Coordinates

51°36′30″N5°8′30″N

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WEEK-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for West-Central Illinois licensed to Peoria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter at studios on Springfield Road in East Peoria. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 10 and in high definition on digital channel 906. Owned by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation, WEEK-TV operates ABC/CW affiliate WHOI (owned by Barrington Broadcasting) through joint sales and shared services agreements.

It also operates MyNetworkTV affiliate WAOE (owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting) through another joint sales agreement. Both stations share facilities with WEEK-TV along with some internal operations of the Quad Cities' low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate WBQD-LP (owned by Four Seasons Broadcasting as well). Syndicated programming on the station includes ''Inside Edition'', ''Dr. Phil'', and ''The Rachael Ray Show''.

Digital programming

On WEEK-DT2, Comcast digital channel 431, and live streaming video on its website is The Local AccuWeather Channel.

1080i WEEK-WX

Channel	! Name	Video resolution>Video	Aspect ratio>Aspect	! Programming
25.1	WEEK-HD	|	16:9	Main WEEK-TV programming / NBC
25.2	|	480i	4:3	"WEEK-TV Weather First"

History

The station signed-on February 1, 1953 as WEEK. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 43 and was an NBC affiliate from the start. It was owned-and-operated by Oklahoma City-based West Central Broadcasting Company along with WEEK-AM 1350 (now WOAM). West Central was the broadcasting arm of the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Edward K. Gaylord was President and the chairman of the board was United States Senator Robert S. Kerr (a former governor of Oklahoma and half of Kerr-McGee). The original Chief Engineer of WEEK-TV-AM was Wayne Lovely who supervised the construction of the stations' technical facilities and equipment installation in 1953 (he would remain employed by WEEK-TV until 1974).

On November 7, 1957, WEEQ-TV in La Salle launched as a satellite of WEEK-TV in order to rebroadcast its signal. The UHF channel 35 allocation was most recently used for TBN affiliate WWTO-TV which now broadcasts in digital on VHF channel 10 but retains 35 as its virtual channel. WEEK-TV would move its analog signal to UHF channel 25 sometime around 1964. The channel 43 allocation was later moved from Peoria to Bloomington and used by the second incarnation of WBLN beginning in 1982 (this is now Fox affiliate WYZZ-TV). In 1966, West Central sold WEEK-TV and WEEQ-TV to Kansas City Southern Industries which also acquired KRCG in Jefferson City, Missouri around the same time. The new owner eventually shut down WEEQ-TV sometime in the early-1970s. WEEK would add the -TV suffix to its call sign on August 28, 1979.

In 1985, Kansas City Southern Industries sold both of its stations to Price Communications. On October 31, 1988, WEEK-TV and fellow NBC affiliate KBJR-TV in Superior, Wisconsin became the two founding stations of current owner Granite Broadcasting. In 1997, WEEK-TV bought the broadcasting license for 98.5 in Eureka, gave it the call sign WEEK-FM, and nickname "Oldies 98.5". Granite Broadcasting divested itself of the radio station, which is now WPIA, in 1999. It has been digital-only since February 17, 2009. On that date, the station remained on channel 25 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. The "WEEK-TV" calls were transferred from the now-defunct analog channel 25 to the new digital channel 25 and the "WEEK-DT" call sign from the pre-transition digital channel 57 was permanently discontinued.

On March 2 of the same year, this station took over the operations of WHOI through joint sales and shared services agreements. It resulted in that station closing its studios on North Stewart Street in Creve Coeur and moving into WEEK-TV's East Peoria facilities. As a result of the consolidation, all five of Peoria's full-powered commercial television stations are now operated by two entities. A possible reason for the move to combine WHOI's operations with WEEK-TV was the former's traditional third-place ranking in local viewership ratings (behind WEEK-TV and CBS affiliate WMBD-TV) during sweeps periods. Granite-owned CBS affiliate WTVH in Syracuse, New York also saw its operations merged with Barrington-owned NBC affiliate WSTM-TV and low-powered CW affiliate WSTQ-LP on the very same day. In this case, however, WSTM is the senior partner in the operational arrangement.

