Sportsvision

Sportsvision
Type	Pay television service (sports)
Availability	United States
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Owner	Jerry Reinsdorf
Key people	Jerry Reinsdorf, Eddie Einhorn, Fred Eychaner
Launch date	1982
Dissolved	1989 (became SportsChannel Chicago)

Sportsvision was a subscription sports television service founded by Chicago White Sox owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn, and media mogul Fred Eychaner.^[1] The service broadcast live sporting events.

In April 1982, WPWR-TV, then on Channel 60, dedicated a large percentage of its broadcast schedule to Sportsvision. To access the service, viewers had to buy a TV set-top converter and pay monthly subscription fees to watch a number of sports broadcasts. Ultimately, as cable television gained a foothold in the Chicago area, the pay-TV business model dissolved and, in January 1984, Sportsvision moved to cable. In 1989, it was unscrambled and renamed SportsChannel. In 1997, SportsChannel was purchased by Fox Sports Net. Now starting in October 2004 through current day the games reside on Comcast Sports Network Chicago which is owned by Chicago sports owners and Comcast's NBC venture.

References

↑ On-Tv & Spectrum

Myslenski, Skip. "TV, Radio map out contingency plans" Chicago Tribune August 6, 1985
Craig, Jack. "Einhorn bets on live cable TV" Boston Globe November 29, 1981
Polzin, Elmer. "Arlington may try pay-TV" Chicago Tribune May 18, 1982
Perricone, Mike. "Hawks Notes" Chicago Sun-Times April 7, 1986

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[hist100-1] On-Tv & Spectrum

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v t e Television stations in the Chicago area
English-language stations	WBBM-TV (2.1 CBS, 2.2 Decades) WMAQ-TV (5.1 NBC, 5.2 Cozi TV) WRME-LP 6 (MeTV-FM/oldies audio) WLS-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN, 7.3 Laff) WGN-TV (9.1 CW, 9.2 Antenna TV, 9.3 This TV) WOCK-CD (13.3 Veria Living, 13.4 blank/color bars, 13.5 Arirang) WWME-CD/LP 23 (Ind./23.1 MeTV, 23.2 H&I) WPVN-CD (24.1 Movee4U, 24.3 Tuff TV) W25DW-D (25.1 HSN, 25.2 Retro TV, 25.3 Rev'n, 25.4 On4uTV) WCIU-TV (26.1 Ind., 26.2 The U Too, 26.3 MeTV, 26.4 H&I, 26.5 Bounce TV) WLPD-CD 30 (A1) WFLD (32.1 Fox) WCPX-TV (38.1 Ion, 38.2 Qubo, 38.3 Ion Life, 38.4 Ion Shop, 38.5 QVC Over Air, 38.6 HSN) WOCH-CD (41.1 The Works, 41.2 Comet)) WMEU-CD (48.1 Ind., 48.2 Off-schedule replay of WCIU) WPWR-TV (50.1 MNTV, 50.2 Movies!, 50.4 Buzzr) WXFT-DT (60.3 Escape) WGBO-DT (66.2 GetTV, 66.3 Grit)
Public television	WTTW (11.1 PBS, 11.2 PBS Encore, 11.3 Create/World, 11.4 V-me) WYCC (20.1 PBS, 20.2 FNX, 20.3 MHz Worldview) W40CN-D (Edu Ind.) WYIN (56.1 PBS, 56.3 Lakeshore Kids)
Spanish-language stations	WOCK-CD (13.1 MundoMax) W25DW-D (25.5 LATV) WESV-LD (40.1 Estrella) WSNS-TV (44.1 TEL, 44.2 TeleXitos) WXFT-DT (60.1 UniMás, 60.2 Univision) WCHU-LD (61.1 AZA) WGBO-DT (66.1 UNI)
Religious	WHNW-LD 18 / WHVI-LP 24 (18/24.1 LeSEA, 18/24.2 WHT, 18/24.3 blank, 18/24.2 bulletin/92.1 FM) WPVN-CD 24.6 (MC-TV) W25DW-D (25.6 ALMA) WEDE-CD (34.1 Ind.) WWTO-TV (35.1 TBN, 35.2 Church, 35.3 Smile/JUCE TV, 35.4 Enlace USA, 35.5 TBN Salsa ) WDCI-LD (57.1 Daystar) WJYS (62.1 Ind., 62.2 WEDE-CD, 62.4 PRISM)
Ethnic stations	WOCK-CD (13.2 KBC-TV) WODN-LP 13 (DW) WPVN-CD (24.4 Polvision, 24.5 Win TV/MBC, 24.7 KBS World) W25DW-D (25.7 Peace TV) WCHU-LD (61.2 CCTV News, 61.3 CCTV-9)
Local cable channels	Bostel CAN-TV CLTV CSN Chicago TLN WGN America (satellite)
Defunct stations	FSN Chicago Hawkvision KS2XBS ONTV Spectrum Sportsvision
ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV	WMAQ-TV 5.2 (Cozi TV) WTTW 11.1 (PBS)¹ WFLD 32.1 (FOX)^1,2 WCPX-TV 38.1 (Ion) WSNS-TV 44.1 (TMD)¹ WPWR-TV 50.1 (MNTV)
Adjacent areas	Milwaukee Rockford South Bend Central Illinois Lafayette, IN Indianapolis Peoria Madison

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