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Marquee Sports Network

January 01, 1970

Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports network operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Chicago Cubs, launched on February 22, 2020. It is devoted exclusively to Cubs baseball, replacing a trio of channels (cable channel NBC Sports Chicago and broadcast partners WLS-TV and WGN-TV) as the exclusive broadcaster of Cubs games not shown on national TV.[1]

Marquee Sports Network
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNorthern and Central Illinois, Iowa, Eastern and Central Nebraska, Northern, Western and Central Indiana, Southwestern Michigan, Southeastern Wisconsin
Nationwide (via satellite)
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture formatHDTV 1080p
Ownership
OwnerSinclair Broadcast Group
Chicago Cubs
Sister channelsBally Sports
History
LaunchedFebruary 22, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-22)
ReplacedNBC Sports Chicago
WGN Sports
WLS-TV
Links
Webcastwatchmarquee.com/watchnow
Websitewww.marqueesportsnetwork.com
Availability
Streaming media
DirecTV StreamInternet Protocol television
FuboTVInternet Protocol television

History edit

 
The main entrance marquee outside Wrigley Field, from which the channel derives its name

On November 16, 2015, in an interview with WSCR radio, the Cubs' president of business operations Crane Kenney stated that the team was seeking to launch its own in-house regional sports network after its current broadcast contracts with NBC Sports Chicago, WGN Sports, and WLS-TV expire after the 2019 season.[2][3][4]

On December 18, 2018, it was reported by the Chicago Sun-Times that the team was preparing to launch its RSN, "Marquee", in 2020, and that Sinclair Broadcast Group was a frontrunner to serve as managing partner.[5] Sinclair had previously attempted to purchase WGN's parent company Tribune Media, and ran the national sports network Stadium with the White Sox's investment arm Silver Chalice, prior to selling its stake to Silver Chalice in 2023. The venture was officially announced in February 2019 to be launched in 2020 with Sinclair.[6][7]

On May 22, 2019, Michael McCarthy was named general manager of the Marquee Sports Network after being the Cubs' consultant on the channel.[8] He is the former president of the MSG Network[8] and a former top official with the Milwaukee Bucks (COO) and the St. Louis Blues (vice chairman).[9]

On August 22, 2019, a consortium of Sinclair and Entertainment Studios acquired Fox Sports Networks for $10.6 billion, thus making Marquee a sister to them (FSN previously operated a Chicago network, but it became defunct when Chicago's professional teams abandoned it in favor of a joint venture with Comcast—currently known as NBC Sports Chicago). The divestiture was mandated as part of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, who chose not to retain the networks under its successor Fox Corporation.[10][11]

Early reception of Marquee was mixed by fans, culminating in fans booing Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts during the annual Cubs Convention in 2020 after mention of the new network.[12][13]

Marquee Sports Network officially launched on February 22, 2020, at 1 p.m. CT, with its first program being a launch special hosted by actor and Cubs fan Bill Murray, followed by a documentary on Ernie Banks. The channel aired its first live spring training game against the Oakland Athletics at Sloan Park later in the day; the game had been postponed from the afternoon due to the threat of rain.[1][14] However, because the start of the season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its first regular-season game was not until July 24, 2020.[15]

In October 2020, the Chicago Bears began a partnership with the channel. As part of the agreement, the channel would air a weekly show named "Bear Essentials" as well as a replay of that week's Bears game throughout the season.[16]

Marquee's Cubs broadcasts underwent tweaks for the 2021 season. Alongside its new play-by-play voice Jon Sciambi, the network would no longer require commentators to wear a suit and tie on-air (a mandate made during the inaugural season by executives insisting that Marquee's broadcasts have a "national network quality"), and replaced an unorthodox bottom-centered score bar it had used during the first season with a more traditional scoreboard in the top-left of the screen (a move which also differentiated Marquee from its newly-relaunched sister networks in the Bally Sports group, whose on-air branding was derived from that of Marquee, but with an equally-unorthodox integration of a scoreboard and ticker).[17]

The network would use the slogan "We get it" in a marketing campaign to promote the new Cubs season and these tweaks.[18][19][20]

