The Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks on Friday announced their broadcast teams for Chicago Sports Network, the new home they’ll share with the White Sox under a partnership with Standard Media Group.
The Chicago Tribune reports CHSN is scheduled to launch Oct. 1 with a Hawks preseason game at the Minnesota Wild. The Sept. 25 preseason opener at home against the Detroit Red Wings will stream on the team website.
The Hawks open the regular season Oct. 8 on the road in the Utah Hockey Club’s debut, which will be televised nationally on ESPN. Their next game, Oct. 11 against the Jets in Winnipeg, Manitoba, will air on CHSN.
The network is still hammering out its carriage partners and other broadcast platforms, so how many fans in the Chicago are will find Hawks games — the Bulls’ season starts later — remains up in the air.
But several familiar faces from the Hawks’ and Bulls’ pre- and postgame shows will transition from NBC Sports Chicago, which will cease operations when its contract with the teams expires Sept. 30.
The Bulls’ pre-, halftime and postgame shows will include host Jason Goff, analyst Kendall Gill and sideline reporter and insider K.C. Johnson, a former Bulls beat reporter for the Tribune. Former Bull Will Perdue, who served as studio analyst for NBC Sports Chicago, won’t resume in that role for CHSN.
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