets 6:10 PM WGN


Thur 7/2 @ NY Mets 12:10 PM WGN


Fri 7/3 vs. Miami 1:20 PM CSN


Sat 7/4 vs. Miami 6:15 PM FOX


Sun 7/5 vs. Miami TBD CSN or ESPN


Mon 7/6 vs. St. Louis 7:05 PM WGN


Tue 7/7 vs. St. Louis 7:05 PM CSN


Wed 7/8 vs. St. Louis 7:05 PM CSN


Thur 7/9 OFF DAY


Fri 7/10 vs. White Sox 3:05 PM CSN


Sat 7/11 vs. White Sox 3:05 PM ABC7


Sun 7/12 vs. White Sox 1:20 PM ABC7


7/13-16 ALL-STAR BREAK (Cincinnati)


Fri 7/17 @ Atlanta 6:35 PM CSN


Sat 7/18 @ Atlanta 6:10 PM ABC7


Sun 7/19 @ Atlanta 4:05 PM WGN


Mon 7/20 @ Cincinnati 6:10 PM CSN


Tue 7/21 @ Cincinnati 6:10 PM CSN


Wed 7/22 @ Cincinnati 11:35 AM ABC7


Thur 7/23 OFF DAY


Fri 7/24 vs. Philadelphia 3:05 PM WGN


Sat 7/25 vs. Philadelphia 3:05 PM ABC7


Sun 7/26 vs. Philadelphia 1:20 PM ABC7


Mon 7/27 vs. Colorado 7:05 PM CSN+


Tue 7/28 vs. Colorado 7:05 PM CSN+


Wed 7/29 vs. Colorado 1:20 PM WGN


Thur 7/30 @ Milwaukee 7:10 PM CSN


Fri 7/31 @ Milwaukee 7:10 PM WGN


Sat 8/1 @ Milwaukee 6:10 PM ABC7


Sun 8/2 @ Milwaukee 1:10 PM ABC7


Mon 8/3 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM CSN


Tue 8/4 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM WGN


Wed 8/5 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM CSN


Thur 8/6 vs. SF Giants 7:05 PM CSN


Fri 8/7 vs. SF Giants 3:05 PM WGN


Sat 8/8 vs. SF Giants 3:05 PM ABC7


Sun 8/9 vs. SF Giants TBD CSN or ESPN


Mon 8/10 OFF DAY


Tue 8/11 vs. Milwaukee 7:05 PM CSN


Wed 8/12 vs. Milwaukee 7:05 PM WGN


Thur 8/13 vs. Milwaukee 1:20 PM ABC7


Fri 8/14 @ White Sox 3:10 PM CSN


Sat 8/15 @ White Sox 6:10 PM ABC7


Sun 8/16 @ White Sox 1:10 PM CSN


Mon 8/17 OFF DAY


Tue 8/18 vs. Detroit 7:05 PM ABC7


Wed 8/19 vs. Detroit 7:05 PM WPWR


Thur 8/20 vs. Atlanta 7:05 PM CSN


Fri 8/21 vs. Atlanta 3:05 PM CSN


Sat 8/22 vs. Atlanta 3:05 PM ABC7


Sun 8/23 vs. Atlanta 1:20 PM WGN


Mon 8/24 OFF DAY


Tue 8/25 @ SF Giants 9:15 PM WGN


Wed 8/26 @ SF Giants 9:15 PM CSN


Thur 8/27 @ SF Giants 2:45 PM CSN


Fri 8/28 @ LA Dodgers 9:10 PM WGN


Sat 8/29 @ LA Dodgers 8:10 PM WGN


Sun 8/30 @ LA Dodgers TBD CSN or ESPN


Mon 8/31 vs. Cincinnati 7:05 PM CSN


Tue 9/1 vs. Cincinnati 7:05 PM WGN


Wed 9/2 vs. Cincinnati 1:20 PM CSN


Thur 9/3 OFF DAY


Fri 9/4 vs. Arizona 1:20 PM CSN


Sat 9/5 vs. Arizona 1:20 PM CSN


Sun 9/6 vs. Arizona 1:20 PM WGN


Mon 9/7 @ St. Louis 1:15 PM WGN


Tue 9/8 @ St. Louis 7:15 PM CSN


Wed 9/9 @ St. Louis 12:45 PM CSN


Thur 9/10 @ Philadelphia 6:05 PM CSN


Fri 9/11 @ Philadelphia 6:05 PM CSN


Sat 9/12 @ Philadelphia 6:05 PM CSN


Sun 9/13 @ Philadelphia 12:35 PM WGN


Mon 9/14 OFF DAY


Tue 9/15 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM WGN


Wed 9/16 @ Pittsburgh 6:05 PM CSN


Thur 9/17 @ Pittsburgh 11:35 AM WGN


Fri 9/18 vs. St. Louis 1:20 PM ABC7


Sat 9/19 vs. St. Louis 12:05 PM FOX


Sun 9/20 vs. St. Louis TBD CSN or ESPN


Mon 9/21 vs. Milwaukee 7:05 PM CSN


Tue 9/22 vs. Milwaukee 7:05 PM CSN+


Wed 9/23 vs. Milwaukee 7:05 PM CSN


Thur 9/24 OFF DAY


Fri 9/25 vs. Pittsburgh 1:20 PM ABC7


Sat 9/26 vs. Pittsburgh TBD CSN or FOX


Sun 9/27 vs. Pittsburgh TBD CSN or ESPN


Mon 9/28 OFF DAY


Tues 9/29 @ Cincinnati 6:10 PM CSN


Wed 9/30 @ Cincinnati 6:10 PM WGN


Thur 10/1 @ Cincinnati 11:35 AM CSN


Fri 10/2 @ Milwaukee 7:10 PM CSN


Sat 10/3 @ Milwaukee 6:10 PM CSN


Sun 10/4 @ Milwaukee 2:10 PM WGN
