Report: WBBM-AM Leading Candidate to be Cubs Radio Partner
According to a report from the Tribune’s Ed Sherman, WBBM-AM has emerged as the leading candidate to become the Cubs new radio partner. Tom Ricketts and Crane Kenney have pointed to Opening Day as the...
View ArticleReport: Cubs Could Be Close to Announcing New Broadcast Partners
The Cubs were expected to announce the team’s new radio partner by Opening Day, but both the first game of the year and the home opener passed without an announcement. According to a report from...
View ArticleThe Daily CCO: Big Week Ahead for the Cubs
This is an important week for the future of the Chicago Cubs. Not only could an announcement be made about the Cubs new radio partner, the draft begins Thursday and the Cubs are still scheduled to meet...
View ArticleThe Daily CCO: Pat Hughes is the Voice of the Chicago Cubs
The Cubs partnership with 720 WGN is set to expire at the end of the season and the team is expected to announce 780 WBBM-AM will broadcast Cubs games for the 2015 season. The Cubs have been on WGN...
View ArticleCubs Reportedly Set to Announce Seven-Year Agreement with WBBM-AM 780
According to multiple reports, the Cubs will announce Thursday a new partnership with CBS Radio that will move Cubs games from WGN-AM 720 to WBBM-AM 780 beginning next season. The Cubs will remain on...
View ArticleCubs Announce Radio Partnership with WBBM-AM and CBS Radio
The Cubs made it official during a press conference on Thursday afternoon at Wrigley Field. WBBM-AM will be the new radio home of the Chicago Cubs starting with the 2015 season. The news surfaced...
View ArticleThe Daily CCO: The End of an Era for the Chicago Cubs
Sunday’s season finale is the end of the longest partnership in Major League Baseball. 720 WGN Radio has been broadcasting Cubs games since 1925 and has been the exclusive radio partner of the Cubs...
View ArticleVoice of the Cubs Pat Hughes Named Illinois Sportscaster of the Year
‘Chicago Cubs Baseball is on the air’ is the familiar refrain Pat Hughes begins every Cubs radio broadcast. The radio of voice of the Chicago Cubs is simply one of the best in the business, as Len...
View ArticleThe Daily CCO: WBBM Releases Cubs Spring Training Broadcast Schedule and...
Cubs’ Radio has a new home starting this season. Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer will be heard on WBBM-780 and Monday the station released its spring broadcast schedule. WBBM will carry eight Cactus League...
View ArticleThe Daily CCO: Big Test Awaits Cubs in St. Louis and Other News and Rumors
After splitting the four-game series with the Dodgers, the Cubs hit the road for six games over the next seven days with three in St. Louis and three in New York. And the trip begins with a big test...
View ArticleThe Daily CCO: Dan Haren Retires, Cubs Moving to The Score and Derek Johnson...
The first day of the Cubs’ off-season was a rather busy one. Theo Epstein held his end of the season press conference in the afternoon and talked for close to an hour. Epstein answered every question...
View ArticleCubs Officially Move Radio Broadcasts to 670 The Score
When Pat Hughes says “Chicago Cubs Baseball is on the air” in early March it will be on WSCR-AM 670 The Score. The Cubs announced Wednesday the station has been named the team’s new flagship station....
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