Remember when NBC Sports Chicago was home to the Cubs, White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks? Sounds like that Rally House commercial. Even though the Cubs’ fractured broadcast agreement saw them carried by roughly 32 different local stations over the five-year period following WGN’s pivot away from sports, they anchored the coverage for a network that was available throughout the Chicagoland area and most of the team’s MLB-defined regional territory. Seeking to have the whole pie instead of just a piece, the Cubs formed Marquee Sports Network and got it on the air just in time for spring training in…2020.
Comcast Carriage Disputes Could Spur Merger Between Marquee, Chicago Sports Network
