Thursday, March 13, 2014

MLB 2014 Where To Watch And How To Listen: Chicago Cubs

This is a new series of posts with the goal of providing the most in-depth information possible for where you can catch your favorite local MLB team broadcasts (for those who live outside of the local broadcast area, MLB offers subscriptions to mlb.tv).

Chicago Cubs
 



Radio Broadcasts

WGN Radio 720 AM (2014 season is final year of the Cubs contract with WGN Radio.)

Commentators:

Pat Hughes, Dave Eanet (play-by-play, alternate play-by-play), Ron Coomer (color analyst), Judd Sirott (pre/postgame host, also calls 5th inning of every game)

WGN Radio is the flagship station of the Chicago Cubs and is part of the Chicago Cubs Radio Network. The network comprises 45 stations in 9 states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Virginia) and is a division of Tribune Broadcasting's Tribune Radio Network.

All 162 regular season games, some spring training games and all postseason games are broadcast by the network.    

Television Broadcasts

WGN/WGN America, WCIU "The U" Local Channel 36, Comcast Sports Net (CSN) Chicago

Channel Availability:

WGN/WGN America (WGN America is the nationwide version of WGN available throughout the country.)

9 (local Chicago area)

DiecTV-307 (HD/SD)
Dish Network-239 (HD/SD)
Verizon FiOS-568 (HD), consult local lineup for SD channel number
ATT U-Verse-1180 (HD) 180 (SD)
Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS)-439 (HD), 245 (SD)

CSN Chicago/CSN Chicago+

DirecTV-CSN: 665 (HD/SD), CSN+: 666 (SD), 666-1 (HD)

Dish Network-CSN: 412 (HD/SD), CSN+: channel varies
ATT U-Verse-CSN: 1741 (HD) 741 (SD), CSN+: 1742 (HD), 742 (SD)
Comcast Xfinity-CSN: 200 (HD/SD), CSN+: 285 (HD), 101 (SD)
RCN (Residential Communications Network) Corporation-CSN: 685 (HD), 370 (SD), CSN+: 616 (HD), 371 (SD)

Commentators:

Len Kasper (play-by-play), Jim Deshaies,  (color analyst), Todd Hollandsworth (studio analyst/alternate color analyst)

Like the Chicago White Sox, Cubs television broadcasts are also available on multiple stations.  Games shown on WCIU-TV are produced by WGN.  WCIU-TV is an independent station in the Chicago area.




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