ESPN to Take Street Level Space

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A new radio studio at 190 N. State Street will serve as the home for ESPN 1000 broadcasts, and it will be sponsored by Cadillac, it was announced Monday. The multiyear partnership of the state-of-the-art studio will be announced at a ribbon cutting ceremony in early September.

"We are very pleased to partner with Cadillac with what we know will be a long and wonderful partnership," ESPN 1000 vice president and general manager John Cravens said. "When completed, the one-of-a-kind Cadillac ESPN Chicago State Street Studio will be a great way to showcase the ESPN Chicago family to thousands of Chicagoans daily." Read more. [ESPN]