padrechuck 25 Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 Quincy makes a move in Peoria, buying the ABC & CW affiliations in Peoria from Sinclair, owner of WHOI 19..... http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Quincy-Media-purchases-ABC-CW-affiliations-from-Sinclair-Broadcast-Group-388308022.html
tyrannical bastard 4060 Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 In a surprise move, the programming of WHOI will be moving from WHOI to subchannels of WEEK. http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Quincy-Media-purchases-ABC-CW-affiliations-from-Sinclair-Broadcast-Group-388308022.html Now that the shoe has dropped in South Bend, this sort of makes sense and answers the long standing question that Sinclair will NOT re-build WHOI to the separate operation it once was. Now what will Sinclair do with WHOI?
tyrannical bastard 4060 Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 A bombshell indeed....and the polar opposite of what will go down in South Bend. Now the question is, what will Sinclair do with WHOI? Quincy isn't cashing out WSJV, but Sinclair could very well cash in WHOI.
Viper550 293 Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 You begin to wonder: could this have been a condition of the WSBT arrangement?
TheRolyPoly 2641 Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 WEEK 25 will also debut a new set, new logo and new news name... "25 News"
nickp 344 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 “What that means for central Illinois is that we are going to make significant investments, multi-million dollar investments in our property so we can do an even better job with our news on the NBC signal and the ABC signal,” said Ralph Oakley
broadcastfan9751 140 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 My Guess is that Sinclair will acquire WYZZ outright from Cunningham, and will either sell WHOI to Howard Stirk Holdings or sell it in the incentive auction.
Samantha 2905 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Aha! It's a trade! Quincy traded Fox in South Bend for ABC in Peoria! I *knew* something was up!
TheRolyPoly 2641 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Aha! It's a trade! Quincy traded Fox in South Bend for ABC in Peoria! I *knew* something was up! Not to mention, affiliation changes with Quincy in Ft. Wayne and Duluth as well.
news89 468 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 WEEK 25 will also debut a new set, new logo and new news name... "25 News" Could this be the end of "Newswire" after 20 years as we know it? Im glad to see Quincy is investing in WEEK and at WPTA.
CircleSeven 1963 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Video courtesy of WEEK's Facebook Wall. They went the WREX/WKOW route with their logo. And I guess this is Quincy's standardized set? Duluth is getting the exact same one. The large video screen in the back is somewhat of a variant of what some of Gray stations (WTVG/WJRT) received when their new sets debuted. The Peoria Journal Star states that the full expansion project won't be completed until March (which happened to be the date of that original JSA deal between WEEK & WHOI was suppose to end). Could this be the end of "Newswire" after 20 years as we know it? Im glad to see Quincy is investing in WEEK and at WPTA. Wouldn't be surprised if they go "360" music pack. Most of those stations in that group already use it.
NEOMatrix 1307 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 It kind of makes me wonder what is about to go down in Syracuse with WTVH.
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/7/19/news-staff-demonstrate-outside-illinois-station Meanwhile...staff demonstrated out the station last week. lol Not a fan of the new look either. Guess Quincy is going for the cookie-cutter.
tyrannical bastard 4060 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 It kind of makes me wonder what is about to go down in Syracuse with WTVH. Interestingly enough, WHOI's call letters were WTVH from their sign-on until it was re-christened WIRL in 1965. Perhaps Quincy could be in the cards to take over WTVH in Syracuse? And a trade with WVVA would give Sinclair another market in West Virginia. Adding WOAY to the mix (putting it out of its misery as a WVVA sub-channel) could scale it up with another station that Quincy is willing to trade out.
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 958 Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 The new logo reminds me a little bit of WFXT 25 in Boston
T.L. Hughes 906 Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 The new logo reminds me a little bit of WFXT 25 in Boston To be fair, the "25" in the current logo is in the same typeface that WFXT formerly used in its logo.
CircleSeven 1963 Posted August 9, 2016 Posted August 9, 2016 Here's a follow-up article from the Journal-Star regarding the Peoria changes. Quincy is keeping the ABC branding "HOI 19 News". Yet Sinclair will keep the WHOI callsign, and will carry the Comet diginet on 19.1, after the transition phase ends. "The WHOI call letters stay with the signal, the frequency on which Channel 19 broadcasts, and will continue to be licensed to Sinclair. That said, we are able to, and plan on using, the title HOI-19 News as the brand of the newscasts," said Mark DeSantis, WEEK VP and general manager, adding that in addition to a new set that debuted on the NBC station's evening news broadcast Monday, the company has big plans for the ABC station. "We look to build WHOI into a bigger and better station over the next several months. Along with a new set and control room, we'll likely be hiring additional people, too." The current ABC program stream will be simulcast on 19.1 as well as 25.2 through the end of September to allow people receiving the signal over the air to rescan tuners to receive the program stream on 25.2, said DeSantis. "After that time Sinclair will likely broadcast some program stream on the WHOI signal to retain the FCC license. WHOI has broadcast Comet TV (a sci-fi channel) on 19.3 for several years. They plan to program that channel on the 19.1 frequency after September." Wait. Did they say Comet has been there for several years? It hasn't even been a year yet since it started.
nathannah 2528 Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 Wait. Did they say Comet has been there for several years? It hasn't even been a year yet since it started. They didn't even have a .3 until Comet started; maybe the writer meant the 19.2 CW signal?
Tim from Springfield (IL) 0 Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 Anyone know when WYZZ's affiliation agreement with Fox expires? (Sinclair also owns WYZZ-43 but they're under a JSA, IIRC, with WMBD). Once that contract expires could Sinclair's end game for WYZZ/WHOI be to move Fox (and GetTV) programming to WHOI alongside Comet TV--and perhaps sell WYZZ (the market's only Bloomington COL) for spectrum? Perhaps something like this: 19.1 Fox, 19.2 Comet TV, 19.3 Get TV (or vice-versa on 19.2/19.3). And possibly with master control out of WICS's studios in Springfield (unfortunately for Peoria).
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