Art-Allyn-Al-Lopez-Ed-Short-web Published September 22, 2017 at 400 × 243 in Brickhouse Sox’s best friend for 20 years on TV — and beyond← PreviousNext → Jack Brickhouse told Sox owner Art Allyn (right, with Ed Short and Al Lopez) that a superstation with a wide audience could soon develop. But Allyn was dead-set on switching from WGN to get more games and more money from the lightly-watched WFLD-TV.