News operation

On June 5, 2006, WEEK-TV began airing a weeknight prime time newscast on WAOE through a news share agreement. Known on-air as ''News 25 at 9 on My 59'', the show can be seen for thirty minutes. The broadcast competes with another half-hour production seen at the same time on WYZZ which is produced by WMBD. There is also a simulcast of WEEK-TV's weekday morning show on WAOE. Seen from 5 until 7, this is known as ''News 25 Express on My 59''.

Throughout the 1980s and early-1990s, WHOI aired a nightly newscast at 5:30 resulting in a delay of ''ABC World News Tonight'' until 6 on weeknights unlike other ABC affiliates in the Central Time Zone. On weekends, ''ABC World News Tonight'' would be seen it its normal time slot at 5 followed by WHOI's local newscast. The practice offered viewers with a local broadcast seven nights a week at a consistent time while other stations aired national news or other programming.

Before WHOI merged its news department with WEEK-TV in 2009, it was airing a two-hour weekday morning broadcast. There were also weeknight newscasts seen at 5, 6, and 10. On weekends, news was aired on Saturdays at 6 and 10 as well as Sundays at 5:30 and 10. After consolidation, WHOI let go most of its production and newscast personnel but added four on-air personalities to WEEK-TV's news team which can still be seen today. It dropped weeknight shows at 5 and 6 while adding a new broadcast at 5:30. This resulted in ''ABC World News Tonight'' being moved to a tape-delay at 6 for a second time in the station's history. WHOI still airs a separate weekday morning program (from 5 until 7) and a weeknight newscast at 10. These productions air from a new secondary set at WEEK-TV's studios.

On weekends, the two stations simulcast broadcasts at 6 and 10 on Saturdays as well as Sundays at 10. Although WEEK-TV does not offer early evening local news on Sunday, WHOI does at 5:30. With the simulcasts, however, there can be delays or pre-emptions on one outlet due to network obligations. On September 13, 2010, WHOI added a lifestyle and entertainment program known as ''Good Company''. This airs from another new set exclusive to the show in a magazine-type format. At some point in time after WEEK-TV and WHOI combined operations, the two outlets became the first news department in the market to upgrade broadcasts to 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen. Although not truly high definition, the shows match the aspect ratio of HD television screens.

Newscast titles

''Your Esso Reporter'' (1953-1957)

''WEEK-TV News'' (1957-1969)

''Eyewitness News'' (1969-1977)

''News 25'' (1977-present)

Station slogans

"The News People" (late-1970s)

"Now More Than Ever" (early 1980s-1983)

"Say Hello" (1983-1990, used during period station used Frank Gari's "Hello News")

"Illinois' #1 News Channel" (1990-1994)

"Central Illinois' NewsChannel" (1994-1996)

"Your Home Team" (1996-present)

News team

Anchors

Garry Moore - weekday mornings, weekdays at 11:30 a.m., and weekdays at noon (also producer)

Sandy Gallant (AMS Seal of Approval) - news and meteorologist seen weekday mornings, weekdays at 11:30 a.m., and weekdays at noon

Mike Dimmick - Assistant News Director seen weeknights at 5, 9, and 10

Gina Morss - weeknights at 5 and 6

Tom McIntyre - weeknights at 6 and 10

Denise Jackson - weekends and reporter

''WEEK Weather First Meteorologists''

Chuck Collins (AMS and NWA Seals of Approval) - Chief seen weeknights at 9

Lee Ranson - weeknights at 5, 6, and 10

Ashley McNamee - weekends and news reporter

Sports

Lee Hall - Director seen weeknights at 6, 9, and 10 (also ''Prep Rally'' and ''Sports Final'' host)

Marc Strauss - weekends

Josh Simon - sports and news photographer

Jim Mattson - ''Prep Rally'' and ''Sports Final'' host

Reporters

Anna Yee - multimedia journalist also fill-in news and weather anchor

Joy Miller - "Ask Doctor Joy" segment producer

Nick Perreault

Maggie Vespa

References

External links

WEEK-TV

WAOE "My 59"

