Network Knowledge

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Network Knowledge
central and western Illinois
Branding	Network Knowledge
Slogan	Watch and Learn
Channels	Analog: see table below Digital: see table below
Translators	W08DP Springfield
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation
First air date	1984
Call letters’ meaning	all stations: W 2nd letter: see table below EduCational
Transmitter Power	see table below
Height	see table below
Facility ID	see table below
Transmitter Coordinates	see table below
Website	www.networkknowledge.tv

Network Knowledge is the brand name of West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation, the not-for-profit organization that owns and operates three PBS member stations in central and western Illinois. Before October 13, 2004; it used the name Convocom.

Network Knowledge also provides educational outreach through a network of volunteers, schools, hospitals and corporate partners in communities throughout central and western Illinois.

Together, the three stations serve a large portion of western Illinois, as well as parts of Missouri and Iowa.

Contents 1 Local programs 2 Stations 3 History 4 External links

[edit] Local programs

Network Knowledge produces a number of regularly-scheduled programs each month, including:

• Cardia (monthly; hosted by Mark McDonald & Dr. Gregory Mishkel; produced by Mark McDonald)
• CapitolView (weekly; hosted by Bernie Schoenburg and John Patterson (rotating); produced by Scott Troehler)
• Illinois Stories (3x/week; produced & hosted by Mark McDonald)
• InLife: Stories from Western Illinois (monthly; hosted by Becky Cramblit; produced by Scott Troehler & Becky Cramblit)
• Lawmakers (monthly; hosted by Mark McDonald; produced by Scott Troehler)
• The Smart Patient (monthly; hosted by Dawn Hunter; produced by Scott Troehler & Dawn Hunter)

Special programming has included

• Expedition United Kingdom (hosted by Becky Cramblit, produced by Scott Troehler)
• Expedition Scotland (hosted by Becky Cramblit, produced by Scott Troehler)
• Building Stories (hosted by Dave Leonatti with Anthony Rubano, produced by Scott Troehler)
• Making Conversation; Downtown Springfield Inc. Annual Awards; Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce Annual Gala

[edit] Stations

Station	City of license	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	2nd letter’s meaning	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
WMEC1	22 (UHF) 21 (UHF)	Macomb	October 1, 1984	Macomb	15.7 kW 75 kW	131 m 131 m	70537	40°23′53.2″N, 90°43′54.5″W
WQEC	27 (UHF) 34 (UHF)	Quincy	March 19852	Quincy	14.8 kW 58.6 kW	173 m 153 m	71561	39°58′39.9″N, 91°18′32.6″W
WSEC3	14 (UHF) 15 (UHF)	Jacksonville	August 19844	Springfield	34 kW 75 kW	271 m 295 m	70536	39°36′8.8″N, 90°2′47.4″W

Notes:

• 1. WMEC used the callsign WIUM-TV from its 1984 sign-on until 1989.
• 2. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WQEC signed on March 11, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on March 9.
• 3. WSEC used the callsign WJPT from its 1984 sign-on until 1989.
• 4. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WSEC signed on August 21, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on August 11.

[edit] History

The first station in the network, WJPT, signed on in August 1984. The station was originally supposed to sign on in 1979, using the tower of defunct ABC affiliate WJJY-TV, near Bluffs, Illinois. The transmitter broadcast at 4.5 million watts, which would have made WJPT one of the most powerful stations in the PBS system.

However, the tower collapsed in a massive 1978 ice storm. While it was able to raise enough money to build an 800-foot (244 m) tower, it only broadcast at 34,000 watts, from a site west of Waverly, Illinois. As a result, despite nominally being Springfield's PBS member station, it was virtually unviewable over the air in that city.

WIUM in Macomb and satellite station WQEC in Quincy, jointly owned by Western Illinois University and Quincy University, would follow during 1984-1985.

The three stations were taken over by the West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation in 1989. At that time, WJPT became WSEC, while WIUM became WMEC. A 1,400 watt translator was built at Springfield in 1998. Originally broadcasting on channel 65, it moved to channel 8 in 2001.

Although WMEC appears to be the main station, the network is headquartered in Chatham, near Springfield.

[edit] External links

• "WSEC to be called Network Knowledge" - from the Herald & Review (Decatur, Illinois)
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WMEC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WQEC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WSEC
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for W08DP
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WMEC-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WQEC-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSEC-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Champaign-Urbana/Decatur/Springfield market  (Nielsen DMA #84) WCIA 3 (CBS, WCFN on DT2) - WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (PBS) - WILL 12 (PBS) - WSEC 14 (PBS) - WICD 15 / WICS 20 (ABC) - WAND 17 (NBC) - WBUI 23 (The CW) - W29BG 29/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WLCF-LP 45 (CTN/FamilyNet) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (MNTV, WCIA on DT2) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox) Defunct stations: WJJY 14 (ABC)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Quincy (IL) / Hannibal (MO) market   (Nielsen DMA #171) KTVO 3 (ABC) - KHQA 7 (CBS) (ABC on DT2) - WGEM 10 (NBC, The CW on DT2, FOX via CGEM on DT3) - WTJR 16 (CTN) - WMEC 22 / WQEC 27 (PBS) Broadcast television available on cable only: WGEM-DT2 (The CW) - "CGEM" (FOX) Defunct stations: WJJY 14 (ABC)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Illinois WSIU 8 / WUSI 16 (Carbondale / Olney) - WTTW 11 (Chicago) - WILL 12 (Urbana) - WSEC 14 / WMEC 22 / WQEC 27 (Jacksonville / Macomb / Quincy) - WYCC 20 (Chicago) - WQPT 24 (Moline) - WTVP 47 (Peoria) - WEIU 51 (Charleston) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other Stations in Illinois