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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Doug Quick on being named
4the Illiana Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's
52024 Historical Preservation Award honoree; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Doug Quick's nearly five-decade career in
7broadcasting began in 1974 at WTIM/WTIM-FM in his hometown of
8Taylorville; he worked at several Central Illinois radio
9stations over the years until his move to television; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Doug Quick began at WICD-TV as promotions
11director in 1994; he then had a successful 25-year career as a
12radio broadcaster, manager, and sales representative; he
13retired as the market's longest tenured weathercaster on
14September 30, 2021, having been broadcasting weather at the
15Champaign studios since 1996; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Doug Quick has been active over the years in the
17preservation of Vermilion County and Central Illinois history,
18primarily in the fields of communications and the early years
19of television in Central Illinois; in 2017, he published
20Pictures on the Prairie: The First Ten Years of Mid-Illinois
21Television; he has maintained his Central Illinois OnLine
22Broadcast Museum at dougquick.com for over 20 years; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Doug Quick has been awarded the Silver Circle
2Award from the Midwest Academy of Television Arts and Science
3in 2013, the Silver Dome Award for Medium Market Best Anchor in
42017 and in 2022, and the Russell Withers Jr. Broadcast
5Pioneer Award for Central Illinois; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
7HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
8we congratulate Doug Quick on being named the Illiana
9Genealogical & Historical Society Foundation's 2024 Historical
10Preservation Award honoree; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to Doug Quick as a symbol of our respect and esteem.