WCIA
 
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Champaign/Urbana/ Springfield/Decatur, Illinois United States |
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| Branding | WCIA 3 (general) WCIA 3 News (newscasts) X 49 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Your Local News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 48 (UHF) Virtual: 3 () |
| Subchannels | 3.1 CBS 3.2 MyNetworkTV 3.3 Bounce TV 3.4 Grit |
| Affiliations | CBS (Secondary through 1959) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | November 14, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
We're in the Central Illinois Area |
| Sister station(s) | WCIX, WHBF-TV, KLJB, KGCW, WMBD-TV, WTVO, WQRF-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: NBC (1953–1959) ABC (1953–1954) DuMont (1953–1956) DT2: UPN (2002–2006, simulcast of WCFN) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kilowatts |
| Height | 804 feet |
| Facility ID | 42124 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°6′21.7″N 88°26′59.8″W / 40.106028°N 88.449944°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | illinoishomepage.net |
WCIA is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Central Illinois region of the United States that is licensed to Champaign. It broadcasts a high-definition (HD) digital signal on UHF channel 48 from a transmitter in Seymour, Illinois; along the Champaign and Piatt County line.
WCIA is owned by the Nexstar Media Group as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WCIX, and the two share studios on South Neil Street (also known as U.S. 45) in downtown Champaign. They also operate a sales office and news bureau on East Edwards Street near the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. The station can also be seen on WCIX's second digital subchannel on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter east of Springfield. WCIX (X-49) is now broadcasting in high-definition (HD) 16:9 on WCIX 49.1 and WCIA 3.2 as of 6/19/15 As of September 2016 WCIA started Broadcasting Bounce TV on 3.3 and Grit TV on 3.4
The station's first broadcast was on November 14, 1953, and it was owned and operated by Midwest Television, headquartered in Champaign. August C. Meyer Sr., a lawyer and chairman of the board of the Champaign-based Bank of Illinois, founded Midwest Television in 1952. Meyer expanded the company's market presence by buying WMBD-AM–FM–TV in Peoria, Illinois, in 1960 and KFMB-AM–FM–TV in San Diego, California, in 1964. Midwest sold off controlling interest in its Illinois television holdings to Nexstar in 1999. That company acquired Midwest's remaining interest in the Illinois stations in 2001.
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