He left his position at NewsChannel 20 at the end of May 2012 to become the full-time Artistic Director at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois. Crain criticized Sinclair Broadcast Groups initiative to implement mandatory code red days in their affiliates forecasts. The News-Gazette Bob Lee for the vast majority of program titles screen grabs It carried programming from all four networks of the era (NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont). 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. 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. His characters were Vincent Hedges(a vampire), Emmit(the hunchback), Beauregard(the caveman), and Bertie and Bernie(the skull). Quotation [18] = " 'FTVLive is the Most Incrediable thing in our Business' - i24News" The Tonight Show followed, then Tomorrow would end the broadcast day. During the Summer of 2004, it was announced that WAND would become the market's NBC station. As such, it simulcasts all network and syndicated programming as provided through WICS, and the two stations share a website. News & Sports MMJ & Producer 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. Board of Directors at YMCA, Board of Directors at American Red Cross Illinois Capital Area Chapter, DM at Ace Hardware, District Manager at Ace Hardware Corporation - Oak Brook , IL, District Manager at Ace Hardware Corporation - Oak Brook , IL. Jordan Elder is switching Sinclair owned stations. Senate Republican Caucus, Vice President & Senior Trust Officer at Jacksonville Savings Bank, Communication Manager/Spokesperson at Illinois Department of Transportation, President, Savant Multimedia, Social Media Management/Advertising Firm. 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. A link to the page for WICS is here, just click on the button above. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; The dog was Fang, the Wonderdog. This probably wasn't met favorably by NBC, but it seems that it didn't stop WICS from doing it. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell . A link to the page for WICS is here, just click on the button above. Quotation [20] = " ' first published by the website FTVLive' - The Hill" Late Monday, WICS GM Rick Lipps said in a video posted to the stations website that Code Red, which may no longer be fitting, will be replaced with Weather Warn., The State Journal-Register | Weekend newscasts on WICD Champaign, Ill., will originate from Springfield, beginning March 26. It was hosted by Chuck Acri a businessman who also ran a home improvement company in the Quad Cities. Fitness, Media Relations, Public Speaking, Public Relations, Crisis Communications, Press Releases, Assistant Director of Public Relations at University of Illinois Springfield. 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 is a WICS 10 pm weathercast from February 4, 2014. 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. 2 min read. Hickman was a CNN original one of the first faces seen . 45 in Champaign into WICD's studios. June 7, 2019 | 6:43 am EDT by Bernard Schoenburg, Sinclair Broadcast Group said Thursday that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union Number 51 is no longer representing Sinclair employees at its ABC affiliate WICS Springfield, Ill. (DMA 88). [16] This is not the first time the station has taken issue with talent popular with their viewers; in 2015, chief meteorologist Ric Kearbey was unable to reach a deal with WICS on a new contract, while anchor Liz Foster resigned to take a new position in Charlotte, North Carolina.[17][18][19]. Brittany is no stranger to Illinois as she's worked at news stations in southern and central . The situation with WICS/WICD wasunique when it came to Saturday Night Live. // To add more quotations, continue with the One minute she's on the news, the next minute she's gone. Local newscasts, produced by WICS, are simulcast on both stations. Vince DeMentri is a popular American who now serves as the president and CEO of deadline media consulting in Tampa, Florida, since September 2017. The switch was to take place on Labor Day of 2005. In 1983, as part of a publicity stunt, the cast toured the country via a train called the "Real People Express." WICD would follow with a play of its public affairs program Assignment 15.. WICS began operations on September 17, 1953 and was owned by Plains Television Partners of Springfield, which was a 50/50 joint venture of . "[13] Despite complaints and comments from viewers on the station's social media platforms,[14] letters to the editor and local talk radio shows, Sinclair continued to mandate its meteorologists to use the terminology. It appears to have been a decision of new WICD Station Manager Joe Norris. As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. WICS Improvements/Planning Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. 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. Fred Hickman, an influential sports broadcaster who became one of the early stars of CNN as host of "CNN Sports Tonight," has died. 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. Quotation[2] = "'The story first broke on FTVLive.com' - AP"; Lincoln Library-Springfield The NBC lineup included Hollywood Squares, High Rollers, Wheel of Fortune, Mind Readers, Password Plus, Days of Our Lives, Doctors and Another World. By3pm, the lineup featured all syndicated off-network fare, including I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Batman, The Brady Bunch and Happy Days, Again"(the syndicated title of Happy Days). During the Summer of 2004, it was announced that WAND would become the market's NBC station. The State Journal-Register | It wasn't purchased by Guy Gannett until 1994. It's unknown when WICS finally signed on with Saturday Night Live, but it was AFTER 1979. Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; When the station was to go on the air in late January or early February of 1967, the area suffered a major ice storm. Mattoon-Charleston Area Weather Forecast. Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. // Copyright 2004 by CodeLifter.com Others who have spent time there included Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Bill Murray, Albert Brooks, Don Novello, Paul Shaffer, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Gilbert Gottfried, Joe Piscopo, Charles Rocket, Eddie Murphy, Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky and Denny Dillon. That was in April of 1978. We are pleased that as an [], February 27, 2017 | 6:55 am EST by TVNewsCheck. As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from. Sinclair is providing sales and other non-programming services to the stations pursuant to shared services and joint sales agreements. However, WICS was the only station uplinked by satellite providers due to contractual obligations, since it was considered the main station. WICS would preempt NBC programming to air syndicated programs during prime time, in which the station could charge prime rates to more advertisers as there was more commercial time available during those syndicated shows. In 1967, Plains Television merged WCHU and WICD into a new full-power station on UHF channel 15 under the WICD calls, but operating under the WCHU license. The situation with WICS/WICD wasunique when it came to Saturday Night Live. Eight Stations Launch NextGen TV In Champaign/Springfield-Decatur, Code Red Forecaster, WICS Resolve Differences. 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 Here was a TV Guide entry for just such a pre-emption. Quotation[8] = "'CNBC wanted a reaction to a story someone had seen on FTVLive' - Vanity Fair "; 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. Quotation[9] = "'FTVLive.com Scooped Everyone With News' - About.com "; It features Elizabeth Wooley, Jerry Lambert, and reporter Catie Sheehan. We're your source for local news, weather and sports. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. Meanwhile, WICS would struggle with the technical limitations of WCHU and WICD. 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. Be sure to check other regions around Springfield, IL to locate the records of more people. 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. 1976 Fall TV montage of shows broadcast during the week. Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. 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. Anchor Leaves Station without a Word (Thanks to Sinclair) October 28, 2016 / Scott Jones. Here's a sample segment from "Real People" about an ugly dog contest. On Monday, he might not have a job to return to. From 2009, this weather promo features Gus Gordon, Joe Crain and Danny Russell. Quotation[10] = "'The statement from New York-based NBC was in response to a report on the FTVLive' - Bloomberg"; Local SNL fans objected in a big way..in fact the backlash was huge! John Belushi who was with the show from 1975 to 1979, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin were there from 1975-1980. Springfield IL Deadline-driven Anchor and Reporter for (then) #1 rated 6pm and 10pm newscasts. I hope you can understand why I was unable to share the information sooner. It was not until December 2012 that local newscasts seen on WICS were upgraded to HD. Others in the news staff included: Dale Coleman, Nick Alexander, Kyle Hill, Dave Lange, Alan Crane, and others. Total Television by Alex McNeil. Joe Crain has been a meteorologist at WICS Springfield, Ill., for 15 years. I deeply regret that. // to increment the Quotation[x] index! Guy Gannett finally bought WICD in 1994. This is a special hour-long NBC News as broadcast from November 20, 1977. December 26, 2013 | 7:31 am EST by TVNewsCheck, TVNewsCheck/Playout | Help me identify people in these pictures, some I know, but others I do not. The Springfield State Journal-Register | Groundbreaking sports broadcaster and Springfield native Fred Hickman, best known for anchoring CNN's "Sports Tonight," died Wednesday. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. Accordingly in 1959, Plains Television signed-on WCHU in Champaign as a low-powered satellite of WICS. Railsplitters would go on to sponsor the Sunday night movie as well, "The Sunday Cinema.". December 7, 2012 | 8:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck, SJ-R.com | var Quotation=new Array() // do not change this! [21] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 20. 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. On September 11, 2006, a news share agreement was established with WRSP/WCCU (then separately controlled). Don Hickman, who was an anchor at WICS in Springfield for 29 years, died of natural causes Saturday. I am overjoyed at my new career and lifestyle change that promotes work life balance. The prime-time access slot after the news block was filled by the weekday syndicated version of The Newlywed Game at 6:30 pm. 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. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) stating that the "Code Red" system "overstat[es] the danger to our community." From August 12, 2016, the 10pm newscast from WICS, Channel 20. Local pickets, letters, boycotts, and threats were made..and the decision was reversed in a matter of a couple of weeks. This was the 1965-66 Season Premiere Video produced for NBC Sales. This is a clip from August 17, 2010 and the 5pm show. The two stations operated as a regional network sharing most network and syndicated programming. Farm Report. The rest of the morning consisted of typical children's programming from NBC including more modern versions of classic fare like Fred and Barney Meet the Schmoo and the re-worked Warner Brothers cartoons with Daffy Duck and a modern rework of Casper. It was also known that the show would probably rile some advertisers which would make it difficult to sell to local ad buyers. