Answer by Jama06b09. Confidence votes 19. They make money by letting the channel put adverts in between to advertise other products, and also most shows have a quiz with a holiday as their prize where the question to win is really easy so everyone votes wich costs at least 50p.
The Cubs are going to be on four different local channels in 2015 -- CSN Chicago, WGN-Ch. 9, WLS-Ch. 7 and WPWR-Ch. 50 -- as well as occasionally on Fox-TV and ESPN on regional or national broadcasts.
9 is bracing for a deluge of calls from confused and angry viewers Wednesday night. In previous years, when Cubs' or White Sox's postseason games were aired nationally on ESPN, fans also were able to watch the cable telecast free locally on Ch. 9. That won't be the case this season. Major League Baseball's new deal with TBS gives the cable network exclusive rights to division series games.