Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. Until October 13, 2014, WICD's separate weekday newscasts at its Champaign headquarters were not included in the upgrade because that set lacked high definition cameras. The syndicated block was followed by a flip-flop of local news and network news on WICS and sister station WICD. Syndicated Programming This is a 1996 report on a local Springfield pastry tradition, Mel-O-Cream Donuts. March 7, 2011 | 6:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck. Joe Crain, a WICS Springfield, Ill., meterologist since 2004, disappeared from the weather report after ad-libbing June 5 about the "Code Red" moniker that station owner Sinclair Broadcast Group implemented as a severe-weather alert. They are subject to removal by the contributors and YouTube. One minute she's on the news, the next minute she's gone. With the exception of the WCCU newscast, WICD no longer produces Champaign-specific local news. The union had represented six employees until its contract expired onNov. 15. (from Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide}. List of news presenters by nationality American news anchors. We're your source for local news, weather and sports. Dee Dee Gatton BREAKING: Crews battle two-alarm fire at south Charlotte apartment complex Dee Dee Gatton First at Four Anchor, Investigative Reporter Charlotte, NC Prior to coming to Charlotte, Dee Dee was the evening anchor/special projects reporter at WICS-WRSP in Springfield, Illinois. 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. 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 Hazard, Kentucky . WICS Sold by Plains Television Partners to Guy Gannett Communications. Investigative Reporting, Journalism, Editing, Broadcast Journalism, Writing, Video, Avid, Final Cut Public Information Officer at Illinois State Treasurer's Office. 1976 Fall TV montage of shows broadcast during the week. On Monday, he might not have a job to return to. It features Ric Kearbey, Liz Foster, Vince DeMentri, Shantel Middleton, Brett Baldeck, Garrett Brnger, and Donnie Tillman. 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. 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. [3], On March 26, 2011, WICD ceased airing its own newscasts on weekends opting to simulcast those from WICS. Here is a complete directory of nearly every professional News Anchors nearby. Quotation[2] = "'The story first broke on FTVLive.com' - AP"; 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. 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. At that time the station's call letters were changed to WHNB-TV. The Final Years of Plains Television Partners and WICS. (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".) From 2009, this weather promo features Gus Gordon, Joe Crain and Danny Russell. --from Gus Gordon's Linkedin profile, September 5, 2005, first day at being an ABC affiliate, Gus Gordon (Doug Quick Collection), August 2010, Gus Gordon (Doug Quick Collection). It follows meteorologist Joe Crains on-air criticism of Sinclairs Code Red weather alert policy. November 21, 2011 | 8:25 am EST by TVNewsCheck, News-Gazette.com | 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. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. December 21, 2011 | 2:42 pm EST by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | Quotation [19] = " 'FTVLive.com, a prominent television industry website' - Lexington Herald Leader" 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. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42. This popular horror movie feature was produced at WQAD, Channel 8 in Moline, Illinois, and was syndicated to KCRG-TV(Cedar Rapids, Iowa), along with WEEK-TV(Peoria), and across central Illinois on WICS and WICD. Help me identify people in these pictures, some I know, but others I do not. [15][8][10][12] On June 13, a spokesman for Sinclair stated that he had been, in fact, let go. 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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. Here's a sample segment from "Real People" about an ugly dog contest. They might have had a strange talent, demonstrated a stunt, had a peculiar occupation.I think you get the idea. Quotation [15] = " 'FTVLive Reported the Story First'- NY Times" WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. 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. In 1967, Plains Television merged WCHU and WICD into a new full-power station on UHF channel 15 under the WICD calls, but operating under the WCHU license. The Decatur Herald-Review Newspaper WICS/WICD, however, did air The Point (a one-minute conservative political commentary) that was also controversial and a requirement of all Sinclair-owned stations with newscasts until the series was discontinued in December 2006. // To add more quotations, continue with the Multimedia journalists based at WICD's Champaign studios still provide coverage of the eastern areas of the market. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. Gus Gordon(weather), Don Hickman, Susan Finzen(anchors), Paul Wappel(sports) (courtesy WICS), Rebroadcast of vintage video showing Don Hickman and staff (courtesy of WICS). 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 I deeply regret that. This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; WICS News Anchors 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. By Justin Carter. This is a WICS 10 pm weathercast from February 4, 2014. 