WEEK-TV
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WEEK-TV is the NBC affiliate for the Peoria-Bloomington, Illinois television market. It transmits its analog signal on UHF channel 25, and its digital signal on UHF channel 57, both licensed to Peoria, Illinois. It is owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation, and is sister station to WAOE, the area's UPN affiliate.
The station currently has the highest rated news programs in the area. Its offices, studios, and transmitter are all located at 2907 Springfield Road in East Peoria, Illinois. Originally on Channel 43, it moved to channel 25 in 1964.
History
Hitting the Airwaves
On Sunday; February 1, 1953 at 7 PM Central Standard Time, Peoria’s very first NBC-TV affiliated UHF (Ultra-High Frequency) television station, WEEK-TV; Channel 43 began broadcasting. WEEK-TV was owned and operated by Oklahoma City-based West Central Broadcasting Co. whose President was E.K. Gaylord who also served as President of the Oklahoma Publishing Co. The board Chairman of Directors was Governor Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma Democrat). West Central also co-owned radio sister station, 1350 WEEK-AM (now WOAM).
Locally produced programs
Coffee Time with Dick and Bev Captain Jinks and Salty SamNews Themes
- "News 4 New York" Edd Kalehoff Productions, 1983-1988
- "Hello News" Gari Communications 1983-1990
- "Advantage" Gari Communications 1990-1994
- "Newschannel" Gari Communications 1994-1996
- "Newswire" 615 Music 1996-present
On-air personalities
As of 2005, the on-air staff included:- Mike Dimmick
- Melissa Dunton
- Sandy Gallant
- Lee Hall
- Jill Henriksen
- Denise Jackson
- Jenny Li
- Tom McIntyre
- Garry Moore
- Gina Morss
- Jeff Muniz
- Lee Ranson
- Eric Shangraw
- Susanna Song
- Josh Simon
- Marc Strauss
Former on-air personalities
- Steve Ammerman
- Bob Arthur
- Ben Bailey
- George Baseleon
- Jim Barnett
- Bob Bath
- Mary Ann Bergerson (Ahern)
- Bob Burton
- Tom Connor
- Shelli Dankoff (McClellan)
- Kelly Deushane
- Pat Dix
- Fraser Engerman
- Hank Fisher
- Steve Gehlbach
- Trazanna Halstead
- Bill Houlihan
- Brad Harding
- Chuck Harrison
- Chick Hearn
- Denise Heilman
- Jill Hendricksen (Noelle)
- Bob Jamieson
- Gordon Joyner
- Sabrina Kang
- Julie Kimble
- Dana Kozlow
- Stan Lonergan
- Adam Nielsen
- Kelly Nutt
- Becky Oliver
- Vokaye Parker
- Matt Pendergrass
- Edgar Sandoval
- Andrew Siff
- Laura Skirde
- Keenan Smith
- Shannon Tebben (Sandoval)
- Kathy Topp
- Norm Ulrich
- Scott Unes
- Bev Vance
- Anna Werner
- Christine Zak
Enternal links
| Broadcast television in the Peoria/Bloomington market [(Nielsen DMA #117)] | ||
|---|---|---|
| WHOI 19 (ABC) - WEEK 25 (NBC) - WMBD 31 (CBS) - WYZZ 43 (FOX) - WTVP 47 (PBS) - W50DD 50/W51CT 51 (TBN) - WAOE 59 (UPN) | ||
| Local cable television channels | ||
| WBPE Cable 4 (The WB) | ||
| WMAQ 5 ([[Template:Chicago TV|Chicago]]) - WGEM 10 ([[Template:QHK TV|Quincy]]) - WREX 13 ([[Template:Rockford TV|Rockford]]) - WAND 17 ([[Template:CDSTV|Decatur]]) - WEEK 25 ([[Template:Central IL TV|Peoria]]) | |
| See also: [[Template:ABC Illinois|ABC]], [[Template:CBS Illinois|CBS]], [[Template:Fox Illinois|Fox]], [[Template:PBS Illinois|PBS]], [[Template:UPN Illinois|UPN]], [[Template:WB Illinois|WB]] and [[Template:Other Illinois Stations|Other]] Stations in Illinois | |
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