WGEM-DT2

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

Branding	Tri-States CW
Channels	Digital: WGEM-DT 10.2 (VHF)
Affiliations	The CW (via The CW Plus)
Owner	Quincy Newspapers (Quincy Broadcasting Company)
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)
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.

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v t e 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	KTVO (3.1 ABC, 3.2 CBS) KHQA (7.1 CBS, 7.2 ABC/A1) 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)

Defunct stations	WJJY 14 (ABC) W45BM

See also Peoria / Bloomington Champaign/Decatur/Springfield St. Louis Quad Cities Ottumwa / Kirksville Cedar Rapids Columbia TV

v t e 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

Television stations

ABC Network Affiliates	WAOW / WYOW / WMOW-DT2 ¹ ² WKOW ² ³ WQOW ¹ ² WXOW ¹ ²

CW Network Affiliates	WMOW / WAOW-DT2 / WYOW-DT2

Fox Network Affiliates	KXLT ³ ⁴ WGEM-DT3 WSJV ⁵

NBC Network Affiliates	KTIV ¹ ³ KTTC ¹ KWWL ² ³ WGEM-TV ¹ WREX ¹ ³ WVVA ¹ ³

Interactive asset

Pro Video

¹ CW subaffiliate.
² This TV subaffiliate.
³ Me-TV subaffiliate.
⁴ Quincy Newspapers operates this station owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting.
⁵ LWN subaffiliate.

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