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953 Category:Channel 25 digital TV stations in the United States Category:Channel 25 virtual TV stations in the United States Category:Granite Broadcasting Corporation stations Category:Local AccuWeather Channel affiliates Category:Television stations in Illinois Category:NBC network affiliates

Coordinates	51°36′30″N5°8′30″N
{{infobox musical artist|name	Tinie Tempah|image_size | background solo_singer| name Tinie Tempah
birth name	Patrick Junior Chukwuemeka Okogwu
nationalism by birth	Nigerian, eastern zone
birth date	November 07, 1988
origin	Plumstead, London,England
genre	Hip Hop, Electro Hop, Grime
occupation	Rapper, songwriter
years active	2005–present
label	Parlophone/DL Records Ltd
Associated acts	Wiz Khalifa, Tinchy Stryder,Snoop Dogg, Chipmunk,Kelly Rowland, Ellie Goulding, JLS, Swedish House Mafia, Wiley, Labrinth, Eric Turner, Travis Barker, DJ Whoo Kid,Bei Maejor
website	}}

Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (born November 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit. His first album, ''Disc-Overy'', debuted at number one on 10 October 2010 and was preceded by the number-one singles "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars" and the top-five singles "Frisky" and "Miami 2 Ibiza".

Career History

Early career

In 2006, Tinie gained a great deal of airplay on British music TV channel, Channel AKA, for his song "Tears" and then in late 2007, Tinie Tempah collaborated on a track with grime artist Ultra and producers/songwriters Agent X. The song was titled "Perfect GCD Hood Economics Room 147". He toured with [[Chipmunk (rapper)|Chipmunk ]] in February 2010. His first break as a musician came when Sony launched its PlayStation Portable (PSP) and used a track entitled "Listen To The Vibe" featuring Yasmin and DJ Ironik, and "Atlantic/Warner" for the futuristic racing game, ''Wipeout Pure''. This resulted in a promotional European tour alongside the likes of Sway and Dizzee Rascal.

Tinie and his manager and cousin Dumi Oburota founded the independent label Disturbing London primarily as an official outlet for Tinie's music, but with the idea of also signing other young artists. According to Dumi: "We wanted to have a platform to put out our music and there wasn't any Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella label equivalent in England. [Also] I wanted to create a major independent label with quality artists. I felt like the major labels had lost the passion for music." The activities of the label were initially largely funded by student loans and the proceeds from buying and selling cars.

When scout and music consultant Jade Richardson saw Tinie performing at the 2009 Wireless Festival she called Parlophone Records president Miles Leonard saying: “You’ve got to check out this guy Tinie Tempah. He came on at lunchtime and there’s about 1,000 kids screaming for him. He’s only put out one independent release and he’s got this huge audience.” Leonard and A&R; Nathan Thompson visited Tinie and his manager Dumi at their studio a few weeks later and were hugely impressed to hear about the work they had already done in developing Tinie's career and by the ambitious plans they had for his future. Leonard told HitQuarters: "I thought it was incredible that an artist and manager were doing so much so soon with so little ... That impressed as much as the music."

Tinie announced his signing to Parlophone in October 2009 by running a competition on his blog, with the winner invited to High Tea at Claridges to celebrate the deal.

