White Sox, Bulls moving to WLS-AM

The White Sox and Bulls today have announced that both teams will be moving their radio broadcasts to WLS-AM. The White Sox will move to WLS starting spring 2016 and the Bulls will move to WLS in the fall of 2016. The five year deals include the games, pre and post game shows, weekly shows like White Sox Weekly, and some spring training and pre-season games.

The rumors that the White Sox were moving to WLS had been known for quite a while, but the Bulls news is new. The holdup in the White Sox announcement could have been the Bulls rights. It seems likely that Jerry Reinsdorf was shopping the rights for both as a package deal. With WKQX, WLS-FM, and WLUP as sister stations, expect some…