| Erie, Pennsylvania | |
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| Branding | Northwest Pennsylvania CW WSEE Newswatch 12 News |
| Channels | Digital: WSEE-DT 16.2 (UHF) & WICU-DT 12.2 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | The CW (via The CW Plus) |
| Owner | Lilly Broadcasting, LLC (operated through LMA by SJL Broadcast Management Corporation) (Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | see WSEE |
| Sister station(s) | WENY-DT3 |
| Former callsigns | "WBEP" (1998-2006) |
| Former affiliations | The WB (1998-2006, via The WB 100+) |
| Transmitter power | 75 kW (WSEE-DT2) 5.4 kW (WICU-DT2) |
| Height | 271 m (WSEE-DT2) 306.7 m (WICU-DT2) |
| Facility ID | 49711 (WSEE-DT2) 24970 (WICU-DT2) |
| Website | cwerie.com |
WSEE-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for the Northwest Region of Pennsylvania. 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 CBS affiliate WSEE-TV that is owned by Lilly Broadcasting, LLC but operated by SJL Broadcast Management Corporation through a local marketing agreement (LMA). Over-the-air, WSEE-DT2 broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 16.2 from WSEE's transmitter east of Langdon in Greene Township. The station can also be seen on WICU's second digital subchannel on VHF channel 12.2 from the same transmitter. It can be seen on Time Warner channel 3 and the local channels tier on Dish Network. WSEE-DT2 is known on-air as Northwest Pennsylvania CW and its parent station shares studios with NBC affiliate WICU on State Street in Downtown Erie.
This channel's history began in 1998 when WSEE launched a cable-only WB affiliate as part of The WB 100+. It had the fictional call sign "WBEP". On January 24, 2006 UPN and The WB announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On September 18 of that year, WSEE launched a new second digital subchannel to simulcast "WBEP" allowing non-cable subscribers access to the new network. UPN had aired on WSSE on weekends as a secondary affiliate. This station began official use of the call sign WSEE-DT2 and became part of The CW Plus. This service is similar to The WB 100+.
In June 2009 after WSEE moved into WICU's facilities, its weeknight 11 o'clock newscast moved to 10 on this station so it would no longer compete with WICU. It is then re-aired on WSEE at 11. During the week, WSEE-DT2 also simulcasts the first hour of WICU's weekday morning broadcast, airs the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz from 6 to 9, simulcasts WICU's news at 12:30, and re-airs for a third time the 10 p.m. newscast early the next morning.
From March 2009 until March 2010, a special feed of WSEE-DT2 identified as "WBEP-DT2 Northwest Pennsylvania CW" was aired in the portions of Cattaraugus County, New York served by Atlantic Broadband. This special feed replaced the first run of the 10 p.m. newscast with a replay of WICU's 6 o'clock show to compensate for the fact that WICU is not seen in Cattaraugus County due to retransmission consent issues between the cable provider, WICU, and Buffalo NBC affiliate WGRZ. Without explanation, "WBEP-DT2" was discontinued in March 2010 and Cattaraugus County viewers began receiving the same WSEE-DT2 feed as viewers in Pennsylvania receive including the WSEE 10 p.m. newscast.
12 News Today
(5 to 6 a.m.)
The Daily Buzz
(6 to 9 a.m.)
12 News at 12:30
(12:30 to 1 p.m.)
WSEE Newswatch Nightbeat
(10 to 10:30 p.m.)
Additional news personnel from WSEE and WICU are seen on this station. See those articles for a complete listing.
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