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Should ratings be in the article?[edit]

The common answer would be no, but in WCIA's case, they've been dominant over so many years, and after looking at the Nielsen Ratings, WCIA has fallen to third. I had my bit in there and finally got the link to the ratings sweeps, but it was deleted, and I don't want to get into a wiki-war. I would just like to get others' input into this question. It seems to be flying over at WICS, WICD, and WAND's wiki article.

Tigernike1 06:12, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Allocations[edit]

I removed the section claiming Harry Truman had something to do with the VHF allocations. As far back as 1946 the FCC had allocated Chicago not FOUR but Seven VHF stations. One was lost to Rockford and another VHF to Milwaukee. Chicago had all the VHF stations because it was at the time the second largest TV market. In fact Springfield was allocated Channel 2, and that is directly against the so called story that I removed. Channel 2 was later moved to St Louis as it had potential interference with Channel 2 when it signed on. Channel 2 in Chicago when Channel 4 one of the SEVEN original VHF allocation was given to Milwaukee from Chicago.

If the poster wants to put that informaton back, please put a source with it. As I can find nothing to indicate it is true.

4.142.96.109 05:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC)Nick[reply]

I agree with the above poster, I haven't found any source to the Harry Truman information about VHF licensing. I'm removing it. If the original poster wants to put it in, please source the information.

98.214.213.17 (talk) 17:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The firing of Marta Carreira and Jerry Slabe[edit]

I removed this section from this entry; at worst, it doesn't seem relevant to the article (in the grand scheme of things)... at best, it's incomplete and not written from a neutral POV. Amnewsboy 06:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Wcia.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dominance has no sources[edit]

"It is the dominant news station in Champaign since competitors WAND NBC is in Decatur and WICD splits the ABC audience with WICS in Springfield, Illinois."

While this may be true, it pertains nothing towards the "dominance" of a news station. If anything, this conclusion is a flat out lie. WICS/WICD have won the ratings in every month since October 2007. As such, I deleted that portion of the article. Tigernike1 (talk) 18:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]