Wand
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WAND is an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois, serving the Decatur–Springfield–Champaign area. It is a joint venture of LIN Television (who owns 34% of the station) and Block Communications (66%); however, in this case, LIN controls the station. In addition to NBC and local programming, WAND also shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. Its transmitter is located near Argenta, Illinois, with additional translator W31BX in Danville, Illinois.
History
It began on June 17, 1953 as the first television station in Central Illinois, with the call letters of WTVP, which is used today for a PBS station in Peoria. It became WAND in 1966.The station was one of ABC's first affiliates. It remained with ABC from sign-on to joining NBC on September 5, 2005.
Personalities
Current
- Tara Barrett
- Gabrielle Biondo
- Steve Breitwieser
- Lee Davis
- Scot England
- J.C. Fultz
- Mikaela Hunt
- Brian Jodice
- Elizabeth Moors
- Dawn Sterling
- Sean Streaty
- Marcus Thorpe
- Greg Trumbold
- Kelly Yueh
Former
- Rick Barrett
- Bob Billman
- Loren Boatman
- Mike Browning
- Bob Cashen
- Mike Cheever
- Jim Clayton
- Don Coleman
- John Davey
- Bob Dolan
- Tom Green
- Dan Medina
- Jill Monier
- Julie Moore
- George Moyer
- Bob Murray
- Al Pigg
- Ron Rector
- Robert Reese
- Leandra Reilly
- Jeff Ruffner
- Gayle Simpson
- Jerry Slabe
- Cathy Styles
- Mike Vaughan
- Frank Vascellaro
- Dana Wadell
- Dick Westbrook
- Kim Wilson
- Bob Wright
External links
- [WAND-TV home page]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WAND]
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for W31BX]
| Broadcast television in the Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield market [(Nielsen DMA #82)] | ||
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| WCIA 3 (CBS) - WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (PBS) - WILL 12 (PBS) - WSEC 14 (PBS) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (ABC) - WAND 17 (NBC) - WBUI 23 (The WB/The CW) - W29BG/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (UPN/My Network TV) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox) |
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Corporate Staff: [Gary R. Chapman] (President & CEO) | [Vincent L. Sadusky] | [Greg Schmidt] | [Scott Blumenthal] | [Edward L. Munson, Jr.] | [William S. Banowsky] | [Peter S. Brodsky] | [Royal W. Carson, III] | [Dr. William H. Cunningham] | [Randall S. Fojtasek] | [Wilma H. Jordan] | [Michael A. Pausic]
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ABC Network Affiliates: WOTV | WTNH
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CBS Network Affiliates: KRQE / KBIM / KREZ | WANE | WISH | WIVB | WLFI | WPRI | WTHI
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Fox Network Affiliates: WALA | WLUK | WNAC6 | WUPW | WVBT
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NBC Network Affiliates: KNSD1 | KXAN | KXAS1 | WAND3 | WAVY | WDTN | WOOD | WWLP
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The WB Network Affiliates: KNVA456 | KSCW24 | WWHO4 | WBPG4
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UPN Network Affiliates: KNIN24 | WCTX5 | WNDY5 | WNLO4 | WWHO4 | WXSP5
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Other stations: KBVO (TeleFutura) | WAPA (Independent)7 | WIIH (Univision) | WJPX (MTV)7
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1Co-owned with NBC Universal in a joint venture (76% owned by NBC, 24% owned by LIN). KNSD also includes a repeater used for rebroadcast of Entravision's KBNT-CA. |
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2Co-owned with Banks Broadcasting in a joint venture (50/50); however, LIN does not control these stations.
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3Co-owned with Block Communications in a joint venture (34% owned by LIN, 66% owned by Block Communications), with LIN controlling this station.
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4Stations confirmed to affiliate with The CW in September 2006.
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5Stations confirmed to affiliate with My Network TV in September 2006.
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6LIN operates these stations under a local marketing agreement.
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7LIN has put these stations up for sale; no buyer named yet.
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| Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [TVL] | Website: [www.lintv.com] |
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