A report on Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, WGN-TV, Harry Caray and Jack Brickhouse

Caray in the Wrigley Field booth in 1988
Brickhouse in 1958
The 1876 White Stockings won the NL championship.
1919 "Black Sox" team photo
Former logo, used from August 1983 to May 3, 1993.
Caray in 1951, when he was with the St. Louis Cardinals. The team's broadcasts were sponsored by the Griesedieck Brothers brewery prior to its purchase by Anheuser-Busch in 1953.
Bust of Jack Brickhouse in Chicago
The 1906 Cubs won a record 116 of 154 games. They then won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907–08.
Ed Walsh holds the record for lowest career earned run average (ERA), 1.82
Former logo, used from May 3, 1993, to November 10, 2002; as a network affiliate, The WB's logo was placed next to the "9" (which is mirrored as the "G" in the call sign bar).
U.S. President Ronald Reagan in the press box with Caray during a 1988 game at Wrigley Field
Brickhouse in the Comiskey Park press box in 1948 preparing to announce a White Sox game on television
1913 Chicago Cubs
Al López, manager of the "Go-Go Sox"
Former logo, used from November 11, 2002, to May 15, 2017; as a network affiliate, the logos of The WB and The CW, respectively, appeared next to the boxed "9" (which was originally rendered in blue until 2016).
Caray using his net to catch a foul ball in the Cardinals broadcast booth, 1957. He continued this practice when he worked for other teams.
Cubs broadcasters, June 11, 1981 – Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau, Milo Hamilton, Jack Brickhouse
Hall of Famer Hack Wilson
Harold Baines at the plate in 1986
News van outside the Dirksen Federal Building in June 2018.
Harry Caray's statue outside Wrigley Field
Club logo (1927–1936)
Frank Thomas in 1997
Harry Caray banner at Wrigley Field
Cubs logo (1941–1945)
The White Sox celebrate after winning a tie-breaker game against the Minnesota Twins for a spot in the 2008 playoffs
A sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
View from the upper deck of U.S. Cellular Field in 2006
Ernie Banks ("Mr. Cub")
Batting practice at Comiskey Park, 1986
Ryne Sandberg set numerous league and club records in his career and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005.
The 1912–1917, 1919–1929, 1931, and 1936–1938 Chicago White Sox logo
Andre Dawson, 5× All-Star and 1987 NL MVP during tenure in Chicago
Uniform design from 1971–1975
Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.
Alternate logo, used on the road uniform (1991–2010) and on the black alternate uniform (1993–present).
Kerry Wood, along with Mark Prior, led the Cubs' rotation in 2003.
Eddie Murphy, John "Shano" Collins, Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold in their dugout during the 1917 World Series
Dempster emerged in 2004 and became the Cubs' regular closer.
Luis Aparicio (1956–62, 1968–70)
Alfonso Soriano signed with the club in 2007.
Luke Appling (1930–43, 1945–50)
Carlos Zambrano warming up before a game
Carlton Fisk (1981–1993)
Starlin Castro during his 2010 rookie season
Nellie Fox (1950–1963)
One of two Cubs building blocks, Anthony Rizzo, swinging in the box
Shoeless Joe Jackson (1915–1920)
The Cubs celebrate after winning the 2016 World Series.
Ted Lyons (1923–1942, 1946)
2016 Champions visit the White House in June 2017.
Minnie Miñoso (1951–57, 1960–61, 1964, 1976, 1980)
Clark (left) with the Oriole Bird
Bill Veeck, White Sox owner (1959–61, 1975–80) who revolutionized baseball by introducing many innovations in promotion
Ron Santo
Southpaw
Billy Williams
Fielder Jones of the White Sox hits the ball against Cubs at West Side Grounds, 1905
Ferguson Jenkins
Elson in the 1940s
Kiki Cuyler
Harrelson in the broadcast booth in 2007
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
Harry Caray

Known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1948 to 1981, he received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.

- Jack Brickhouse

After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and 11 years with the Chicago White Sox, Caray spent the last 16 years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs.

- Harry Caray

The Cubs are one of two major league teams based in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division.

- Chicago Cubs

The White Sox are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL) Central division.

- Chicago White Sox

Brickhouse also called Chicago White Sox games prior to that team leaving WGN in 1968.

- Jack Brickhouse

He also guest-hosted with Harry Caray when the Cubs secured their first postseason berth in 39 years, as they clinched the 1984 National League Eastern Division title in Pittsburgh.

- Jack Brickhouse

WGN-TV also became more reliant on sports programming, led by its broadcasts of Chicago Cubs baseball games as well as other regional collegiate and professional teams.

- WGN-TV

In contrast to the "SportsVision" concept, the Cubs' own television outlet, WGN-TV, had become among the first of the cable television superstations, offering their programming to providers across the United States for free, and Caray became as famous nationwide as he had long been on the South Side and, previously, in St. Louis.

- Harry Caray

The Broadcast Center, which began housing some local program production on January 16 of that year, was developed for color broadcasting—allowing the station to televise live studio shows as well as Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball games in the format—and with civil defense concerns in mind to provide a safe location to conduct broadcasts in the event of a hostile attack (such as a bombing by a nuclear weapon) targeting downtown Chicago.

- WGN-TV

Caray succeeded longtime Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse, a beloved announcer and Chicago media fixture.

- Harry Caray

At the top of the order, Dernier and Sandberg were exciting, aptly coined "the Daily Double" by Harry Caray.

- Chicago Cubs

After Elson's retirement in 1970, Harry Caray began his tenure as the voice of the White Sox, on radio and on television.

- Chicago White Sox

He left to succeed Jack Brickhouse as the voice of the Cubs in 1981, where he became a national icon.

- Chicago White Sox

Jack Brickhouse

- WGN-TV

Harry Caray

- WGN-TV

White Sox games appeared sporadically on television throughout the first half of the 20th century, most commonly announced by Jack Brickhouse on WGN-TV (channel 9).

- Chicago White Sox

During the summer of 1969, a Chicago studio group produced a single record called "Hey Hey! Holy Mackerel! (The Cubs Song)" whose title and lyrics incorporated the catch-phrases of the respective TV and radio announcers for the Cubs, Jack Brickhouse and Vince Lloyd.

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WGN-TV had a long-term association with the team, having aired Cubs games via its WGN Sports department from its establishment in 1948, through the 2019 season.

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