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WICD
WICD/ABC NewsChannel 15
Champaign-Urbana-Danville, Illinois
Branding ABC NewsChannel 15
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On
Channels Analog: 15 (UHF)

Digital: 41 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC (2005-Present)
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
(WICD Licensee, LLC)
Founded April 23, 1959[1]
Call letters’ meaning WICD Champaign/Danville
or
We're in Illinois Champaign/Danville
Former callsigns WCHU-TV (1959-1967)
Former channel number(s) 33 (1959-1967)
Former affiliations NBC (1959-2005)
Transmitter Power 550 kW (analog)
950 kW (digital)
Height 396 m (analog)
375 m (digital)
Facility ID 25684
Transmitter Coordinates 40°4′10.3″N, 87°54′46.5″W
Website www.wicd15.com/

WICD which brands itself as "ABC NewsChannel 15", is an ABC affiliate located in Champaign, Illinois. Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. Urbana (ɝˈbænə is the County seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Danville is a City in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a NewsChannel (sometimes written as Newschannel or News Channel) is a popular name of local Television station Newscasts in the United A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property The Sinclair Broadcast Group ( SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local Television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages NewsChannel (sometimes written as Newschannel or News Channel) is a popular name of local Television station Newscasts in the United The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. It's owned-and-operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and broadcasts on channel 15. The Sinclair Broadcast Group ( SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local Television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations WICD's transmitter facility is located in Vermilion County, north east of Homer. Vermilion County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. Homer is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It's a sister station to WICS in Springfield. WICS is the ABC affiliate located in Springfield Illinois. Branding itself as "ABC NewsChannel 20" it is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group Springfield is the capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116482 (U

Although WICD identifies as a station in its own right, it is considered a semi-satellite of WICS. WICD clears all of WICS' syndicated programming, but produces its own newscasts and airs separate commercials. It serves the eastern half of the Champaign/Urbana/Springfield/Decatur market while WICS serves the western portion. Urbana (ɝˈbænə is the County seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U Nielsen Media Research counts WICS and WICD as one station, and identifies WICD as "WICS+" in its ratings books. Nielsen Media Research ( NMR) is an American firm that measures media Audiences including Television, Radio

WICD is also the de facto ABC affiliate for the Illinois side of the Terre Haute, Indiana market, which does not have an ABC station of its own. Terre Haute ( is a city in Vigo County, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois.

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History

WICD went on the air for the first time on April 23, 1959 as WCHU-TV an NBC affiliate on channel 33. The year 1959 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1959. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's It was owned by Plains Television Partners and was a low-powered satellite of Springfield's WICS. The WCHU signal traveled about 15 miles from its transmitter atop the Inman Hotel in downtown Champaign. The 1915 Inman Hotel is a former hotel building in Champaign Illinois. Studios were also located at the Inman Hotel. However, getting a decent signal from Springfield (85 miles west of Champaign) was usually hit-or-miss. Plains Television had to build a microwave tower in northwest Champaign to send the WICS signal to the WCHU studios. With a more reliable signal, the station began a more routine schedule on September 14. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Channel 33 began broadcasting in color the next year.

In July 1960, Plains Television Partners bought WDAN-TV in Danville. The year 1960 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1960. WDAN had originally debuted on December 19, 1953. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Originally, the station was an ABC affiliate broadcasting on channel 24 with a signal which radiated about 25 miles from its transmitter in Danville. WDAN-TV was owned by Northwest Publishing, owner and publisher of the Danville Commercial-News newspaper. Plains Television changed WDAN's call letters to WICD, and made it a full repeater of WCHU. From 1960 to 1967, both WCHU and WICD broadcast some locally originated programs from the WCHU studio in Champaign. However, WICD's transmitter was not capable of broadcasting local programming in color.

In June 1966, Plains Television announced that WCHU and WICD would merge into a single full-power broadcasting on channel 15. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. It would operate under the WICD call letters, but would use WCHU's license and studios at the Inman Hotel in Champaign. The new station would broadcast at a million watts, from the tallest tower in Illinois (at 1,385 feet). The new station was to have gone on the air in January 1967, but an ice storm toppled the tower. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. It was rebuilt and the new WICD went on the air in July. However, there are unconfirmed reports of a delay in the final paperwork for the new station, and it may have originally gone on the air as WCHU. The station moved from the Inman Hotel to its current studio facility on Country Fair Drive in 1978.

In 1986, WICS was purchased by Guy Gannett Broadcasting (no relation to the much larger Gannett Company), but WICD remained under the ownership of Plains Television. Guy Gannett Communications -- no relation to the larger Gannett communications chain -- was a family-owned business consisting of newspapers in Maine and a handful Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. The two stations operated as a "regional network," simulcasting most network and syndicated programming. This arrangement nearly brought down WICD. Guy Gannett finally bought WICD in 1994, and pumped significant resources into the station, particularly its news department. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Gannett then sold most of its television properties, including WICD and WICS, to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1999. Almost immediately after the acquisition by Sinclair was finalized, Sinclair announced the sale of the two stations, plus KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; to Sunrise Television. KGAN is a television station based in Cedar Rapids Iowa. It transmits on VHF channel 2 Cedar Rapids (ˌciːdɪrˈræpɨds is the second largest City in the U However, the FCC didn't allow Sunrise to buy WICS/WICD due to Sunrise's ownership structure. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst (HMTF), an investment firm controlled by Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks, owned a large block of Sunrise stock. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft The Dallas Stars are a National Hockey League team based in Dallas Texas. Thomas O Hicks Sr (born 1946 in Dallas Texas but later moved to Port Arthur Texas) is a Dallas Businessman According to Forbes Magazine HMTF is majority stockholder of LIN TV, then-owner of WAND in Decatur. WAND is an NBC affiliate serving the Decatur&ndash Springfield &ndash Champaign area Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U The FCC ruled that HMTF held enough stock in Sunrise that an acquisition of WICS/WICD would have resulted in a duopoly between two of the four highest-rated stations in the market--something which is forbidden by FCC rules. A true duopoly is a specific type of Oligopoly where only two producers exist in one Market. Sinclair subsequently withdrew the offer to sell the three stations in 2000. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

On September 5, 2005, as part of a larger national deal, WICD and WICS swapped affiliations with WAND and became ABC affiliates. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

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