| Central Illinois' On-Line Broadcast Museum | |
| Former Names: | --> |
| Established: | 2003 |
| Location: | Illinois, United States |
| Type: | Virtual museum |
| Collections: | Television history |
| Visitors: | 97,000 |
| Founder: | Doug Quick |
| Curator: | Doug Quick[1] |
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Central Illinois' On-Line Broadcast Museum is a free virtual museum website that documents, in detail, the history of television stations broadcasting in Central Illinois, United States.[2]
The virtual museum was developed and is operated by Doug Quick, an award-winning[3] [4] [5] broadcast weather newsman, author and web museum curator.[2] The museum is a record of the heritage television stations in the Illinois cities of Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Danville, Bloomington and Peoria, and in St. Louis, Missouri. It hosts information on the building of the stations, the station owners, local programs and personalities, program schedules and hundreds of photographs and videos that tell the stories of the pioneer television broadcasters of Central Illinois. Eastern Illinois University journalism instructor Joe Astrouski said "Doug's work chronicling the history of local television is a treasurer, both for those who work in TV and those who enjoy it".[6]
Quick built the website from information he assembled from records of the FCC, local newspapers and libraries.[7] Among the television stations covered are:
The website also covers several radio stations that were heard in Illinois from Chicago to St. Louis.[2]