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WICS
WICS
Springfield/Decatur, Illinois
Branding ABC NewsChannel 20
Slogan Coverage You Can Count On
Channels Analog: 20 (UHF)

Digital: 42 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
(WICS Licensee, LLC)
First air date 1953[1]
Call letters’ meaning Illinois'
Capitol is
Springfield
Former affiliations Primary:
NBC (1953-2005)
Secondary:
DuMont (1953-1955) [1]
CBS (1953-1958)
ABC (1953-1958)
Transmitter Power 1510 kW (analog)
950 kW (digital)
Height 436 m (analog)
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Facility ID 25686
Transmitter Coordinates 39°48′16.2″N, 89°27′39.7″W
Website www.wics.com

WICS is the ABC affiliate located in Springfield, Illinois. 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 The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Springfield is the capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 116482 (U Branding itself as "ABC NewsChannel 20", it is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and broadcasts on channel 20. 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 Its transmitter is located near Mechanicsburg, Illinois. Mechanicsburg is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United Statesfounded by a very intelligent man named Richard Cox It is a sister station to WICD in Champaign, which is considered a semi-satellite of WICS even though the two stations produce separate newscasts. WICD which brands itself as "ABC NewsChannel 15" is an ABC affiliate TV station in Champaign Illinois. Champaign is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. WICS serves the western portion of the market (Springfield and Decatur) while WICD serves the eastern portion. Decatur is the largest city and the county seat of Macon County in the U

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History

WICS began operations on September 30, 1953; owned by Plains Television Partners of Springfield. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It carried programming from all four networks of the era: NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont [2]. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The DuMont Television Network was the world's first commercial Television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946 However, it was a primary NBC affiliate. Although the FCC had collapsed most of central Illinois into one giant television market, WICS took on a secondary CBS affiliation because its primary affiliate, Champaign's WCIA, only provided a marginal signal to Springfield. WCIA channel 3 is a CBS -affiliated television station located in Champaign Illinois. It also aired whatever ABC programs that WTVP in Decatur (now WAND) had to turn down in order to air CBS shows not cleared by WCIA. WAND is an NBC affiliate serving the Decatur&ndash Springfield &ndash Champaign area By 1958, WICS was an exclusive NBC affiliate. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The station originally broadcast from the Leland Hotel on Capitol Street in downtown Springfield. In 1964, WICS moved to its current studios on Cook Street in east Springfield. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.

The Federal Communications Commission considered making central Illinois an all-UHF market, but dropped these plans under heavy lobbying from WCIA. However, WICS' signal was not nearly strong enough to reach the eastern portion of the market. At the time, UHF signals were not strong enough to cover large amounts of territory. Accordingly, in 1959, Plains Television signed on WCHU in Champaign as a low-powered satellite of WICS. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1960, it bought WDAN-TV, a low-powered station on channel 24 in Danville, changed the calls to WICD, and made it another full satellite of WICS. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Danville is a City in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Starting in the 1960s, WCHU broke off from the WICS signal to provide some local programming, which was simulcast on WICD. In 1967, Plains Television merged WCHU and WICD into a new full-power station on channel 15 under the WICD calls, but operating under the WCHU license. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.

Plains Television sold WICS to Guy Gannett Broadcasting (no relation to the larger Gannett) in 1986, but held onto WICD until 1994. 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. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The two stations operated as a "regional network" sharing most network and syndicated programming. This arrangement nearly brought down WICD, and for a time it appeared that it would become a full satellite of WICS. Guy Gannett finally bought WICD in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Sinclair bought most of Guy Gannett's stations, including WICS and WICD in 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) 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 did not 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. As a result, Sinclair remains the owner of WICS, WICD and KGAN.

In 2005, WICS and WICD swapped affiliations with WAND and became ABC affiliates. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

WICS and WICD have been very competitive in the news race lately after years of being a distant second behind long-dominant WCIA. In fact, since the November and December 2006 Nielsen Ratings, the two stations have have led the central Illinois news ratings. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television This is as a result of combining the two stations' ratings; Nielsen Media Research considers WICS and WICD to be a single station, and identifies WICD as "WICS+" in ratings books. Nielsen Media Research ( NMR) is an American firm that measures media Audiences including Television, Radio

WICS/WICD also produces a nightly 9 pm newscast for the local FOX affiliate, WRSP-TV/WCCU. WRSP-TV (channel 55 and WCCU (channel 27 are affiliates of the Fox network in central Illinois.

Logos

WICS Logo 1990's to September 4, 2005 (while an NBC affiliate)

WICS Logo September 5, 2005 to present

Personalities

Current

Former

External links

References

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