Blackhawks to Stay on WGN
February 16, 2011 1 Comment
One of my pet peeves is teams moving their games to cable entirely, as having an occasional over-the-air carrier is good for exposure. The Blackhawks will be on WGN for the foreseeable future, according to Ed Sherman:
Tuesday morning, the team announced it has agreed to a five-year extension to have games aired on WGN-TV/Channel 9. The new deal goes through the 2015-16 season.
WGN airs 20 regular-season games.
Hooking up with WGN for the 2008-09 season was considered a coup for the Hawks at the time. It gave them greater visibility on a more mainstream outlet. It made a statement that if WGN was interested in their games, there must be something to the product.
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Any word on if the deal includes the Superstation? I remember there was a video on the Blackhawks’ website where Jay Blunk was asked about that and he said that hopefully in the new contract with WGN they could get the games on, it was a NHL coverage rule they had to work with the league on. As a Hawks fan in DC, it would be great to have some home coverage when I get to watch the games on TV.