Thursday, February 1, 2018

Chicago Radio: Confirmed! Bulls Move To WSCR

Entercom and the NBA Chicago Bulls jointly have announced that WSCR 670 AM The Score has been named the team's new flagship radio station in a multiyear agreement. Bulls games will air on 670 The Score beginning Saturday, when the Bulls take on the Los Angeles Clippers in LA.

The agreement, which runs through the 2020-21 season, includes all Bulls preseason, regular, and postseason games, as well as pre- and postgame programming. The long-time broadcast team of Chuck Swirsky, Bill Wennington, and Steve Kashul will continue to bring all Bulls home and away games to fans.

"The Chicago Bulls are proud to partner with Entercom and WSCR as the official radio broadcast partner and new home for Chicago Basketball," said Michael Reinsdorf, Chicago Bulls President and COO. "WSCR has a strong presence in the market and resonates with so many sports fans in Chicago, and we look forward to working together to bring the highest quality basketball broadcasts to our fans."

"We are thrilled to welcome the Chicago Bulls on our air at 670 The Score," said Jimmy de Castro, Senior Vice President & Market Manager, Entercom Chicago. "Entercom is the nation's unrivaled leader in local sports talk radio, and today's announcement underscores our continued commitment to expand our leading sports platform and to provide the top-rated content that our listeners crave."

WSCR 670 AM (50 Kw)
When there is a conflict with WSCR’s Cubs broadcast commitments, Bulls games will shift to WIND-AM 560.

The mid-seasons move comes after WLS 890 AM parent company, Atlanta-based Cumulus Media, filed motions earlier this month with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York seeking to nullify “a handful of extremely unprofitable contracts, including those with the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Bulls” and its deal to operate and acquire Merlin Media’s Chicago stations, WKQX 101.1 FM and WLUP 97.9 FM.

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