Bloomington Daily Pantagraph(through the Abraham Lincoln Library and the Danville Public Library as well as newspapers.com [3], On March 2, 2009, WEEK-TV took over operations of rival WHOI, then owned by Barrington Broadcasting, through joint sales and shared services agreements. From August 1 to September 30, 2016, WEEK-DT2 simulcast WHOI's newscasts as HOI 19 News. While at ISU, Mitchell was named a Korva Coleman scholar, receiving a scholarship for her efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion through her reporting. The couple, both Pacific Northwest natives (from Vancouver, British Columbia), with their son, Louis, moved to Seattle from Boston three years ago when Grace became a news anchor for KING-TV. Granite-owned CBS affiliate WTVH in Syracuse, New York, (WHOI's original call letters) also saw its operations merge with Barrington-owned NBC affiliate WSTM-TV and low-powered CW affiliate WSTQ-LP the same day. Doug Quick Collection. World News Now (TV Series On the air: McNamee no longer anchoring 6 p.m. news on WEEK A lot of the former anchors move stations or go into the private sector. Quincy initially intended to provide continued services to WHOI, but Sinclair (having just completed its acquisition of Barrington Broadcasting in November 2013) gave notice that the JSA/SSA between WHOI and WEEK-TV, originally set to expire in March 2017, would be terminated within nine months of the completion of Quincy's purchase of WEEK-TV. ", TV Guide from the Doug Quick Collection The ad includes a statement by Fred C. Mueller, general manager stating that in less than three months practically all program time on the station has been sold. He was looking forward to being hooked up to the NBC television network live service on August 1, 1953. A script was prepared relating the story for Chuck and ending, Tonight the bridge is standing in a silent salute to the evening and the fastest 50 years in history. He read it with a chuckle and signed off. It didn't take long for the FCC to waiver once again. WEEK-DT3 is the CW-affiliated third digital subchannel of WEEK-TV, broadcasting in 720p high definition on channel 25.3. She joined the team in March 2022. A WEEK-TV complete newscastfrom May 3, 1993, A segment of a newscast from 1995 as broadcast on WEEK-TV, (Joyce Hemphill and Ken Christianson/YouTube). Multimedia, Journalism, Writing, Photography, Video, Stories, Editorial, Copy Editing, Editing, Director of Public Relations at Peoria Public Schools. It operated its ABC competitor under a joint sales and services agreement. "My choice of Bradley was pure chance. After it was ready, I often teamed with a photographer, Bob Seidel, to monitor the police for any news. Material Availability Analyst at Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc., Independent Journalist and Material Availability Analyst at Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. Chung came into the limelight as the first woman to co-anchor "CBS . FCC Denies an Attempt by WEEK-TV and WTVH-TV to Delay Hearings on Channel 8. When the JSA between WHOI and WEEK-TV was terminated on October 1, Quincy Media transferred the newscasts from WHOI to the new ABC subchannel. We have everythingstudios, transmitter, tower---permanently and correctly installed. At the time WEEK-TV was the first and only Peoria station on the air. From 1957, a prime-time lineup commercial broadcast during daytime programming. She later was a digital content editor at the Opelika-Auburn News. Home FAQ Anchor Birthdays Anchor Surveys GoGoMag.com Links: . The station was controlled through a local marketing agreement with the Quad Cities' ABC affiliate, WQAD-TV (then owned by Local TV; currently owned by Tegna Inc.), maintaining the majority of day-to-day operations in the big three affiliate's studios in Moline, Illinois. Since joe has been news. Bloomington Pantagraph, September 16, 1967 During his time at ASU, Crotonreported for KJZZ,the NPRaffiliate station in Phoenix. Live local origination or films were not able to be broadcast in color without further conversion of studio equipment. After the JSA expired at the end of 2014, all WEEK-TV newscasts were dropped from WAOE. He in 1951 and me in 1972. The power of channel 25 would be 562 kW from 680 feet. In March of 1980, Ella Grasso, the first woman in the U-S elected governor in her own right, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer . This with only a 100-watt transmitter and a reception radius of around 12-miles. It was also repeated that WIRL was the winner of the initial decision for channel 8, over WMBD. This time for channel 43 by West Central Broadcasting Company, already in operation as WEEK Radio. Despite growing up in Lancaster, Pa., Palczewski is a lifelong fan of the Buffalo Bills and patiently awaits the teams first Super Bowl victory. And here he finds me and wants to relate to me his experiences with many of the people I wrote about in my book. WEEK-TV News promo from 1986 featuring their AP award winning staff/news. The new owner then shut down WEEQ-TV in the early-1970s. Former WKYC meteorologist Jason Frazer of Fox Weather says . She also graduated with a certificate of excellence in multimedia sports reporting. Evansis from Campbellsville, Ky., in the south-central region of the commonwealth. Akers, one of the minority owners stated that the station's transmitter building was ready for installation of the transmitter and related electronics. He loves sports and, despite being from Chicago, is a proud Packers fan and cheesehead. He was associated with WFIL-AM-TV in Philadelphia with no other broadcast ownership listed. Let's take a look back at TV broadcasters over the years and see how they have changed. The studio location was not listed but the transmitter location was given as a location 3.5 miles south of Peoria and would include both an RCA transmitter and antenna. This year, the news operation at WEEK-TV 25 News/Heart of Illinois ABC has seen seven new arrivals. That station let go of most of its production and newscast personnel but added four on-air personalities to WEEK-TV's news teamthree of whom are still employed by WEEK-TV today. WEEK-TV was among a group of 19 stations creating National Affiliated Television Stations, Inc. This new organization offered a number of services to its members. He also wrote for the State Press newspaper, interned with the Society for American Baseball Research and reported for several student broadcast networks. Akers, 3% (5% owner of KGLC, Miami Oklahoma and theater owner). Pictured are Ed Verkler (architect); William Flynn (station commercial manager); C.B. "In 1958, my JO instructor, Paul Snider, arranged an internship at WMBD with Chuck Harrison WMBD-TV News Director/Anchorman. Plus, programming would have been sparse as well. Among those either primary or secondary affiliates included WEEK-TV. https://twitter.com/ChrisRyanWPTA Patrice King Brown. Al Roker (born 1954) Today Show weatherman since 1996; Anchor of Wake Up With Al on The Weather Channel. He knew of my dad, as he graduated in 1949, and my mom in 1953. Palczewski is a2018 graduate of Auburn Universitys journalism school. 1. Syndicated programs broadcast (as of September 2022) on WEEK-DT2 includes Sherri, Tamron Hall, Extra, 25 Words or Less, Entertainment Tonight and The Kelly Clarkson Show. That would be the case for the next several years. I was accepted beginning in 1956. FOX 13 celebrates Cynthia Smoot: Telling stories across Tampa Bay for 25 years. On February 1, 2021, Gray Television announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire most of Quincy Media's television properties for $925 million in a cash transaction. It was owned and operated by the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company along with WEEK radio (1350 AM now WOAM) through its broadcasting subsidiary, West Central Broadcasting Company. "Public attitude toward the new phenomenon, television, was favorable and tended toward wanting to appear rather than avoiding it. WSTM, however, is the senior partner in the arrangement with WTVH. Full-color capabilities would not occur for most stations until 10-15 years later! He also enjoys working out, finding the best new restaurants and trying to transform himself into a great cook. Akers (WEEK executive); Robert Fransen (TV Program Director); Major Joseph O. Malone (with the shovel); Ken Mills (general contractor); John O. Burch (Executive V-P of the Peoria Association of Commerce); Fred Mueller (WEEK General Manager) and Wanye F. Lovely (WEEK Chief Engineer). WEEK-TV would make the move to channel 25 in 1966 and added the ability to broadcast film, slides, and videotape in color. 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