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. Local newscasts, produced by WICS, are simulcast on both stations. Anchor Leaves Station without a Word (Thanks to Sinclair) October 28, 2016 / Scott Jones. From August 12, 2016, the 10pm newscast from WICS, Channel 20. It follows meteorologist Joe Crains on-air criticism of Sinclairs Code Red weather alert policy. J.R. Evans On October 7, 2013, the weekday edition of NewsChannel at 9 was expanded to an hour. It was originally called "NBC's Saturday Night" and premiered on October 11, 1975. 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. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. Quotation[8] = "'CNBC wanted a reaction to a story someone had seen on FTVLive' - Vanity Fair "; The cars would be driven into the new WICS studio where up to four vehicles could be featured at one time! WICS Sold by Plains Television Partners to Guy Gannett Communications. 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. Other previous jobs include working at WXIA . WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. She took to social media to inform viewers of her life outside of news: For weeks I have been very quiet on social media. The History of WICS, Channel 20, Springfield, IL. 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. The Final Years of Plains Television Partners and WICS. Quotation [14] = " 'FTVLive's Scott Jones one of the Most Important Media Reporters in America'- Mediaite" Along with television, Elmer Balaban also owned a number of local radio stations in medium-size markets around the country. ".and so it goes.". Contact WICS would broadcast St. Louis Cardinal Baseball during the era as well. | Plains Television Partners held onto WICD making it the final property owned by the company before finally selling to Guy Gannett. John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from 1975-1980. The journalist is popular for anchoring "Dateline" for NBC, and from 1997 to 2011, she was news anchor on the network's "Today" show. Railsplitters would go on to sponsor the Sunday night movie as well, "The Sunday Cinema.". 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 | It's been an incredible ride over the past 2+ years here in Springfield, one that I won't soon forget. 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. A short voice over promo for NBC Saturday Night at the Movies from 1975. Also, you'll learn more about that full-powered east central Illinois station at the WICD page (which is coming soon). Before, Vince served as a news anchor at WICS in Springfield, Illinois. Effingham Area Weather Forecast. 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. 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. From 2009, this weather promo features Gus Gordon, Joe Crain and Danny Russell. Help me identify people in these pictures, some I know, but others I do not. 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. They might have had a strange talent, demonstrated a stunt, had a peculiar occupation.I think you get the idea. | 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. Former WICS Anchor Don Hickman Dies at 74. Copyright 2023 NewsCheckMedia LLC, 238 Crosshill Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096 | 610-649-7989, DMA 85 (CHAMPAIGN-SPRINGFIELD-DECATUR, IL), DMA 84 (CHAMPAIGN-SPRINGFIELD-DECATUR, ILL.), DMA 83 (CHAMPAIGN-SPRINGFIELD-DECATUR, IL), DMA 82 (CHAMPAIGN-SPRINGFIELD-DECATUR, IL). The situation with WICS/WICD wasunique when it came to Saturday Night Live. That left a huge part of the rural areas including Charleston, Tuscola, and other east-centralcommunities without NBC network service from 1959 through 1967. As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. Springfield Area Weather Forecast. Eventually, WRSP and WBUI also moved from their offices on Old Rochester Road in Springfield and were consolidated into WICS' facility. That enabled WICS to compete on the level of attracting central Illinois viewers to nearly an equal plain to its major competitor. 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. Morning News Anchor WICS News Channel 20 May 2019 - May 2021 2 years 1 month. December 7, 2012 | 8:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck, SJ-R.com | Later in the year, Sinclair signed the stations with ABC. WICS, Channel 20, Springfield, Rick Lipps During the 1979-1980 TV season, the WICS weekday schedule followed Today at 9am with the first run weekday syndicated Dating Game followed by the NBC daytime schedule which was solid through3pm. 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. 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. Here was a TV Guide entry for just such a pre-emption. This is a recording of the "A" block of a newscast from WICS in early May of 1997. He was 66. It appears to have been a decision of new WICD Station Manager Joe Norris. Klein's imminent exit was first reported by FTVLive' - NY Times"; 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. Randy Miller and his Facebook Photo Collection When WICS moved from the former Leland Hotel studios, it moved into a large facility located at 2680 East Cook Street in Springfield. YouTube videos are the property of the individual copyright holders and only posted for their historical significance. 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. Just drop me a note at the form on the Home page. On June 26, 2010, rival WAND became the first television station in East-Central Illinois to upgrade news production to high definition level. WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. (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".) // pattern, adding to the array. That of Channel 20(WICS) in Springfield, Channel 33(WCHU) in Champaign, Channel 24,(WICD) in Danville and Channel 75(W-75-AD) in Mattoon, Illinois. 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. When "Star Trek" premiered, it was pre-empted by WICS for off-network reruns of "Laramie." The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. 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 showQuotation(); This is from 2013. In 1963 Robert D. McMullin was listed as WCIA News Editor (News Director). WICD, Channel 15 was the result of a merger between two relatively lower powered sister stations of WICS. Quotation[4] = "'FTVLive a TV news website that is often on the money' - LA Times"; 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. The SangamonLink has posted about historical highlights for Sangamon County including a story about WICS television history, in which it credits me as a source. With the eventual relaxation of ownership limits, Sinclair soon took the stations off the market and retained them. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. List of news presenters by nationality American news anchors. 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. November 21, 2011 | 8:25 am EST by TVNewsCheck, News-Gazette.com | A link to the page for WICS is here, just click on the button above. This probably wasn't met favorably by NBC, but it seems that it didn't stop WICS from doing it. The weekend edition of the prime time news will continue to be a market-wide simulcast on WRSP and WCCU. These broadcasts are known as ABC NewsChannel and feature a common graphics package seen on WICS and WICD. Combining the signals of WICS with WCHU, Channel 33 in Champaign, and WICD, Channel 24 in Danville increased the audience of the Plains Television stations to nearly that of Midwest Television's WCIA, Channel 3. 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. Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; TV Spy | President and Former Vice President of Print WICS Advertises For Meteorologists Replacement, Code Red Alert Gone After Meteorologists Knock, At KCCI Des Moines, The CSD Draws On Long And Varied Experience, Talking TV: CBCs About That Elevates Explainer News For Streaming, For NextGen TV, Cheaper Receivers, Bigger Markets And More HDR Are Next, Many Forces Working Against TV M&A In 2023, Hawaiis This Is Now Bridges Digital, Broadcast, Talking TV: Welcoming The End Of News Objectivity, Scale Complicates Monitoring, But Tools Level Up To The Challenge, Chatbots Downside For Media Is Already Clear, TV Groups Turn To Solutions Journalism, And Viewers Lean In, Local Businesses Pull Ads From WICS In Support Of Weathercaster, WICS Forecaster May Be Out After Criticizing Sinclair, WICS Meteorologist Criticizes Sinclair Code Red Alerts, WICS Strong Leader In Central Ill. 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. 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. When the station was to go on the air in late January or early February of 1967, the area suffered a major ice storm. This is a 10 pm newscast from February 24, 2016. This is a special hour-long NBC News as broadcast from November 20, 1977. Quotation[9] = "'FTVLive.com Scooped Everyone With News' - About.com "; That was in April of 1978. 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"). 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 Tonight Show followed, then Tomorrow would end the broadcast day. var Q = Quotation.length; // Copyright 2004 by CodeLifter.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. December 22, 2015 / Scott Jones. Although, that wasn't all. The FCC considered making East Central Illinois an all-UHF market but dropped these plans under heavy lobbying from WCIA. Most commercials were either done live or live on tape from the studios of WICS. Quotation[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; 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. 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." 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. As a result, a nightly prime time newscast began airing on those two stations that was jointly produced by WICS/WICD. For those of you who have sent me direct messages asking about my whereabouts because you have not seen me on the local evening newscasts, please know that this is the first time in my broadcasting career in which I was not given the opportunity to say goodbye. Here is a complete directory of nearly every professional News Anchors nearby. It states that WICD was also purchased by Guy Gannett Communications in 1986. It was not until December 2012 that local newscasts seen on WICS were upgraded to HD. 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. That left a huge part of the rural areas including Charleston, Tuscola, and other east-centralcommunities without NBC network service from 1959 through 1967. Here's a sample segment from "Real People" about an ugly dog contest. 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. April 22, 2015, the NewsChannel 20 6pm newscast. There should be one correction, though. This operations saw local news operations reduced at some stations and combined with national news coverage, weather forecasting, and sports headlines based out of Sinclair's headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland. This is a special hour-long NBC News as broadcast from November 20, 1977. 