WICS continued to be owned by Plains Television Partners from its beginnings through 1986 and co-owned with sister station WICD in Champaign. This probably wasn't met favorably by NBC, but it seems that it didn't stop WICS from doing it. 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. Dave Heller (who produced the 40th Anniversary of WICS and a number of screengrabs were taken) This arrangement nearly brought down WICD, and for a time, it appeared the station would revert to a full-time satellite of WICS. Well Poteau has left the station and TV news altogether. 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 . Later in the year, Sinclair signed the stations with ABC. (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. 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. (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".) Please note that the schedule for WICD and WICS were virtually identical. | 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. [15][8][10][12] On June 13, a spokesman for Sinclair stated that he had been, in fact, let go. 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. In June 2019, Sinclair fired Joe Crain, a weekday morning meteorologist who had been with WICS since 2006,[7] for speaking out on-air during the June 5 edition of NewsChannel 20 Sunrise against a group mandate to Sinclair's news-producing stations to denote threats of severe thunderstorm activity through "Code Red" alerts, regardless of the severity of the event being forecast, stating that the system was "created by, likely, a journalism school graduate," rather than a professional meteorologist. 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. 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. // Set up the quotations to be shown, below. Director of the Center for Online Leadership and Strategy (COLS) at University Professional and Director of the UPCEA Center for Online Leadership and Strategy - and - UIS Associate Vice Chancellor of Online Learning. 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. Champaign Public Library showQuotation(); Contact (You Tube), Linda Ellerby doing an NBC News Update from 1977. 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. Help me identify people in these pictures, some I know, but others I do not. by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh 1979, Newspaper ad from the Randy Miller Collection, TV Guide Ads for WICS They are subject to removal by the contributors and YouTube. 1976 Fall TV montage of shows broadcast during the week. The Springfield State Journal-Register | 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. Randy Miller and his Facebook Photo Collection On April 7, 2015 despite this significant reduction, WICD began airing a full sixty-minute Champaign-based prime time newscast (weeknights at 9) on WCCU entitled Fox Champaign News at Nine. This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. 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. (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". It was sponsored by Railsplitters Lincoln-Mercury which would either do live or recorded commercials in the studio with featured vehicles both new and used. 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. Included with the change was a new set at the Springfield studios and updated Sinclair corporate graphics. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and maintains studios on East Cook Street in Springfield's Eastside; its transmitter is located west of Mechanicsburg, in unincorporated Sangamon County. Hickman was a CNN original one of the first faces seen . As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. 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. Other previous jobs include working at WXIA . Hazard, Kentucky . As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through WICS, and the two stations share a website. 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. Lemke has gone from The Weather Channel to the Chief Met at WICS in Springfield. Joe Crain has been a meteorologist at WICS Springfield, Ill., for 15 years. Most commercials were either done live or live on tape from the studios of WICS. Danville Area Weather Forecast. However, WICS was the only station uplinked by satellite providers due to contractual obligations, since it was considered the main station. Pictured are WICS staff members Robert Wilson and John McKinney. When "Star Trek" premiered, it was pre-empted by WICS for off-network reruns of "Laramie." Don Hickman, who was an anchor at WICS in Springfield for 29 years, died of natural causes Saturday. However, WCCU quickly moved its advertising sales operation from its location on South Neil Street/U.S. This is a recording of the "A" block of a newscast from WICS in early May of 1997. Teresa Wilson Ericson By Justin Carter. The Tonight Show followed, then Tomorrow would end the broadcast day. 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. It's been an incredible ride over the past 2+ years here in Springfield, one that I won't soon forget. This is a recording of the "A" block of a newscast from WICS in early May of 1997. Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; The titles included City Life, Advance Notice and Saturday Report. All three of which were simulcast on sister station WICD in Champaign. The syndicated version aired in the 6:30-7pm time weekday evening slot. Paul Davis would take the reins of Channel 3 News where he would continue through 1979. John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from 1975-1980. Syndicated Programming They are subject to removal by the contributors and YouTube. Bomke's broadcast career began in Central Illinois as a morning anchor and reporter for WICD-TV in Champaign and WICS-TV in her hometown of Springfield. WICS would air paid religious programs by a professional evangelist, as well as paid info-commercials on behalf of charitable organizations. This is a 1996 report on a local Springfield pastry tradition, Mel-O-Cream Donuts. 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 Champaign's sister station was allowed to break from the WICS program schedule and it would air "Saturday Night Live" as broadcast on NBC. Meanwhile, WICS would struggle with the technical limitations of WCHU and WICD. 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. That enabled WICS to compete on the level of attracting central Illinois viewers to nearly an equal plain to its major competitor. She also was the Interim Chief Meteorologist at WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana. "[13] Despite complaints and comments from viewers on the station's social media platforms,[14] letters to the editor and local talk radio shows, Sinclair continued to mandate its meteorologists to use the terminology. 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. Pictured are WICS staff members Robert Wilson and John McKinney. 2016, WICS News Anchor Team, Stacey Skrysak, John Reger, (YouTube). Accordingly in 1959, Plains Television signed-on WCHU in Champaign as a low-powered satellite of WICS. When WICS moved from the former Leland Hotel studios, it moved into a large facility located at 2680 East Cook Street in Springfield. We are pleased that as an [], February 27, 2017 | 6:55 am EST by TVNewsCheck. --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). WICS Charity Basketball Team, about 1989 (WICS). He was 66. 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. Others in the news staff included: Dale Coleman, Nick Alexander, Kyle Hill, Dave Lange, Alan Crane, and others. 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. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell . (YouTube), Newsteam, Douglas Kimball, Dale Coleman and Nick Alexander, TV Guide, Nick Charles formerly of WICS at CNN, CNN Screen Shot. function showQuotation(){document.write(Quotation[whichQuotation]);} WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. This is from 2013. There were some TV classics there, such as the acclaimed Brian's Song but most were very forgettable. The union had represented six employees until its contract expired onNov. 15. 45 in Champaign into WICD's studios. (You Tube). Quotation[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; Roz Abrams, formerly of CBS News, ABC's Eyewitness News; Christiane Amanpour, CNN; Ernie Anastos (retired), formerly of WNYW, WABC-TV and WCBS-TV; Sade Baderinwa, WABC-TV; Bret Baier, Fox News; Rudi Bakhtiar, formerly at CNN and last seen at Fox News as a correspondent; Dana Bash, CNN; Martin Bashir, MSNBC, formerly ABC's Nightline We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. Scott Baer The syndicated block was followed by a flip-flop of local news and network news on WICS and sister station WICD. The weekend edition of the prime time news will continue to be a market-wide simulcast on WRSP and WCCU. // ====================================== At that time the station's call letters were changed to WHNB-TV. 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