Ronald-Regan-Jack-Brickhouse Published September 22, 2017 at 300 × 225 in Brickhouse knew WGN had golden goose with Cubs TV rights← PreviousNext → Cubs broadcast rights fees were free or low-cost when Ronald Reagan (left) and Jack Brickhouse began as radio sportscasters in the 1930s. Brickhouse interviewed Reagan in the White House for 11 minutes in 1981.