A prominent face in Central Illinois television is highlighting a new localized addition to his virtual broadcast museum.  The new exhibition is called the TV Time Capsule.  It focuses on what viewers in Central Illinois were watching in mid-September of 1954.  The time capsule will contain program clips and TV guides from that period.

This look-back can be seen on www.dougquick.com, a website which for the last 24 years has served as a virtual museum of Central Illinois television.  Doug Quick – after whom the website is named – runs the site.  He served as a weathercaster for local TV stations for a quarter-century before retiring in 2021.  Before then, he had several other media jobs, including a spell at WTIM.

As Doug Quick explains, the TV Time Capsule began through old TV guides he collected.

The guides include listings for stations in other markets as well, such as Peoria, St. Louis, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, and even Chicago.  Quick has documented his findings on his web exhibit.  After using what he inherited, finding even more guides took extra effort. 

He goes on to describe what visitors can expect when viewing his virtual museum.  It is primarily a visual experience, from which older visitors will recall much of the content. 

The TV Time Capsule can be seen at www.dougquick.com.  The website also has more information about television programming from the past and present in and around Central Illinois.