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{{Short description|Museum of television history in Central Illinois, US}}
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'''Central Illinois' On-Line Broadcast Museum''' is a free website that documents, in detail, the history of television stations broadcasting in [[Central Illinois]].<ref name=NPR>{{cite web |last1=Tarter |first1=Steve |title=Online museum recalls the history of central Illinois radio and TV stations |url=https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2022-09-19/online-museum-recalls-the-history-of-central-illinois-radio-and-tv-stations |website=Peoria Public Radio |publisher=WCBU FM 89.9 |access-date=17 August 2024 |date=19 September 2022}}</ref>

The website was developed and is operated by Doug Quick, an award-winning<ref>{{cite news |last1=Norris |first1=Kyle |title=Taylorville Native Doug Quick Wins "Best TV Anchor" Award |url=https://taylorvilledailynews.com/local-news/309213 |access-date=17 August 2024 |work=Taylorville Daily News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Doug Quick Downstate IBA Pioneer |url=https://ilba.org/awards/doug-quick-downstate-iba-pioneer/ |website=Illinois Broadcasters Association |publisher=Illinois Broadcasters Foundation |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Full Text of HR0626  103rd General Assembly |url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=112&GA=103&DocTypeId=HR&DocNum=626&GAID=17&LegID=154224&SpecSess=&Session= |website=State of Illinois General Assembly |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref> broadcast weather newsman, author and web museum curator.<ref name=NPR/>

==History==
Quick built the website from information he assembled from records of the [[FCC]], local newspapers and libraries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Doug Quick, former Taylorville broadcaster, retires |work=The Taylorville Daily Breeze Courier |issue=Page 15 |date=5 September 2021}}</ref> Among the television stations covered are:
*  [[WAND (TV)|WTVP/WAND]], [[Decatur, Illinois|Decatur]]
*  [[WCIA]], [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]]
*  [[WICD (TV)|WICD]], Champaign
*  [[WICS]], [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
*  [[WYZZ-TV|WBLN]], [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]]
*  [[WEEK-TV|WEEK]], [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]
*  [[WHOI (TV)|WTVH]], Peoria
*  [[WMBD-TV|WMBD]], Peoria

The website also covers several [[Radio broadcasting|radio stations]] that were heard in Illinois from Chicago to St. Louis.<ref name=NPR/>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.dougquick.com/ Official website]

==Further reading==
*Quick, Doug (February 23, 2018)[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pictures_on_the_Prairie/t_W8swEACAAJ?hl=en  ''Pictures on the Prairie; The First Ten Years of Mid-Illinois Television''] , US Founders House Publishing LLC, {{ISBN|1945810130}}

[[Category:History of television in the United States]]
[[Category:Telecommunications museums in the United States]]
[[Category:Types of museums]]
[[Category:Virtual museums| ]]
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