WGEM-TV is the NBC

NBC

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-affiliated television station

Television station

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 for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, Northeastern Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, and extreme Southeastern Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 that is licensed to Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, known as Illinois' "Gem City," is a river city along the Mississippi River and the county seat of Adams County. As of the 2010 census the city held a population of 40,633. The city anchors its own micropolitan area and is the economic and regional hub of West-central Illinois, catering a...

. It broadcasts a high definition

High-definition television

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 digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter east of the city on Cannonball Road near I-172

Interstate 172

Interstate 172 is a spur route from Interstate 72. The highway runs north from its start outside of Hannibal, Missouri to just two miles west of Fowler, Illinois. At U.S. Highway 24, Interstate 172 becomes Illinois Route 336, which runs north to Carthage, Illinois...

. The station is the flagship of Quincy Newspapers

Quincy Newspapers

Quincy Newspapers, Inc. is a family-owned media company that originated in the newspapers of Quincy, Illinois. The company's history can be traced back to 1835, when the Bounty Land Register was one of only four newspapers in all of Illinois. Over the next century, a number of mergers followed...

 and has studios in the New Tremont Apartments on Hampshire Street in Downtown Quincy. Syndicated

Television syndication

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 programming on WGEM includes: Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...

, 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...

, Rachael Ray, and Inside Edition

Inside Edition

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. WGEM clears all NBC programming, although the station airs Days of Our Lives

Days of our Lives

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 weekdays at 4PM instead of NBC's recommended timeslot of 1PM local time.

Digital programming

WGEM's signal is multiplexed. On WGEM-DT2, Comcast

Comcast

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 channel 6, US Cable

US Cable

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 channel 16, and Mediacom

Mediacom

Mediacom is a cable television and communications provider in the United States. Founded in July 1995, it serves primarily smaller markets in the Midwest and Southern United States. Formerly a publicly traded firm, it went private in a $600.0 million transaction in March 2011 and is, as of 2011,...

 channel 18 is the area's CW affiliate. This station gets all of its programming from The CW Plus

The CW Plus

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. On WGEM-DT3, Mediacom channel 2, US Cable channel 12, and Comcast channel 18 is the area's Fox affiliate. This can also be seen in high definition on Comcast digital channel 383 and Mediacom digital channel 802. Syndicated programming on WGEM-DT3 includes: The Insider

The Insider (TV series)

The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...

, Family Guy

Family Guy

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, Friends

Friends

Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

, and Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...

.

Channel	Programming
10.1	Main WGEM programming / NBC
10.2	WGEM-DT2 "Tri-States CW"
10.3	WGEM-DT3 "WGEM Fox"

History

The station signed on for the first time on July 5, 1953. WGEM has always been an NBC affiliate, but maintained a secondary ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 affiliation between 1953 and 1969 as well as from 1971 until the mid-1990s, shared with 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 KHQA-TV

KHQA-TV

KHQA-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois, Northeastern Missouri, and extreme Southeastern Iowa. It is licensed to Hannibal, Missouri. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter northeast of Quincy, Illinois...

 during the 1960s. WJJY-TV

WJJY-TV

WJJY-TV was a short-lived television station station based in Jacksonville, Illinois that was on the air from 1969 to 1971. It was the ABC television affiliate for Quincy, Illinois, and also reached Springfield as well.-History:...

 in Jacksonville, Illinois

Jacksonville, Illinois

Jacksonville is a city in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18,940 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County....

 was the primary ABC affiliate for Quincy between 1969 and 1971; when WJJY went bankrupt and shut down, WGEM resumed carrying a few ABC shows. The station also had a secondary affiliation with Fox between 1990 and 1994. It is one of the few and longest operating television stations in the country, outside of network owned-and-operated station

Owned-and-operated station

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s that has had the same call letters, owner, channel number, and primary network affiliation throughout its history.

Since the mid to late-1990s, WGEM has not mentioned its channel number on-air, instead choosing to be identified by its call letters. WGEM's broadcasts have been digital-only since February 17, 2009.

News operation

WGEM once produced a weeknight 9 o'clock newscast for the Fox channel called CGEM News at 9. It debuted in April 2006 but was canceled in March 2007. The broadcast was anchored by Jake Miller with Chief Meteorologist Rich Cain and Sports Director Ben Marth. At one point in time, WGEM-DT2 simulcast WGEM-FM

WGEM-FM

WGEM-FM is a radio station in Quincy, Illinois broadcasting a news/talk format. The station is owned by Quincy Newspapers.-History:...

