WGEM-DT2

WGEM-DT2
Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri/Keokuk, Iowa United States

Branding	Tri-States CW
Channels	Digital: WGEM-DT 10.2 (VHF) Virtual: 10.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations	The CW (via The CW Plus)
Owner	Quincy Newspapers (WGEM License, LLC)
Call letters' meaning	see WGEM
Former callsigns	"WEWB"
Former affiliations	The WB (via The WB 100+)
Transmitter power	21.2 kW (digital)
Height	238 m (digital)
Facility ID	54275 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	39°57′4.1″N 91°19′54″W / 39.951139°N 91.33167°W / 39.951139; -91.33167 (digital)
Licensing authority	FCC (digital)
Website	WGEM-DT2 website within WGEM-TV

WGEM-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois, Northeastern Missouri, and extreme Southeastern Iowa. The station is part of The CW Plus, a special CW feed that broadcasts on cable and/or over-the-air on a digital signal. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WGEM-TV, which is the flagship of Quincy Newspapers. Over-the-air, WGEM-DT2 broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 10.2 from a transmitter east of Quincy, Illinois on Cannonball Road near I-172. Known on-air as Tri-State's CW, this can also be seen on Comcast channel 6 in Illinois, US Cable channel 16 in Missouri, and Mediacom channel 18 in Iowa. WGEM-DT2's parent station has studios in the Hotel Quincy on Hampshire Street in Downtown Quincy.

History

WEWB's former WB 100+ logo.

WGEM-DT2 began broadcasting as a WB affiliate. It was a cable-only station, and as a result, had the fictional call letters "WEWB". The station was part of The WB 100+ group. Current CW affiliate WCWN in Albany, New York held the actual WEWB call sign when it was a WB affiliate. Following the 2006 merger of UPN and the WB, WEWB, now on WGEM-DT2, began airing programming from the CW. The station became part of The CW Plus, a service that is a similar operation to The WB 100+. Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Central Time Zone, WGEM-DT2 airs the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz on weekdays from 5 to 8.

Digital Television

Digital Channels

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
10.2	480i	4:3	WGEM-DT	Tri-states CW

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WGEM

External links

Television stations serving West Central Illinois, Northeast Missouri, and Lee and Van Buren counties, Iowa (including Quincy, Illinois, Hannibal, Missouri, and Keokuk, Iowa)

Local stations	KHQA (7.1 CBS, 7.2 ABC, 7.3 Grit) WGEM (10.1 NBC, 10.2 The CW, 10.3 Fox) WTJR (16.1 CTN) WMEC/WQEC (22.1/27.1 PBS) K44AB 44 (PBS/IPTV)

Adjacent locals	Ottumwa/Kirksville KTVO (3.1 ABC, 3.2 CBS)

Defunct stations	WJJY 14 (ABC) W45BM

See also Peoria Central Illinois St. Louis Quad Cities Ottumwa-Kirksville Cedar Rapids, IA Columbia-Jefferson City, MO

CW Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WGN-TV 9 (Chicago) WREX-DT 13.2 (Rockford) WHOI-DT 19.2 (Peoria) WBUI 23 (Decatur) KGCW 26 (Burlington, IA/Quad Cities) WGEM-DT 10.2 (Quincy)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Illinois

Quincy Newspapers, Inc.

Corporate directors

Ralph M. Oakley (President & CEO)
David Graff
Brad Eaton
Brady Dreasler
Brenda Wiskirchen
Jena Schulz

Newspapers

Radio stations

WGEM
WGEM-FM

Television stations

ABC network affiliates	WAOW / WYOW / WMOW ¹ WHOI ² WKOW WPTA WQOW / WXOW

CBS network affiliates	KDLH ³ WBNG

The CW affiliates ¹	KDLH ³ KTIV KTTC WBNG WGEM WHOI ² WMOW / WAOW / WYOW WQOW / WXOW WPTA WREX WVVA

Fox network affiliates	KXLT ³ WGEM ¹ WSJV

MyNetworkTV affiliates ¹	KBJR / KRII ³ WISE ³

NBC Network affiliates	KBJR / KRII KTIV KTTC KWWL WEEK WGEM-TV WISE WREX WVVA

Acquisitions

Interactive asset

Pro Video

¹ These stations (except for WMOW) broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.
² Quincy Newspapers operates this station owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
³ Quincy Newspapers operates this station owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting.

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