ESPN 1000/Chicago to Air Entire Cubs Postseason

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

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ESPN Radio's flagship outlet WMVP-AM (ESPN 1000)/Chicago will provide coverage of the Chicago Cubs' postseason, including every playoff game. The first game will be Friday, October 7, at 8pm CT, from Wrigley Field against the San Francisco Giants. Dan Shulman and Aaron Boone will call the action. This will be the second year in row that ESPN 1000 will carry all Cubs' postseason games. The station will also provide coverage of the entire MLB post season including the World Series.

Coverage will include in-depth insight from ESPN Cubs reporter Jesse Rogers, who has been embedded with the team all season. In addition, ESPN 1000 will have special, extended pre- and post-game shows. ESPN 1000 will also participate in local community events focused on supporting the Cubs during their playoff run.

Coming soon to ESPN 1000 Chicago.

 

[KeithE4]

ESPN Radio airs all playoff/World Series games nationwide, but I thought that they had to be blacked out in the teams' home cities. I'm sure CBS is complaining about that if it is true.

 

[staggmovie]

I am wondering how their ratings will be as I am sure if Cubs fans are going to be listening to the game on radio with Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer on WSCR 670 the Score

 

[CaliRadioFan]

A couple of seasons back, ESPN said they were offering all post season games, both Baseball and Basketball to all ESPN Radio Stations, no matter the location, and both MLB and the NBA just rolled over and said 'Okay, you're ESPN, that's fine by us'

 

[FreddyE1977]

At one time the national radio broadcast pre-empted the local.

For example, in 1960 the World Series was broadcast on NBC. There was no local broadcast of the game on KDKA here in Pittsburgh with Bob Prince. Though Prince did participate in the NBC broadcast, he had worked some earlier innings of Game 7. When Bill Mazeroski hit is home run to beat the Yankees it was Chuck Thompson with the call.

Many Pittsburghers would claim for years that they heard Bob Prince call that play, but it never happened.

 

[CTListener]

At one time the national radio broadcast pre-empted the local.

For example, in 1960 the World Series was broadcast on NBC. There was no local broadcast of the game on KDKA here in Pittsburgh with Bob Prince. Though Prince did participate in the NBC broadcast, he had worked some earlier innings of Game 7. When Bill Mazeroski hit is home run to beat the Yankees it was Chuck Thompson with the call.

Many Pittsburghers would claim for years that they heard Bob Prince call that play, but it never happened.

In the World Series, at least one inning was always set aside for participating teams' play-by-play announcers. In 1967, for example, Harry Caray called a Cardinals inning and Ken Coleman called a Red Sox inning. But the network guy would always be at the mic for the final inning.

 

[KeithE4]

At one time the national radio broadcast pre-empted the local.

For example, in 1960 the World Series was broadcast on NBC. There was no local broadcast of the game on KDKA here in Pittsburgh with Bob Prince. Though Prince did participate in the NBC broadcast, he had worked some earlier innings of Game 7. When Bill Mazeroski hit is home run to beat the Yankees it was Chuck Thompson with the call.

Many Pittsburghers would claim for years that they heard Bob Prince call that play, but it never happened.

You sure about that? The radio logs in the early October 1959 Chicago Tribunes show that the White Sox/Dodgers WS aired on both WMAQ (NBC network feed) and WCFL (local broadcast with Bob Elson). The LA Times schedules for those same days show the Series on KFI (NBC) and KMPC (local with Vin Scully).

The 1960 Yankees/Pirates Series you mention was also aired on two stations in New York: NBC on WNBC and the Yankees broadcast (Mel Allen?) on WMGM. I don't have any listings for Pittsburgh, but I wouldn't be surprised if Bob Prince did call the game on KDKA.


Link to October 1959 listings: http://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs/pagesnfiles/logs_pages_months/1950s/1959/1959_10Oct.htm
Link to October 1960 listings: http://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs/pagesnfiles/logs_pages_months/1960/1960_10Oct.htm

 

[KeithE4]

At one time the national radio broadcast pre-empted the local.

Maybe that was part of their deal with Mutual, who had the Series exclusively between 1939 and 1956.

 

[radioman148]

You sure about that? The radio logs in the early October 1959 Chicago Tribunes show that the White Sox/Dodgers WS aired on both WMAQ (NBC network feed) and WCFL (local broadcast with Bob Elson). The LA Times schedules for those same days show the Series on KFI (NBC) and KMPC (local with Vin Scully).

The 1960 Yankees/Pirates Series you mention was also aired on two stations in New York: NBC on WNBC and the Yankees broadcast (Mel Allen?) on WMGM. I don't have any listings for Pittsburgh, but I wouldn't be surprised if Bob Prince did call the game on KDKA.


Link to October 1959 listings: http://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs/pagesnfiles/logs_pages_months/1950s/1959/1959_10Oct.htm
Link to October 1960 listings: http://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs/pagesnfiles/logs_pages_months/1960/1960_10Oct.htm

In the 1959 World Series, Jack Brickhouse & Vin Scully called the game on network TV. Each called half the game. The games were carried simultaneously in Chicago on WMAQ-TV & WGN-TV.
The network radio audio on WMAQ was called by Mel Allen & Byron Saam. The Chicago broadcast was called by Bob Elson on WCFL.