Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p WICD is the ABC-affiliated television station for Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 41 (or virtual channel 15.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, northeast of Homer, along the Vermilion and Champaign County line. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, WICD has studios on South Country Fair Drive in downtown Champaign.Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WICD is actually considered a semi-satellite of WICS in Springfield and Decatur. As such, it simulcasts ABC network and syndicated programming as provided by WICS but airs separate commercials, legal identifications, and weekday newscasts (see below). Although WICD maintains its own facilities, master control and some internal operations are based within WICS' studios on East Cook Street in Springfield's Eastside section.Outside weekday newscasts, commercial insertion on WICD is controlled at the Springfield facility. WICS serves the western portion of the market (Springfield and Decatur) while WICD serves the eastern portion (Champaign, Urbana, and Danville). WICS also operates the area's Fox affiliates WRSP/WCCU and CW outlet WBUI (both owned by GOCOM Media, LLC) through joint sales and shared services agreements.. }
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- WICD_(TV) abstract "WICD is the ABC-affiliated television station for Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 41 (or virtual channel 15.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, northeast of Homer, along the Vermilion and Champaign County line. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, WICD has studios on South Country Fair Drive in downtown Champaign.Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WICD is actually considered a semi-satellite of WICS in Springfield and Decatur. As such, it simulcasts ABC network and syndicated programming as provided by WICS but airs separate commercials, legal identifications, and weekday newscasts (see below). Although WICD maintains its own facilities, master control and some internal operations are based within WICS' studios on East Cook Street in Springfield's Eastside section.Outside weekday newscasts, commercial insertion on WICD is controlled at the Springfield facility. WICS serves the western portion of the market (Springfield and Decatur) while WICD serves the eastern portion (Champaign, Urbana, and Danville). WICS also operates the area's Fox affiliates WRSP/WCCU and CW outlet WBUI (both owned by GOCOM Media, LLC) through joint sales and shared services agreements.".