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 | During most of its run in the late 1960s and 70s, it was sponsored by the local Lincoln-Mercury dealership in Springfield, Railsplitters Motors. Local pickets, letters, boycotts, and threats were made..and the decision was reversed in a matter of a couple of weeks. The Resignation of President Nixon as covered by NBC, August 8, 1974. This was the 1965-66 Season Premiere Video produced for NBC Sales. Danville Public Library Teresa Wilson Ericson Springfield, Illinois Area Sports Reporter/Anchor WYMT Jun 2016 - Jun 2018 2 years 1 month. Brittany Hardaway joined 13 WREX as an anchor for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts in July of 2021. 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. 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. A spokesman for the stations parent, Sinclair Broadcast Group, confirmed Wednesday night that Joe was let go., TVNewsCheck | 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. 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. The two stations operated as a regional network sharing most network and syndicated programming. Multimedia journalists based at WICD's Champaign studios still provide coverage of the eastern areas of the market. The Associated Press | This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. He worked as the main anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 pm news. 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. 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). By Justin Carter. The reason? 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. 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." It seems that Saturday Night Live replaced a time period in which local stations previously programmed it to air movies and other syndicated programming. June 12, 2019 | 6:22 am EDT by AP Staff. The Bloomington Pantagraph _taboola.push({flush: true}); 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. by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh Some shows were pre-empted by reruns of, "The Gallant Men." With the exception of the WCCU newscast, WICD no longer produces Champaign-specific local news. Meteorologists at local stations under Sinclairs auspices are encouraged or at times, forced into declaring code red days, the decision often made by management. Open in Who Shared Wrong byline? December 21, 2011 | 2:42 pm EST by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | August 9, 2013 | 8:20 am EDT by TVNewsCheck, NewscastStudio | He was 66. Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. WICD and its Sinclair sister station in the market, WICS, will begin sharing weekend newscasts that day. 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. Please note that the schedule for WICD and WICS were virtually identical. WICS would air paid religious programs by a professional evangelist, as well as paid info-commercials on behalf of charitable organizations. Quotation[1] = "'The One-Man Website That Broke the Jay Leno Story' - About.com "; One minute she's on the news, the next minute she's gone. This is a complete newscast from August 1999 with Don Hickman and Susan Finzen. On Monday, he might not have a job to return to. (You Tube), Linda Ellerby doing an NBC News Update from 1977. And during Wednesday mornings broadcast, Crain had had enough. He was 74. "He was an instant star," recalled Vann, who retired in 2019 after 42 years on television and now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. [2] WCFN's prime time broadcast would be eventually canceled by WCIA on September 28, 2009. WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. Click here to view a video of a news segment on the people trying out for a "Real People" segment from syracuse.com. By Merrill Knox on Nov. 21, 2011 - 11:14 AM. 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. In 2012 WICS Anchor Jerry Lambert retired from the anchor desk. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; Brittany is no stranger to Illinois as she's worked at news stations in southern and central . 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. This is a clip of the event. // ====================================== June 11, 2019 | 6:23 am EDT by John O'Connor, 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. Remember I have been in the midst of a big transition. 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). 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. Children's Miracle Network Benefit with WTAX Radio. (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. var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); Bob Lee for the vast majority of program titles screen grabs One minute she's on the news, the next minute she's gone. Kathryn Dinardo Hickman was an anchor at the ABC-affiliate from 1972 until his retirement in 2001. The syndicated version aired in the 6:30-7pm time weekday evening slot. Joe Crain has been a meteorologist at WICS Springfield, Ill., for 15 years. Viewers have been wondering what happened to WICS (Springfield) Anchor Maggie Poteau? James Isley His characters were Vincent Hedges(a vampire), Emmit(the hunchback), Beauregard(the caveman), and Bertie and Bernie(the skull). This probably wasn't met favorably by NBC, but it seems that it didn't stop WICS from doing it. 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