In July 2023, Marquee launched a standalone in-market streaming service priced at $19.99 a month. With the service's launch, Marquee also upgraded its streaming video quality to 1080p.[21] Later that year, in September, the Chicago Bears expanded their partnership with the channel and announced that Marquee would be the team's Official Postgame Show Partner, with the new program being named "The Official Bears Postgame Live". The network would also launch an additional weekly Bears program named "Bears Den".[22]

Talent edit

The Cubs' previous television commentators Len Kasper (play-by-play) and Jim "J.D." Deshaies (color) retained their roles on Marquee at the channel's launch.[23] On May 1, 2019, it was reported that David Kaplan—NBC Sports Chicago studio host for Cubs games—had renewed his contract with the channel, dispelling rumors that he planned to join Marquee.[24] Cole Wright, formerly of NFL Network, was to serve as studio host, and Taylor McGregor, formerly field reporter for the Colorado Rockies on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, was to serve as field reporter.[25] The channel also brought on Bob Vorwald, former executive producer of WGN Sports.[1]

After the 2020 season, Kasper left the Cubs and Marquee to become the radio voice of the Chicago White Sox on WMVP.[26] Jon Sciambi, then a television and radio play-by-play voice on ESPN's MLB national broadcasts, was hired to replace Kasper.[27] Beth Mowins and longtime Cubs radio broadcaster Pat Hughes act as fill-in announcers when Sciambi is not available.[28]

Programming edit

Besides game broadcasts, Marquee carries documentaries, game replays and player profiles, as well as coverage of select minor league games.[25][1]

Cubs Programming edit

Individual programs edit

  • Cubs Live!, pre-game[1]
  • Cubs Postgame Live![1]

Baseball team rights edit

Non-Cubs programming edit

Individual Programs edit

  • Follow The Money, a weekday morning sports betting show by Vegas Stats & Information Network hosted by Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard[29]
  • Live on The Line, a weekday afternoon betting program
  • The Reporters, a weekly round table discussion amongst Chicago sports newspeople regarding local and national sporting news

Chicago Bears edit

Due to NFL rules, these programs only run within the Chicago Bears' broadcast area, with alternate programming airing on the network outside of this area.

  • The Official Bears Postgame Live (after every Bears game)
  • Bear Essentials (weekly on Tuesdays)
  • Bears Den (weekly on Thursdays)
  • Bears game replays

Chicago Sky edit

Most Chicago Sky games are available on Marquee or its streaming-only channel, Marquee Plus, in a rights deal shared with WCIU-TV. The network also airs Chicago Sky: No Limits for interviews, analysis, and other Sky information.

Chicago Hounds edit

In 2023, Marquee picked up the rights to broadcast Chicago Hounds games. During the team's inaugural season, 13 of the team's 16 games were available through Marquee or Marquee Plus.[30]

Collegiate & High School Programming edit

Marquee Sports Network was an affiliate of the ACC on Regional Sports Networks package, until the rights were picked up by The CW in 2023. Likewise, the network aired a package of Conference USA football and men’s basketball produced by Stadium until the conference ended its relationship with the network following the 2022-2023 season.

Broadcasting areas edit

Marquee is broadcast in five states, particularly Illinois (with the exception of Southern Illinois), most of Iowa, eastern Nebraska, all of Indiana except areas near the Ohio River, and Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The broadcasting areas for each state are listed below.

Illinois edit

Indiana edit

Iowa edit

Michigan edit

Nebraska edit

Wisconsin edit

Carriage edit

As of February 2020, Sinclair had secured distribution deals with Charter Communications, RCN, DirecTV, Mediacom, and Frontier Communications to carry Marquee Sports Network at launch.[1]

Upon the announcement of the channel, the network's ability to gain carriage was compared to the troubled negotiations of the Los Angeles Dodgers' SportsNet LA.[36] Industry observer Phillip Swan thought Marquee would have a "50-50 chance of working" while commenting "How can you not look at the disaster of the SportsNet (LA) scene and not be a little skeptical?"[37] Charter has since come to terms with DirecTV to carry SportsNet LA.[38]

