WEEK-TV
Encyclopedia
WEEK-TV is the NBC
-affiliated television station
for West-Central Illinois
licensed to Peoria
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter at studios on Springfield Road in East Peoria
. The station can also be seen on Comcast
channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 906. Owned by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation
, WEEK-TV operates ABC
/CW affiliate WHOI
(owned by Barrington Broadcasting
) through joint sales
and shared services
agreements.
It also operates MyNetworkTV
affiliate WAOE
(owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting) through another joint sales agreement. Both stations share facilities with WEEK-TV along with some internal operations of the Quad Cities
' low-powered
MyNetworkTV affiliate WBQD-LP
(owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting as well). Syndicated
programming on the station includes Inside Edition
, Dr. Phil
, and The Rachael Ray Show.
.
as WEEK. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 43 and was an NBC affiliate from the start. It was owned-and-operated by Oklahoma City
-based West Central Broadcasting Company along with WEEK-AM 1350 (now WOAM
). West Central was the broadcasting arm of the Oklahoma Publishing Company
. Edward K. Gaylord
was President
and the chairman of the board was United States
Senator Robert S. Kerr
(a former governor of Oklahoma
and half of Kerr-McGee
). The original Chief Engineer of WEEK-TV-AM was Wayne Lovely who supervised the construction of the stations' technical facilities and equipment installation in 1953 (he would remain employed by WEEK-TV until 1974).
On November 7, 1957, WEEQ-TV in La Salle
launched as a satellite of WEEK-TV in order to rebroadcast its signal. The UHF channel 35 allocation was most recently used for TBN
affiliate WWTO-TV
which now broadcasts in digital on VHF channel 10 but retains 35 as its virtual channel
. WEEK-TV would move its analog signal to UHF channel 25 sometime around 1964. The channel 43 allocation was later moved from Peoria to Bloomington
and used by the second incarnation of WBLN beginning in 1982 (this is now Fox affiliate WYZZ-TV
). In 1966, West Central sold WEEK-TV and WEEQ-TV to Kansas City Southern Industries
which also acquired KRCG
in Jefferson City, Missouri
around the same time. The new owner eventually shut down WEEQ-TV sometime in the early-1970s. WEEK would add the -TV suffix to its call sign on August 28, 1979.
In 1985, Kansas City Southern Industries sold both of its stations to Price Communications. On October 31, 1988, WEEK-TV and fellow NBC affiliate KBJR-TV
in Superior, Wisconsin
became the two founding stations of current owner Granite Broadcasting. In 1997, WEEK-TV bought the broadcasting license for 98.5 in Eureka
, gave it the call sign WEEK-FM, and nickname "Oldies 98.5". Granite Broadcasting divested itself of the radio station, which is now WPIA
, in 1999. It has been digital-only since February 17, 2009
. On that date, the station remained on channel 25 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. 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.
On March 2 of the same year, this station took over the operations of WHOI through joint sales and shared services agreements. It resulted in that station closing its studios on North Stewart Street in Creve Coeur
and moving into WEEK-TV's East Peoria facilities. As a result of the consolidation, all five of Peoria's full-powered commercial television stations are now operated by two entities. A possible reason for the move to combine WHOI's operations with WEEK-TV was the former's traditional third-place ranking in local viewership ratings
(behind WEEK-TV and CBS
affiliate WMBD-TV
) during sweeps periods. Granite-owned CBS affiliate WTVH
in Syracuse, New York
also saw its operations merged with Barrington-owned NBC affiliate WSTM-TV
and low-powered CW affiliate WSTQ-LP
on the very same day. In this case, however, WSTM is the senior partner in the operational arrangement.
Throughout the 1980s and early-1990s, WHOI aired a nightly newscast at 5:30 resulting in a delay of ABC World News Tonight until 6 on weeknights unlike other ABC affiliates in the Central Time Zone
. On weekends, ABC World News Tonight would be seen it its normal time slot at 5 followed by WHOI's local newscast. The practice offered viewers with a local broadcast seven nights a week at a consistent time while other stations aired national news or other programming.
Before WHOI merged its news department with WEEK-TV in 2009, it was airing a two-hour weekday morning broadcast. There were also weeknight newscasts seen at 5, 6, and 10. On weekends, news was aired on Saturdays at 6 and 10 as well as Sundays at 5:30 and 10. After consolidation, WHOI let go most of its production and newscast personnel but added four on-air personalities to WEEK-TV's news team which can still be seen today. It dropped weeknight shows at 5 and 6 while adding a new broadcast at 5:30. This resulted in ABC World News Tonight being moved to a tape-delay at 6 for a second time in the station's history. WHOI still airs a separate weekday morning program (from 5 until 7) and a weeknight newscast at 10. These productions air from a new secondary set at WEEK-TV's studios.