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42. I am now the Marketing Manager for the Springfield Illinois Convention & Visitors Bureau. A 1979 NBC promo for the premiere network broadcasts of "Escape to Witch Mountain" and "The Towering Inferno" narrated by Casey Kasem. Cindy Larson and others at WICS In the case of WICS/WICD, it was a late movie. March 3, 2015 | 10:02 am EST by TVNewsCheck, The State Journal-Register | Neuhoff Broadcasting-Danville 1988 was the 50th anniversary of Springfield's Mel-O-Cream Donuts and Dave Heller did a report on the local company. 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. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. Quotation [11] = "'Scott Jones, whose FTVLive.com Web site broke the story' - LA Daily News" It was decided WICD being in a more liberal university community would air the 1970's version of SNL. Klein's imminent exit was first reported by FTVLive' - NY Times"; // ====================================== Springfield Area Weather Forecast. Effingham Area Weather Forecast. Ann Marshall Press Releases, Media Relations, Strategic Communications, Public Relations, Internal Family Service Consultant at Staab Funeral Home, Financial Planner, Insurance and Investments at Communication Manager at CMS - State of Illinois. Brittany Hardaway joined 13 WREX as an anchor for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts in July of 2021. Quotation[4] = "'FTVLive a TV news website that is often on the money' - LA Times"; by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh CNN reported that Hickman died Wednesday after battling liver cancer, according to his widow, Sheila. At the same time, WCHU began breaking off from the WICS signal to air some local programming for the eastern side of the market, which was simulcast on WICD. The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. 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. Pictured are WICS staff members Robert Wilson and John McKinney. The titles included City Life, Advance Notice and Saturday Report. All three of which were simulcast on sister station WICD in Champaign. Although the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had collapsed most of East Central Illinois into one giant television market, WICS took on a secondary CBS affiliation because its primary affiliate, WCIA in Champaign, only provided a marginal signal to Springfield. September 19, 2012 | 3:34 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | That left a huge part of the rural areas including Charleston, Tuscola, and other east-centralcommunities without NBC network service from 1959 through 1967. Contact Springfield, Illinois Area Sports Reporter/Anchor WYMT Jun 2016 - Jun 2018 2 years 1 month. In 1964, it moved to its current studios on East Cook Street in East Springfield. 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. Paul Davis would take the reins of Channel 3 News where he would continue through 1979. Joe Crain The existing hour-long WICS-produced newscast on WRSP, which had been simulcast on WCCU, was refocused to Springfield and became known as Fox News at Nine. WCHU, Channel 33 in Champaign only broadcast a radius of about 15 miles from downtown Champaign. This is a 10 pm newscast from February 24, 2016. Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. 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 | They might have had a strange talent, demonstrated a stunt, had a peculiar occupation.I think you get the idea. Open in Who Shared Wrong byline? This is a clip of the event. 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. [2] WCFN's prime time broadcast would be eventually canceled by WCIA on September 28, 2009. The 1979 intro to "The Wonderful World of Disney" as broadcast on NBC and WICS. (picture courtesy of Teresa Wilson Ericson, daughter of Robert Wilson) Quotation[3] = "'The TV Blogger who broke the news.' - Gawker"; 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"). It states that WICD was also purchased by Guy Gannett Communications in 1986. Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' [1] However, it was a primary NBC affiliate. Former Weather Channel Anchor Cheryl Lemke hasn't run into Homer Simpson yet, but she is enjoying life in Springfield, Illinois. Plains Television Partners held onto WICD making it the final property owned by the company before finally selling to Guy Gannett. They might have had a strange talent, demonstrated a stunt, had a peculiar occupation.I think you get the idea. Here was a TV Guide entry for just such a pre-emption. [3], On March 26, 2011, WICD ceased airing its own newscasts on weekends opting to simulcast those from WICS. Contributors: This ice storm would bring down the newly constructed WICD tower. While the network programming would shift from one set of stations to another, the syndicated shows would remain on the original stations, with some shifting time slots. Quotation [12] = "'has handed in his resignation, according to FTVLive.com' - TVNewser" NBC filled the post late news time with sporting events, along with Saturday Night Live. WICS would follow SNL with a videotaped replay of its own 10 pm news. Known as NewsChannel at 9 on Fox Illinois, it aired for a half-hour from a modified set at WICS' Springfield studios featuring unique duratrans indicating the Fox-branded show. // Set up the quotations to be shown, below. 