WCIA

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WCIA

Champaign–Urbana– Springfield–Decatur, Illinois United States
City	Champaign, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	WCIA 3 (general) WCIA 3 News (newscasts) X 49 (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: CBS 3.2: MyNetworkTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
Sister stations	WCIX
History
First air date	November 14, 1953 (70 years ago) (1953-11-14)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, 2002–2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: ABC (1953–1954) DuMont (1953–1956) NBC (1953–1959)
Call sign meaning	Central Illinois Area
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	42124
ERP	681 kW
HAAT	285.1 m (935 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°6′21″N 88°27′0″W / 40.10583°N 88.45000°W / 40.10583; -88.45000
Translator(s)	WCIX-DT 49.2 (11.2 VHF) Springfield
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wcia.com

WCIA (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Champaign, Illinois, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Central Illinois region. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Springfield-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WCIX (channel 49). Both stations share studios on South Neil Street/US 45 in downtown Champaign and also operate a sales office and news bureau on West Edwards Street near the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. WCIA's transmitter is located west of Seymour, Illinois.

Since WCIA's over-the-air signal cannot be seen in western parts of the market (including Springfield and Jacksonville), it is simulcast in high definition on WCIX's second digital subchannel (49.2) from a transmitter in Clear Lake Township. Nielsen Media Research treats WCIA and WCIX-DT2 as one station in local ratings books, using the identifier name WCIA+.