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Loss of over-the-air TV leaves some Chicago sports fans frustrated with new CHSN-Comcast deal

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Chicago Sports Network pulls plug on over-the-air broadcasts in Chicago , Rockford , Peoria , Fort Wayne and South Bend , Indiana .

The network went live Oct.1 on pay-TV platforms DirecTV and Astound , and over the air in Chicago and several other markets.

Getting on Comcast , and potentially reaching its one million Chicago -area subscribers, was crucial for CHSN .

Sources say Friday 's primetime audience for the Sox-Royals game was up 66% over the previous week ’s Sox-Orioles broadcast.

While cheered by many, the new carriage deal has nonetheless frustrated some Chicago sports fans, especially those who took the antenna plunge to see CHSN on Comcast .

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