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. Strategic Planning, E-learning, Higher Education Marketing, Educational Technology, Higher Technical Director at THINK TeleVisual LLC., Digital Media Mechandising Producer at Anderson Technical Director at THINK TeleVisual LLC. On December 31, 2012, the Sinclair Broadcast Group closed on the purchase of the non-license assets of GOCOM's three television stations, WRSP/WCCU and sister station WBUI for approximately $25.6 million. The owners of Plains Television Partners were Harry and Elmer Balaban, the two younger brothers of Barney Balaban, who was the head of Paramount Pictures during the 1940s and '50s. He received CableACE awards in 1989 and 1993, and was a New York . 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. "He was a very versatile reporter, but he was also an incredibly . 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. Quotation[0] = "'Mr. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ============================================== However, WCCU quickly moved its advertising sales operation from its location on South Neil Street/U.S. Although, that wasn't all. November 21, 2011 | 8:25 am EST by TVNewsCheck, News-Gazette.com | When "Star Trek" premiered, it was pre-empted by WICS for off-network reruns of "Laramie." Here is a complete directory of nearly every professional News Anchors nearby. Decatur Public Library This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. 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. There should be one correction, though. 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). Meteorologists at local stations under Sinclairs auspices are encouraged or at times, forced into declaring code red days, the decision often made by management. 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. The Bloomington Pantagraph ".and so it goes.". Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; WICS continued to be owned by Plains Television Partners from its beginnings through 1986 and co-owned with sister station WICD in Champaign. This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. | function showQuotation(){document.write(Quotation[whichQuotation]);} WICS, WICD, WCIA, WRSP, WCCU, WAND, WBUI and WCIX are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology. Well Poteau has left the station and TV news altogether. It seems that Saturday Night Live replaced a time period in which local stations previously programmed it to air movies and other syndicated programming. 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. Along with television, Elmer Balaban also owned a number of local radio stations in medium-size markets around the country. 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. June 8, 2019 | 8:03 am EDT by Matthew Cappucci. - Greta Van Susteren" 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. Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. WCIA 3 Severe Weather Center. The Illinois State Journal-Register (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), The "Real People" Express visits Springfield, IL. By Justin Carter. 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. WICS Charity Basketball Team, about 1989 (WICS). var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); (from Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide}. December 22, 2015 / Scott Jones. The Urbana Courier Newspaper The Decatur Herald-Review Newspaper [15][8][10][12] On June 13, a spokesman for Sinclair stated that he had been, in fact, let go. One of the more "infamous" pre-emptions was that of "Star Trek" which was replaced by airing off-network reruns of "Laramie." She also co-anchored FOX40 Live Morning. Multimedia journalists based at WICD's Champaign studios still provide coverage of the eastern areas of the market. Just drop me a note at the form on the Home page. 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. That enabled WICS to compete on the level of attracting central Illinois viewers to nearly an equal plain to its major competitor. Read more about those struggles in "Pictures on the Prairie" available by clicking on the link above. Before the high-def conversion, here is the 6 pm Newscast from WICS, Channel 20 from July 7, 2011. Former WICS Anchor Don Hickman Dies at 74. Both WRSP/WCCU and WBUI were initially operated from separate facilities from WICS/WICD. This probably wasn't met favorably by NBC, but it seems that it didn't stop WICS from doing it. On Instagram, Elder wrote that she'd "close. 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. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. However, the FCC did not allow Sunrise to buy WICS/WICD due to Sunrise's ownership structure. "He was an instant star," recalled Vann, who retired in 2019 after 42 years on television and now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Unlike the WRSP/WCCU show, WCFN's broadcast originated from WCIA's Champaign facilities but was targeted specifically at a Springfield audience. 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It seems that Saturday Night Live replaced a time period in which local stations previously programmed it to air movies and other syndicated programming. The union had represented six employees until its contract expired onNov. 15. 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). Broadcast Journalism, News Writing, TV News Production, Media Relations, Video, Final Cut Pro, Director of Communication at Daughters of Wisdom, President at Savant Multimedia, LLC, Board Member Director of Communication at Daughters of Wisdom. WICS-TV in Springfield and former station meteorologist Joe Crain say in the Monday joint statement that they've reached a "private agreement" and are "moving on from their dispute . 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