Teresa Wilson Ericson He worked as the main anchor of the 5, 6, and 10 pm news. Viewers have been wondering what happened to WICS (Springfield) Anchor Maggie Poteau? WICS News Anchors. Railsplitters would go on to sponsor the Sunday night movie as well, "The Sunday Cinema.". "[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. In modern times it also serves as the operations hub for several other Sinclair stations as well. 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 The call letters of WNBC-TV were transferred soon after to NBC's network o-and-o in New York in 1960. Most commercials were either done live or live on tape from the studios of WICS. Along with television, Elmer Balaban also owned a number of local radio stations in medium-size markets around the country. The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. WICD (channel 15) in ChampaignUrbana operates as a semi-satellite of WICS. Effingham Area Weather Forecast. September 19, 2012 | 3:34 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | 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. The Bloomington Pantagraph At that time the station's call letters were changed to WHNB-TV. 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 In 2012 WICS Anchor Jerry Lambert retired from the anchor desk. Plains Television sold WICS to Guy Gannett Communications (no relation to the larger Gannett Company), in 1986 but held onto WICD until 1994. It features Ric Kearbey, Liz Foster, Vince DeMentri, Shantel Middleton, Brett Baldeck, Garrett Brnger, and Donnie Tillman. From the start, NewsChannel at 9 competed with a newscast already established in the time slot on then-UPN affiliate WCFN (produced by WCIA). WICS would air paid religious programs by a professional evangelist, as well as paid info-commercials on behalf of charitable organizations. Fitness, Media Relations, Public Speaking, Public Relations, Crisis Communications, Press Releases, Assistant Director of Public Relations at University of Illinois Springfield. She took to social media to inform viewers of her life outside of news: For weeks I have been very quiet on social media. 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. [21] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 20. On April 7, 2015 despite this significant reduction, WICD began airing a full sixty-minute Champaign-based prime time newscast (weeknights at 9) on WCCU entitled Fox Champaign News at Nine. It follows meteorologist Joe Crains on-air criticism of Sinclairs Code Red weather alert policy. [15][8][10][12] On June 13, a spokesman for Sinclair stated that he had been, in fact, let go. Justin and Brittany are setting the record straight on why they will be away. Weekend newscasts on WICD Champaign, Ill., will originate from Springfield, beginning March 26. [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]. The Resignation of President Nixon as covered by NBC, August 8, 1974. Most were from the former ABC Movie of the Week TV movie catalog of films. One minute she's on the news, the next minute she's gone. It carried programming from all four networks of the era (NBC, CBS, ABC, and DuMont). This is a recording of the "A" block of a newscast from WICS in early May of 1997. Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. WICS Sold by Plains Television Partners to Guy Gannett Communications. (from Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide}. 1976 Fall TV montage of shows broadcast during the week. Paul Davis would take the reins of Channel 3 News where he would continue through 1979. December 21, 2011 | 2:42 pm EST by TVNewsCheck, State Journal-Register | A short voice over promo for NBC Saturday Night at the Movies from 1975. (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), The "Real People" Express visits Springfield, IL. WICS owner Sinclair did not give her the chance to tell viewers goodbye. In 1983, as part of a publicity stunt, the cast toured the country via a train called the "Real People Express." This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. She's leaving WICS in Springfield, Ill. to join San Antonio NBC and Fox affiliates WOAI and KABB. The Washington Post | This is a complete newscast from August 1999 with Don Hickman and Susan Finzen. Hazard, Kentucky . He later would be at CNN for over 20 years and at WXIA in Atlanta before moving to a role in public relations and working for the United Way in Atlanta. WICS also pre-empted "Saturday Night Live" for a long period of time replacing it with a local-originated movie which allowed for more local ad sales than what was available during "SNL." That left a huge part of the rural areas including Charleston, Tuscola, and other east-centralcommunities without NBC network service from 1959 through 1967. 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"). This left WICS and WICD without a major network affiliation. News & Sports MMJ & Producer Lincoln Library-Springfield 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. 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). A 25-time Regional Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter, and Regional Edward R. Murrow Excellence in Writing Award winner, with nearly 40 years of broadcast news experience. WICS would broadcast St. Louis Cardinal Baseball during the era as well. 2 min read. (pictures from WICS and Flip Spiceland). Besides ownership of the two central Illinois TV stations, the Balaban brothers' company, H and E Balaban Corporation entered into a partnership in 1959 with Transcontinental Properties to purchase WNBC-TV, Channel 30 from NBC. CBS Color 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. A link to the page for WICS is here, just click on the button above. 