This change took effect after the final WICD-produced newscast aired on April 3. Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' On Sundays, WICS would sign on at 6:30 am with a block of religious programming and public affairs. From the start, NewsChannel at 9 competed with a newscast already established in the time slot on then-UPN affiliate WCFN (produced by WCIA). 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. Champaign Public Library J.R. Evans One of the more "infamous" pre-emptions was that of "Star Trek" which was replaced by airing off-network reruns of "Laramie." From 2009, this weather promo features Gus Gordon, Joe Crain and Danny Russell. June 7, 2019 | 6:43 am EDT by Bernard Schoenburg, Sinclair Broadcast Group said Thursday that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union Number 51 is no longer representing Sinclair employees at its ABC affiliate WICS Springfield, Ill. (DMA 88). Contributors: (YouTube). Radio Broadcasting, Adobe Audition, Broadcast, Feature Articles, Social Media, Storytelling, Radio, Communications Director at Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Communications Director- Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Justin Carter and Brittany Hardaway (WICS) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) Many people are wondering where Newschannel 20 and FOX Illinois morning anchors Justin Carter and Brittany Hardaway have been. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. 1976 Fall TV montage of shows broadcast during the week. Writer and photographer at Illinois Times, Freelance Writer and Newsletter Editor at myself, Executive Director at Energy Education Council, Trustee at Springfield Park District, Press Secretary at Illinois House Republicans, Press Spokesperson for IL House Republican Leader Tom Cross, Press Secretary at IL Senate Republican Staff, Press Secretary, IL. Mattoon-Charleston Area Weather Forecast. CNN reported that Hickman died Wednesday after battling liver cancer, according to his widow, Sheila. She also co-anchored FOX40 Live Morning. Here was a TV Guide entry for just such a pre-emption. Kathryn Dinardo "He was a very versatile reporter, but he was also an incredibly . It features Elizabeth Wooley, Jerry Lambert, and reporter Catie Sheehan. Some of the religious shows included Jimmy Swaggart, Herald of Truth and Faith for Today. Sometime in the 1960s, WICS began a tradition of airing a movie at 9:30 am. Read more about those struggles in "Pictures on the Prairie" available by clicking on the link above. Danville Area Weather Forecast. This is a 1996 report on a local Springfield pastry tradition, Mel-O-Cream Donuts. The station originally had facilities at the Leland Hotel on Capitol Street in Downtown Springfield. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. It was owned by Plains Television Partners and was a low-powered full-time satellite of Springfield's WICS. As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. The Tonight Show followed, then Tomorrow would end the broadcast day. Joe Crain has been a meteorologist at WICS Springfield, Ill., for 15 years. This was particularly the case when covering Decatur (located between Springfield and Champaign). It's been an incredible ride over the past 2+ years here in Springfield, one that I won't soon forget. The company almost immediately turned around and announced it was selling the two (which count as one for regulatory purposes) plus KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Sunrise Television. Some shows were pre-empted by reruns of, "The Gallant Men." A link to the page for WICS is here, just click on the button above. It appears to have been a decision of new WICD Station Manager Joe Norris. // Copyright 2004 by CodeLifter.com The switch ended up being one of the most confusing things to happen to local TV since the advent of cable TV. It was decided WICD being in a more liberal university community would air the 1970's version of SNL. Flip was WICS weathercaster for the six and ten-PM newscasts from 1973 to 1979. Later in the year, Sinclair signed the stations with ABC. WICS disappeared from the Terre Haute local feed in the fall of 2011 after that city's Fox affiliate, WFXW, rejoined ABC as WAWV-TV . He worked as the main anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 pm news. 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. The situation with WICS/WICD wasunique when it came to Saturday Night Live. Former WICS Anchor Don Hickman Dies at 74. if(window.ImageLoader) window.ImageLoader.bootstrap({}, document);Squarespace.afterBodyLoad(Y); Anchor Leaves Station without a Word (Thanks to Sinclair). This week I began a new career in a new industry. Employees have the right to disagree and should do so when they believe something is wrong, though hopefully not on a public forum., The Associated Press | WICS Charity Basketball Team, about 1989 (WICS). WICS Sold by Plains Television Partners to Guy Gannett Communications. Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. Mutual of Omaha's the Wild Kingdom would follow at 5 pm, then the NBC national newscast before prime time and Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. After the 10 pm local newscast, both WICS/WICD would follow, more than likely, with the broadcast of yet another TV movie before sign-off. (from Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide}. On December 31, 2012, the Sinclair Broadcast Group closed on the purchase of the non-license assets of GOCOM's three television stations, WRSP/WCCU and sister station WBUI for approximately $25.6 million. Most commercials were either done live or live on tape from the studios of WICS. At least four local businesses have pulled their advertising from WICS Springfield, Ill., in support of meteorologist Joe Crain, who has been absent from the stations broadcasts following his on-air criticism of owner Sinclair Broadcast Groups Code Red weather alert system. 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. 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. Accordingly in 1959, Plains Television signed-on WCHU in Champaign as a low-powered satellite of WICS. SKILLS -Avid, Edius, and Premier Pro: Non-linear editing -Various web publishing programs Communications, Public Speaking, Public Relations, Writing, Marketing, Video Editing, Broadcasting, Broadcast, Broadcast Journalism, Non-linear Editing. He researched, produced, and presented award-winning investigative . The effort on WRSP/WCCU was further expanded on January 20, 2014, when WICS began producing a two-hour weekday morning show for the Fox affiliates. Scott Baer var Quotation=new Array() // do not change this! Before, Vince served as a news anchor at WICS in Springfield, Illinois. Hazard, Kentucky . Known as NewsChannel at 9 on Fox Illinois, it aired for a half-hour from a modified set at WICS' Springfield studios featuring unique duratrans indicating the Fox-branded show. WICD would follow with a play of its public affairs program Assignment 15.. News Writing, Video Production, Social Media, Videography, Journalism, Broadcast, New Media, Director of Digital Sports Development at Neuhoff Media, WTAX News Director/Brand Manager at Saga Communications. December 7, 2012 | 8:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck, SJ-R.com | At that time the station's call letters were changed to WHNB-TV. There was no Saturday, 6 pm newscast, scheduled instead of the syndicated first-run comedy/variety show Hee Haw which would air from 5 to 6 pm. Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. He later would be at CNN for over 20 years and at WXIA in Atlanta before moving to a role in public relations and working for the United Way in Atlanta. 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. It was called the "Laramie" peacockbecause it was first used at the introductionof "Laramie" the first season it was produced/broadcast in color in 1962. It was originally called "NBC's Saturday Night" and premiered on October 11, 1975. Quotation [19] = " 'FTVLive.com, a prominent television industry website' - Lexington Herald Leader" 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[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; However, the FCC did not allow Sunrise to buy WICS/WICD due to Sunrise's ownership structure. The prime-time access slot after the news block was filled by the weekday syndicated version of The Newlywed Game at 6:30 pm. Springfield Area Weather Forecast. 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. This ice storm would bring down the newly constructed WICD tower. WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stating that the "Code Red" system "overstat[es] the danger to our community." He later would be at CNN for over 20 years and at WXIA in Atlanta before moving to a role in public relations and working for the United Way in Atlanta. The syndicated version aired in the 6:30-7pm time weekday evening slot. WICS would broadcast St. Louis Cardinal Baseball during the era as well. Press Releases, Media Relations, Strategic Communications, Public Relations, Internal Family Service Consultant at Staab Funeral Home, Financial Planner, Insurance and Investments at Communication Manager at CMS - State of Illinois. Multimedia journalists based at WICD's Champaign studios still provide coverage of the eastern areas of the market. Learn how and when to remove this template message, transition from analog to digital broadcasts, "Doug Quick On Line, Central Illinois On-Line Broadcast Museum", http://wics.