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In the station’s key demographic, the “Spiegel & Holmes” show rated first in its time slot, and the “Bernstein & Harris” show, with twice-weekly appearances by Leila Rahimi, ranked second.
Greg Boysen, Vinnie Duber, Ryan Herrera, Herb Lawrence and Nicholas Moreano were the on-air talents affected, ALLCITY CEO Brandon Spano told the Sun-Times.
In a three-part profile full of fascinating football history and trippy off-the-field antics, the famed narcissist repairs his Achilles, takes ayahuasca and spouts his half-baked philosophies with very little pushback from critics.
The game is part of the third and final installment of side-by-side scheduling on ABC and ESPN this season. Here’s why it’s important for the networks and what Bears fans can expect during the broadcast.
Fabian was a talent spotter and programming expert who smoothed the transition from Wally Phillips in morning drive-time to Bob Collins and maintained WGN’s No. 1 rating. Mr. Fabian was inducted into the WGN Radio Walk of Fame in 2016.
CHSN has yet to appear on Comcast, the largest cable provider in the market, and Marquee continues to operate under short-term extensions while trying to stave off being moved to the distributor’s highest-priced tier.
Albert will call the Bears-49ers game Sunday with Jonathan Vilma. The pair last saw the Bears in Week 5, when they beat the Panthers. A lot has changed since then.
Though the NHL had lifted the local blackout Wednesday, YouTube TV subscribers never saw the game, while Comcast customers saw about half of the first period before the feed disappeared.
The incomparable finish will go down in Bears history, and it led to some fantastic broadcasting. But of the three calls surveyed, one didn’t rate with the others.
Johnson was appalled by the final sequence of the Bears’ loss on Thanksgiving.
Believe it or not, this won’t even be the first time Eagle, 27, calls a football game at the baseball venue. In 2018, he called Syracuse-Notre Dame for WAER, Syracuse’s student radio station.
Last week, ALLCITY affiliates began appearing on free ad-supported streaming TV channels, including its Chicago outlet, CHGO. Shows are now available on The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus and Xumo Play, as well as Comcast’s Xfinity X1 platform.
Even though “Inside the NBA” will be on ESPN and ABC beginning with the 2025-26 season, TNT Sports will continue to produce the popular studio show.
On Thursday, CHSN announced the service will launch Friday, offering Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox games and other programming via its iOS and Android apps and any web browser.
Chicago Sports Network is expected to launch its direct-to-consumer service this week, the Sun-Times has learned. The network will announce details such as price and programming in the days ahead.
But at the pace of talks with Comcast, CHSN could launch its direct-to-consumer service before it appears on Xfinity.
Charania, 30, became ESPN’s senior NBA insider Oct. 7. “I felt at this point in my life ESPN was the perfect fit,” said Charania, who still lives on the North Shore.
“The Simpsons Funday Football” telecast will be streamed on ESPN+ and Disney+ while the game airs on ESPN and ABC.
CHSN announced Friday that Fubo will carry the network on its Pro base channel plan immediately, in time for the Bulls’ game in Milwaukee.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” we asked if you’ve tuned into CHSN and how much you’re missing watching the Bulls and Blackhawks.