Radio and Television
The White Sox' flagship radio station was WSCR, 670 AM, known to Chicago listeners as The Score (the station had also served as the White Sox flagship for most of the time between the 1970s and 1990s as WMAQ radio). April 23, 1995 the White Sox signed a 10 year agreement with WMVP as a package deal with the Chicago Bulls. The White Sox signed an agreement with WSCR in June 2005. Since 2009, Ed Farmer (play-by-play) and Darrin "DJ" Jackson (color commentator) call every White Sox game, with Jackson moving from TV to radio, and Steve Stone moving from radio to TV. Chris Rongey remains in the Chicago studios during broadcasts, where he hosts the pre- and post-game shows.
On November 3, 2010 the White Sox signed a new multi-year deal with WSCR. They also announced a new venture into HD Radio. Currently WSCR can be heard as a simulcast on Jack FM (WJMK) HD2. Because of this, White Sox games can also be heard on their HD2 signal. With this new arrangement, the White Sox will own and produce a new channel on the same station broadcasting on HD3. This will be used as an open forum for White Sox management, players, and fans to comment on the team. The content will be produced from WSCR's studio. One example program being given is that if a pitcher throws a perfect game, he can willingly come on the radio and field question from listeners for a period of time. White Sox games will not be moved to this station rather it will remain on HD2 while HD3 will only be used in the talk format. The White Sox regulate the programing of the station, but not the content.
Television broadcasts are split three ways: WGN (both the local feed and WGN America), WCIU-TV (a local independent station) and Comcast SportsNet Chicago. The announcers are the same wherever the game is televised: Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson on play-by-play and Steve Stone on color. Occasionally, well-known former White Sox players such as "Black Jack" McDowell fill in as substitutes in the broadcast booth. Since 1990, Ken "Hawk" Harrelson has done play-by-play commentary for the White Sox TV broadcasts.
Games shown on WCIU are produced by WGN under the branding of "WGN Sports Network"; until 2010, the games carried by WCIU that were produced by WGN-TV were broadcast under the SoxNet branding with all WGN logo elements removed, as the WCIU telecasts are distributed on a network of stations across the state of Illinois.
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