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. Morning News Anchor WICS News Channel 20 May 2019 - May 2021 2 years 1 month. Quotation [12] = "'has handed in his resignation, according to FTVLive.com' - TVNewser" April 22, 2015, the NewsChannel 20 6pm newscast. On Monday, he might not have a job to return to. As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. It features Elizabeth Wooley, Jerry Lambert, and reporter Catie Sheehan. 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. 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, Vince served as a news anchor at WICS in Springfield, Illinois. This change took effect after the final WICD-produced newscast aired on April 3. Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. There were some TV classics there, such as the acclaimed Brian's Song but most were very forgettable. This is a complete newscast from August 1999 with Don Hickman and Susan Finzen. On September 5, 2005, the two stations swapped affiliations with WAND and became ABC affiliates as part of a larger national deal between LIN and NBC that also involved WDTN in Dayton, Ohio (who swapped affiliations with WICS/WICD's Dayton sister station WKEF the year before). From August 12, 2016, the 10pm newscast from WICS, Channel 20. This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. 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. Here's a sample segment from "Real People" about an ugly dog contest.  WICS-TV Jun 2018 - Feb 2020 1 year 9 months. Gatton joined WICS in February 2017 and has been a news anchor and reporter since then. One of the more "infamous" pre-emptions was that of "Star Trek" which was replaced by airing off-network reruns of "Laramie." Now he might be out of a job", "A weatherman slammed his station's constant 'Code Red' warnings. 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.  The Bloomington Pantagraph WICS, Sinclairs ABC affiliate in the Springfield-Decatur, Ill., had more than double the social media actions as its nearest media competitor in the past six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. 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. Quotation [20] = " ' first published by the website FTVLive' - The Hill" This is a 10 pm newscast from February 24, 2016. This is a clip from August 17, 2010 and the 5pm show. 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. He was 74.                             December 7, 2012 | 8:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck, SJ-R.com |  Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; 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. However, WICD airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications. The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. 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. Joe Crain has been a meteorologist at WICS Springfield, Ill., for 15 years. By 1958, WICS was an exclusive NBC affiliate. In 1983, as part of a publicity stunt, the cast toured the country via a train called the "Real People Express." It also competes with another two-hour local newscast seen at same time on MyNetworkTV affiliate WCIX (produced by WCIA). Just drop me a note at the form on the Home page.   It was decided WICD being in a more liberal university community would air the 1970's version of SNL. It was simply more profitable, since airing the NBC show would limit the time available for local commercials. 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. Syndicated 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 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".) 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.   Klein's imminent exit was first reported by FTVLive' - NY Times"; That left a huge part of the rural areas including Charleston, Tuscola, and other east-centralcommunities without NBC network service from 1959 through 1967.                             June 8, 2019 | 8:03 am EDT by Matthew Cappucci. It was also known that the show would probably rile some advertisers which would make it difficult to sell to local ad buyers.                             November 21, 2011 | 8:25 am EST by TVNewsCheck, News-Gazette.com |  Although WICD maintains its own studios on South Country Fair Drive in downtown Champaign, master control and most internal operations are based at WICS' facilities. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. From the start, NewsChannel at 9 competed with a newscast already established in the time slot on then-UPN affiliate WCFN (produced by WCIA). (pictures from WICS and Flip Spiceland). 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). It may cost him his job", "Where is Joe Crain? 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. With the eventual relaxation of ownership limits, Sinclair soon took the stations off the market and retained them. 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. Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WICD is considered .  We're your source for local news, weather and sports. Vice President at Frontline Public Strategies, Inc. Senior public affairs & media relations strategist, Founder of Frontline Public Strategies. [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. He worked as the main anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 pm news. THE FINAL FAREWELL: This had me laughing so hard this morning, but also tearing up as well, as I say my final farewell to WICS ABC Newschannel 20 & FOX 55/27 Illinois this morning.  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 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. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. 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.   _taboola.push({flush: true}); 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 was felt by the management of the time that WICS would be better served by keeping the late movie and airing the local commercials. It was hosted by Chuck Acri a businessman who also ran a home improvement company in the Quad Cities. Plains Television Partners held onto WICD making it the final property owned by the company before finally selling to Guy Gannett. 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. 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