By late September of 1956, the FCC seemed to float another trial balloon that would take channel 8 from Peoria and send it to Rock Island, Illinois. This is from 1964. WMBD AM/FM/TV, Robert O. Runnerstrom, vice-president and station manager, would sign a contract with E.C. This is not a standing-room venue. WCIA and WMBD-TV would share resources and programming during much of the 1960s and even into the 1970s. 2014 - 2023 Marathi.TV - All Rights Reserved. Hoda Kotb shared a cryptic message amid her unexplained absence from the Today show and fans have noticed. (YouTube), This is the WMBD-TV News open/close from 1999. At sign-on, the management team included: Charles C. Caley; president, Robert O. Runnerstrom; vice-president, Robert M. Riley, Jr. sales manager; Samuel F. Jackson, national sales manager; Winthrop P. Baker, Jr., program director, and film buyer; Charles F. Harrison, Jr., news-director and George A. Pyle as chief engineer. Sam joined WEEK 25 News in January of 2023 as a multimedia journalist. This is a segment of the 6pm WMBD-TV News from February 3, 2010 with anchor Bob Larson, Marcus Bailey weathercaster. He was also a producer at WMBD-TV for a time following the Jerry Bidle days with Dave Nicols was hired to be the, news anchor. Ron retired in 2005. Along with Peoria and Springfield, other markets were facing similar challenges of deintermixture. Television Programming on New Year's Day 1958, the First Day of WMBD-TV. Web+ Mike Dimmick - Assistant News Director seen weeknights at 5, 9, 10 + Gina Morss - weeknights at 5 and 6 + Tom McIntyre - weeknights at 6 and 10 Denise Jackson - Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Amber Krycka returns the Midwest as co-anchor of 25 News at 5pm, 6pm and 10pm. This is from 1964. No mention was made of channel 31. The former promotion director at WNDU-TV, South Bend, Indiana, Joseph Franzgrote was hired as promotions director at Channel 31. (1984-1986; localized version of NBC ad campaign), "Come Home to 25" (1986-1987; localized version of NBC ad campaign), "Come on Home to 25" (1987-1988; localized version of NBC ad campaign), "Come Home to the Best, Only on 25" (1988-1990; localized version of NBC ad campaign), "WEEK, The Place to Be!" Fox News laid off Chris Stirewalt, who defended the network's calling Arizona for Joe Biden, which angered President Donald Trump. FCC Clears the Way for WMBD to Apply for Channel 31. Paige Blanzy joined the 25 News and Heart of Illinois ABC news team in June of 2020 as a multimedia journalist. On January 1, 1958, WMBD-TV, would go on the air at 6 pm broadcasting a half-hour dedicatory program with Charles Caley and Robert Runnerstrom along with introductions of the talent lineup of the station, as well as a short sample of news, sports and weather before proceeding with the CBS prime time schedule. Owned by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation, the station operates ABC affiliate WHOI and a CW subchannel (owned by Barrington Broadcasting) through joint sales and shared services agreements. (YouTube), A CBS network produced program length promo for the 1961-62 season. Paul was an anchor at WMBD-TV for part of the time I was there and recall him anchoring "Weekend World" sponsored entirely by Caterpillar. It features anchor, Jay Verner, Justin Sacher with weather and John Alois with sports. WebThe principals were now listed as Charles Caley, 66.67% (owner of WMBD AM/FM, 25% owner of WDZ Radio, Decatur, Illinois); John Fetzer, 33.33% (52% owner of WKZO The floors had peeling and broken tiles, dirt was caked in the corners where the floor met the walls, and the hallways were populated with desks from where employees were expected to work. Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. It features anchor, Jay Verner, Justin Sacher with weather and John Alois with sports. This is the area's second prime time broadcast competing against WYZZ's Fox 43 News at 9 which is produced by WMBD. Later after Sinclair's purchase of WHOI(TV), Channel 19, Peoria, Illinois, it would spin off WYZZ under its co-owned Cunningham Broadcasting to avoid FCC duopoly challenges. This particular selection was from January 1958, just after WMBD-TV went on the air with CBS programming. He leads the next batch of hosts as SNL returns at the end of the Midday newscasts would include a simulcast of farm markets and news, weekends might include a shared weathercast done live from the sidewalk in front of the WMBD studios on South-West Jefferson in downtown Peoria. Lizzie Seils is a Multimedia Journalist and 25News Now anchor. Going a little further you would walk into the main AM control room. WMBD amended its application in May of 1953 to increase the tower height to 996 feet and would also change the tower/transmitter site to 3.3 miles south of Groveland, Illinois. The contract also included a studio