On weekends, the two stations simulcast broadcasts at 6 and 10 on Saturdays as well as Sundays at 10. Although WEEK-TV does not offer early evening local news on Sunday, WHOI does at 5:30. With the simulcasts, however, there can be delays or pre-emptions on one outlet due to network obligations. On September 13, 2010, WHOI added a lifestyle and entertainment program known as Good Company. This airs from another new set exclusive to the show in a magazine-type format. At some point in time after WEEK-TV and WHOI combined operations, the two outlets became the first news department in the market to upgrade broadcasts to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen
. Although not truly high definition, the shows match the aspect ratio
of HD television screens.
Sports
Reporters
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for West-Central Illinois
Central Illinois
Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central section of the state, divided in thirds from north to south. It is an area of mostly flat prairie. The western section was originally part of the Military Tract of 1812 and forms the distinctive western...
licensed to Peoria
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter at studios on Springfield Road in East Peoria
East Peoria, Illinois
East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,402 at the 2010 census. East Peoria is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, located across the Illinois River from downtown Peoria. It is home to many Caterpillar Inc. facilities...
. The station can also be seen on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 906. Owned by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation
Granite Broadcasting Corporation
Granite Broadcasting Corporation, founded by W. Don Cornwell and Stuart Beck in 1988 , is a broadcasting holding company which owns or operates 14 television stations in the United States, largely centered in the midwest with a cluster in New York state...
, WEEK-TV operates ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
/CW affiliate WHOI
WHOI (TV)
WHOI is the ABC-affiliated television station for West Central Illinois licensed to Peoria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on North Stewart Street in Creve Coeur. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station is operated by the Granite...
(owned by Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC , headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is an entity wholly focused on broadcast television. The company's assets mainly consist of television stations in middle and small sized markets...
) through joint sales
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
and shared services
Shared services
Shared services refers to the provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group. Thus the funding and resourcing of the service is shared and the providing department effectively becomes an...
agreements.
It also operates MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
affiliate WAOE
WAOE
WAOE is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for West-Central Illinois licensed to Peoria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter at studios on Springfield Road in East Peoria. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 11...
(owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting) through another joint sales agreement. Both stations share facilities with WEEK-TV along with some internal operations of the Quad Cities
Quad Cities
The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
' low-powered
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
MyNetworkTV affiliate WBQD-LP
WBQD-LP
WBQD-LP is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Quad Cities area of Eastern Iowa and West-Central Illinois that is licensed to Davenport, Iowa. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter on 70th Street next to Black Hawk College near the Poplar...
(owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting as well). Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on the station includes Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
, Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)
Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
, and The Rachael Ray Show.
Digital programming
On WEEK-DT2, Comcast digital channel 431, and live streaming video on its website is The Local AccuWeather ChannelThe Local AccuWeather Channel
The Local AccuWeather Channel is a 24-hour, weather-oriented, commercially sponsored broadcast and cable television network in the United States owned and operated by AccuWeather, Inc., which is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania....
.
| Channel | Name | Video | Aspect Aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,... |
Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.1 | WEEK-HD | 1080i 1080i 1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
Main WEEK-TV programming / NBC |
| 25.2 | WEEK-WX | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | "WEEK-TV Weather First" |
History
The station signed-on February 1, 19531953 in television
The year 1953 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1953.-Events:*January 19 – 68% of all US television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth to little Ricky....
as WEEK. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 43 and was an NBC affiliate from the start. It was owned-and-operated by Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
-based West Central Broadcasting Company along with WEEK-AM 1350 (now WOAM
WOAM
WOAM is a Peoria, Illinois radio station that broadcasts an Adult Standards/MOR format.-History:The station signed on as WEEK in the 1940s...
). West Central was the broadcasting arm of the Oklahoma Publishing Company
The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman is the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma and is the only daily newspaper that covers the entire Oklahoma City area.-Ownership:...
. Edward K. Gaylord
Edward K. Gaylord
Edward King Gaylord , often referred to as E.K. Gaylord, was the owner and publisher of the Daily Oklahoman newspaper , as well as a radio and television entrepreneur. Born in Kansas and educated in Colorado, he worked on several publications before moving to Oklahoma and buying an interest in the...
was President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
and the chairman of the board was United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Senator Robert S. Kerr
Robert S. Kerr
Robert Samuel Kerr was an American businessman from Oklahoma. Kerr formed a petroleum company before turning to politics. He served as the 12th Governor of Oklahoma and was elected three times to the United States Senate...
