Bears preseason games and other programming are returning to FOX 32, the team and WFLD announced Thursday. The station’s contract with the Bears expired after last season, and the team took its rights to the market. Ultimately, it agreed to renew with FOX 32, its home since 2008, with a multiyear deal.
In addition to airing Bears preseason games, FOX 32 will air “Bears Gameday Live,” a half-hour pregame show with host Lou Canellis and the team’s ESPN 1000 radio tandem of Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer, and “Bears Game Night Live,” where the trio will review the game at 10:30 p.m. Sundays. FOX 32 also will air “Bears Unleashed,” a weekly half-hour show at 10:30 p.m. Fridays hosted by Cassie Carlson, in addition to other specials.