Industry experts predicted that Marquee would seek around $5 per subscriber placing it behind YES Network and ESPN.[37] Sinclair secured Marquee's first major carriage agreement with Charter Communications on July 11, 2019. As part of the multi-year carriage agreement, Marquee was bundled alongside Sinclair's owned-and-operated television stations, Tennis Channel and the regional Fox Sports Networks that Sinclair was in the process of buying from Disney at the time.[39]

On October 17, 2019, AT&T agreed to carry Marquee on its television services (including DirecTV, the second largest provider serving the region behind Comcast) as part of a larger, multi-year carriage agreement with Sinclair.[40][41] Sinclair later reached a deal with Mediacom on November 6, 2019, to carry Marquee Sports Network.[41] On February 17, 2020, the network announced an agreement to carry the network on Hulu's live streaming service.[42] On February 27, the network announced an agreement with WOW cable.[43]

Comcast, the largest television provider in the region (with an estimated 1.5 million subscribers),[44] reached an agreement to carry Marquee on July 24 (in time for the Cubs' opening game) as part of a larger renewal for Sinclair-owned television stations and cable networks.[45]

Until May 2022, Marquee's deal with DirecTV was for in-market coverage only. Unlike many other regional sports networks, Marquee was not included in DirecTV's Sports Pack, which carries RSNs nationwide with appropriate blackouts of professional events. That changed May 9, 2022, with the announcement that Marquee would be available nationwide with the Sports Pack, albeit with the appropriate blackouts.[46]

Dish Network and YouTube TV (which has indicated they have no deal for Marquee's sister RSNs after February 29 and would remove them from the platform on that date) have not reached an agreement with Sinclair to carry Marquee Sports Network.[41]

Additionally, Marquee also has the rights to the games for the Cubs' Minor League Baseball clubs, including the Iowa Cubs and the South Bend Cubs, ending deals with local broadcast subchannels to leverage Iowa and northern Indiana cable systems into carrying the network.[1] Despite airing some minor league games from the Tennessee Smokies and Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Marquee is not available in Tennessee nor South Carolina.

