Thursday, 15 March 2012

Little-known WPWR scores thanks to NFL; Will be Bears' home Thursday, as sports networks push luck

Quick. Which television station in Chicago is WPWR? I'm talkingabout the number on the dial.

No fair looking it up, and don't shrug it off, either. You'regoing to need to know this.

At least you'll sure want to know it if you or someone in yourfamily is a Bears fan and prone to high blood pressure.

That's because little-watched WPWR, broadcast Channel 50 (Channel8 on most cable systems), is the only local station carrying thisThursday's Bears-Redskins football game, and I sure wouldn't wantanybody blowing a gasket that night when they tune in to all theusual suspects and find no trace of their beloved Bears.

Who would think without prompting to …

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