NBC Sports Chicago

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NBC Sports Chicago

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Illinois (except southern counties within St. Louis metropolitan area) Northwest Indiana Iowa Southern Wisconsin (Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Rock, Green & portions of Dane counties) Southwest Michigan Nationwide (via satellite)
Network	NBC Sports Regional Networks
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	NBC Sports Group (25%) Jerry Reinsdorf (25%/25% split between interests in Bulls and White Sox) Wirtz Corporation (25%)
Sister channels	Broadcast: WMAQ-TV/Chicago WSNS-TV/Chicago
History
Launched	October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01)
Former names	Comcast SportsNet Chicago (2004–2017)
Links
Website	www.nbcsports.com/chicago
Availability
Streaming media
DirecTV Stream	Internet Protocol television
YouTubeTV	Internet Protocol television
Hulu Live	Internet Protocol television
FuboTV	Internet Protocol television

NBC Sports Chicago (formerly Comcast SportsNet Chicago) is a soon-to-be-defunct^[1] American regional sports network that broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports teams in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as college sports events and original sports-related news, discussion and entertainment programming. It is branded as part of the NBC Sports Regional Networks.

NBC Sports Chicago is owned by a consortium of Comcast (which owns 25% through the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal), Chicago Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf (who owns a 50% majority interest), and the Wirtz Corporation, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, (who owns 25%). The Chicago Cubs, through the Tribune Company and later the family of J. Joseph Ricketts, formerly owned a 20% stake in the network from its launch until the Cubs ended their broadcasts on the network after the end of the 2019 season, with that percentage equally distributed in 5% increments to the remaining partners after that point.

The channel is available on cable and fiber optic television providers in most of Illinois, and throughout northwest Indiana, Iowa, Kenosha County, Wisconsin and southwest Michigan and nationwide on satellite provider DirecTV. The network maintains main studios and offices located at 350 North Orleans Street, inside the River North Point Center in the Near North Side area.