References edit

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External links edit

  • Official website

January 01, 1970
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Marquee Sports Network is a regional sports network operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group and the Chicago Cubs launched on February 22 2020 It is devoted exclusively to Cubs baseball replacing a trio of channels cable channel NBC Sports Chicago and broadcast partners WLS TV and WGN TV as the exclusive broadcaster of Cubs games not shown on national TV 1 Marquee Sports NetworkCountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaNorthern and Central Illinois Iowa Eastern and Central Nebraska Northern Western and Central Indiana Southwestern Michigan Southeastern WisconsinNationwide via satellite HeadquartersChicago IllinoisProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture formatHDTV 1080pOwnershipOwnerSinclair Broadcast GroupChicago CubsSister channelsBally SportsHistoryLaunchedFebruary 22 2020 4 years ago 2020 02 22 ReplacedNBC Sports ChicagoWGN SportsWLS TVLinksWebcastwatchmarquee wbr com wbr watchnowWebsitewww wbr marqueesportsnetwork wbr comAvailabilityStreaming mediaDirecTV StreamInternet Protocol televisionFuboTVInternet Protocol television Contents 1 History 2 Talent 3 Programming 3 1 Cubs Programming 3 1 1 Individual programs 3 1 2 Baseball team rights 3 2 Non Cubs programming 3 2 1 Individual Programs 3 2 2 Chicago Bears 3 2 3 Chicago Sky 3 2 4 Chicago Hounds 3 2 5 Collegiate amp High School Programming 4 Broadcasting areas 4 1 Illinois 4 2 Indiana 4 3 Iowa 4 4 Michigan 4 5 Nebraska 4 6 Wisconsin 5 Carriage 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp The main entrance marquee outside Wrigley Field from which the channel derives its name On November 16 2015 in an interview with WSCR radio the Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney stated that the team was seeking to launch its own in house regional sports network after its current broadcast contracts with NBC Sports Chicago WGN Sports and WLS TV expire after the 2019 season 2 3 4 On December 18 2018 it was reported by the Chicago Sun Times that the team was preparing to launch its RSN Marquee in 2020 and that Sinclair Broadcast Group was a frontrunner to serve as managing partner 5 Sinclair had previously attempted to purchase WGN s parent company Tribune Media and ran the national sports network Stadium with the White Sox s investment arm Silver Chalice prior to selling its stake to Silver Chalice in 2023 The venture was officially announced in February 2019 to be launched in 2020 with Sinclair 6 7 On May 22 2019 Michael McCarthy was named general manager of the Marquee Sports Network after being the Cubs consultant on the channel 8 He is the former president of the MSG Network 8 and a former top official with the Milwaukee Bucks COO and the St Louis Blues vice chairman 9 On August 22 2019 a consortium of Sinclair and Entertainment Studios acquired Fox Sports Networks for 10 6 billion thus making Marquee a sister to them FSN previously operated a Chicago network but it became defunct when Chicago s professional teams abandoned it in favor of a joint venture with Comcast currently known as NBC Sports Chicago The divestiture was mandated as part of Disney s acquisition of 21st Century Fox who chose not to retain the networks under its successor Fox Corporation 10 11 Early reception of Marquee was mixed by fans culminating in fans booing Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts during the annual Cubs Convention in 2020 after mention of the new network 12 13 Marquee Sports Network officially launched on February 22 2020 at 1 p m CT with its first program being a launch special hosted by actor and Cubs fan Bill Murray followed by a documentary on Ernie Banks The channel aired its first live spring training game against the Oakland Athletics at Sloan Park later in the day the game had been postponed from the afternoon due to the threat of rain 1 14 However because the start of the season was postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic its first regular season game was not until July 24 2020 15 In October 2020 the Chicago Bears began a partnership with the channel As part of the agreement the channel would air a weekly show named Bear Essentials as well as a replay of that week s Bears game throughout the season 16 Marquee s Cubs broadcasts underwent tweaks for the 2021 season Alongside its new play by play voice Jon Sciambi the network would no longer require commentators to wear a suit and tie on air a mandate made during the inaugural season by executives insisting that Marquee s broadcasts have a national network quality and replaced an unorthodox bottom centered score bar it had used during the first season with a more traditional scoreboard in the top left of the screen a move which also differentiated Marquee from its newly relaunched sister networks in the Bally Sports group whose on air branding was derived from that of Marquee but with an equally unorthodox integration