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. This is a clip of the event. Former Weather Channel Anchor Cheryl Lemke hasn't run into Homer Simpson yet, but she is enjoying life in Springfield, Illinois. However, WCCU quickly moved its advertising sales operation from its location on South Neil Street/U.S. As a result, a nightly prime time newscast began airing on those two stations that was jointly produced by WICS/WICD. Former Channel 20 anchor Don Hickman dies JOHN REYNOLDS and MATTHEW DIETRICH 0:00 0:35 Don Hickman, whose nearly three decades as news anchor at WICS Channel 20 made him one of. Included with the change was a new set at the Springfield studios and updated Sinclair corporate graphics. The Associated Press | Twitter | The Tonight Show followed, then Tomorrow would end the broadcast day. Flip was WICS weathercaster for the six and ten-PM newscasts from 1973 to 1979. The syndicated version aired in the 6:30-7pm time weekday evening slot. 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. This is a special hour-long NBC News as broadcast from November 20, 1977. // To add more quotations, continue with the J.R. Evans 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). WCIA 3 Severe Weather Center. Flooring America Eyenet Camera Network. This week I began a new career in a new industry. In the case of WICS/WICD, it was a late movie. On September 11, 2006, a news share agreement was established with WRSP/WCCU (then separately controlled). The State Journal-Register | That of Channel 20(WICS) in Springfield, Channel 33(WCHU) in Champaign, Channel 24,(WICD) in Danville and Channel 75(W-75-AD) in Mattoon, Illinois. 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 | On June 26, 2010, rival WAND became the first television station in East-Central Illinois to upgrade news production to high definition level. 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). 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. Springfield, Illinois Area Sports Reporter/Anchor WYMT Jun 2016 - Jun 2018 2 years 1 month. Groundbreaking sports broadcaster and Springfield native Fred Hickman, best known for anchoring CNN's "Sports Tonight," died Wednesday. 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. It was simply more profitable, since airing the NBC show would limit the time available for local commercials. 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. // Free for all; but please leave in this header. Quotation [12] = "'has handed in his resignation, according to FTVLive.com' - TVNewser" These paid commercial programs would pop up in March, June, August, and even December. Now he might be out of a job", "A weatherman slammed his station's constant 'Code Red' warnings. By 1978, WHNB-TV was sold to Viacom, while the Balaban's retained their Plains Television Partners stations WICS and WICD. The syndicated block was followed by a flip-flop of local news and network news on WICS and sister station WICD. However, WICD airs separate commercial inserts and legal identifications. March 3, 2015 | 10:02 am EST by TVNewsCheck, The State Journal-Register | var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); Even as WCHU went on the air in 1960, plans were being made to bring a full-powered station to east central Illinois which would re-broadcast the signal of WICS and bring a city-grade signal to an even larger area than that of WCIA. Quotation [19] = " 'FTVLive.com, a prominent television industry website' - Lexington Herald Leader" 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. Crain criticized Sinclair Broadcast Groups initiative to implement mandatory code red days in their affiliates forecasts. Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; Just drop me a note at the form on the Home page. (see above) The movies included many of Hollywoods classic films from the Warner Brothers and MGM libraries. [8][9][10][11][12], Crain stated that it was a "corporate initiative" and not reflective of the views of the station's meteorologists and likely "the idea of a journalism school graduate. Critics of the initiative stated that the "Code Red" days unnecessarily alarm Central Illinois-area residents and harms local business revenue on the designated days. The union had represented six employees until its contract expired onNov. 15. It's been an incredible ride over the past 2+ years here in Springfield, one that I won't soon forget. By Merrill Knox on Nov. 21, 2011 - 11:14 AM. 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. Anchors Jerry Lambert and Marianne Manko are featured with weathercaster Kelly Curran. WICS (channel 20) is a television station licensed to Springfield, Illinois, United States, affiliated with ABC. 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Social Media, WICS Fires Anchor, Reporter After Hooters Fight, WICS Sports Director Krista Lander Leaving, WICS News Set Nominated For Mid-America Emmy, Vince DeMintri Joins Anchor Staff At WICS, WICS Reporter Katie Heinz Injured In Accident, Former WICS Anchor Don Hickman Dies At 74, Spot TV Forecast: After Political Bonanza In 22, Flat Will Suffice For 23, Top 30 Station Groups: Standard General Leaps Into Second Place With Tegna Acquisition, 13th Annual Women In Technology Awards Reception, Revenue Strategies: Advanced Targeting for Local TV. Facebook It appears to have been a decision of new WICD Station Manager Joe Norris. On March 13, 2015, Sinclair announced that WICD would stop offering separate newscasts on weekdays that focus on the eastern areas of the market (Champaign/Urbana/Danville). // ============================================== 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. Most of the time it was to air more big dollar commercials during syndicated programming. Joe Crain The Illinois State Journal-Register 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. Well Poteau has left the station and TV news altogether. Here was a TV Guide entry for just such a pre-emption. 