[1] Veteran broadcaster Pat Hughes has been the play-by-play announcer since 1996.
Zach Zaidman handles the Cubs Central pre- and post-game shows and takes over the play-by-play for the fifth inning of most games.
When it was part of the Tribune Radio Network, the network's non-sports programming included the National Farm Report, a farm news feature hosted by Orion Samuelson; Samuelson Sez (a weekly commentary hosted by Samuelson); and Farming America, a farm news feature hosted by Steve Alexander (previously by Max Armstrong).
After sister station WSCR's loss of radio rights to broadcast the Chicago White Sox games to WLS in July 2015, it was widely expected that the Cubs would move to WSCR as a replacement.
This move was confirmed by CBS Radio on November 11, 2015 [3][4] and finalized before the start of the 2016 Cubs season.