WGN Sports (English Wikipedia)

Robert Channick (January 25, 2019). "Cubs buy Tribune Media's remaining 5 percent ownership stake in the team". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Robert Channick (March 1, 2019). "How much are the Cubs worth? Try $2.15 billion". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Robert Channick (November 6, 2013). "Cubs exercise option to end WGN-TV contract after next season". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
Robert Channick (November 6, 2013). "Cubs exercise option to end WGN-TV contract after next season". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
Steve Nidetz (September 15, 1989). "White Sox, Bulls Leave Channel 32 for Channel 9". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
Bob Sakamoto (February 9, 1985). "Reinsdorf Buys Bulls". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Jeremy Mikula (February 19, 2020). "Chicago Fire reach a multiyear deal with WGN to televise games". Chicago Tribune.
Steve Nidetz (March 8, 1993). "ChicagoLand TV Brings Cubs to Local Cable". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Michael Hirsley (July 25, 1998). "Cubs Will Make a Trade: CLTV Games to WGN". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Michael Hirsley (August 11, 1998). "4 Cubs Games to WGN". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Michael Hirsley; Tim Jones (January 29, 1998). "47 Fewer Cubs Games on Ch. 9". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Ed Sherman (March 5, 1999). "Cub Telecasts Here, There . . ". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Ed Sherman (July 7, 1999). "The Times Are a Changin' . . . So Are the Channels". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Ed Sherman (July 9, 1999). "Remotes to Get Workout in 2000". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Jim Kirk (October 27, 1999). "WGN A Good Sport For A Reason". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
Ed Sherman (July 9, 1999). "Remotes To Get Workout In 2000". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
Ed Sherman (February 19, 2015). "White Sox add WPWR-Ch. 50 to station rotation". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
Michael Hirsley; Tim Jones (January 29, 1998). "47 Fewer Cubs Games on Ch. 9". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Steve Nidetz; John Gorman (October 27, 1990). "Bulls, WGN Sue NBA for Telecast Cut". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
James Warren (January 27, 1991). "'Geraldo' Goes to Moscow". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
James Warren (February 21, 1992). "Bulls Get OK for 30 WGN Games in '92-93". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
James Warren (April 15, 1992). "Bulls, WGN Big Winners in Court". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Steve Nidetz (May 10, 1993). "Cable Rights Spur Renewal of NBA-WGN Battle". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Matt O'Connor (October 19, 1993). "Bulls, WGN Hit Court Again in TV Dispute with NBA". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Matt O'Connor (October 23, 1993). "Bulls, Minus Jordan, Label WGN Vital". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Matt O'Connor (January 7, 1995). "Bulls Get More WGN Telecasts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Matt O'Connor (September 11, 1996). "Appeals Court Reverses Call on Bulls Telecasts". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
"WGN to Televise 35 Bulls Games--To Local Audience Only". Chicago Tribune. October 15, 1996. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Michael Hirsley (December 13, 1996). "Bulls Return to National Picture". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
"Vincent Blasts Superstations". Chicago Tribune. April 30, 1992. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Jerome Holtzman (September 6, 1992). "Too Many Small-Market Owners Are Being Shortsighted". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Jerome Holtzman (September 8, 1992). "Vincent Quits; May Be Last Baseball Czar". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Teddy Greenstein (January 2, 2019). "NBC Sports Chicago announces multiyear deal with the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
Phil Rosenthal (February 13, 2019). "The Cubs are starting a new TV channel in 2020. Here's what that means for fans". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
"White Sox name new TV announcer to sub for Hawk Harrelson". Chicago Tribune. January 12, 2016.
Oscar Avila (June 26, 2010). "Former Sox, Bulls announcer Lorn Brown dies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Phil Rogers (February 22, 1998). "Milo Hamilton Never Did Make Peace With Harry Caray". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

cubsinsider.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Moshe Wilensky (January 25, 2019). "Ricketts Family Completes Purchase of Cubs From Tribune Company (So What Does That Mean?)". Cubs Insider. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

cwtv.com (Global: low place; English: 8,863^rd place)

"LIV Golf: How To Watch Live". The CW. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

dailyherald.com (Global: 4,141^st place; English: 2,196^th place)