of a scoreboard and ticker 17 The network would use the slogan We get it in a marketing campaign to promote the new Cubs season and these tweaks 18 19 20 In July 2023 Marquee launched a standalone in market streaming service priced at 19 99 a month With the service s launch Marquee also upgraded its streaming video quality to 1080p 21 Later that year in September the Chicago Bears expanded their partnership with the channel and announced that Marquee would be the team s Official Postgame Show Partner with the new program being named The Official Bears Postgame Live The network would also launch an additional weekly Bears program named Bears Den 22 Talent editThe Cubs previous television commentators Len Kasper play by play and Jim J D Deshaies color retained their roles on Marquee at the channel s launch 23 On May 1 2019 it was reported that David Kaplan NBC Sports Chicago studio host for Cubs games had renewed his contract with the channel dispelling rumors that he planned to join Marquee 24 Cole Wright formerly of NFL Network was to serve as studio host and Taylor McGregor formerly field reporter for the Colorado Rockies on AT amp T SportsNet Rocky Mountain was to serve as field reporter 25 The channel also brought on Bob Vorwald former executive producer of WGN Sports 1 After the 2020 season Kasper left the Cubs and Marquee to become the radio voice of the Chicago White Sox on WMVP 26 Jon Sciambi then a television and radio play by play voice on ESPN s MLB national broadcasts was hired to replace Kasper 27 Beth Mowins and longtime Cubs radio broadcaster Pat Hughes act as fill in announcers when Sciambi is not available 28 Programming editBesides game broadcasts Marquee carries documentaries game replays and player profiles as well as coverage of select minor league games 25 1 Cubs Programming edit Individual programs edit Cubs Live pre game 1 Cubs Postgame Live 1 Baseball team rights edit Chicago Cubs Iowa Cubs Class AAA International League 1 Tennessee Smokies Double A Southern League South Bend Cubs High A Midwest League 1 Myrtle Beach Pelicans Low A Carolina League Non Cubs programming edit Individual Programs edit Follow The Money a weekday morning sports betting show by Vegas Stats amp Information Network hosted by Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard 29 Live on The Line a weekday afternoon betting program The Reporters a weekly round table discussion amongst Chicago sports newspeople regarding local and national sporting news Chicago Bears edit Due to NFL rules these programs only run within the Chicago Bears broadcast area with alternate programming airing on the network outside of this area The Official Bears Postgame Live after every Bears game Bear Essentials weekly on Tuesdays Bears Den weekly on Thursdays Bears game replays Chicago Sky edit Most Chicago Sky games are available on Marquee or its streaming only channel Marquee Plus in a rights deal shared with WCIU TV The network also airs Chicago Sky No Limits for interviews analysis and other Sky information Chicago Hounds edit In 2023 Marquee picked up the rights to broadcast Chicago Hounds games During the team s inaugural season 13 of the team s 16 games were available through Marquee or Marquee Plus 30 Collegiate amp High School Programming edit Illinois State Redbirds football and men s and women s basketball 31 32 Northern Iowa Panthers football and men s basketball DePaul Blue Demons men s and women s soccer women s basketball women s volleyball and softball 33 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men s basketball 34 Mountain West Conference football via sister network Stadium Chicago area high school football including the annual Chicago Prep Bowl game 35 Marquee Sports Network was an affiliate of the ACC on Regional Sports Networks package until the rights were picked up by The CW in 2023 Likewise the network aired a package of Conference USA football and men s basketball produced by Stadium until the conference ended its relationship with the network following the 2022 2023 season Broadcasting areas editMarquee is broadcast in five states particularly Illinois with the exception of Southern Illinois most of Iowa eastern Nebraska all of Indiana except areas near the Ohio River and Kenosha County Wisconsin The broadcasting areas for each state are listed below Illinois edit Chicago metropolitan area Cook County DeKalb County DuPage County Grundy County Kankakee County Kane County Kendall County Lake County McHenry County Will County Rockford metropolitan area Boone County Ogle County Stephenson County Winnebago County Dixon IL micropolitan area Lee County Quad Cities metropolitan area Rock Island County Fulton County Henry County Carroll County Mercer County Galesburg Illinois micropolitan area Knox County Warren County Macomb IL micropolitan area McDonough County Peoria metropolitan area Marshall County Peoria County Stark County Tazewell County Woodford County Bloomington Illinois Metropolitan McLean County Champaign Metropolitan area Champaign County Ford County Piatt County Decatur IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Macon County Springfield metropolitan area Menard County Sangamon County Indiana edit Chicago metropolitan area Jasper County Lake County Newton County Porter County South Bend Mishawaka metropolitan area St Joseph County Elkhart Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area Elkhart County Indiana Warsaw Micropolitan area Kosciusko County Fort Wayne metropolitan area Adams County Allen County DeKalb County Huntington County Noble County Wells County Whitley County Logansport micropolitan area Cass County Lafayette metropolitan area Benton County Carroll County Tippecanoe County Frankfort micropolitan area Clinton County Indianapolis metropolitan area Boone County Brown County Hamilton County Hancock County Johnson County Madison County Marion County Morgan County Putnam County Shelby County Bloomington metropolitan area Greene County Monroe County Owen County Terre Haute metropolitan area Clay County Sullivan County Vermillion County Vigo County Iowa edit Iowa City metropolitan area Johnson County Quad Cities metropolitan area Scott County Muscatine County Cedar County Clinton County Jackson County Dubuque Iowa metropolitan area Dubuque County Waterloo metropolitan area Black Hawk County Bremer County Buchanan County Butler County Chickasaw County Grundy County Cedar Rapids metropolitan area Benton County Jones County Linn County Fort Dodge IA micropolitan area Webster County Burlington Iowa micropolitan area Des Moines Fairfield Iowa micropolitan area Jefferson County Ottumwa Iowa mircopolitan area Wapello County Davis County Ames Iowa metropolitan area Story County Des Moines metropolitan area Dallas County Guthrie County Jasper County Madison County Polk Warren County Omaha Council Bluffs metropolitan area Harrison County Mills County Pottawattamie County Sioux City metropolitan area Plymouth County Woodbury County Michigan edit South Bend Mishawaka metropolitan area Cass County Nebraska edit Sioux City metropolitan area Burt County Cuming County Dakota County Dixon County Stanton County Wayne County Omaha Council Bluffs metropolitan area Cass County Douglas County Sarpy County Saunders County Washington County Lincoln Nebraska metropolitan area Lancaster County Seward County Grand Island metropolitan area Hall County Hamilton County Howard County Merrick County Kearney Micropolitan area Buffalo County Kearney County Wisconsin edit Chicago metropolitan area Kenosha County Carriage editAs of February 2020 Sinclair had secured distribution deals with Charter Communications RCN DirecTV Mediacom and Frontier Communications to carry Marquee Sports Network at launch 1 Upon the announcement of the channel the network s ability to gain carriage was compared to the troubled negotiations of the Los Angeles Dodgers SportsNet LA 36 Industry observer Phillip Swan thought Marquee would have a 50 50 chance of working while commenting How can you not look at the disaster of the SportsNet LA scene and not be a little skeptical 37 Charter has since come to terms with DirecTV to carry SportsNet LA 38 Industry experts predicted that Marquee would seek around 5 per subscriber placing it behind YES Network and ESPN 37 Sinclair secured Marquee s first major carriage agreement with Charter Communications on July 11 2019 As part of the multi year carriage agreement Marquee was bundled alongside Sinclair s owned and operated television stations Tennis Channel and the regional Fox Sports Networks that Sinclair was in the process of buying from Disney at the time 39 On October 17 2019 AT amp T agreed to carry Marquee on its television services including DirecTV the second largest provider serving the region behind Comcast as part of a larger multi year carriage agreement with Sinclair 40 41 Sinclair later reached a deal with Mediacom on November 6 2019 to carry Marquee Sports Network 41 On February 17 2020 the network announced an agreement to carry the network on Hulu s live streaming service 42 On February 27 the network announced an agreement with WOW cable 43 Comcast the largest television provider in the region with an estimated 1 5 million subscribers 44 reached an agreement to carry Marquee on July 24 in time for the Cubs opening game as part of a larger renewal for Sinclair owned television stations and cable networks 45 Until May 2022 Marquee s deal with DirecTV was for in market coverage only Unlike many other regional sports networks Marquee was not included in DirecTV s Sports Pack which carries RSNs nationwide with appropriate blackouts of professional events That changed May 9 2022 with the announcement that Marquee would be available nationwide with the Sports Pack albeit with the appropriate blackouts 46 Dish Network and YouTube TV which has indicated they have no deal for Marquee s sister RSNs after February 29 and would remove them from the platform on that date have not reached an agreement with Sinclair to carry Marquee Sports Network 41 Additionally Marquee also has the rights to the games for the Cubs Minor League Baseball clubs including the Iowa Cubs and the