(a former governor of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
and half of Kerr-McGee
Kerr-McGee
The Kerr-McGee Corporation, founded in 1929, was an energy company involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas. On June 23, 2006, Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation agreed to acquire Kerr-McGee in an all-cash transaction totaling $16.5 billion plus the assumption of $2.6...
). The original Chief Engineer of WEEK-TV-AM was Wayne Lovely who supervised the construction of the stations' technical facilities and equipment installation in 1953 (he would remain employed by WEEK-TV until 1974).
On November 7, 1957, WEEQ-TV in La Salle
La Salle, Illinois
LaSalle is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, located at the intersection of Interstates 39 and 80. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. Originally platted in 1837 over one square mile, the city has grown to...
launched as a satellite of WEEK-TV in order to rebroadcast its signal. The UHF channel 35 allocation was most recently used for TBN
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
affiliate WWTO-TV
WWTO-TV
WWTO-TV is a television station licensed to LaSalle, Illinois, owned-and-operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, broadcasting a digital signal on VHF channel 10. Before 2009, the station broadcasted on analog channel 35...
which now broadcasts in digital on VHF channel 10 but retains 35 as its virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
. WEEK-TV would move its analog signal to UHF channel 25 sometime around 1964. The channel 43 allocation was later moved from Peoria to Bloomington
Bloomington, Illinois
Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
and used by the second incarnation of WBLN beginning in 1982 (this is now Fox affiliate WYZZ-TV
WYZZ-TV
WYZZ-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Central Illinois licensed to Bloomington. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 28 from a transmitter in Montgomery Township. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 910...
). In 1966, West Central sold WEEK-TV and WEEQ-TV to Kansas City Southern Industries
Kansas City Southern Industries
Kansas City Southern Industries is the former diversified parent company of the Kansas City Southern Railway, a Class I railroad headquartered in the Quality Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, USA...
which also acquired KRCG
KRCG
KRCG Channel 13 is the CBS affiliate television station for the Columbia/Jefferson City, Missouri television market. The station is licensed to Jefferson City, with studios in the nearby town of New Bloomfield.-History:...
in Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Cole County. Located in Callaway and Cole counties, it is the principal city of the Jefferson City metropolitan area, which encompasses the entirety of both counties. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,079...
around the same time. The new owner eventually shut down WEEQ-TV sometime in the early-1970s. WEEK would add the -TV suffix to its call sign on August 28, 1979.
In 1985, Kansas City Southern Industries sold both of its stations to Price Communications. On October 31, 1988, WEEK-TV and fellow NBC affiliate KBJR-TV
KBJR-TV
KBJR-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin that is licensed to Superior, Wisconsin. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter west of Downtown Duluth in Hilltop Park...
in Superior, Wisconsin
Superior, Wisconsin
Superior is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 26,960 at the 2010 census. Located at the junction of U.S. Highways 2 and 53, it is north of and adjacent to both the Village of Superior and the Town of Superior.Superior is at the western...
became the two founding stations of current owner Granite Broadcasting. In 1997, WEEK-TV bought the broadcasting license for 98.5 in Eureka
Eureka, Illinois
Eureka is a city in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,295 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Woodford County. The city was founded in the year 1855. Eureka is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, gave it the call sign WEEK-FM, and nickname "Oldies 98.5". Granite Broadcasting divested itself of the radio station, which is now WPIA
WPIA
WPIA is a radio station licensed to Eureka, Illinois, between Peoria and Bloomington, Illinois. The station is owned and operated by Advanced Media Partners, LLC.-History:...
, in 1999. It has been digital-only since February 17, 2009
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
. On that date, the station remained on channel 25 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. 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.
On March 2 of the same year, this station took over the operations of WHOI through joint sales and shared services agreements. It resulted in that station closing its studios on North Stewart Street in Creve Coeur
Creve Coeur, Illinois
Creve Coeur is a village in Groveland Township, Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 5,448...
and moving into WEEK-TV's East Peoria facilities. As a result of the consolidation, all five of Peoria's full-powered commercial television stations are now operated by two entities. A possible reason for the move to combine WHOI's operations with WEEK-TV was the former's traditional third-place ranking in local viewership ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
(behind WEEK-TV and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate WMBD-TV
WMBD-TV
WMBD-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central Illinois licensed to Peoria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a transmitter on Pinecrest Drive in Groveland Township's East Peoria section. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 7 and in...
