That broadcast partnership dates back to 1948. In November, the Chicago Tribune reported the Cubs exercised an option to get out of their broadcast contract with WGN-TV. The current Cubs play-by-play team of Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer will move with the Cubs to WBBM to call the games next year, according to several published reports. The Cubs have not officially announced the switch. Cotto graduated from Western Illinois University in 1998 and earned a Master of Divinity from Moody Bible Institute in 2010. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a Noon Business Hour interview Thursday on 780 AM indicated plans also involve promotion with other CBS Radio stations in Chicago. Cisco Cotto (born 1975) is a radio personality and pastor, serving as morning anchor on WBBM 780/105.9 and campus pastor at Village Bible Church in Sugar Grove, Illinois. WGN Radio still carries the Chicago Blackhawks games through the 2018-'19 season. WBBM-AM 780 also carries the Chicago Bears' NFL games. WBBM Newsradio 780 & 105.9FM has been the consistent all news radio voice in Chicagoland for 40 years, and is now streaming online for free. Pat Hughes has been the play-by-play announcer since 1996. "It's that it just doesn't make business sense on an AM radio station given today's new media opportunities and ways for advertisers to buy the Cubs." The Chicago Cubs Radio Network comprises 30 stations in six states. "It's not that we don't love the Cubs," WGN Radio president Jimmy de Castro told MLB.com. WGN announced the split Wednesday on its morning broadcast. The Cubs have been broadcast on WGN Radio 720 AM for 90 years.
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