WGN AM 720.<\/a> Sirott will continue at WGN where he\u2019s concentrating on his Blackhawks broadcast duties.<\/p>\n\"I am absolutely thrilled to be on the ground floor of a new era of Chicago Cubs baseball on WBBM,\u201d said Grote, who grew up in west suburban Itasca and attended Illinois State University. \u201cI've been going to Cubs games since I was 6 years old, so I suppose you can say 'next year is here' for me.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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