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_8401.shtml, "WICD to share weekend newscasts with WICS", "WICS Springfield (Ill.) to Produce WICD News", "A TV meteorologist objected to management's 'code red' orders. During the Summer of 2004, it was announced that WAND would become the market's NBC station. These paid commercial programs would pop up in March, June, August, and even December. Springfield IL Deadline-driven Anchor and Reporter for (then) #1 rated 6pm and 10pm newscasts. News & Sports MMJ & Producer And during Wednesday mornings broadcast, Crain had had enough. Quotation[0] = "'Mr. WCHU, Channel 33 in Champaign only broadcast a radius of about 15 miles from downtown Champaign. Plains Television sold WICS to Guy Gannett Communications (no relation to the larger Gannett Company), in 1986 but held onto WICD until 1994. WCCU's advertising sales operation is also based out of WICD's studios. It seems that Saturday Night Live replaced a time period in which local stations previously programmed it to air movies and other syndicated programming. [3], On March 26, 2011, WICD ceased airing its own newscasts on weekends opting to simulcast those from WICS. HMTF was majority stockholder of the LIN TV Corporation, then-owner of WAND. This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. Farm Report. The rest of the morning consisted of typical children's programming from NBC including more modern versions of classic fare like Fred and Barney Meet the Schmoo and the re-worked Warner Brothers cartoons with Daffy Duck and a modern rework of Casper. 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 Newschannel 20 provides local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Springfield and nearby towns and communities in the Decatur, and Champaign area, including Jacksonville, Taylorville, Lincoln, Petersburg, Pana, Effingham, Shelbyville, Beardstown, Carlinville, Litchfield and Hillsboro. He was 66. Just drop me a note at the, Randy Miller for his picture contributions. Pictured below are few snapshots from their visit in Springfield, IL supplied by WICS. (YouTube), Newsteam, Douglas Kimball, Dale Coleman and Nick Alexander, TV Guide, Nick Charles formerly of WICS at CNN, CNN Screen Shot. // Do not change anything below this line The Saturday morning sign-on was at 6:30 am as well with the syndicated U.S. Guy Gannett finally bought WICD in 1994. In 1964, it moved to its current studios on East Cook Street in East Springfield. by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh Along with television, Elmer Balaban also owned a number of local radio stations in medium-size markets around the country. // ====================================== (You Tube), Linda Ellerby doing an NBC News Update from 1977. By 1979, the WICS broadcast day began at 6:30 am and sign-off on weeknights followed the Tomorrow show hosted by Tom Snyder, at around 1 am. The trainwould stop in as many of the NBC affiliate home towns as possible amid fans and local media. A 1979 NBC promo for the premiere network broadcasts of "Escape to Witch Mountain" and "The Towering Inferno" narrated by Casey Kasem. (YouTube). Creative Services at WICS during the 60th Anniversary of WICS from which the recreation of the WICS logo (1st in Springfield) was included as the first graphic of this page Before 1967, in order to bring WICS and NBC programming across central and east-central Illinois, it took 4 TV signals. [2] WCFN's prime time broadcast would be eventually canceled by WCIA on September 28, 2009. Anchor Leaves Station without a Word (Thanks to Sinclair) October 28, 2016 / Scott Jones. Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WICD is considered . This was the 1965-66 Season Premiere Video produced for NBC Sales. This is a clip from August 17, 2010 and the 5pm show. Professional Background CheckInformation on professionals, their work history and resumes. Hickman was a CNN original one of the first faces seen . WICS Improvements/Planning WICD, Channel 15 was the result of a merger between two relatively lower powered sister stations of WICS. Quotation[10] = "'The statement from New York-based NBC was in response to a report on the FTVLive' - Bloomberg"; It may cost him his job", "Where is Joe Crain? Fred Hickman, an influential sports broadcaster who became one of the early stars of CNN as host of "CNN Sports Tonight," has died. Teresa Wilson Ericson John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from 1975-1980. That left a huge part of the rural areas including Charleston, Tuscola, and other east-centralcommunities without NBC network service from 1959 through 1967. Randy Miller for his picture contributions The journalist is popular for anchoring "Dateline" for NBC, and from 1997 to 2011, she was news anchor on the network's "Today" show. Ann Marshall WICS-TV Jun 2018 - Feb 2020 1 year 9 months. He was 66. 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. Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. 45 in Champaign into WICD's studios. TVNewsCheck | It seems that Saturday Night Live replaced a time period in which local stations previously programmed it to air movies and other syndicated programming. The Springfield State Journal-Register | September 19, 2012 | 3:34 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | All of these stars were there before 1982. WICS-TV in Springfield and former station meteorologist Joe Crain say in the Monday joint statement that they've reached a "private agreement" and are "moving on from their dispute . Quotation [20] = " ' first published by the website FTVLive' - The Hill" Eventually, WRSP and WBUI also moved from their offices on Old Rochester Road in Springfield and were consolidated into WICS' facility. 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. While the network programming would shift from one set of stations to another, the syndicated shows would remain on the original stations, with some shifting time slots. April 22, 2015, the NewsChannel 20 6pm newscast. A website has all the details about the "Acri Creature Feature", On Sunday mornings when other TV stations were offering religious or public affairs programming, WICS and WICD were giving us the "Sunday Morning Movie." The change represented the second attempt at a joint market-wide product by WICS/WICD. 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. Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from. When "Star Trek" premiered, it was pre-empted by WICS for off-network reruns of "Laramie." Most were from the former ABC Movie of the Week TV movie catalog of films. Quotation [12] = "'has handed in his resignation, according to FTVLive.com' - TVNewser" By Merrill Knox on Nov. 21, 2011 - 11:14 AM. When "Star Trek" premiered, it was pre-empted by WICS for off-network reruns of "Laramie." A 25-time Regional Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter, and Regional Edward R. Murrow Excellence in Writing Award winner, with nearly 40 years of broadcast news experience. During football season, NBC would air the AFC early football game and WICS/WICD would follow with a replay of Capitol Conference, than a local movie insertion.yet another TV movie, usually. WICS (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Springfield, Illinois, United States, affiliated with ABC. List of news presenters by nationality American news anchors. showQuotation(); The FCC ruled HMTF held enough stock in Sunrise that if it bought WICS/WICD, it would have created a duopoly between two of the four highest-rated stations in the market, which is forbidden by FCC rules. Like the other stations in the market, WICS made the complete change over to color during the 1960s. The 1979 intro to "The Wonderful World of Disney" as broadcast on NBC and WICS. Along with television, Elmer Balaban also owned a number of local radio stations in medium-size markets around the country. However, WICS' signal was not nearly strong enough to reach the eastern portion of the area. (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), The "Real People" Express visits Springfield, IL. First day of ABC, Sept 5, 2005 (Doug Quick Collection), 2013 WICS Weekend Anchors, Sports, Santel Middleton and Joe Brooks (You Tube), WICS Master Control before 2011 (Joe Crain photo), Work being done to master control with new digital High Definition Equipment (Joe Crain photo). Both WRSP/WCCU and WBUI were initially operated from separate facilities from WICS/WICD. August 9, 2013 | 8:20 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, NewscastStudio | Open in Who Shared Wrong byline? It was also known that the show would probably rile some advertisers which would make it difficult to sell to local ad buyers. 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. A link to the page for WICS is here, just click on the button above. Although the WRSP/WCCU newscast features market wide coverage, including contributions from WICD reporters based in Champaign, there is a separate weeknight weather segment for WRSP and WCCU that was seen. It was called the "Laramie" peacockbecause it was first used at the introductionof "Laramie" the first season it was produced/broadcast in color in 1962. [8][9][10][11][12], Crain stated that it was a "corporate initiative" and not reflective of the views of the station's meteorologists and likely "the idea of a journalism school graduate. Weekend newscasts on WICD Champaign, Ill., will originate from Springfield, beginning March 26. The call letters of WNBC-TV were transferred soon after to NBC's network o-and-o in New York in 1960. On September 11, 2006, a news share agreement was established with WRSP/WCCU (then separately controlled). 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