Posted on 04/12/2016 8:11:50 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Okay people. You all know that this year is the 100th anniversary of the Cubs' first season in Wrigley Field. You also know that as of last year the national version of WGN no longer carries Cubs games. The Chicago station does, but the "superstation" apparently makes more money showing episode after episode after episode of a show called "Bluebloods" (which I know absolutely nothing about) than it does showing the Cubbies.
So I looked up the radio station that currently carries the games and found it online. Well guess what? At game time I get the very beginning but then it gets cut off for some sports talk show!
Now this doesn't make one bit of sense. I can see that on TV some games would be blacked out. But this is AM RADIO! How in the world does one block that??? I mean, it comes over the air, and anyone who lives close enough to pick up the station can hear it for nothing!
So why in blazes do they get off blocking the exact same program on the exact same station when you tune in online instead of with a radio set? What's the difference? Why block out an AM radio station??? Don't the same commercials air online as over the air? I just don't see the reasoning behind this!!!
PS: I've found a downloadable program online that is claimed to allow a person to watch any game at any time online for FREE. I haven't downloaded it yet because it sounds too good to be true. Anyone out there know anything about it?
Here in Chicago, all Cubs games are now carried by “The Score,” 670-AM. The White Sox have moved to WLS 890-AM. You could try calling up their livestreams.
Sirius XM satellite radio has all
teams,all games and can be heard as
a smartphone app,in your car etc.
They offer streaming only so
you don’t need to buy a radio.
MLB definitely restricts stations from
carrying their games online...other
than via XM or AtBat.In Boston,flagship
WEEI 93.7 substitutes network sports
talk shows while affiliate WBOQ 104.9
runs their usual classic hits-oldies
music on their stream.
I remember years ago, AM 670 was WMAQ and was a country music station. And the Cubs were on WGN AM 720.
Off topic but the radio business sure has changed in recent years.
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