WGEM-TV

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WGEM-TV
Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri
Branding	WGEM/WGEM News
Slogan	The Tri-State's Best!
Channels	10 (UHF) analog, 54 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC The CW-DT2 Fox-DT3 (CGEM)
Owner	Quincy Newspapers
Founded	September 4, 1953
Call letters meaning	W GEM City
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1953-69; 1971-mid 1990s) Fox (secondary, 1990-94)
Website	http://www.wgem.com/

WGEM-TV, channel 10, is the NBC affiliate located in Quincy, Illinois. It is the flagship station of Quincy Newspapers. Its transmitter is located in Quincy.

Contents 1 History 2 Digital Channel Information 3 Personalities 3.1 Anchors 3.2 Other Personalities 3.3 Former 4 Newscasts 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on for the first time on September 4, 1953. WGEM-TV has always been an NBC affiliate, but maintained a secondary ABC affiliation between 1953 and 1969, then again from 1971 to the mid-1990s. WGEM shared ABC with CBS affiliate KHQA-TV in the 1960s. WJJY-TV in Jacksonville. was the primary ABC affiliate for Quincy between 1969 and 1971. When WJJY went bankrupt and off the air in 1971, WGEM resumed carrying a few ABC shows. WGEM also had a secondary affiliation with Fox between 1990 and 1994. WGEM is one of the few TV stations in the country (not counting owned-and-operated stations) that has had the same call letters, the same owner, the same channel number, and the same primary network affiliation throughout its history.

[edit] Digital Channel Information

The television station broadcasts in analog format on channel 10, with its digital terrestrial television channel on UHF 54. It has two subchannels: simulcasting the area's cable-only Fox affiliate, CGEM, on DT-3, and The CW on DT-2.

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Anchors

• Les Sachs, Anchor (6pm), Public Affairs Host
• Shan Whiston, Anchor (6pm)
• Jake Miller, Anchor (5 & 10), Reporter, Producer
• Jennifer Wendling, Producer/Anchor (5 & 10)
• Rich Cain, Chief Meteorologist (5, 6, & 10)
• Ben Marth, Sports Director (6 & 10)
• Natalie Will, Anchor/Reporter (WGEM News at Sunrise)
• Brian Inman, Meteorologist (WGEM News at Sunrise & Noon)
• Lesley Swick, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
• Beau Hicks, Weekend Weather
• Tyler Tomlinson, Weekend Sports Anchor
• Laura Johnson, Southeast Iowa Reporter
• Breanne Palmerini, Reporter
• Katey Walls, Reporter
• Araceli Pedroza, Reporter

[edit] Other Personalities

• Nora Baldner, Assignment Editor
• Bob Gough, News Director
• Jeanne Allen, WGEM Sunrise Radio Host
• Rick Rose, WGEM Sunrise Radio Host

[edit] Former

• Steve Looten (former Sports Director, now real estate agent in Quincy, IL)
• Holly Doyle (reporter in Western Michigan, WWMT)
• Ianthe Jackson (working on capitol hill, Washington DC)
• Krystal Morris (currently in Chicago)
• Emily Engberg (reporter in Milwaukee, WI)
• Gordon Boyd (former anchor, now anchor WVLT Knoxville)
• Caitlin Weinstein (reporter/anchor in Des Moines, KCCI)
• Leslie Carto (now reporter at WDAF-Kansas City)
• Elizabeth Colosimo (now morning anchor South Bend IN, WSJV)
• Marc Magliari (currently Amtrak spokeperson)
• Julie Glenn
• Brent Clair (whereabouts unknown)
• Catherine Bergerson (now reporter in Ft. Myers FL)
• Bree Stewart (former weekend sports anchor, now real estate, Chicago area)
• Ron Brown (former anchor, now in Columbus MS, WCBI)
• Lew Stowers (currently residing in Southern California)
• Chris Broughton (former Sports Director, now real estate agent in Quincy, IL)
• Cory McCloskey (currently residing in Phoenix area, working for Fox 10)
• Amy Bradley (now reporter at WBRE, northeastern PA)
• Scott Inman (now anchor at KATV, Little Rock)
• Lathay Pegues (went on to report for Milwaukee's WB18)
• Mark Baker (former anchorman, Republican candidate for Illinois' 17th Congressional District in 1996, 1998 and 2000, now morning anchor at WXXA in Albany, New York)

[edit] Newscasts

• WGEM News at Sunrise (M-F 5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.)

Natalie Will, Katey Walls & Brian Inman

• WGEM News at Noon (M-F 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Natalie Will & Brian Inman

• WGEM Live at Five (M-F 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

Jake Miller, Jennifer Wendling & Rich Cain

• WGEM News at Six (M-F 6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

Shan Whiston, Les Sachs, Rich Cain & Ben Marth

• WGEM News at 10 (M-F 10 p.m. - 10:35 p.m.)

Jennifer Wendling, Jake Miller, Rich Cain & Ben Marth

• WGEM News Weekend Edition (Sat/Sun 10 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.)

Lesley Swick, Beau Hicks, Tyler Tomlinson

[edit] See also

• CGEM
• WEWB, WB6

[edit] External links

• WGEM Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WGEM-TV