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. Quotation [18] = " 'FTVLive is the Most Incrediable thing in our Business' - i24News" 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. A short voice over promo for NBC Saturday Night at the Movies from 1975. 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. Hickman died of liver cancer in Kissimmee,. Guy Gannett finally bought WICD in 1994. By 1978, WHNB-TV was sold to Viacom, while the Balaban's retained their Plains Television Partners stations WICS and WICD. Although, that wasn't all. Plains Television Partners held onto WICD making it the final property owned by the company before finally selling to Guy Gannett. [1] However, it was a primary NBC affiliate. 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. 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. 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. He received CableACE awards in 1989 and 1993, and was a New York . Twitter | Eight Stations Launch NextGen TV In Champaign/Springfield-Decatur, Code Red Forecaster, WICS Resolve Differences. 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. 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 also competes with another two-hour local newscast seen at same time on MyNetworkTV affiliate WCIX (produced by WCIA). 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. Impeachment managers argued that Trump's speech on January 6 incited the deadly insurrection at the U. S. Capitol. Quotation [13] = " '(FTVLive) is a Mad Blogger'- Piers Morgan" The News-Gazette In 1963 Robert D. McMullin was listed as WCIA News Editor (News Director). 2016, WICS News Anchor Team, Stacey Skrysak, John Reger, (YouTube). It may cost him his job", "Where is Joe Crain? Later in the year, Sinclair signed the stations with ABC. By the late 1970's most of the films were from a less than a classic package of films. WICS began operations on September 17, 1953 and was owned by Plains Television Partners of Springfield, which was a 50/50 joint venture of . 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[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; He was 66. Later in the year, Sinclair signed the stations with ABC. // Set up the quotations to be shown, below. Brittany is no stranger to Illinois as she's worked at news stations in southern and central . Help me identify people in these pictures, some I know, but others I do not. John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from 1975-1980. The two stations are counted as a single unit for ratings purposes. [5][6] While WICS and WICD operated separate news departments, there was a considerable amount of resource sharing between the two outlets, such as with video footage and personnel. TV Spy | 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. 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. showQuotation(); That enabled WICS to compete on the level of attracting central Illinois viewers to nearly an equal plain to its major competitor. 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. WICD, Channel 15 was the result of a merger between two relatively lower powered sister stations of WICS. Please note that the schedule for WICD and WICS were virtually identical. Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. 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. During the Summer of 1967, the new WICD(channel 15) would go on the air from the tallest (tower)structure in the state of Illinois at the time. Off-network shows were syndicated in 30-minute versions and in central Illinois appeared on WMBD-TV, Peoria as well as sister station WCIA in Champaign. Crain criticized Sinclair Broadcast Groups initiative to implement mandatory code red days in their affiliates forecasts. The switch was to take place on Labor Day of 2005. // Free for all; but please leave in this header. Now he might be out of a job", "A weatherman slammed his station's constant 'Code Red' warnings. 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. Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WICD is considered . Gordon was named the Executive Director of the Hoogland Center for the Arts on February 1, 2013. 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 WICS would preempt NBC programming to air syndicated programs during prime time, in which the station could charge prime rates to more advertisers as there was more commercial time available during those syndicated shows. Lincoln Library-Springfield (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), The "Real People" Express visits Springfield, IL. WICS-TV Jun 2018 - Feb 2020 1 year 9 months. Quotation[10] = "'The statement from New York-based NBC was in response to a report on the FTVLive' - Bloomberg"; The reason? The call letters of WNBC-TV were transferred soon after to NBC's network o-and-o in New York in 1960. This full-powered, full-color facility would replace Channel 33, 24 and 75 in central Illinois and would bring rural viewers from Crawfordsville, Indiana to Decatur, Illinois NBC programming. July 3, 2019 | 6:36 am EDT by Kevin Eck, Sinclairs Springfield, Ill. ABC affiliate WICS and its former meteorologist Joe Crain have released a joint statement, saying they have resolved their differences in a private agreement and will be moving on from their dispute., CNN Business | 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. During the Summer of 2004, it was announced that WAND would become the market's NBC station. Plains Television sold WICS to Guy Gannett Communications (no relation to the larger Gannett Company), in 1986 but held onto WICD until 1994. The situation with WICS/WICD wasunique when it came to Saturday Night Live. 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