Both stations would air the NBC Nightly News but WICS would air it at its more traditional time at 5:30 pm, while WICD would follow its local news broadcast with the NBC news. Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' This is a special hour-long NBC News as broadcast from November 20, 1977. On Saturday afternoon NBC would broadcast baseball during the major league season, while empty time slots were often filled with other off-network series reruns like The Odd Couple. The midday on Saturdays also included various locally produced and syndicated public affairs programs. WICS began operations on September 17, 1953 and was owned by Plains Television Partners of Springfield, which was a 50/50 joint venture of Transcontinental Properties and the H & E Balaban Corporation. 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Social Media, WICS Fires Anchor, Reporter After Hooters Fight, WICS Sports Director Krista Lander Leaving, WICS News Set Nominated For Mid-America Emmy, Vince DeMintri Joins Anchor Staff At WICS, WICS Reporter Katie Heinz Injured In Accident, Former WICS Anchor Don Hickman Dies At 74, Spot TV Forecast: After Political Bonanza In 22, Flat Will Suffice For 23, Top 30 Station Groups: Standard General Leaps Into Second Place With Tegna Acquisition, 13th Annual Women In Technology Awards Reception, Revenue Strategies: Advanced Targeting for Local TV. Quotation [18] = " 'FTVLive is the Most Incrediable thing in our Business' - i24News" On Instagram, Elder wrote that she'd "close. It also aired whatever ABC programs WTVP in Decatur (now WAND) had to turn down in order to air CBS shows not cleared by WCIA. The station's social media page was flooded with comments from viewers demanding the reinstatement of Joe Crain, pushing the hashtag #IStandWithJoeCrain, while U.S. [16] This is not the first time the station has taken issue with talent popular with their viewers; in 2015, chief meteorologist Ric Kearbey was unable to reach a deal with WICS on a new contract, while anchor Liz Foster resigned to take a new position in Charlotte, North Carolina.[17][18][19]. Known as Good Day Illinois, the program can be seen from 7 until 9 and offers a local alternative to the national morning programs seen on the big three networks. CBS Color The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. // ====================================== This is a 2018 clip from Sunrise with Joe Crain and an explanation of the eventual controversial weather warning.. Network screen grabs were from the collection of Bob Lee, Jo Warfield for sharing her recollections. This is a 1996 report on a local Springfield pastry tradition, Mel-O-Cream Donuts. The two stations operated as a regional network sharing most network and syndicated programming. Anchors Trey Paul - weekdays mornings and reporter (also reporter) Natalie Sparacio - weekday mornings Marianne Manko - weeknights at 5, 6, and 9 Vince DeMentri - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10 Liz Foster - weeknights at 10 Shantel Middleton - General Assignment/weekend anchor Kevilee Douglas - Illinois Central host Storm Team 20 He was 66. WICD's transmitter is near the border between Illinois and Indiana, and WICD was carried on most cable systems on the Illinois side of the Terre Haute market. WICD would follow with a play of its public affairs program Assignment 15.. He left his position at NewsChannel 20 at the end of May 2012 to become the full-time Artistic Director at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois. Critics of the initiative stated that the "Code Red" days unnecessarily alarm Central Illinois-area residents and harms local business revenue on the designated days. Other previous jobs include working at WXIA . (picture courtesy of Teresa Wilson Ericson, daughter of Robert Wilson) Meteorologists at local stations under Sinclairs auspices are encouraged or at times, forced into declaring code red days, the decision often made by management. WICS/WICD was to have switched to ABC at the beginning of the 200405 television season, but it was required to remain with NBC for another year, as its affiliation contract with the station did not expire until September 4 of the following year. WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. June 13, 2019 | 5:43 am EDT by Hank Price, Hank Price: The commitment of local broadcasters and their owners to the communities they serve is legendary. By Merrill Knox on Nov. 21, 2011 - 11:14 AM. By early May of 1978 "Saturday Night Live" returned to WICD, while WICS continued it's airing of their own "Saturday Night Movie" at least for a while. YouTube videos are the property of the individual copyright holders and only posted for their historical significance. This is a clip of the event. That resulted in many complaints by viewers and the eventual reversal of the pre-emption as well as WICS being one of the first stations to add "Star Trek" by off-network syndication. Decatur Area Weather Forecast. The syndicated block was followed by a flip-flop of local news and network news on WICS and sister station WICD. We are pleased that as an [], February 27, 2017 | 6:55 am EST by TVNewsCheck. WICS would air paid religious programs by a professional evangelist, as well as paid info-commercials on behalf of charitable organizations. Effingham Area Weather Forecast. