{"id":7356,"date":"2015-04-07T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7356"},"modified":"2015-04-07T18:13:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:13:36","slug":"abc-7-stars-suit-up-for-first-cubs-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/04\/07\/abc-7-stars-suit-up-for-first-cubs-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC 7 stars to come out for Cubs games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Ron Magers<\/p><\/div>\n

Look for Ron Magers to turn up in the Wrigley Field broadcast booth alongside Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies when WLS-Channel 7 <\/a>airs its first Cubs game of the season Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The ABC-owned station\u2019s top news anchor is expected to make a special appearance during the fifth inning of the Cubs matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals. Starting at 1 p.m., the broadcast also will feature ABC 7 sports anchors Mark Giangreco and Jim Rose, and a weather forecast before the start of the game from meteorologist Cheryl Scott.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago<\/a>

Chicago Cubs on ABC 7<\/p><\/div>\n

The appearances by Magers, Giangreco, Rose and Scott \u2014 to be followed by other ABC 7 personalities throughout the season \u2014 are part of the station\u2019s new\u00a0partnership agreement<\/a> with the Cubs. The deal calls for ABC 7 to air 24 games a year through 2019.<\/p>\n

\"Broadcasting Chicago Cubs baseball on ABC 7 is an exciting moment in our station's history,\u201d John Idler, president and general manager of ABC 7, said in a statement. \u201cWe are thrilled to be a part of this new chapter with the Chicago Cubs organization and are looking forward to kicking off our coverage with the fierce Cubs-Cardinals rivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n

To accommodate the afternoon baseball broadcast, ABC 7 will shift its regular programming to overnights, airing \u201cInside Edition\u201d at 1:05 a.m., the rebroadcast of \"ABC 7 Eyewitness News\" at 1:35 a.m., \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d at 2:10 a.m., \u201cJeopardy!\u201d at 3:10 a.m., and \u201cABC World News Now\u201d at 3:40 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look for Ron Magers to turn up in the Wrigley Field broadcast booth alongside Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies when WLS-Channel 7 airs its first Cubs game of the season Wednesday. The ABC-owned station\u2019s top news anchor is expected to make a special appearance during the fifth inning of the Cubs matchup against the St.... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7356"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7371,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions\/7371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}