Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cubs Move to ABC7 in Chicago

2014-12-15 Thread Bob Jersey
Joe Hass, to M-D November: > > As a point of reference, only nine MLB teams still have a local OTA > presence of at least 20 games: Baltimore, Texas, Milwaukee, Washington, > both Chicago teams, both New York teams, and maybe Philly (it appears so, > but I'm not going to count games at this tim

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cubs Move to ABC7 in Chicago

2014-12-14 Thread Joe Hass
As a point of reference, only nine MLB teams still have a local OTA presence of at least 20 games: Baltimore, Texas, Milwaukee, Washington, both Chicago teams, both New York teams, and maybe Philly (it appears so, but I'm not going to count games at this time of night). On Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 00:43

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cubs Move to ABC7 in Chicago

2014-12-13 Thread M-D November
I stand corrected. It occurs to me that during the WCBS seasons, I lived in an area where the cable system only carried Philadelphia OTA channels; I moved back into a dual NY/Philly market shortly thereafter. So that would explain the hole in my memory. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cubs Move to ABC7 in Chicago

2014-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
And Robert Feder (whose Tribune-operated blog is under their pay wall) received word from Cubs historian George Castle that Cubs games aired on what was then WENR at channel 7 in 1949, with Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby announcing. In addition to WENR and WGN, Cubs games were also telecast that

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cubs Move to ABC7 in Chicago

2014-12-12 Thread Bob Jersey
>From the Trib article: "'WLS-TV has established itself as a trusted voice in Chicago, and we look forward to a new chapter of Cubs baseball airing on the flagship station of the ABC television network,' Crane Kenney, president of business operations for the Cubs, said in a statement." I'm sur

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Cubs Move to ABC7 in Chicago

2014-12-12 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M-D November >I'm almost 40, and I can't remember WCBS/2 being the OTA home of the Yankees >at any point in my lifetime. When I was a kid they were on WPIX/11 (former >IND, former WB, now CW), then at some point