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WOOD'S PERFORMANCE MAY PROMPT WGN TO KERRY MORE OF CUBBIES

          WGN Station Dir Jim Zerwekh "indicated" Tuesday that if
     Cubs rookie P Kerry Wood, who set the MLB record Monday for
     strikeouts in consecutive starts, and the Cubs keep winning,
     the station "might reclaim some games" scheduled for
     ChicagoLand Television (CLTV), according to Mike Kiley of
     the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.  Zerwekh: "If there's flexibility to
     do so, we may return some of the games to WGN."  The Cubs
     are scheduled to play 91 games on WGN, and 61 on CLTV, which
     has less market penetration.  CLTV earned a 4.2 rating for
     Wood's Monday start, higher than the 4.0 WGN received on the
     day Wood struck out 20 batters (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 5/13). 
     WGN is seen in 3.1 million Chicago-area households, while
     CLTV is in 1.7 million.  WGN VP & GM Peter Walker: "We had
     envisioned that if the Cubs got hot late in the season, we'd
     be able to bring some of the games back" (TRIBUNE, 5/13).  

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