Before Marquee Sports Network arrived on the scene, NBC Sports Chicago hadn’t had a competing regional sports network since Fox Sports Net Chicago shut down in 2006. It wasn’t much of a competition, though. In 2004, FSN Chicago lost the Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox to Comcast SportsNet Chicago (the precursor to NBCSCH) and aired programming of little interest to Chicago fans.
But the Cubs are now on Marquee, which has been bent on bringing innovations to its broadcasts, such as camera technology and wind tracking. You might think that NBCSCH would be paying close attention to its RSN competitor, particularly during baseball season, but that’s not the network’s tack.