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WRSP-TV is the Fox- affiliated television station for Springfield/ Decatur, Illinois. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 44 (or virtual channel 55.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, west of Mechanicsburg, in unincorporated Sangamon County. Owned by GOCOM Media, the station is sister to CW affiliate WBUI and both outlets are operated through joint sales and shared services agreements by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
This makes the two outlets sister stations to ABC affiliate WICS (and its full-time satellite, WICD). All of the stations share studios together on East Cook Street in Springfield's Eastside. However, WBUI also operates an advertising sales office on South Main Street/ U.S. 51 in Downtown Decatur.
WCCU in Urbana/ Champaign operates as a semi-satellite of WRSP for the eastern portion of the market. As such, it clears all network and syndicated programming from its parent but airs separate commercial inserts, legal identifications, and a weeknight prime time newscast (see below). This station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 (or virtual channel 27.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter, along U.S. 136, in Vermilion County between Penfield and Armstrong. Its shares studios with WICD on South Country Fair Drive in Downtown Champaign.