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WGN-TV Chicago, through its WGN Sports department, holds the broadcast rights to the following sports telecasts, which were discontinued from airing on WGN America as of December 15, 2014: [3] Chicago Bulls NBA basketball games 1; Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball games 1; Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball games 1
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.
"Go Cubs Go", "Go, Cubs, Go" or "Go, Cubs, Go!" is a song written by Steve Goodman in 1984. [1] At various times the Goodman version of the song has been the official Chicago Cubs team song and the official Cubs victory song, playing after every home win for the Cubs at Wrigley Field. [ 2 ]
A seat to a Milwaukee Brewers-Chicago Cubs game at American Family Field is often a hot ticket for a Cubbies fan. Not only is it an easy drive from Chicago, the price is obviously more than ...
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks acknowledger the crowds applause after the team's 3-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds in a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Chicago.
Eddie Hubbard began hosting a popular music program called the ABC Club in 1945. [17] [18] By the late 1940s, much of the station's schedule was devoted to contemporary music. [18] [19] [20] WIND was Chicago's leading hit music station in the 1950s. [21] [20] Howard Miller was WIND's program director from 1945 to 1949.
October 1, 1924: WGN broadcasts its first baseball game from the park, the first Chicago professional game ever broadcast on radio, with A.W. Kaney commentating. The Cubs were hosting the White Sox, and won 10–7. The Chicago Cubs arguably led the way among MLB teams when it came to adopting the medium of radio broadcasting.
At the time of the song's release in 2008, it had been 100 years since the Cubs had last won the World Series. [4] Vedder has been a lifelong Cubs fan. [5] The song, which fondly looks forward to the Cubs' next World Series victory, was written with the encouragement of certain Chicago Cubs, most notably Ernie Banks. The song was first ...