An event like this has a direct impact on everyone in our community.. Ms. Rachal and her team also developed several unique news sponsorships, including Veteran Spotlight, which highlighted the lives of veterans residing in the Illinois Veterans Home, and From the Ground Up, a series of stories that focused on area farm families. Well, now WCIA GM Sharon Rachal has been exited from the station. Lafayette was also charged in 2019 with aggravated domestic battery, pleading guilty to a lesser bail bond violation. When FTVLive reached out to the WCIA Anchor to ask him if it was him that was cited, he told FTVLive it was not him. The entire story talked about how great this cop killer was and that he was a great family man, etc, said one person that saw the story on the stations air, adding, They never reported in the story that officers were called for a domestic disturbance because he was beating a woman or the fact he has two prior charges of domestic violence or the fact that he was a convicted felon and had a gun. At that time, and still today, the focus should be on a fallen hero, the family of Officer Oberheim, who lost their husband and dad, and our grieving community. Static.COOKIE_BANNER_CAPABLE = true; FTVLive FIRST told you the community of Champaign, IL turned against Nexstars WCIA for a story the station did on a police-involved shooting. After all, I recall him saying, its been extensively edited and its not the same as what you gave us. I insisted that my paper be returned to me, and he finally acquiesced. Quotation[10] = "'The statement from New York-based NBC was in response to a report on the FTVLive' - Bloomberg"; His email is. In 2002, WCFN separated from WCIA and became the area's UPN affiliate. The archival documents I obtained enriched and complemented The New York Times articles that I had read, dating back to the nineteenth century. View previous columns (before Feb. 13, 2016), When you shop @AmazonSmile, Amazon will make a donation to Journal-Isms Inc. https://t.co/OFkE3Gu0eK, Richard Prince (@princeeditor) March 16, 2018. Insiders tell FTVLive that many of the talent at The Firm's DC station are not happy with being told to cut the promos. On two occasions, it fought off attempts by WICS/WICD and WAND to force it onto the UHF band by claiming that moving to UHF would cause it to lose 150,000 viewers. The community is still pissed at them and continues to reject them.. in fact, a fellow editor white once complained to me that he was shocked & disappointed when attending an all-white party thrown by a times editor on the east side, where attendees openly used racist comments about their black colleagues; they felt comfy doing it with no blacks around. Felons are not allowed to own or possess a firearm. When I read the edited version of my paper, which was in galley form in preparation for publication, I found that the editors had inserted the following paragraph on my behalf, unbeknownst to me and without my consent: Recently, the Times granted me access to its archives, including correspondences from the 1950s, when the paper sent Bigart to Africa on a temporary assignment. As Rachel was packing up her office, a news crew from the station was trying to cover the Vermillion Co Fair. Champaign Police are currently investigating a call of shots fired #WCIA The New York Times Managing Editor Joseph Lelyveld, referring to some of the newspapers early African news coverage. As my book shows, these realities were not reflected in any of the writings of the so-called explorers, the European colonial officials, and later professional journalists who wrote about Africa in the earlier era. In the May 29 edition of the Daily Journal in nearby Kankakee, Ill., reporter Jeff Bonty provided this account of the shoot-out: Darion Lafayette was shot and killed just after 3:20 a.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Champaign during an encounter with two police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call. In an article published on March 13, 2005, The New York Times documented WCIA's use of government video news releases without clear attribution as such. He was by far from that., That article was very disrespectful to our family, she said. var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); To avoid delays, WCIA moved its transmitter to the current location in Seymour. Despite this, Decatur (the second-largest city in the western half of the market) receives WCIA's signal very well. I was being snarky and funny; I certainly didnt think it would come to this, she told NBCs Janet Shamlian in a report that aired Tuesday on TODAY. In February 2002, I presented the paper when I was invited to Williams College, in Massachusetts. Thats what I think about every day, and I hate that our story got in the way of that, Roscoe said. Some reallocated theirfunding to theChris Oberheim Memorial GoFundMe: This is not the first time Officer Chris Oberheim has been disrespected after his death. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Creel asked Lafayette to step out of the vehicle, and Lafayette responded that he was just sitting in his car. He originally wanted to build WCIA's tower in White Heath, roughly halfway between Champaign and Decatur. [4] In his early battle, WCIA sold red ribbons in support of Reese and the American Cancer Society. There were spectacular achievements and great civilizations in Africa, such as Egypt, ancient Ghana, Songhai, Mali, Ethiopia, Nubia, Aksum, Zimbabwe, Kongo, Buganda, and many others. // ====================================== My article did not appear in several subsequent issues of CJR. According to the insider, the person was let go by Miller because the WCIA News Director believed that he was the one that leaked the . It was great. Subsequent writings about Africa simply adopted the racist template created by the European trespassers the so-called explorers., For example, when The New York Times sent Pulitzer prize winning journalist Homer Bigart to cover decolonization in Africa in late 1959, this is what he said in a letter to his foreign editor from Africa, referring to Kwame Nkrumah: Im afraid I cannot work up any enthusiasm for the emerging republics. Quotation[4] = "'FTVLive a TV news website that is often on the money' - LA Times"; [25] Metsch removed the photo and went private on all of her social media accounts. In Huntsville, Ala., Allen was a regular fixture on the evening news, covering a wide range of stories for ABC affiliate WAAY. The video shows Lafayette exit the building and get into a parked car. . On the other hand, Africa is the source of all humankind. Our Tim Ditman remembers the man's life and. A Times reporter, Homer Bigart, espoused similar racist sentiments in his letters. We want to grieve in privacy.. Contact In a handwritten note on the typed letter presumably the written note is not on the copy kept on file he suggested that I submit the paper to Mother Jones, which also rejected it. Ms. Rachal graduated from Northwestern State University with a degree in biology. One man said, Im honestly not bothered that they did a story on the perpetrator. During the same period, Germany was burning an average of two witches a day., Europeans, Davidson added, moreover, were constantly duped by promises of miraculous transformations and cures. In June 2015, WCIX upgraded to a full 1080i 16:9 high definition signal, the same as WCIA. - Greta Van Susteren" Carol Vorel is news director at WDWS radio and worked with Shaul there and at WCIA-TV. She joins Nexstar from KHQA-TV (CBS) in Quincy, IL, where she served as General Manager and Director of Sales since 2015. It was owned and operated by Champaign-based Midwest Television, headed by August C. Meyer Sr., a lawyer and chairman of the board of the Champaign-based Bank of Illinois. Book Notes: Challenging 45 and Proudly Telling the Story, February 2018 Podcast: Richard Dick Prince on the need for newsroom diversity. Buttigieg has already. This is a unique career opportunity in an incredible market, and I couldnt be happier about what lies ahead.. Quotation[9] = "'FTVLive.com Scooped Everyone With News' - About.com "; Nexstars portfolio includes primary affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV and The CW. In June, Milton Allimadi, editor and publisher of the Black Star News newspaper in New York and adjunct professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, published Manufacturing Hate: How Africa Was Demonized in Western Media (Kendall Hunt publishers). WCIA (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Champaign, Illinois, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Central Illinois region. ., He concluded, News organizations that were not moved to address this problem when the business represented a license to print money have come to see things differently since the business model began its collapse. Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; // ============================================== Carol Vorel is news director at WDWS radio and worked with Shaul there and at WCIA-TV. Just like the Mayor, TV anchors are public figures and should be treated the same. Since FTVLive posted that story, White has not posted to either his Facebook or Twitter account. But understand this we have a much better story than what youve seen this week., I do want to be clear on one thing: Maria Taylor was selected as NBA Countdown host last year because she earned it, he added. CHAMPAIGN, IL and IRVING, TX (Feb. 6, 2020) Nexstar Media Group, Inc., today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., has appointed Sharon Rachal to Vice President and General Manager of its broadcasting and digital operations in Champaign-Springfield, IL (DMA #88), including WCIA-TV (CBS), WCIX-TV (MyNet) and WCIA.com. Quotation[2] = "'The story first broke on FTVLive.com' - AP"; Richard Prince is a veteran journalist who writes Richard Princes Journal-isms, the news column on diversity issues in the news media. The Times reported, "WCIA, based in Champaign, had run 26 segments made by the U.S. Agriculture Department over the past three months alone." This is one very strange station with a very checkered history. WCIA made its first broadcast on November 14, 1953. I vastly prefer the primitive bush people. He did say though that Lafayette was known to carry a gun for protection as he had recently been threatened by unknown individuals at least three times. Allen thought it was all in good fun, but her bosses clearly didnt get the joke. As you know, the so-called explorers projected a racist image of Africa in order to justify enslavement and, later, colonial subjugation and exploitation. The couple were fired from WCIA more than five years ago after refusing to comply with Nexstar's edict that they increase the number of hours they worked. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); // ============================================== What followed was community outrage, including thousands of comments on the WCIA Facebook page. Prior to KHQA-TV, Ms. Rachal served in positions of increasing responsibility at WNTZ-TV in Alexandria, Louisiana. [8] Benton died at home on May 26.[9][10]. I still recall the chill I felt when Hoyt asked me why I wanted it back. I hope there are more journalists who make this historical connection in understanding the political challenges we face today in our news media and media system. Nexstar Media Group is a leading diversified media company that leverages localism to bring new services and value to consumers and advertisers through its traditional media, digital and mobile media platforms. The Champaign native later worked at WDWS and was known for, among other things, coverage of election nights. And for years Shaul also was the play-by-play voice of Fightin Illini basketball. I believe so. On May 21, WCIA reported on the incident and appeared to memorialize Lafayette. News director Rich Flesch and general manager Sharon Rachal have both quietly exited the station, Eck reported. A planned sale of TikTok's U.S. assets was shelved. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) A report says the director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board was fired this fall after an investigation found that he improperly issued a law enforcement certificate to an unqualified local philanthropist who's also the son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Since FTVLive posted that story, White has not posted to either his Facebook or Twitter account. Among those viewing the footage was Thomas Trowell, Lafayettes uncle. Quotation [17] = " 'An insider newsy website' - Hoda Kotb" I hope that this book can be an eye-opener for those who read it that their takeaways will be transformative and insightful on many levels for all, including lay readers, students of history and journalism, as well as practicing journalists and editors, for whom this book may become both a teaching and learning tool. It currently broadcasts 40 hours of news a week, and one hour on Saturday and Sunday. I decided to do them a favor. but, this is america., Meanwhile, Times editorial writer Brent Staples (pictured) recounted the history of racism in newspapers in a column that went online Saturday headlined, How the White Press Wrote Off Black America., Staples began, Newspapers that championed white supremacy throughout the pre-civil rights South paved the way for lynching by declaring African Americans nonpersons. Many that read the FTVLive story told us they think that the Anchor lied to FTVLive. The book illustrates how, historically, racism and the manufactured hate that accompanies it was deliberately used, and continues to be used, to rationalize and justify economic exploitation of Africans and people of African descent. WCIA 3 Severe Weather Center. Subscribe to our newsletters to get updates about Illinois Public Media's role in giving voice Shes an innovative leader and has extensive experience in the creation, development and execution of successful local multi-platform solutions for advertising and marketing clients. She has three grown daughters and will be relocating to the Champaign-Urbana area immediately. // Set up the quotations to be shown, below. Well, yesterday we got an email from an insider at WCIA and they said that News Director Andy Miller fired an employee on the morning show. The best rejection came from the editor of The New Yorker. The tower would have been placed on some of the highest ground in Central Illinois. Twitter | Quotation[5] = "'FTVLive was the first site to break the Jay Leno story' - KNX Radio"; (Ownership conflicts existed in two existing Nexstar markets involving Nexstar's duopoly of CW affiliate WISH-TV and MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV (which were both sold to Circle City Broadcasting) and Tribune's duopoly of Fox affiliate WXIN and CBS affiliate WTTV/WTTK in Indianapolis and Nexstar's virtual triopoly of CBS affiliate WHBF-TV, CW affiliate KGCW and Fox-affiliated SSA partner KLJB and Tribune-owned ABC affiliate WQAD-TV (which was sold to Tegna) in the Quad Cities. Originally, I had intended to write a magazine article entitled Darkest Times in Africa, focusing on the evolution of The New York Times