After 10 years on WSCR The Score, the White Sox signed a six-year deal to move their radio broadcasts to WLS AM 890, home of Steve Dahl and Rush Limbaugh, for the 2016 through 2021 seasons. Now, only two years into the contract, Cumulus Media, the parent company of WLS and many a radio station around America, is in bankruptcy proceedings and is asking the Court to get them out of their deal with the White Sox and a handful of others they’ve deemed “extremely unprofitable”.
The Tribune’s Phil Rosenthal has the full story, which indicates that Cumulus is looking to end about 20 contracts, which also include a radio deal with the Bulls and purchases of WKQX (101.