When WICS moved from the former Leland Hotel studios, it moved into a large facility located at 2680 East Cook Street in Springfield. By Justin Carter. He was 74. Urbana Free Library, The CompleteDirectoryto Prime Time Network Shows We're your source for local news, weather and sports. Us @2023 FTVLive LLC 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. (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), The "Real People" Express visits Springfield, IL. 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. 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"). 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. June 13, 2019 | 6:58 am EDT by Brian Stelter, One week ago Joe Crain, the morning meteorologist at WICS Springfield, Ill., called out station management for mandating over-the-top Code Red weather alerts. "He was an instant star," recalled Vann, who retired in 2019 after 42 years on television and now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Lincoln Library-Springfield He worked as the main anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 pm news. Brittany is no stranger to Illinois as she's worked at news stations in southern and central . // To add more quotations, continue with the Although, that wasn't all. That is false. 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. 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 was the 1965-66 Season Premiere Video produced for NBC Sales. WICD, Channel 15 was the result of a merger between two relatively lower powered sister stations of WICS. Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. WICD and its Sinclair sister station in the market, WICS, will begin sharing weekend newscasts that day. 2016, WICS News Anchor Team, Stacey Skrysak, John Reger, (YouTube). The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. It features Elizabeth Wooley, Jerry Lambert, and reporter Catie Sheehan. 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 probably wasn't met favorably by NBC, but it seems that it didn't stop WICS from doing it. 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. The Decatur Herald-Review Newspaper // Do not change anything below this line June 12, 2019 | 6:22 am EDT by AP Staff. Groundbreaking sports broadcaster and Springfield native Fred Hickman, best known for anchoring CNN's "Sports Tonight," died Wednesday. 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 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. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. 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. Contact These paid commercial programs would pop up in March, June, August, and even December. 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. TV Guide (1954-1959) from the Doug Quick Collection Also, you'll learn more about that full-powered east central Illinois station at the WICD page (which is coming soon). Most commercials were either done live or live on tape from the studios of WICS. _taboola.push({flush: true}); Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. Dave Heller (who produced the 40th Anniversary of WICS and a number of screengrabs were taken) No corporation is perfect, nor is every policy. June 13, 2019 | 5:43 am EDT by Hank Price, Hank Price: The commitment of local broadcasters and their owners to the communities they serve is legendary. 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. 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