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WGEM-TV's license was originally granted to Quincy Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Herald-Whig; it was allotted channel 10.The station was originally affiliated with NBC and ABC, while being represented by Walker Representation Co. Quincy Broadcasting's president at the time was T. C. Oakley; Joe Bonansinga was the station's founding general manager.
For much of its early history, WGEM-FM was a simulcast of WGEM. [7] This ended by 1976, when the station implemented a country music format; [8] "Gem Country" lasted until 2002, when it gave way to a news/talk format. [9] On February 1, 2021, Gray Television announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire all Quincy Media television ...
WGEM also carried Chicago Cubs baseball and Chicago Bulls basketball. On February 1, 2021, Gray Television announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire all Quincy Media television and radio properties for $925 million in a cash transaction. This included WGEM and WGEM-FM, as well as WGEM-TV. [1] The acquisition was completed on ...
Quincy University transferred operational control of the station to area NBC affiliate WGEM-TV and laid off three staff members. Quincy University was finding it difficult to sustain the station in the economic climate, and in an effort to cut additional costs and because the national NPR organization was not pleased nor comfortable with a ...
The network's ratings in Quincy were lower than they were when it aired part-time on KHQA and WGEM. Many of the station's engineering staff had left the station in 1970 after going unpaid. Finally that spring, Look Television was placed into receivership, and WJJY signed off for the last time September 15, 1971, with almost no fanfare after an ...
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WGEM may refer to: WGEM-FM , a radio station (105.1 FM) licensed to Quincy, Illinois, United States WGEM-TV , a television station (channel 10) licensed to Quincy, Illinois
Arts/Quincy – distributed and printed by the Quincy Society of Fine Arts; a black and white news article published every week about the culture, history, and art of Quincy Quincy Herald-Whig – the major newspaper in the region, printed by Quincy Newspapers and shipped throughout much of the Tri-State region