WAND's an NBC affiliate serving the Decatur–Springfield–Champaign area. It's owned by Block Communications. It broadcasts on digital UHF channel 18 from a transmitter near Argenta, with a translator, W31BX, in Danville. History WAND began on June 17, 1953 as WTVP, owned by Prairie Broadcasting Company of Decatur. It's the oldest station in central Illinois, and the state's second-oldest station on the UHF band. Initial hopes of carrying programs from all four networks of the time we… (More on Wand)