coverage of Africa and how many of the stereotypes about Africa emerged. The station manager and news director of an Illinois television station are out after community members became outraged that the station depicted a slain Black man accused of killing a white police officer as an angel. I wrote Manufacturing Hate How Africa Was Demonized in Western Media to fight the stereotypical racist representations of Africans and people of African descent, and the ignorance and cover-ups that go with them. Oberheim was killed in the line of duty in May, Kevin Eck reported Wednesday for TVSpy. Danville Area Weather Forecast. Sanders had 45 percent of the vote in the WCIA graphic with 893,249 votes. Joseph Torres (pictured) is senior director of strategy and engagement at the activist group Free Press, which has launched Media 2070, which includes an essay that documents how anti-Black racism has been part of our media systems DNA since colonial times. It is asking the public for examples. Quotation [19] = " 'FTVLive.com, a prominent television industry website' - Lexington Herald Leader" He explained that the doctors told him that his cancer had returned and that it was too large for surgery or radiation. I would love to have them back as. Please know our commitment is that assignments and opportunities at ESPN are based on merit and any concerns, remarks, or inferences thatsuggest otherwise have been and will continue to be addressed. , Weprin also reported, We plan to address diversity and inclusion at an upcoming ESPN town hall later this month, and we will continue to have focused conversations with the Black and African American community at ESPN in the coming weeks, he wrote. I had always been outraged by the negative representations of Africans and African descendants in Western media. [37] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3. _taboola.push({flush: true}); Allen isn't the first journalist to get in trouble using social media. Tim Ditman with former WCIA employees John Paul and Dan Roan remembering former WCIA News Director Paul Davis Most Popular Articles Burglary at popular Champaign restaurant shuts business. These journals were the original media responsible for disseminating the racist representation of Africa throughout Europe, in the Americas, Asia, and even in Africa itself. WCIA began its feature story on Lafayette with a family member saying, Hes the most compassionate person who you will ever meet in your life, if you ever knew him., Anchor Jessica Kunz followed up, And now theyre mourning him after he died in an exchange of gunfire with Champaign Police., As reported by Breitbart News, According to Champaign county court records, Lafayette has beenchargedwith aggravated domestic violence with three different women as well as possession of drugs, including methamphetamine. When I asked why some editors were opposed, Hoyt said, There was a feeling these things happened a long time ago.. On September 11, 2014, WCIA anchor Dave Benton announced on-air that he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and that he had only months to live. // ====================================== Meanwhile, the Clinton administration blocked any significant intervention by the United Nations; after all, tribal wars are intractable and irresolvable. For decades, WCIA was available on cable systems in BloomingtonNormal, in the Peoria market, along with sister station WMBD-TV. Shaul is remembered for a long career that started at WCIA in 1962. Oberheim said the story, made it out to seem (Lafayette) was an angel. He also argued that, on the other hand, the Times had published insightful articles about Africa through the years, and that he too had been involved in the coverage, first as a correspondent in South Africa and later as foreign news editor. He died and a family lost a member, and we need to remember that. [citation needed]. Earlier this month, FTVLive FIRST told you that WCIA News Director Rich Flesch was exited from the station. // Do not change anything below this line None of it.. 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On September 12, 2011, WCIA debuted an hour-long lifestyle and news program titled ciLiving.tv, the Springfield market's first hour-long 4 p.m. news program; the show utilizes interactivity with viewers, through the use of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, along with online polls and audience quizzes via text message and the station's website. She insists that shes a committed journalist and hopes to be back on TV reporting the news soon. Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR "; [23], The station gained national attention in April 2021 when reporter Abigail Metsch posted a photo of herself on Instagram in a thong bikini, with Metsch's back facing the camera with her head turned towards the camera, completely exposing her buttocks and mentioning the station in the photo caption. Heath, roughly halfway between Champaign and Decatur as what you gave us Im honestly not bothered that did. 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