Sassone, Tim (April 2, 2008). "WGN, Comcast Deals Make History for Hawks". Daily Herald. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

desmoinesregister.com (Global: 2,726^th place; English: 1,299^th place)

blogs.desmoinesregister.com

David Elbert (May 31, 2011). "WHO-TV to air select White Sox, Cubs games at Channel 13.3". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved September 3, 2015.^{[dead link]}

espn.com (Global: 42^nd place; English: 25^th place)

Jesse Rogers (February 13, 2019). "Cubs launching a network of their own, Marquee Sports Network". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved March 20, 2019.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

"After Over 70 Years, The Cubs On WGN Is Coming To An End". Forbes. September 13, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Ameet Sachdev (August 22, 2009). "Tribune sells Cubs to Ricketts family". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

marquette.edu (Global: 8,736^th place; English: 4,761^st place)

scholarship.law.marquette.edu

Franklin M. Fisher; Christopher Maxwell; Evan Sue Schouten (1999). "The Economics of Sports Leagues - The Chicago Bulls Case". Marquette Sports Law Review. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

mlssoccer.com (Global: 706^th place; English: 470^th place)

mlssoccer. ""A historic day": MLS, Apple enter global media partnership beginning in 2023 | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved June 16, 2022.

multichannel.com (Global: 5,520^th place; English: 2,924^th place)

Linda Moss (March 29, 1998). "WGN Looks to Soar After Difficult Period". Multichannel News. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

nbcchicago.com (Global: 4,529^th place; English: 2,376^th place)

"NBC Sports Chicago Announces New Pact With White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks". WMAQ-TV. NBC Owned Television Stations. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

news.google.com (Global: 67^th place; English: 32^nd place)

"Pettit found his calling in Blackhawks' booth". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. November 14, 2003. Retrieved April 1, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

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Neil Amdur (June 17, 1981). "Chicago Cubs Are Sold by Wrigley to Tribune Co. for $20.5 Million". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Joseph Durso (August 7, 1981). "Owners Approve a Plan to Split Baseball Season". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
"N.B.A. Expansion Unlikely for 1986-87". The New York Times. June 27, 1985. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Richard Sandomir (April 16, 1991). "TV SPORTS; Bulls, Superstations And Power Moves". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Richard Sandomir (January 7, 1995). "PRO BASKETBALL; N.B.A. TV Limits Ruled Illegal". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Richard Sandomir (August 25, 1992). "TV SPORTS; Chicago (Not in Standings) Now in First". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Richard Sandomir (March 3, 1998). "TV SPORTS; Caray Family Is Touched by Fans Honoring Harry". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
"Jim Durham, N.B.A. Broadcaster, Is Dead at 65". The New York Times. November 4, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

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Stu Hackel (April 1, 2008). "Blackhawks to Televise All Games, Join 20th Century". The New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

postbulletin.com (Global: low place; English: 8,539^th place)

"No Bulls; Cable TV can't carry Chicago games". Post-Bulletin. Post-Bulletin Company, LLC. October 19, 1996. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

qctimes.com (Global: 7,827^th place; English: 3,873^rd place)

"WQAD picking up 45 Cubs, 55 Sox games". Quad-City Times. March 5, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.

radiohof.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Harry Caray". Radio Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

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Robert Feder (February 19, 2020). "Back to play-by-play, WGN to air Chicago Fire soccer broadcasts". RobertFeder.com.
Robert Feder (May 23, 2016). "'Chicago's Very Own' WGN declares independence from CW Network". RobertFeder.com. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

southsidesox.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"White Sox History: The story of SportsVision". South Side Sox. SB Nation. November 30, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

sun-sentinel.com (Global: 986^th place; English: 495^th place)

articles.sun-sentinel.com

Jeff Rusnak (October 21, 1988). "TV Clout On Trial In White Sox Suit". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

suntimes.com (Global: 615^th place; English: 382^nd place)

chicago.suntimes.com

Jeff Agrest (June 16, 2022). "WGN loses Fire as MLS moves games to Apple". Chicago Sun-Times. Chicago Public Media. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
"While Cubs prepare to launch Marquee, Hawks, Bulls & Sox return to NBCSCH". Chicago Sun-Times. December 19, 2018.
Jeff Agrest (March 7, 2019). "Sports media: Will Chicago teams leave WGN-TV without any sports?". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
Daryl Van Schouwen (September 28, 2019). "A rare Hicks-up for White Sox bullpen: Colome blows lead, Tigers gain split". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 23, 2019.

