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    9 takeaways from Cubs' final WGN-9 broadcast, including memories of Harry Caray, Jack Brickhouse, Steve Stone and 'sun-splashed, hard-luck heroes'

    by Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune Sep 28, 2019 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - For 72 of their 144 seasons, the Cubs have played on WGN-9, but that's over now.

    The Cubs' 8-2 victory over the Cardinals on Friday night in St. Louis marked the end of a marriage that helped build and define both the ballclub and the station.

    With the start of spring training next year, the Cubs will move all the games they control off free, over-the-air broadcast television.

    Their new TV home will be Marquee Sports Network - the channel they are launching with Sinclair Broadcast Group - available only through cable, satellite and digital streaming services that meet its still-to-be-negotiated price.

    In doing so, the Cubs

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