{"id":183985,"date":"2010-01-15T13:15:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=10384"},"modified":"2010-01-15T13:15:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:15:57","slug":"wgn-radio%e2%80%99s-cubs-play-by-play-announcer-pat-hughes-named-2009-illinois-sportscaster-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/183985","title":{"rendered":"WGN Radio\u2019s Cubs Play-by-Play Announcer Pat Hughes Named 2009 Illinois Sportscaster of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"WGN Radio\/Chicago Cubs play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes has been named the 2009 Illinois Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is Hughes\u2019 eighth Sportscaster of the Year honor and his fifth in Illinois, having previously won the award in 1996, 1999, 2006, and 2007. Hughes was honored as Wisconsin\u2019s Sportscaster of the Year in 1990, 1991 and 1992.<\/p>\n

\u201cPat Hughes has a tremendous connection with Cubs fans through WGN\u2019s powerhouse signal,\u201d said Tom Langmyer, Vice President\/General Manager of WGN Radio. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a pure play-by-play artist who also brings out the magic in his partner, Ron Santo.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2010 season will be Hughes\u2019 15th<\/sup> season with WGN Radio and the Cubs and his 28th<\/sup> season of broadcasting in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n

The award will be presented during the first week of May in Salisbury, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

About Chicago’s WGN Radio 720<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s WGN Radio 720, the 2009 IBA Large Market Station of the Year, is dedicated to being the #1 source of Chicagoland entertainment, news, sports, and information.<\/p>\n

WGN Radio is the official broadcaster of the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Blackhawks, and Northwestern University and celebrates over 85 years of broadcasting in Chicago.<\/p>\n

For more information or to listen online visit wgnradio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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WGN Radio\/Chicago Cubs play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes has been named the 2009 Illinois Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. This is Hughes\u2019 eighth Sportscaster of the Year honor and his fifth in Illinois, having previously won the award in 1996, 1999, 2006, and 2007. Hughes was honored as Wisconsin\u2019s Sportscaster […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}