February 14, 201610 yr Channel 59 WAOE Peoria / Bloomington, IL (my59) again will be airing Sox games this season in HD on free television. The announcement was made a few days ago at the station's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WAOEMy59 The amount of games airing and "the broadcast schedule will be shared ASAP", but I suspect all 55 WGN Sports-produced Sox games will air. Additionally, 2 Crosstown games with Cubs announcers (not included in the 55) likely will air: July 25th, Cubs at Sox, produced by ABC7 (WLS-TV) July 27th, Sox at Cubs, produced by WGN Sports (WGN-TV) Edited February 14, 201610 yr by InTheDriversSeat
March 3, 201610 yr Author I stand corrected because today the Peoria TV station released it's White Sox broadcast schedule, however 47 out of 55 Sox games will be aired on free television in 2016 (plus 2 more Crosstown games with Cubs announcers): http://my59.tv/programs/chicago-white-sox-on-my59/ The reason is that eight WGN Sox telecasts conflict with ABC7 Cubs telecasts, and WAOE has decided to air the Cubs games instead during conflicts. Last season, there were 4 conflicts, but the Sox WGN telecasts were prioritized over the Cubs. The missing 8 games are: May 25 - Cleveland at White Sox May 28 - White Sox at Kansas City June 26 - Toronto at White Sox July 17 - White Sox at Angels July 24 - Detroit at White Sox August 26 - Seattle at White Sox September 4 - White Sox at Minnesota September 18 - White Sox at Kansas City A possible solution could be to move the Sox games to sub-channel 59-2 (Antenna TV) during conflicts, but the station may not have ability / equipment to air games simultaneously. Peoria viewers who have decent antennas, should be able to receive the missing 8 Sox games on Quad Cities Channel 8-3 WQAD-TV Moline (my network TV), which transmits from a tower just 60 miles away at Orion, Illinois. The WAOE Cubs broadcast schedule was also released today, which confirms the 2 Crosstown games airing on July 25th and 27th with Cubs announcers: http://my59.tv/programs/cubs/ .
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