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell . Click here to view a video of a news segment on the people trying out for a "Real People" segment from syracuse.com. The ad from TV Guide above announced the reconstruction of the new tower which would bring WICD, Channel 15 to full power by the Summer of 1967. Gus Gordon might be best known to residents of central Illinois as the Chief Meteorologist at ABC NewsChannel 20 for over 22 years (February of 1990-May of 2012). Plains ownership of WICS would come to a close in 1986 when the NBC affiliate in the Illinois state capital city was sold to Guy Gannett Publications of Portland, Maine. At Sinclair, employees are our most valuable asset. (The initiative, which Sinclair began implementing in 2018 and is similar to systems devised by other groups such as Gray Television through the stations it inherited from the now-defunct Raycom Media, is known by different names depending on the station, such as "Weather Warn" or as a "(weather branding) Alert Day".) This arrangement nearly brought down WICD, and for a time, it appeared the station would revert to a full-time satellite of WICS. It also competes with another two-hour local newscast seen at same time on MyNetworkTV affiliate WCIX (produced by WCIA). "Real People" was a reality-based variety show which gave a number of "real" people/groups their 15-minutes of fame in front of a national audience. News anchors and reporters like Douglas Kimball would be replaced by Wayne Cox (formerly of WBLN), who would anchor through the 1960s to the 1970s. The State Journal-Register | WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. [21] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 20. He was 66. They might have had a strange talent, demonstrated a stunt, had a peculiar occupation.I think you get the idea. ".and so it goes.". Many might remember the "Acri Creature Feature" which ran late Saturday nights. In the early days, the WICS studios would allow for cars to be driven into the studios as well as for the many children's shows which included a studio audience as well as a panel of local kids. Local pickets, letters, boycotts, and threats were made..and the decision was reversed in a matter of a couple of weeks. Most were from the former ABC Movie of the Week TV movie catalog of films. The Illinois State Journal-Register It as done with a panel which included John Barbour, Sarah Percell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell, Fred Willard and even Peter Billingsley(of "Christmas Story"). Justin and Brittany are setting the record straight on why they will be away. In its place are newscasts simulcast from WICS (in all time slots) which provide market-wide coverage including content from the eastern areas through a downsized bureau at WICD's studios. It's unknown when WICS finally signed on with Saturday Night Live, but it was AFTER 1979. It follows meteorologist Joe Crains on-air criticism of Sinclairs Code Red weather alert policy. TV Spy | Scott Baer The trainwould stop in as many of the NBC affiliate home towns as possible amid fans and local media. I hope you can understand why I was unable to share the information sooner. The Trustoria Service Professional Directory provides you with all the information needed to find the most qualified Journalist for every need. Plains Television Partners held onto WICD making it the final property owned by the company before finally selling to Guy Gannett. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. Flip was WICS weathercaster for the six and ten-PM newscasts from 1973 to 1979. Sinclair is providing sales and other non-programming services to the stations pursuant to shared services and joint sales agreements. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WICS shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 20, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). WCIA 3 Weather Special. WICS also pre-empted "Saturday Night Live" for a long period of time replacing it with a local-originated movie which allowed for more local ad sales than what was available during "SNL." September 19, 2012 | 3:34 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | This change took effect after the final WICD-produced newscast aired on April 3. (pictures from WICS and Flip Spiceland). Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. CNN reported that Hickman died Wednesday after battling liver cancer, according to his widow, Sheila. (You Tube), Linda Ellerby doing an NBC News Update from 1977. Hickman was a CNN original one of the first faces seen . WICD and its Sinclair sister station in the market, WICS, will begin sharing weekend newscasts that day. December 7, 2012 | 8:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck, SJ-R.com | One long-time fixture on NewsChannel 20 Joe Crain shows what made him Springfield's favorite weather guy. This along with the erection of a new taller tower in 1958 would be a part of an expansion effort that would bring virtually all of the central Illinois market NBC programming. (picture courtesy of Teresa Wilson Ericson, daughter of Robert Wilson), You can see Robert Wilson in WICS's early history as a cast member of "Pegwill's Circus". The call letters of WNBC-TV were transferred soon after to NBC's network o-and-o in New York in 1960. I assume that because of the increased head-to-head competition with WCIA in Champaign, management at the time felt it beneficial to move the WICD local newscast to the 5:30 pm slot, while WICS would continue with the 6 pm slot, where it saw wide viewership. Gus Gordon might be best known to residents of central Illinois as the Chief Meteorologist at ABC NewsChannel 20 for over 22 years (February of 1990-May of 2012). It as done with a panel which included John Barbour, Sarah Percell, Byron Allen, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, Mark Russell, Fred Willard and even Peter Billingsley(of "Christmas Story"). HMTF was majority stockholder of the LIN TV Corporation, then-owner of WAND. [3], On March 26, 2011, WICD ceased airing its own newscasts on weekends opting to simulcast those from WICS. With the exception of the WCCU newscast, WICD no longer produces Champaign-specific local news. // Free for all; but please leave in this header. News & Sports MMJ & Producer | With the eventual relaxation of ownership limits, Sinclair soon took the stations off the market and retained them. Flooring America Eyenet Camera Network. Kathryn Dinardo The Urbana Courier Newspaper This facility would house the station for many years to come even after bringing the operations of the GoCom stations (WRSP, WCCU, and WBUI) into the fold in the 2010s. The picture with WICS staff members was taken sometime in the last days of "The Virginian" or during the 1974-75 era of "Lucas Tanner" which aired on NBC. Remember This was the 1965-66 Season Premiere Video produced for NBC Sales. Here's a sample segment from "Real People" about an ugly dog contest. With the threat of having channel 2 in its backyard being over, Plains Television Partners made a major commitment to central Illinois viewers with the building of a huge TV studio/office complex on Springfield's east side. Pictured above are several graphics from the show along with Chevy Chase who was only there during the 1975-76 season, but he's probably one of the best-known alumni of the show. On September 11, 2006, a news share agreement was established with WRSP/WCCU (then separately controlled). 1988 was the 50th anniversary of Springfield's Mel-O-Cream Donuts and Dave Heller did a report on the local company. It's unknown why the Balaban's held onto the Champaign property. Children's Miracle Network Benefit with WTAX Radio. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. A short voice over promo for NBC Saturday Night at the Movies from 1975. James Isley In 1960, it bought WDAN-TV (another low-powered station in Danville) and changed the calls to WICD. Here was a TV Guide entry for just such a pre-emption. Quotation [20] = " ' first published by the website FTVLive' - The Hill" Don Hickman, who was an anchor at WICS in Springfield for 29 years, died of natural causes Saturday. Don Hickman, former WICS Springfield News Channel 20 anchor, recalls his childhood in Tennessee, adolescent years, introduction to broadcasting via radio, switch to television and many of the events he covered during his career: the Civil Rights Movement, the JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations, and the Vietnam War. Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; WICS News Anchors. It was owned by Plains Television Partners and was a low-powered full-time satellite of Springfield's WICS. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ============================================== A few years into the split schedule between the two stations, it was decided by WICS that WICD should drop "Saturday Night Live" and air the WICS late movie. The reason? When the station was to go on the air in late January or early February of 1967, the area suffered a major ice storm. var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); Quotation[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; // ====================================== (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), "Real People" was a reality-based variety show which gave a number of "real" people/groups their 15-minutes of fame in front of a national audience. Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; This week I began a new career in a new industry. Despite this, by June 11, Sinclair posted an advertisement on its website seeking a replacement for Crain as meteorologist for WICD/WICS and WRSP/WCCU's morning newscasts. Blocks NBC affil WAND came in second. The time slots would also be occupied by adult fare as well as syndicated shows like, "The Mike Douglas Show," "The John Gary Show" and "The Merv Griffin Show." Danville Public Library Along with several other Sinclair properties, WICS/WICD did not participate in the wider implementation of the company's now-defunct, controversial News Central format for their newscasts. WICS continued to be owned by Plains Television Partners from its beginnings through 1986 and co-owned with sister station WICD in Champaign. Now he might be out of a job", "A weatherman slammed his station's constant 'Code Red' warnings. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (HMTF), an investment firm controlled by then-Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks, owned a large block of Sunrise stock. It was hosted by Chuck Acri a businessman who also ran a home improvement company in the Quad Cities. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. | KHQA-TV (Quincy, IL) It was an unprecedented moment in history as former President Donald Trump and his legal team navigated the historic second impeachment trial. Like the other stations in the market, WICS made the complete change over to color during the 1960s. From the start, NewsChannel at 9 competed with a newscast already established in the time slot on then-UPN affiliate WCFN (produced by WCIA). Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. if(window.ImageLoader) window.ImageLoader.bootstrap({}, document);Squarespace.afterBodyLoad(Y); Anchor Leaves Station without a Word (Thanks to Sinclair). WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. Open in Who Shared Wrong byline? President and Former Vice President of Print (see above) The movies included many of Hollywoods classic films from the Warner Brothers and MGM libraries. by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh The Decatur Herald-Review Newspaper However, WICS' signal was not nearly strong enough to reach the eastern portion of the area. Plains ownership of WICS would come to a close in 1986 when the NBC affiliate in the Illinois state capital city was sold to Guy Gannett Publications of Portland, Maine. As a result, a nightly prime time newscast began airing on those two stations that was jointly produced by WICS/WICD. The rest of the weekday schedule was filled with NBC programming, with a local newscast at 10 pm. . When WICS moved from the former Leland Hotel studios, it moved into a large facility located at 2680 East Cook Street in Springfield. NBC Daytime Love (1975) promo for daytime dramas seen on NBC and WICS, Pictured above are several graphics from the show along with Chevy Chase who was only there during the 1975-76 season, but he's probably one of the best-known alumni of the show. Social Media, Promotions, Multimedia, Non-linear Editing, Camera Operation, Voice Over, Creative Director at Illinois Department of Agriculture, Director at Staley Family Foundation, Talent at Television Commercials, Stay at Home Mom at My House. // To add more quotations, continue with the The relationship of the two central Illinois NBC affiliates was so intertwined that it would be questionable that either one could continue to be successful without the other. The situation with WICS/WICD wasunique when it came to Saturday Night Live. Morning/Midday Anchor at WICS-TV Title: Morning & Midday Anchor at WICS-TV Location: Springfield, Illinois Area Industry: Broadcast Media Work history: WICS-TV - Springfield, Illinois Area Morning/Midday Anchor since Jan 2012 Jasculca/Terman & Associates Account Executive Sep 2010 - Dec 2011 Full Profile Jeremy Rauch Springfield, IL WICS is the ABC affiliate in Springfield, Illinois. It was originally called "NBC's Saturday Night" and premiered on October 11, 1975. By 1978, WHNB-TV was sold to Viacom, while the Balaban's retained their Plains Television Partners stations WICS and WICD. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42. The ad for a WICS Springfield, Ill., morning meteorologist showed up Tuesday on owner Sinclair Broadcast Groups website. WICS would add syndicated shows ranging from the videotaped talk shows mentioned above to "Superman," "The Lloyd Thaxton Show," "Bilko," "The Galloping Gourmet," "David Frost," "Hazel," "Dinah Shore," "Girl Talk" and movies on Saturday and Sunday nights and a rather unique Sunday morning movie series. On November 17, 2010, WICS became available to Dish Network customers in Terre Haute, Indiana as the ABC affiliate since the market lacked an affiliate of its own. This is a WICS 10 pm weathercast from February 4, 2014. Professional Background CheckInformation on professionals, their work history and resumes. The Bloomington Pantagraph In 1983, as part of a publicity stunt, the cast toured the country via a train called the "Real People Express." The picture with WICS staff members was taken sometime in the last days of "The Virginian" or during the 1974-75 era of "Lucas Tanner" which aired on NBC. 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