Expanded Cubs programming on WGN 720 am

"WGN-AM 720 confirmed today it is dropping "Sports Central," its 28-year-old sports-talk show, and redeploying longtime host David Kaplan as its "sports insider," a role that will include serving as primary host of an expanded "Cubs 10th Inning" postgame show....

• Kaplan's "sports insider" job comes with an "intense focus on the Cubs beat," the team's broadcasts long established as a centerpiece for listeners and station revenue....

Besides his postgame responsibilities, Kaplan will host a new weekend show, "Cubs Insider"; a pregame feature for all home-game broadcasts called "Cubs Underground" and an interview segment that will air through the week called "60 Seconds With ..." "

• from Chicago Tribune by Phil Rosenthal, 3/25/10, "WGN recasts Kaplan, gives Laski Sports Central Slot" via RadioDailyNews

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