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"Blackhawks return to WGN-TV". WGN-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. February 15, 2011. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2012.

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Confirmed by WGN-TV "WGN-TV Contact Page". Superstation WGN. Tribune Broadcasting. Archived from the original on June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2007.

tribunemedia.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"WGN-TV/Chicago To Become Independent Station Featuring Local News, Live Sports, High-Quality Syndicated Programming". Tribune Media (Press release). May 23, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

tvnewscheck.com (Global: 5,003^rd place; English: 2,284^th place)

"WISH-WNDY To Carry Cubs, White Sox". TVNewsCheck. March 20, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.

twice.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Greg Tarr (July 27, 2001). "WGN To Air Cubs Game In High Definition". Twice. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

upi.com (Global: 377^th place; English: 206^th place)

"The Chicago Cubs Friday were sold to the Tribune". United Press International. August 28, 1981. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
"Holy Cow! Harry Caray leaves Sox to broadcast Cubs games". United Press International. November 16, 1981. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Dennis O'Shea (November 24, 1981). "Drysdale, Harrelson team up for White Sox". United Press International. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Susan Kuczka (March 14, 1985). "Jerry Reinsdorf, who heads the new ownership group of..." United Press International. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

variety.com (Global: 21^st place; English: 17^th place)

Brian Steinberg; Cynthia Littleton (May 23, 2016). "CW, Tribune Stations Set Affiliation Deal as WGN-TV Chicago Goes Indie". Variety. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
Dennis Wharton (November 6, 1992). "NBA can't limit WGN's Bulls 'casts". Variety. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

Barry, John (June 17, 1981). "Tribune Firm To Get Cubs for $20.5 Million". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 20, 2021.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"WGN-TV to air 24 Chicago Fire Football Club games in landmark multi-year broadcast agreement". WGN-TV. Nexstar Media Group. February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
Mark Liptak (July 28, 2015). "Biggest What Ifs in White Sox History, Part 2". ChicagoNow. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Jeff Rusnak (October 21, 1988). "TV Clout On Trial In White Sox Suit". Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
"Blackhawks return to WGN-TV". WGN-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. February 15, 2011. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
George Castle. "The 'Center Field Shot' began at a Chicago Little League game". Youthletic. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
Confirmed by WGN-TV "WGN-TV Contact Page". Superstation WGN. Tribune Broadcasting. Archived from the original on June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2007.
Ted Cox (July 9, 1999). "Channel 26 gets Cubs, Bulls next season". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
"No Bulls; Cable TV can't carry Chicago games". Post-Bulletin. Post-Bulletin Company, LLC. October 19, 1996. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Richard Katz (December 2, 1996). "Networks on chopping block; TCI makes mincemeat of programmers' lineups". Multichannel News. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2011 – via HighBeam Research.
Dave Becker (December 20, 1996). "TCI Will Retain WGN in Madison, The Superstation Will Be Available in Five States". The Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, WI. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2011 – via HighBeam Research.
"Harry Caray". Radio Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2014.

wgnamerica.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Contact Us/FAQ". WGN America. Tribune Broadcasting. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

wgntv.com (Global: 8,449^th place; English: 4,229^th place)

"WGN-TV to air 24 Chicago Fire Football Club games in landmark multi-year broadcast agreement". WGN-TV. Nexstar Media Group. February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
Bob Vorwald (April 16, 2014). "Wrigley 100 4/16: WGN-TV 1st Wrigley Broadcast". WGN-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
"WGN-TV Announces 2018-19 Chicago Bulls TV Schedule". WGN-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. August 30, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
"Contact Us". WGN-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

wishtv.com (Global: low place; English: 9,934^th place)

"WISH-TV and MyINDY-TV the new home of Chicago Blackhawks hockey". WISH-TV. Media General. October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

youthletic.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

George Castle. "The 'Center Field Shot' began at a Chicago Little League game". Youthletic. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.

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