equipment package worth $500,000. Former week 25 weather anchors; Former week 25 weather anchorshow much. Top Row Left Born on Chicago's South Side, she studied Broadcast News at Eastern Illinois University and Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Illinois. On June 5, 2006, WEEK-TV established a news share agreement with WAOE. WMBD-TV would be able to pass CBS Network color programming in color in the early 1960s but CBS didn't have much of a color programming schedule until the late 1960s. It is Christmastime 1959, and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper visits the Desilu Studios. (After arriving at the scene) nothing happened. Due to a copyright challenge, the theme music has been eliminated from this video, as any mention here of its real title. Natalie Will Anchor A native of the Tri-States, Natalie graduated from Payson Seymour High School in 1999. Journalist, Photographer, Educator, Writer. It was later hosted by Ed Mason. The studio would be with the current radio stations at the site of the former Majestic Theatre built in 1906. It would also assign channel 40 to Galesburg. Bob ran the board and Milton was in the studio. The next week, the FCC wiped the entire deintermixture slate clean and began to set the stage for what could be a complete overhaul of the TV allocation table for stations across the country. WCIA Top row left to right: Hickman was born on october 17, 1956, in springfield, illinois, united states. Along with the decision to move channel 8, a move to assign another UHF allocation to the Peoria allocation table was approved. On June 5, 2006, WEEK-TV started producing a weeknight 9 o'clock newscast on WAOE entitled News 25 at 9 on My 59. The theme music has been removed due to a copyright challenge. There were actually two permits issued to two different Peoria broadcast entities. John Lyon would practice his guitar in there during Cubs or Cardinal baseball games." It seems that WMBD-TV has been the last to receive the latest technology. In this 1959 episode, Lucille Ball was the guest star to prop up the ratings of one of the Desilu shows. (YouTube). WHOI's weeknight 5 and 6 o'clock broadcasts were replaced with one at 5:30. At 6:30 pm, there was a ceremony with George Pyle, the chief engineer flipping the switch to bring CBS to air. Among those were petitions from WEEK-TV and WTVH-TV in Peoria. Virtually all of the recommendations of Mr. McKenna would come to pass over time. This would have eliminated the VHF allocations of channel 2 in Springfield and channel 8 in Peoria among others around the country. The present invention relates to expansison anchors for solid wall installation and is HOI-19 Evening Producer at WHOI-19/WEEK-25, Account Director at Progressive Impressions International, Strategy, CRM, Analytics, Direct Marketing. In 1997, WEEK-TV bought the station license for 98.5 inEureka, gave it the call sign WEEK-FM, and nickname "Oldies 98.5". Lester Holt is an award-winning journalist and anchor of "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt," the network's flagship broadcast and the Charlie Tate wasthecameraman on the Noon block and a variety of the other engineers(Neil Burke who would later become the Chief, Yogi and Dale Bargeman) would dothe weather." The proposed television station would go on the air with an initial power of 288 kW from an antenna/tower 620 feet above average terrain. Still, I would like to share how thankful I remain for the journey to this point, for my family and for the overwhelming support from viewers and friends alike, Henrich continued. She is a journalist who brings passion and commitment to each and every story she tells. From 1961 a segment of the Cinncinatti Reds and San Francisco Giants, CBS's Game of the Week. She's is a 4x Miss Illinois titleholder and competed in national beauty pageant competitions. It also notes the sign-on of Peoria's third television station in an all-UHF television market. It was converted from a theater and still had many of the theater artifacts including slanted floors in the former auditorium which included the WMBD AM/FM radio stations. The sale price for the AM/FM/TV combo was $1,850,000 for all assets. would also include shared stories occasionally. I visited the station in the mid-1970s and found it to be a less-than-desirable facility. WEEK's CINewsNow.com Shane started his career in Detroit at Channel 4 in the early 1980s and after stints in Chicago and Boston, returned to Detroit in 1989 to become to top sports anchor at Channel 7. WEEK-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for West Central Illinois that is licensed toPeoria. Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995. The construction cost was now listed as $538,369 with operating cost at $428,819 with proposed revenue at $512,662. In the mornings Milton Bud and Bob Carlton were in there. by Marathi.TV Editorial Team. The weatherboard consisted of two Plexiglas maps that slid in and out. Top row left to right: Paul Davis, John Slattery, Mary Sue Krugar, Stan Childress, unknown, Ann Anderson, Orrin Benjamin, unknown, Joe Rex, Carl Caldwell, Duane Wallace, Bob Larson: Middle row left to right: Larry Wood, Colleen Callahan, Dave Shaul, Willie Brownlee, Mr. Roberts, Dick Adams, Jack Margraves, Don Wilcox, Bruce Asbury, and Sally Larvik. Fox News has enhanced the careers of numerous women who have served as hosts. "When I first started as a floor director about January 1965, they were doing the TV version of street scene at Noon and later they would do the6pm weather from on the street under that great marquee. "Seven Wonderful Nights" was the theme. The street address would match the channel of WMBD-TV, twice, channel 31. This is the WMBD-TV News open/close from 1999. Behind the control room was another little studio that was also the record library. newscasts would include a simulcast of farm markets and news, weekends might include a shared weathercast done live from the sidewalk in front of the WMBD studios on South-West Jefferson in downtown Peoria. WebMakenzi Henderson is an Evening Anchor at WGEM News. WEEK-TV became Peoria's first television station on February 1, 1953. Channel 8 would be assigned to Rock Island along with channels 4, 6, 36, and 42 with 30 dedicated to educational television. The theme music has been removed due to a copyright challenge. The original Chief Engineer of WEEK-TV and WEEK-AM was Wayne Lovely who supervised the construction of the stations' technical facilities and equipment installation in 1953. A former Peoria-area television-news anchorman died earlier this week. Weekday Evening News Anchor. Morning Anchor. Fledgling producer Lucille Ball is working with a group of young performers and introduces them to Hedda. It features anchors Paul Cicchini and Maria Chandler, weathercaster Rachael Kaye and Kurt Pegler with sports. Monae Stevens comes to us from our sister station in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Devan Masciulli is the weekend meteorologist at 25 News. Erin Brown is a morning co-anchor on 25 News Today. Stay up to date with everything Boston. Now: Tom Brokaw As one of the most popular news anchors of his time, the 70-year-old is now best known for his days co-anchoring "NBC Nightly News," a post he held from 1982 to 2004. Ron Moses for his memories of WMBD-TV and WCIA and his picture of the WMBD studios from1957. On February 28, 1957, the FCC would decide that the allocation of channel 8 would be moved to the Quad Cities (Rock Island, Illinois). The Trustoria Service Professional Directory gives you all the professional records needed to know the right Journalist for any need. News of Henrichs departure came a week after Boston 25 News anchor Daniel Miller announced he was leaving the station for a job as the main morning anchor "You may be familiar with the name of Barbara Novak who performed, on WCIA-TV and then moved to Peoria where I actually taped daily weather with her feed to WCIA on our reversible microwave. You likely know the name Matt Lauer and might remember his one-time co-host Katie Couric who was behind the anchor desk for 15 years. I really loved sharing your stories and being part of your lives., A word about my impending departure from Boston 25 News, Posted by Michael Henrich on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Win Baker was appointed program director at WMBD-TV. Sierra Jenkins (Twitter) A 25-year-old breaking news reporter with the Virginian-Pilot was on call when colleagues realized she was among the victims of a Bob ran the board and Milton was in the studio. Wendy Corona Married. It featured Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather showing taped interviews with witnesses of the Kennedy assassination and those closest to Lee Harvey Oswald. ", sources: WMBD-TV "Action Cam" promo from the late 1970s. + denotes personnel not seen on WHOI WebFormer CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes and longtime host Bill O'Reilly are among the most notable to have been forced out of the organization after being accused of sexual harassment. Going a little further you would walk into the main AM control room. Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. "Seven Wonderful Nights" was the theme. Both stations are based at WEEK-TV's studios along with the master control and some internal operations of Quad Cities' low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate WBQD-LP (owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting as well). An alternative suggestion submitted by the stations was to add channel 31 to Peoria and to reassign channel 8 to some other metro area containing other VHF stations. Former longtime Detroit sports anchor Eli Zaret, who competed against Shane for years, credits Shane for developing his own television career. He leads a talented group of Reporters, Producers, Anchors and Meteorologists. ", "You may recall Don Hein who did sports at WMBD and Bob Gregory who did the weather on WMBD-TV and a lot of radio on that stationboth wound up at WLWI(now WTHR), Channel 13 in Indianapolis.". Various WMBD-TV promos from 1989, most promoting the fact that Channel 31 was broadcasting in stereo. You likely know the name Matt Lauer and might remember his one-time co-host Katie Couric who was behind the anchor desk for 15 years. One of which was Peoria Broadcasting. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. Since joe has been news. WebReporter. This was in the 60's. WebReporter/Anchor/Producer at WEEK TV25 (NBC) Location: Peoria, Illinois Area Industry: Telecommunications Work history: WEEK TV25 (NBC) Reporter/Anchor/ProducerWEEK I think I am glad. In this segment, he is interviewing Margaret Whiting, who recorded several hits of the 1940s and '50s and was a frequent guest on TV variety shows of the 1950s. However, five personalities were merged with WEEK-TV's news department and continue to be seen on-air. Please try again later. Elizabeth Hopkins Introduction : Elizabeth Hopkins is a TV broadcast journalist working for Fox 25 News, WFXT, based in Boston. But she learned he was paid $70,000 more than her in 2018-2019. It was announced on March 2 that the station would take over the operations of WHOI and its CW subchannel through joint sales and shared services agreements. Ultimately the specs of Channel 31 would be even more impressive. Syndicated programming on this station includes: Seinfeld, Oprah, Dr. Phil, and Rachael Ray. Her lawyer says Denton has sat for a deposition. Joe Sullivan has been the News Director at WXXV since 2014. All but the staton Id would have aired on WMBD-TV. Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. Feb 10, 2023 Elizabeth Hopkins Introduction : Elizabeth Hopkins is a TV broadcast journalist working for Fox 25 News, WFXT, based in Boston. Feature Writing, Public Speaking, Online Journalism, Blogging, Journalism, Writing, Editing, Claims Representative at Social Security Administration, Producer/Director at Caterpillar Inc., Girls Varsity Soccer Coach at Pekin Community HIgh School. It was listed as having a permit to operate a television station with the call letters of WMBT(TV) on channel 6 in 1948. WCIA's Saturday Afternoon Dance Party hosted by John Coleman, shown here. A local TV news reporter is signing off after six years at Boston 25 News. Step aerobics, yoga, pilates, and strength training are my favorite fitness formats, My coaching Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist at AstraZeneca, Founder, Developer at NewsAnchorMom.com, Pharmaceutical Sales Specialist at AstraZeneca. She previously worked as the morning and noon anchor/producer and reporter at wdvm in. Granite-owned CBS affiliate WTVH in Syracuse, New York also saw its operations merged with Barrington-owned NBC affiliate WSTM-TVand low-powered CW affiliate WSTQ-LP on the very same day. David Ade returned to the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2021 as a multimedia journalist. I'm a paragraph. The transmitter was going to be a DuMont model with a General Electric antenna. Former longtime Detroit sports anchor Eli Zaret, who competed against Shane for years, credits Shane for developing his own television career. WebIts been a heavy week and heavy few months of news here in our state, so it was a breath of fresh air when Brewer from Canine Companions stopped by the How many of these former WCIA and WMBD people do you recognize? In early July 1955, the FCC would hold hearings over two days to try to find answers to several questions among them the deintermixture controversy. In a statement sent to Boston.com, Henrich emphasized that his situation is not a unique one given the economic hardships caused by the pandemic, and that he was grateful for his time at Boston 25 News. In March of 1960 the announcement came for the sale of the WMBD radio and television properties from WMBD, Incorporated to Midwest Television, Incorporated. A New York native who has family in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Henrich arrived at Boston 25 News in January 2015, just as the region was hit with record-setting snowfall. The Ann Southern Show was produced by Desi Arnaz. The examiner concluded that WIRL should be given preference on the basis of integration of ownership and management, its experience in actual TV operation by a full-time stockholder, its program proposals, its use of separate staff and operation, and the diversification of the ownership and control of its broadcasting units. Priscilla Huff is the Managing Editor for the Washington, DC Bureau. A spokesperson for Boston 25 News had not returned a request for comment at the time of this articles publication. In 1966, West Central sold WEEK-TV and WEEQ-TV to Kansas City Southern Industries who also acquired KRCG in Jefferson City, Missouri around the same time. It may not seem like it, but it was a complex issue. In January of 1953, a new application for channel 8 was filed by a newly formed WMBD, Incorporated. Amber Krycka returns the Midwest as co-anchor of 25 News at 5pm, 6pm and 10pm. Granite Broadcasting divested itself of the radio station, which is nowWPIA, in 1999. Known as Primetime News at Nine (later known as News 25 at Nine on My59), the show could be seen for thirty minutes and offered competition to another weeknight half-hour production airing at the same time on WYZZ (produced by CBS affiliate WMBD-TV). [4] This means all five of Peoria's full-power commercially-licensed television stations are now operated by two entities. (YouTube), June 1977, TV Guide, Doug Quick Collection. ", when there was supposed to be a protest in one of the project areas. That would give Peoria the following channels: 19, 25, 43, and 37 as an educational service. The "WEEK-TV" calls were transferred from the now-defunct analog channel 25 to the new digital channel 25 and the "WEEK-DT" call sign from the pre-transition digital channel 57 was permanently discontinued. In September of 1957, the use of the call letters of WMBD-TV would be granted by the FCC. He argued that this proposal would create many UHF strongholds, create competitive TV stations operating on the same level playing field, plus save as many UHF stations as possible, give UHF stations and their investors support and keep enough UHF stations in operation to justify further research and development in UHF receivers and television manufacturing. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D. Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist. They include August C. Meyer and wife, 51%; Helen M. Stevick, 10%; Marajean Stevick Chinigo, 10%; Illinois Broadcasting Company 20% and six other stockholders, none with more than 5%. He previously worked at the Bureau from 2017-2019. That's when, just weeks after the sign-on of Channel 31, WMBD-TV would seek a modification of its construction permit to move to channel 25, changing its effective radiated power to 290kw with their existing 626-foot antenna/tower. Other holdings of stockholders from Midwest Television include principals of the Champaign News-Gazette newspaper and WDWS AM/FM. [2] The channel 43 allocation was later moved from Peoria to Bloomington and used by the second WBLN (now Fox affiliate WYZZ-TV) beginning in 1982. WebJoe Sullivan. In this 1959 episode, Lucille Ball was the guest star to prop up the ratings of one of the Desilu shows. WebHere's a list of anchors and reporters at KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles, with photos and links to their social media profiles. ". Ron Hilliard Reporter. I did a little time with Bob Jamison who ended up at ABC and it was great enjoying a sportscast (from) the late Bob Starr. The former captain also was fined $75,000 and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution, and he will be under supervised release for three years after his prison sentence. The weekday morning show, HOI 19 News Daybreak, continues to air from 5 to 7 after America This Morning and before Good Morning America. In July of 1957, it was announced that the new Channel 31 would go on the air as an interconnected primary affiliate of CBS. A former 9NEWS anchor filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Denver news station and its parent company Thursday, and is seeking a jury trial after the station let her go following her (YouTube), News coverage of the JFK assassination, starting with the interruption of "As the World Turns" at 10:00 during the first hour and ten minutes after the shooting occurred. James J. Johnston, the continuity director at KTVH(TV), Hutchison, Kansas was appointed operations manager. The ever-wavering FCC later came up with a similar solution that WEEK and WTVH proposed based on months of hearings. (YouTube), The two-hour CBS News Extra, November 22nd and The Warren Report, was aired Sunday, September 27, 1964 on WMBD-TV. In an emotional video posted to Facebook, Henrich thanked viewers for allowing him to be a trusted news source and part of their morning viewing. WMBD-TV's first-day broadcast schedule is unique in many many ways. Don Heim took his place and then I think he went to Indy." The series starred Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver(pre-Gilligan). The largest improvement to the facility took place in 1977 when the studios of the radio-television group would move to 3131 University Drive in Peoria. 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