For decades, Cubs fans have been used to watching their favorite team’s games either on over-the-air broadcast TV, or on a cable/satellite channel the team contracted with to carry a portion of their schedule. (For this discussion, we’ll ignore games carried by national networks, as all teams have some games broadcast that way.)
Before I talk about the team’s new proposed TV channel, a bit of history.
WGN-TV has been at the forefront of that Cubs broadcast history. Since 1948, games have been shown on WGN in Chicago. Between 1948 and 1966, Cubs home games were shown (with a handful of road games), along with White Sox home games.