) during sweeps periods. Granite-owned CBS affiliate WTVH
WTVH
WTVH is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central New York State licensed to Syracuse. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 47 from a transmitter in LaFayette. The station can also be seen on Time Warner and Verizon FiOS channel 5. There is a high definition feed...
in Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
also saw its operations merged with Barrington-owned NBC affiliate WSTM-TV
WSTM-TV
WSTM-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central New York State licensed to Syracuse. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter on Sentinel Heights Road in LaFayette. The station can also be seen on Verizon FiOS channel 3 and Time Warner channel 4...
and low-powered CW affiliate WSTQ-LP
WSTQ-LP
WSTQ-LP is the low-powered CW-affiliated television station for Central New York State licensed to Syracuse. It broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 14 from a transmitter on West Kirkpatrick Street alongside WOLF-FM's tower in the city's Lakefront section. Due to the low-powered status, the...
on the very same day. In this case, however, WSTM is the senior partner in the operational arrangement.
News operation
On June 5, 2006, WEEK-TV began airing a weeknight prime time newscast on WAOE through a news share agreement. Known on-air as News 25 at 9 on My 59, the show can be seen for thirty minutes. The broadcast competes with another half-hour production seen at the same time on WYZZ which is produced by WMBD. There is also a simulcast of WEEK-TV's weekday morning show on WAOE. Seen from 5 until 7, this is known as News 25 Express on My 59.Throughout the 1980s and early-1990s, WHOI aired a nightly newscast at 5:30 resulting in a delay of ABC World News Tonight until 6 on weeknights unlike other ABC affiliates in the Central Time Zone
Central Time zone
In North America, the Central Time Zone refers to national time zones which observe standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC , and daylight saving, or summer time by subtracting five hours...
. On weekends, ABC World News Tonight would be seen it its normal time slot at 5 followed by WHOI's local newscast. The practice offered viewers with a local broadcast seven nights a week at a consistent time while other stations aired national news or other programming.
Before WHOI merged its news department with WEEK-TV in 2009, it was airing a two-hour weekday morning broadcast. There were also weeknight newscasts seen at 5, 6, and 10. On weekends, news was aired on Saturdays at 6 and 10 as well as Sundays at 5:30 and 10. After consolidation, WHOI let go most of its production and newscast personnel but added four on-air personalities to WEEK-TV's news team which can still be seen today. It dropped weeknight shows at 5 and 6 while adding a new broadcast at 5:30. This resulted in ABC World News Tonight being moved to a tape-delay at 6 for a second time in the station's history. WHOI still airs a separate weekday morning program (from 5 until 7) and a weeknight newscast at 10. These productions air from a new secondary set at WEEK-TV's studios.
On weekends, the two stations simulcast broadcasts at 6 and 10 on Saturdays as well as Sundays at 10. Although WEEK-TV does not offer early evening local news on Sunday, WHOI does at 5:30. With the simulcasts, however, there can be delays or pre-emptions on one outlet due to network obligations. On September 13, 2010, WHOI added a lifestyle and entertainment program known as Good Company. This airs from another new set exclusive to the show in a magazine-type format. At some point in time after WEEK-TV and WHOI combined operations, the two outlets became the first news department in the market to upgrade broadcasts to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
. Although not truly high definition, the shows match the aspect ratio
Aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,...
of HD television screens.
Newscast titles
- Your Esso Reporter (1953-1957)
- WEEK-TV News (1957-1969)
- Eyewitness News (1969-1977)
- News 25 (1977-present)
Station slogans
- "The News People" (late-1970s)
- "Now More Than Ever" (early 1980s-1983)
- "Say Hello" (1983-1990; during period station used Frank GariFrank GariFrank Gari is a popular singer and songwriter from the late 1950s and early 1960s. His best known songs as a performer are "Utopia" , "Lullaby of Love" and "Princess" , all of which hit the U.S. Top 40 in 1961. He co-wrote with Roger McGuinn the song Beach Ball for Bobby Darin...
's "Hello News") - "Illinois' #1 News Channel" (1990-1994)
- "Central Illinois' NewsChannel" (1994-1996)
- "Your Home Team" (1996-present)
News team
Anchors- Garry Moore - weekday mornings, weekdays at 11:30 a.m. and weekdays at noon news (also producer)
- Sandy Gallant (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - news and meteorologist seen weekday mornings, weekdays at 11:30 a.m. and weekdays at noon - Gina Morss - weeknight news at 5 and 6
- Tom McIntyre - weeknight news at 6, 9 and 10
- Denise Jackson - weekend news and reporter
- Chuck Collins (AMS and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights - Ashley McNamee - weekend meteorologist and news reporter
- Marshanna Hester - weeknight news at 5:30, 9 and 10
Sports
- Lee Hall - DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights at 6, 9 and 10 (also Prep Rally and Sports Final host) - Marc Strauss - weekends
- Josh Simon - sports and news photographer
- Jim Mattson - Prep Rally and Sports Final host
Reporters
- Anna Yee - multimedia journalist also fill-in news and weather anchor
- Joy Miller - "Ask Doctor Joy" segment producer
- Nick Perreault
- Maggie Vespa