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WNBA Chicago Sky Strike Five-Year Local TV Deal With A Ratings-Earning Station05 / 21 / 13The WNBA Sky for the first time will have "nearly an entire season of games" broadcast on a ratings-earning TV station, according to Danny Ecker of CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS. The club "struck a five-year agreement with Chicago-based Weigel Broadcasting Co. to air 24 games a year on its family of netw... |
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