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WCIU in Central Illinois?

With the abundance of WCIU games as of late, I was wondering if anyone knows a good spot in the Peoria-area to watch the Cubs games? All the Buffalo Wild Wings don't carry the games, and/or they're blacked out on Extra Innings. If anybody has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. I know the Ruby Tuesday in Bloomington/Normal on Veterans Pkwy used to carry the WCIU games when I was at ISU, but I don't even know if that's still open and I'm not going to drive 45 minutes to watch the game!

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there’s been a lot cause of the bulls and hawks being in the playoffs, i remember looking at the schedule a week or two ago and thinking, awesome they don’t play on a station i dont get for 3 weeks and now i cant tell you how many games i’ve missed as of late

Go Cubs Go, Fly Eagles Fly

by ManBearPigMBP on May 4, 2009 12:17 PM CDT reply actions  

In skimming this post...

I notice far too many acronyms. Then I notice they’re all about Tony Graffanino Central Illinois… then I ignore them. I don’t think he’d the Ruby Tuesday’s would be an asset to the team enjoyable place to watch a game at all, just another liability overpriced chain restaurant.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by daver on May 4, 2009 12:38 PM CDT reply actions  

Thanks!

Just kiddin’ around – hope you find a place to watch the game.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by daver on May 4, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

"Abundance"?

Two games in the last week have been on WCIU. There are a grand total of four more the rest of the season. I don’t think I’d call that an “abundance”.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 4, 2009 1:05 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm just not used to them so early in the season

I seem to remember most of them in August/September

by lswaidz on May 4, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hate WCIU!

"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."--Woody Guthrie

by buckmulligan on May 4, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

WCIU

We Cant Include U

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 4, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

I am certainly not suggesting anyone do anything against any sort of regulations,

But there are streams out there of games. Typically you can download a streaming media player called “TVAnts”. And a forum of potential streams can be found here:

by adam316 on May 4, 2009 4:12 PM CDT reply actions  

You can go to BWW's and have them

put on the Game Mix channel on Extra Innings and, even though it’s blacked out, you can see it along with 7 other games that are going on at the same time. It’s watchable, I did it last Thursday.

"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."

by Itchy on May 4, 2009 4:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Any anger toward WCIU is misplaced. The station is just a sub-contractor.

Blame the CW, and WGN. Those “Cubs Net” games are property of WGN, Channel 9. Tribco Broadcasting farms out those games as to not disturb network programming on WGN-Chicago. (Not WGN America)

Same situation for White Sox games on WCIU. There are not that many games that fall into this category, but there are enough that WGN doesn’t want the CW shows dumped for baseball.

Those of us on EI will be treated to Comcast Bay Area tonight, since WCIU games do not appear on the package.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on May 4, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions  

And it's only six games all year.

Some of us remember when up to 20 games a year weren’t televised at all.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 5, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions  

After all, "The Gossip Girls"

would be pre-empted tonight. If that show didn’t air — the young demographic it brings, to lose the Chicago market would not be good for the CW

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on May 4, 2009 6:42 PM CDT reply actions  

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