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I just heard Jason Benetti do VO on a short promo for Tuesday's White Sox-Twins game instead of Jim Cutler.

I'm going to guess Jim Cutler was off this past week/weekend. He didn't do the weekly WGN Morning News promo on Friday, either.

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Happy Independence Day, everyone!

 

Please rise, and remove your hats for the playing of the station's anthem...

 

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WGN replaced the last 15 minutes of the 6pm news with The Lead-Off Man.

 

They probably had to do this because the ads were already sold for The Lead-Off Man, which would have aired before the regularly-scheduled 1:20pm game.

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Patrick Elwood's anchoring with Jackie tonight. Is this his first time anchoring on WGN?

 

I believe it is. Unless there was another time we didn't know about.

 

You would think after three years, he would fill-in a bit more often. But 9 has a heavy bench of reporters that fill-in anchor from time to time.

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Damn, he sold his soul to a future with Sinclair to get away from weekend mornings. Yes, I acknowledge that this is one day only. :D

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When did WGN regain the rights for Bears Monday Night Football simulcasts? Just saw a promo for Bears-Vikings on October 9 during the Morning News today.

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No new graphics for Blackhawks hockey. Still the same WGN Sports logo.

Could they possibly be waiting for the regular season? Or possibly be waiting for Sinclair to take over so that they can make their own package?

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Could they possibly be waiting for the regular season? Or possibly be waiting for Sinclair to take over so that they can make their own package?

 

 

Maybe they are waiting for the deal to ACTUALLY BE APPROVED FIRST.

 

This is what I love here..

You are all soooo against the Sinclair deal as being evil and sinister...

 

Yet...

You all can't wait for those NEW evil and sinister Sinclair graphics.

 

OMG...the irritation has become part of the attraction.

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WGN announced on-air today that just like last year, "Cubs Nightly" will air every night at 6:30pm from October 2nd until the Cubs' playoff run is over. It will replace the 6:30-7pm block of news, which, of course, didn't exist last October.

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WGN announced on-air today that just like last year, "Cubs Nightly" will air every night at 6:30pm from October 2nd until the Cubs' playoff run is over. It will replace the 6:30-7pm block of news, which, of course, didn't exist last October.

 

Seems like overkill. I'll stick with WFLD/Fox 32 and their 'Blue October' specials.

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Does anyone have any details about how WGN managed to get rights to air the Bears/Vikings game tonight? The only info I found was a corporate release.

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Does anyone have any details about how WGN managed to get rights to air the Bears/Vikings game tonight? The only info I found was a corporate release.

AFAIK, ESPN regularly offers the MNF games to the highest bidder whenever the game can't air on the ABC O&O (because Dancing with the Stars is more important for ABC.) That's why, if the Bears have a MNF game in December when DWTS is over, the MNF game will be on WLS. Otherwise, it gets sold to somebody else in the market, typically WGN, WCIU, or WPWR.

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The "W" in the WGN9 bug used for syndicated programming turned blue for the Cubs' playoff run.

 

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WGN did this last year with their old logo. Not only the "W" was blue, but they had a white flag behind it.

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AFAIK, ESPN regularly offers the MNF games to the highest bidder whenever the game can't air on the ABC O&O (because Dancing with the Stars is more important for ABC.) That's why, if the Bears have a MNF game in December when DWTS is over, the MNF game will be on WLS. Otherwise, it gets sold to somebody else in the market, typically WGN, WCIU, or WPWR.

 

Thanks! Didn't know MNF was offered to the local O&Os or other local stations.

 

One other thing I noticed this morning, WGN showed a control room shot with a fully staffed control room. The morning show isn't on automation (surprising).

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WGN Morning News had Sam Rubin from KTLA on to discuss the Weinstein scandal. I think that's the first time he's appeared on the show in about a decade.

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WGN Morning News had Sam Rubin from KTLA on to discuss the Weinstein scandal. I think that's the first time he's appeared on the show in about a decade.

 

Why is that?

Did he put ketchup on a Super Dawg?

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