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Not surprisingly, only 2 of the WLS games are weekday night games.

This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena.  [Image: ITgoyeg.png]
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So, when I got Directv last season, CSN was listed as a channel I should get. But I never seemed to actually get the games when they started, even though I could normally watch the Pre and Post game shows. Now I have been getting all the CSN Spring Training games. Did something change? Will I get regular season games too? I live near Madison, WI, and I guess games were always blacked out for me last year? I don't really get it.
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Directv offers as an add on or as part of some packages, an enhanced sports package offering costumers out of market regional sports networks like CSN, but then if you are out of market for those channels, they black out the live sports.  There's a good chance that, unfortunately, the spring games are not covered by the blackout rules, and you'll continue to have the regular season games blacked out.  Chances are your home market channel is FOX Sports Wisconsin, so you'll get Brewers games not blacked out, and that's it on other regional cable networks, whether you're paying more for them or they're part of your base package.  But you never know, worth checking obviously.

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Kind of what I figured, although a few years back I could always watch Cubs games at my Mother in Law's place, not that far from here. She also had satellite, don't remember if it was CSN or whatever other Chicago sports channel (not WGN) that showed them before that.
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WLS already off to an awesome start.


http://deadspin.com/local-cubs-broadcast...1696736658
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LOL! Do they not have a proofreader on staff?

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Believe that Ace mentioned the Deadspin article.

 

Doubt if WGN would go through the trouble of making a new graphic if they retained the Cubs but at least they appeared to have competent proofreaders.

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Quote:Doubt if WGN would go through the trouble of making a new graphic if they retained the Cubs but at least they appeared to have competent proofreaders.
 

Um ...
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena.  [Image: ITgoyeg.png]
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Quote:LOL! Do they not have a proofreader on staff?
Yes, Me be teh poofreeder fer WSL tellyvizun stayshun.
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This would be hilarious. Seriously fuck WGN at this point.

Quote:Robert Feder (@robertfeder) writes this morning that the White Sox' radio contract is up for renewal, and WLS and WGN are vying for the rights against the incumbent, WSCR. Like the Cubs' new flagship, WBBM, WSCR is owned by CBS, and Feder says 'BBM's contract with the Cubs would allow them to move the Cubs over to WSCR if The Score can't retain the White Sox.


In other words, come next spring, the Cubs could be on The Score, and the 29th-best baseball broadcasting team on radio could be on WGN.
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