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- ↑ List of affiliates on the White Sox's site.
- ↑ White Sox broadcasters' page on the White Sox site.
- ↑ Merkin, Scott (April 2, 2020). "White Sox announcer Ed Farmer, 70, dies". MLB.com . Retrieved April 4, 2020.
- ↑ Merkin, Scott (3 March 2020). "Notes: Cease at his 'best'; Grandal update". MLB.com . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ↑ Rosenthal, Phil (30 June 2020). "Andy Masur: New Chicago White Sox radio voice - Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ↑ "Cumulus Media files for bankruptcy protection". Reuters. 30 November 2017.
- ↑ Feder, Robert (14 February 2018). "Play ball! WGN Radio picks up White Sox". Robert Feder blog. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ↑ "Chicago White Sox Move to ESPN 1000".
- ↑ Feder, Robert (4 December 2020). "Cubs TV announcer Len Kasper named radio voice of White Sox on ESPN 1000" . Retrieved 7 December 2020.