| 1979 Chicago Cubs | ||
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| League | National League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
| City | Chicago | |
| Owners | William Wrigley III | |
| General managers | Bob Kennedy | |
| Managers | Herman Franks, Joey Amalfitano | |
| Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau) | |
| Radio | WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau) | |
| Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 1979 Chicago Cubs season was the 108th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 104th in the National League and the 64th at Wrigley Field, and the first to be beamed via satellite and cable television to viewers all over the United States on WGN Television, thanks to a postseason decision by the company management to uplink its broadcast signals via satellite with the help of Oklahoma-based United Video Satellite Group, making them the pioneer superstation in the country's midwest and the Cubs games of that season the third superstation baseball broadcasts live via satellite relay after the Braves and the Yankees.[1] It was the first season of over 40 to be broadcast all over the country, slowly making the team a national brand. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.
- ^ Kathy Haley (April 5, 2004). "Birth of a Nation's Superstation: WGN executives were aghast when the channel was first put up on satellite, but the 'curse' turned into quite the blessing". Multichannel News. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.