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. Champaign Public Library Danville Area Weather Forecast. 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. March 7, 2011 | 6:17 am EST by TVNewsCheck. 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. 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. In 1963 Robert D. McMullin was listed as WCIA News Editor (News Director). Quotation[7] = "'FTVLive Delivers some of the TV World's Biggest Scoops' - Tonawanda News "; Quotation[9] = "'FTVLive.com Scooped Everyone With News' - About.com "; 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 A 1979 NBC promo for the premiere network broadcasts of "Escape to Witch Mountain" and "The Towering Inferno" narrated by Casey Kasem. Weekday programming in 1979 on WICS included the typical NBC daytime schedule of game and daytime dramas and locally originated off-network television series from the '60s and '70s. TV Spy | Hickman was an anchor at the ABC-affiliate from 1972 until his retirement in 2001. - Greta Van Susteren" Vince DeMentri is a popular American who now serves as the president and CEO of deadline media consulting in Tampa, Florida, since September 2017. 45 in Champaign into WICD's studios. He would remain as WCIA's News Director until 1967. They might have had a strange talent, demonstrated a stunt, had a peculiar occupation.I think you get the idea. His characters were Vincent Hedges(a vampire), Emmit(the hunchback), Beauregard(the caveman), and Bertie and Bernie(the skull). The titles included City Life, Advance Notice and Saturday Report. All three of which were simulcast on sister station WICD in Champaign. During the Summer of 2004, it was announced that WAND would become the market's NBC station. I deeply regret that. In June 2019, Sinclair fired Joe Crain, a weekday morning meteorologist who had been with WICS since 2006,[7] for speaking out on-air during the June 5 edition of NewsChannel 20 Sunrise against a group mandate to Sinclair's news-producing stations to denote threats of severe thunderstorm activity through "Code Red" alerts, regardless of the severity of the event being forecast, stating that the system was "created by, likely, a journalism school graduate," rather than a professional meteorologist. [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. Frederick Hickman (October 17, 1956 - November 9, 2022) was an American sports broadcaster with CNN, TBS, YES Network, and ESPN.He was later an anchor and managing editor for the evening newscast of the African-American cable news channel Black News Channel.Hickman was an original co-host of the CNN show Sports Tonight in 1980. 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"). A website has all the details about the "Acri Creature Feature", On Sunday mornings when other TV stations were offering religious or public affairs programming, WICS and WICD were giving us the "Sunday Morning Movie." 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. Later in the year, Sinclair signed the stations with ABC. "He was an instant star," recalled Vann, who retired in 2019 after 42 years on television and now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. WICS would often time preempt NBC for the airing of local origination programming during the prime time during the month following a rating period. Both WRSP/WCCU and WBUI were initially operated from separate facilities from WICS/WICD. Just drop me a note at the, Randy Miller for his picture contributions. This is a recording of the "A" block of a newscast from WICS in early May of 1997. Quotation [18] = " 'FTVLive is the Most Incrediable thing in our Business' - i24News" Click on the button to see the program schedule from the dates indicated above. By 1979, the WICS broadcast day began at 6:30 am and sign-off on weeknights followed the Tomorrow show hosted by Tom Snyder, at around 1 am. Meanwhile, WICD in Danville broadcast a signal of about 30 miles from Danville. When WICS moved from the former Leland Hotel studios, it moved into a large facility located at 2680 East Cook Street in Springfield. This is from 2013. (from the Doug Quick Collection of TV Guide), "Real People" was a reality-based variety show which gave a number of "real" people/groups their 15-minutes of fame in front of a national audience. News Writing, Video Production, Social Media, Videography, Journalism, Broadcast, New Media, Director of Digital Sports Development at Neuhoff Media, WTAX News Director/Brand Manager at Saga Communications. 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. It was decided WICD being in a more liberal university community would air the 1970's version of SNL. Broadcasting-Telecasting Magazine Remember Cindy Larson and others at WICS Before the high-def conversion, here is the 6 pm Newscast from WICS, Channel 20 from July 7, 2011. Others in the news staff included: Dale Coleman, Nick Alexander, Kyle Hill, Dave Lange, Alan Crane, and others. (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".) 