CHSN's Latest Folly: The Blackhawks Fans Are Unhappy
Do you want to watch the Chicago Blackhawks on CHSN, and see Connor Bedard extend his point streak to 9? CHSN has other plans.
The Chicago Sports Network's inception has been wrought with errors along the way. Danny Wirtz and Jerry Reinsdorf built the network in order to centralize the way fans watch the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, and the Chicago Blackhawks.
However, it's been one problem after the other, as the network has been negotiating carriage fees with Comcast/Xfinity, with no luck.
Now, if you have a digital antenna and want to watch Connor Bedard extend his points streak to 9 games, you're out of luck.
Those using a digital antenna have only been able to listen to audio during recent games.
In the meantime, the "quick fix" is to re-scan for channels, and select channels 62.2 or 62.3.
It was an unfortunate development that has angered fans today:
Here are directions from the website on how to accomplish the task:
A. To access CHSN via antenna:
Install your digital antenna.
Scan for channels. You may need to scan multiple times depending on the location of your antenna.
Tune into the local CHSN station, such as WJYS 62.2 and WJYS 62.3 in Chicago. Two channels allow us to show both games when teams play at the same time.
These antennas provide HD picture quality.
The CHSN has another problem to add to the laundry list of issues fans have had to willingly deal with since the start of the NHL season on October 15th.
Given that Danny Wirtz and Jamie Faulkner knew they were going to launch CHSN this season, wouldn't it have made sense to dot the i's and cross their t's in order to prevent major errors like this from happening?
Either way, it's a bad look for all companies, and front offices involved and Wirtz isn't blame-free here.
While NHL fans have had to have multiple subscription services to watch games this season this is another failure that will hurt the reputation of the Blackhawks, and the Wirtz family.
Seriously, get it together.
