WCIU to air Bears-Packers game on Sept. 27

[ChicagoBreakingSports]

By Phil Rosenthal

No less than a half dozen Chicago broadcast TV stations, as it turns out, will be able to claim it's the home of Bears football this coming season.

WCIU-Ch. 26, WLS-Ch. 7, WGN-Ch. 9, WFLD-Ch. 32, WBBM-Ch. 2 and WMAQ-Ch. 5 are all getting in on the fun, which has to be some kind of record.

Weigel Broadcasting's WCIU is the latest to get its hands on a piece of the city's most popular sports team and TV draws, announcing Monday it has acquired over-the-air simulcast rights to ESPN's cable telecast of the Bears' game against visiting rival Green Bay set for 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27.

Typically, ESPN's coverage of Bears games is simulcast by WLS, which, like ESPN, is owned by the Walt Disney Co. But WLS worked out a deal with WCIU to let Channel 26 carry the prime-time Packers game so that Channel 7 can air a live edition of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" set for that night.

Get the full story at Phil Rosenthal's Tower Ticker.


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[BigP50]

sweet, now everyone can watch the Packers beat the Bears.

 

[zack54attack]

Interesting.

 

[Anytime23]

P should be banned from this section.
/seriously

 

[DMelt36]

sweet, now everyone can watch the Packers beat the Bears.

:bigfinger:

 

[USCChiFan]

:bears:

 

[nickofypres]

WLS, however, is still planning to air ESPN's "Monday Night Football" coverage of Bears at Minnesota on Dec. 20. Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co.'s WGN has picked up the rights to simulcast NFL Network cable coverage of the Bears' Nov. 18 prime-time game at Miami.

Now, is that just local WGN or is that for Superstation WGN?

 

[Jamfan]

Now, is that just local WGN or is that for Superstation WGN?

Local.

 

[nickofypres]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarity.