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Champaign, Decatur, Springfield, Illinois

WCIA, Ch 3

City of Licence
Champaign, IL

Virtual Channel

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

Network

Affiliation

CBS
WCIX-MyTV
Bounce
Grit

ownership: Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.

address: Champaign, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: UHF 34
repack completed week of Jan 13, 2020

ERP: 1,000kW, 926-feet

WILL-TV, Ch 12

City of Licence
Urbana, IL

Virtual Channel

12.1
12.2

12.3

Network

Affiliation

PBS
World
Create

ownership: University of Illinois, Board of

Trustees of the U of I

address: Urbana, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: 9
ERP: 30kw, 991-feet

WSEC, Ch 14

City of Licence
Jacksonville, IL

ownership: West Central Illinois

Educational Telecommunications Corp.

address: Chatham, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: 18(current 15)
ERP: 75kw, 968-feet

see Quincy for affiliated stations
WQEC(Quincy) and WMEC(Macomb)

Virtual Channel

14.1

14.2

14.3

Network

Affiliation

PBS
World
Create

WICD, Ch 15

City of Licence
Champaign, IL

ownership: Sinclair Broadcast Group.

address: Champaign, IL(Repack complete)

transmitter site/coverage area
ERP: 1000kW, 1299-feet

repack channel: 32 (completed 9/1/2018)

Virtual Channel

15.1

15.2

15.3

15.4

Network

Affiliation

ABC
Comet
TBD
Charge!

WAND, Ch 17

City of Licence
Decatur, IL

ownership: Block Communiations,

WAND(TV) Partnership

address: Decatur, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: 20(current 17)
repack scheduled for 1/26/2020, 2 pm

ERP: 1000kW, 1281-feet

Translators:

W23EQ-D, Danville, IL(Repack complete)
new transmitter location to the tower just east of Kickapoo State Park
ERP: 12.1kw, 485-feet

transmitter site/coverage area

W29ES-D, Jacksonville, IL(Repack complete)

ERP: 15kW, 883-feet
transmitter site/coverage area

W33EK-D, Effingham, IL
ERP: 4.5kw, 334-feet
transmitter site/coverage area

Virtual Channel

17.1 23.1
17.2 23.2
17.3 23.3

Network

Affiliation

NBC
COZI
Ion

On February 12, 2020, WAND shifted its broadcast frequency to its new channel 20 location on the UHF frequency spectrum. Weather conditions along with equipment delays and the inability to hire a qualified tower crew have pushed back the final work of installing a new antenna on the mast of the stations broadcast tower between Argenta and Oreana. In the interim, a temporary antenna has been installed at the 1004-foot level at the tower to broadcast a lower power, 231 kW. WAND has now applied for a power increase to 507kW to adequately send a signal to the station's translator stations in Danville, Jacksonville, and Effingham.

It also seems that WAND will be on the interim antenna for longer than what was originally expected. WAND has authorization by the FCC to move it's repack completion to now be in the Phase 8 schedule. This information is from the avs forum and a contributor to that website.

HDTV reception community forum for Champaign, IL

WICS, Ch 20

City of Licence
Springfield, IL

ownership: Sinclair Broadcast Group.

address: Springfield, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: 15(current 42)

ERP: 350kW, 1430-feet

Virtual Channel

20.1

20.2

20.3

20.4

Network

Affiliation

ABC
Comet
TBD
Charge!

History of WICS

WBUI,Ch 23

City of Licence
Decatur, IL

ownership: GOCOM Media, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

address: Springfield, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: 22(no change)

ERP: 325kW, 1316-feet

Virtual Channel

23.1

23.2

23.3

Network

Affiliation

CW
Dabl
Stadium

WCCU, Ch 27

City of Licence
Urbana, IL

ownership: GOCOM Media, operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

address: Champaign, IL

transmitter site/coverage area
repack channel: 36(completed 1/14/2020)
the transmitter site from near Penfield was changed to the WICD location between Homer and Fithian

ERP: 125kW, 1250-feet

Virtual Channel

27.1

27.2

27.3

Network

Affiliation

FOX
MeTV
AntennaTV