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. WCIA 3 Weather Special. Until October 13, 2014, WICD's separate weekday newscasts at its Champaign headquarters were not included in the upgrade because that set lacked high definition cameras. Brittany Hardaway joined 13 WREX as an anchor for the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts in July of 2021. The FCC ruled HMTF held enough stock in Sunrise that if it bought WICS/WICD, it would have created a duopoly between two of the four highest-rated stations in the market, which is forbidden by FCC rules. The relationship of the two central Illinois NBC affiliates was so intertwined that it would be questionable that either one could continue to be successful without the other. The prime-time access slot after the news block was filled by the weekday syndicated version of The Newlywed Game at 6:30 pm. Hickman was a CNN original one of the first faces seen . WICS-TV Jun 2018 - Feb 2020 1 year 9 months. The rest of the weekday schedule was filled with NBC programming, with a local newscast at 10 pm. Meteorologists at local stations under Sinclairs auspices are encouraged or at times, forced into declaring code red days, the decision often made by management. The effort on WRSP/WCCU was further expanded on January 20, 2014, when WICS began producing a two-hour weekday morning show for the Fox affiliates. At Sinclair, employees are our most valuable asset. Other previous jobs include working at WXIA . A spokesman for the stations parent, Sinclair Broadcast Group, confirmed Wednesday night that Joe was let go., TVNewsCheck | James Isley Bob Lee for the vast majority of program titles screen grabs Springfield TV weatherman off air since slamming station's Code Red "corporate initiative" during broadcast", "Weatherman Calls Out Sinclair Broadcasting For The Terrible Storm Alert System They Make Him Use", "WICS meteorologist Joe Crain criticizes 'Code Red' alerts", https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190613/sinclair-meteorologist-joe-crain-let-go-from-wics, "Viewers displeased after weatherman Ric Kearbey announces he's leaving WICS", "Former WICS personality Ric Kearbey raising money for online weather site", "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WICS&oldid=1125953663, This page was last edited on 6 December 2022, at 19:36. 1988 was the 50th anniversary of Springfield's Mel-O-Cream Donuts and Dave Heller did a report on the local company. WRSP and WBUI share studios with WICS but WBUI also maintains an advertising sales office on South Main Street/US 51 in downtown Decatur. This was produced to promote the 1975-76 Fall Preview Special. Here is a segment from a weekday feature on a local farmer's market with Thomas Patrick and an interview conducted by Joe Crain. They are subject to removal by the contributors and YouTube. The weekend edition of the prime time news will continue to be a market-wide simulcast on WRSP and WCCU. He was 74. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and maintains studios on East Cook Street in Springfield's Eastside; its transmitter is located west of Mechanicsburg, in unincorporated Sangamon County. Quotation[4] = "'FTVLive a TV news website that is often on the money' - LA Times"; Please note that the schedule for WICD and WICS were virtually identical. WICD's transmitter is near the border between Illinois and Indiana, and WICD was carried on most cable systems on the Illinois side of the Terre Haute market. Flip was WICS weathercaster for the six and ten-PM newscasts from 1973 to 1979. From 2009, this weather promo features Gus Gordon, Joe Crain and Danny Russell. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. 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 also competes with another two-hour local newscast seen at same time on MyNetworkTV affiliate WCIX (produced by WCIA). As mentioned above, WICS frequently pre-empted prime time programming to insert its own programming. The two stations operated as a regional network sharing most network and syndicated programming. WICS News Anchors 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. Pictured below are few snapshots from their visit in Springfield, IL supplied by WICS. He received CableACE awards in 1989 and 1993, and was a New York . June 8, 2019 | 8:03 am EDT by Matthew Cappucci. Don Hickman, who was an anchor at WICS in Springfield for 29 years, died of natural causes Saturday. The low powered translatoron channel 75 in Mattoon probably didn't broadcast much more than a few miles from Mattoon. 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 SangamonLink has posted about historical highlights for Sangamon County including a story about WICS television history, in which it credits me as a source. by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh Gatton joined WICS in February 2017 and has been a news anchor and reporter since then. Decatur Public Library Multimedia journalists based at WICD's Champaign studios still provide coverage of the eastern areas of the market. SKILLS -Avid, Edius, and Premier Pro: Non-linear editing -Various web publishing programs Communications, Public Speaking, Public Relations, Writing, Marketing, Video Editing, Broadcasting, Broadcast, Broadcast Journalism, Non-linear Editing. However, WICS was the only station uplinked by satellite providers due to contractual obligations, since it was considered the main station. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ============================================== Syndicated Programming Here's a sample segment from "Real People" about an ugly dog contest. 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