2010-present: Disc-Overy

Tinie released his debut single "Pass Out" with Parlophone on 28 February 2010, with it entering the UK Singles Chart at number 1. Selling just over 92,000 copies, making this his first number 1 which it remained for two consecutive weeks. Tinie would later perform "Pass Out" on 25 June 2010 at Glastonbury on the Pyramid stage with Snoop Dogg. Tinie then announced his second single, "Frisky", which was released on 6 June 2010 entering the UK Singles Chart at number 2. Tinie supported Rihanna for four dates in May on her 10-date UK tour with Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott. Tinie performed at many summer balls at various universities around the United Kingdom. Tinie performed at Radio 1 Big Weekend in Bangor on 22 May 2010 on the In New Music We Trust stage. He also toured with Mr Hudson in May 2010. Tinie Tempah played the Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium on 6 June 2010, at Wakestock in Abersoch on 3 July 2010, both T4 On The Beach and the Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park on 4 July, and V Festival on 21 and 22 August 2010. Tinie released his third single "Written in the Stars" on 19 September 2010. This again charted at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart selling over 115,000 copies in its first week, making it his biggest-selling single to date. The song also went on to chart in a number of other countries. Tinie went on to team up with Swedish House Mafia for his fourth single "Miami 2 Ibiza" which was released on 1 October 2010. This went on to reach a peak of number 4 in the UK Singles Chart and his first number 1 in the Netherlands Mega Single Top 100 chart. He released his long-awaited debut album, ''Disc-Overy'' on 4 October 2010 which featured all his previous charted singles. On 11 October 2010, he kicked off his first UK tour which was supported by Chiddy Bang. He went on to win his first 2 MOBO Awards in October. Tinie also featured on the Tinchy Stryder single "Game Over" which was released on 15 November 2010. This reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart. On 25 December, Tinie released his fifth single "Invincible" featuring Kelly Rowland, which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. "Wonderman", featuring Ellie Goulding, was released and was the fifth official single. Tinie joined Usher on the European leg of his OMG Tour in January 2011. Tinie was also nominated for 4 Brit Awards making him the most nominated artist at the awards. His single "Written in the Stars" was used for a WrestleMania XXVII countdown promo during the WWE PPV Royal Rumble on 30 January 2011. It was later confirmed by WWE that it will be the official theme for Wrestlemania XXVII. On 15 February 2011, he won his first ever Brit Award, for Best British Breakthrough Act. He also won a Brit for Best British Single. On 7 March 2011, Tempah expressed his desire for his next album to go triple platinum. "I reckon in 2011, towards the end of it, I'm going to do an arena tour - and sell it out - then I reckon I'm going to release another album, and fingers crossed it can go platinum again, and double platinum, and triple. Let's just sell a million."

In December 2010, Tinie confirmed he is writing a second album, saying there will be a more electronic and live feel to it. It is not yet known what the title will be. Originally intended for a late 2011 release, it is now expected to be released in 2012. During an interview, Tinie commented on his second album: "Yeah I’ve started it already so I’m hoping to get it out by October/November time. I always like to work with different people on each project I do, just so you get a different sound and angle. I will be working with some of the same people I did for the first album, you know what they say ‘if it ain't broke then don’t try and fix it’." According to a recent interview Tinie revealed his hopes of collaborating with some of music's hottest artists saying, "I really want to collaborate with Toronto's very own Drake. I think he's amazing at what he does. I'd also like to collaborate with Adele, Sleigh Bells, Lykke Li, Dev, James Blake ― those are the few that I'd really like to work with." Tinie announced in an interview with ''Rolling Stone'' that his next single is to be called "Till I'm Gone" which will feature Wiz Khalifa and is produced by Stargate. The single and the video song were released at the end of June 2011. Tinie Tempah, world renowned drummer Travis Barker and Irish boxing champion Katie Taylor, joined forces to launch Lucozade’s new ''Yes Campaign'', which signals a repositioning of its sports and energy drink brand. Featuring a performance of Tinie Tempah’s "Simply Unstoppable" with Travis Barker on drums, remixed especially for Lucozade Sport, the campaign was released in Summer 2011.

Awards and nominations

!Year	!Ceremony	!Category	!Nominated work	!Result	!Ref
		Best Newcomer
Best Video
Best UK Act
Best Song
	Hottest Boy
Hottest Hook-up
	The UGG Award (Urban/Garage/Grime)
	Best Newcomer
Best Video
Best Hip-Hop Act
Best Collaboration
	Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Best Male Artist
Best Newcomer
Best Video
Best Song
	Breakthrough Artist
	Best UK and Ireland New Act
		Pop Music	''Disc-Overy''
	Best British Male
Best Breakthrough Act
Best Single
Album of the Year	''Disc-Overy''
	Best Contemporary Song
	Best International Act: UK

Discography

''Disc-Overy'' (2010)

References

External links

Category:English rappers Category:Black British people Category:English people of Igbo descent Category:English people of Nigerian descent Category:Grime artists Category:Black British musicians Category:Igbo musicians Category:People from London Category:British hip hop musicians Category:1988 births Category:Living people

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