South Bend Cubs ending deals with local broadcast subchannels to leverage Iowa and northern Indiana cable systems into carrying the network 1 Despite airing some minor league games from the Tennessee Smokies and Myrtle Beach Pelicans Marquee is not available in Tennessee nor South Carolina References edit a b c d e f g h i j Lafayette Jon February 24 2020 Marquee Sports Network Steps Up to the Plate Multichannel Retrieved March 18 2020 Cubs aim to launch own TV network by 2020 USA Today Retrieved November 17 2015 Gonzales Mark Cubs moving forward in quest for own TV network Chicago Tribune Retrieved August 28 2018 Channick Robert May 24 2019 Diehards and Nonfans Alike to Foot the Bill for New Cubs Pay TV Network Chicago Tribune Retrieved May 26 2019 While Cubs prepare to launch Marquee Hawks Bulls amp Sox return to NBCSCH Chicago Sun Times December 19 2018 Retrieved December 19 2018 Bastian Jordan February 13 2019 Cubs to launch Marquee Sports Network Cubs com MLB Advanced Media Retrieved September 14 2020 Rosenthal Phil The Cubs are starting a new TV channel in 2020 Here s what that means for fans chicagotribune com Retrieved February 14 2019 a b Lafayette Jon May 22 2019 McCarthy Tapped to Run Sinclair s Cubs Network Multichannel Retrieved May 28 2019 Feder Robert May 22 2019 Cubs announce general manager for Marquee Sports Network Robertfeder com Retrieved May 28 2019 Littleton Cynthia May 3 2019 Sinclair Clinches Disney Regional Sports Networks Deal Byron Allen Joins as Partner Variety Retrieved May 5 2019 Sinclair completes acquisition of regional sports networks from Disney Bloomberg August 22 2019 Retrieved August 23 2019 Cubs fans voice frustration boo Ricketts at Convention NBC Sports Chicago January 18 2020 Retrieved January 28 2020 Swinton Elizabeth Cubs Chairman Ricketts Booed at Convention Sports Illustrated Retrieved January 28 2020 Threat of rain forces Cubs to postpone Saturday s spring training opener AZFamily Meredith Corporation Retrieved March 23 2020 Sullivan Paul July 24 2020 Column Opening day is finally here and the Cubs already are making a lot of news chicagotribune com Retrieved October 3 2021 Bears announce partnership with Marquee Sports Network Dachman Jason March 30 2021 How Sinclair Pulled Off the Gargantuan Bally Sports Networks Rebrand Amid the Pandemic Sports Video Group Retrieved May 9 2021 Greenberg Jon Greenberg Why are Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies in shirts and ties in the booth The Athletic Retrieved May 9 2021 Greenberg Jon A casual dress code a new score bug and more changes in Cubs TV broadcasts Dollars and sense The Athletic Retrieved May 9 2021 Yellon Al April 9 2021 Some thoughts about Marquee Sports Network s new scorebox and scoreboxes in general Bleed Cubbie Blue Retrieved May 9 2021 Keys Matthew July 26 2023 Marquee launches streaming subscription for Cubs fans Retrieved July 27 2023 Marquee Sports Network announces multi year partnership with Chicago Bears September 5 2023 Sullivan Paul May 24 2019 The new Cubs TV boss has 8 months to figure out what Cubs fans want and importantly don t want from the new network chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune Retrieved September 4 2019 Rosenthal Phil May 1 2019 David Kaplan renews with NBC Sports Chicago ending speculation he might leave for Cubs TV channel It was a no brainer chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune Retrieved May 5 2019 a b Marquee Sports Network announces Cubs broadcast on air talent and additional programming Awful Announcing January 18 2020 Retrieved January 20 2020 Feder Robert December 4 2020 Cubs TV announcer Len Kasper named radio voice of White Sox on ESPN 1000 Retrieved December 7 2020 Lee Maddie January 4 2021 Jon Sciambi joins Marquee as new Cubs announcer NBCSportsChicago com Retrieved January 5 2021 Rosenthal Phil February 17 2021 Pat Hughes Beth Mowins and Chris Myers will be the backup Chicago Cubs TV announcers on Marquee Sports Network chicagotribune com Retrieved February 17 2021 Feder Robert February 10 2020 Robservations Marquee Sports Network to air VSiN s Follow the 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February 17 2020 Retrieved February 17 2020 Farris Gene February 27 2020 Marquee Sports Network adds WOW cable provider to lineup Chicago Sun Times Retrieved February 27 2020 Rosenthal Phil January 6 2020 Marquee Sports Network still doesn t have a deal with Comcast to carry Cubs games Here s a worst case scenario for fans Chicago Tribune Archived from the original on January 6 2020 Retrieved January 6 2020 Hayes Dade July 24 2020 Comcast And Sinclair Play Ball Renewing Carriage Deal That Includes Chicago Sports Network On Day Of Cubs Opener Deadline Retrieved July 24 2020 Marquee Sports Network programming now available nationwide on DIRECTV Marquee Sports Network May 9 2022 Retrieved February 17 2023 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marquee Sports Network amp oldid 1216471633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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