WBUI
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| WBUI | |
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| Decatur, Illinois | |
| Branding | Central Illinois' CW |
| Channels | 23 (UHF) analog, 22 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | The CW |
| Owner | ACME Communications |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Call letters meaning | WB Univeristy of Illinois |
| Former callsigns | WFHL (1983-97) WPXU (1997-99) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1983-98) PAX TV (1998-99) The WB (1999-2006) |
| Website | wb23tv.com |
WBUI, Central Illinois' CW, is an affiliate of The CW in Decatur, Illinois. It is currently owned by ACME Communications and its transmitter is located in Oreana, Illinois. The signal covers most of central Illinois, including the areas around Champaign, Urbana, Springfield, Normal, and Peoria.
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[edit] History
WBUI's on-air run began in the early 1980s as WFHL, which was owned and operated by the Four Square Church. In 1997, it was sold to Paxson Communications, becoming WPXU. WPXU call letters are now used by an i affiliate in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Acme acquired the station from Paxson in 1999. WBUI airs the weekday morning newscast, The Daily Buzz, from 6-9 AM, which is produced jointly between WBUI parent ACME Communications and Emmis Communications. It is the Central Illinois affiliate for St. Louis Cardinals baseball.
[edit] The CW
On January 24, 2006, the WB and UPN networks announced that they would merge. The newly combined network would be called The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner.
On March 9, 2006, it was announced that WBUI will become an affiliate of The CW Television Network in September 2006. WBUI's branding became Central Illinois' CW after the network switch.
[edit] Logos
 Former WBUI logo |
 Current WBUI logo |
[edit] External links
| 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 CW) - W29BG/W34DL 34 (TBN) - WBXC 46 (MTV2) - WCFN 49 (MNTV) - WEIU 51 (PBS) - WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox) |
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WGN 9 (Chicago) - WGEM-DT 10.2 (Quincy) - WREX-DT 13.2 (Rockford) - WHOI-DT 19.2 (Peoria) - WBUI 23 (Decatur) - KGCW 26 (Burlington, IA/Quad Cities) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Illinois | |
| ACME Communications |
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WIWB (Green Bay) - WBUW (Madison) - KWBQ/KRWB (Albuquerque/Roswell) - WBDT (Dayton) - WBXX (Knoxville) - WBUI (Decatur) - KASY (Albuquerque) |
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