's weekday morning show, WGEM Sunrise: Radio Edition, from 7 to 9. Today it re-airs one WGEM-produced weekly public affair shows, City Desk, along with one other locally-produced programs: WGEM Academic Challenge. In addition to its main studios, the station used to operate a bureau on South Randolph Street in Macomb, Illinois

Macomb, Illinois

Macomb is a city in and the county seat of McDonough County, Illinois, United States. It is situated in western Illinois southwest of Galesburg. The population was 18,588 at the 2000 census. Macomb is the home of Western Illinois University.- Geography :...

, but it was closed in 2008. The main channel does not air early evening news on weekends. Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Central Time Zone

Central Time zone

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, WGEM-DT2 airs the nationally syndicated

Television syndication

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 morning show The Daily Buzz

The Daily Buzz

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on weekdays from 5 to 8.

Newscast titles

• 3-Star Edition (1953–1961)
• WGEM News (1961–1967, 1998–present)
• The Sixth Hour Report / The Eleventh Hour Report (1967–1974)
• NewsCenter 10 (1974–1981)
• NewsWatch 10/NightWatch 10 (1981–1987)
• Channel 10 News (1987–1994)
• NewsChannel 10 (1994–1998)

Station slogans

• "NewsCenter 10, The Tri-State Area's Number One News Team" (late 1970s)
• "WGEM, Proud as a Peacock!" (1979–1981, local version of NBC campaign)
• "WGEM, Our Pride is Showing" (1981–1982, local version of NBC campaign)
• "The News Leader in the Tri-State Area" (1982–1986)
• "We're WGEM, Just Watch Us Now" (1982-1983, local version of NBC campaign)
• "WGEM There, Be There" (1983-1984, local version of NBC campaign)
• "WGEM, Let's All Be There" (1984-1986, local version of NBC campaign)
• "Come Home to Channel 10!" (1986–1987, local version of NBC campaign)
• "Come on Home to Channel 10!" (1987–1988, local version of NBC campaign)
• "Come Home to The Best, WGEM!" (1988–1990, local version of NBC campaign)
• "WGEM, The Place to Be!" (1990–1991, local version of NBC campaign)
• "It's a Whole New WGEM" (1992-1993, local version of NBC campaign)
• "The Stars are Back on WGEM" (1993-1994, local version of NBC campaign)
• "The Tri-States' Best News Station" (1995–2005)
• "The Tri-States' News Leader" (2005–present)

Newscast music

• WTLV 1972 News Theme by unknown composer (1972-1974)
• NBC TV-Radio Newspulse by Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc. (1974-1979)
• TuesdayC by Tuesday Productions (1979-1982)
• WWL-TV by Tuesday Productions (1982-1986)
• WGEM 1986 News Theme by unknown composer (1986-19??)
• WGEM News Package by NewsTracks (1995-2007)
• Connection by 360 Music (2006-2007)
• Horizon by Stephen Arnold Music (2006-2007)
• Impact by 615 Music (2007-2009)
• The Tower by 615 Music (2009-present)

News team

Anchors

• Natalie Will - weekday mornings and Noon
  • producer
• Kaitlyn Rowney - Saturday and Sunday at 10
• Lesley Swick - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10
• Matt Schmidt - weeknights at 5 and 10
  • producer weeknights at 10
• Les Sachs - Director of Public Affairs, seen weeknights at 6
  • heard on WGEM-FM 105.1

WGEM News StormTrak Meteorologists

• Rich Cain - weekday mornings/noon and heard on WGEM-FM
• Brian Inman - weeknights
• Whitney Williams- weekend evenings/weather reporter

Sports

• Ben Marth - Director seen weeknights at 6 and 10
  • heard on WGEM-AM 1440
• Dylan Austin - weekends

Reporters

• Kaitlyn Rowney - multimedia journalist
• Chris Pavlish - multimedia journalist
• Deandra Corinthios- multimedia journalist
• Brenda Martens - multimedia journalist

External links

• WGEM-DT2 "Tri-States CW"
• WGEM-DT3 "WGEM Fox"