WEEK-DT2

WEEK-DT2
Peoria/Bloomington–Normal, Illinois
United States
City Peoria, Illinois
Branding HOI ABC (general)
HOI News (newscasts)
25 News (weekend simulcasts with WEEK-TV)
Slogan Accurate. Balanced. To the Point.
Your Home Team (weekend simulcasts with WEEK-TV)
Channels Digital: WEEK-DT 25.2 (UHF)
Virtual: 25.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Quincy Media
(WEEK License, LLC)
First air date November 15, 2004 (2004-11-15)
Call letters' meaning see WEEK-TV
Former channel number(s) WEEK-DT 57.2 (UHF digital, 11/15/2004–2/17/2009)
Former affiliations NBC Weather Plus (2004–2008)
The Local AccuWeather Channel (2008–2014)
Silent (2014–2016)
Transmitter power 246 kW
Height 211.6 m (694 ft)
Class DT
Facility ID 24801
Transmitter coordinates 40°37′46.3″N 89°32′52.5″W / 40.629528°N 89.547917°W / 40.629528; -89.547917
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website WEEK-DT2 website within WEEK-TV

WEEK-DT2 is the ABC-affiliated television station for North-Central Illinois, United States that is licensed to Peoria. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WEEK-TV that is owned by Quincy Media. Over the air, it broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25.2 (also the station's virtual channel via PSIP) from a transmitter at the WEEK-TV studios on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township, Tazewell County.

History

WEEK-TV had been operating ABC affiliate WHOI (channel 19) and its CW affiliated digital subchannel under a joint sales agreement (JSA) and a shared services agreement (SSA) since March 2, 2009.[1] At that time, WHOI shut down its separate news department and merged it with WEEK. A new secondary set was built at the Springfield Road studios for use by WHOI in order for that station to continue to produce separate newscasts. WHOI then dropped its own weeknight newscasts at 5 and 6 for a new show seen at 5:30 so it would not directly compete with WEEK-TV's own programs in those time slots. ABC World News Tonight was moved to 6 p.m., thus airing a half hour later on WHOI than it does on most ABC affiliates in the Central Time Zone.

When WHOI first merged with WEEK in 2009, WHOI's owner was Barrington Broadcasting and WEEK's owner was the Granite Broadcasting Corporation. Since then, both WHOI and WEEK have experienced ownership changes. On November 25, 2013, WHOI was sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group.[2][3] On November 2, 2015, WEEK was sold to Quincy Newspapers (now known as Quincy Media).[4][5]

On July 26, 2016, Quincy Media announced that it had acquired WHOI's ABC and CW affiliations from Sinclair, and would consolidate them onto subchannels of WEEK beginning August 1, 2016.[6] As an aspect of this deal, Quincy-owned WSJV in South Bend similarly relinquished its Fox affiliation to Sinclair-owned WSBT-TV.[7] The ABC and CW subchannels were simulcast on WHOI for 60 days following the consolidation.[8] The JSA between WHOI and WEEK was terminated on October 1, 2016, at which point WHOI moved its Comet TV affiliation from its 19.3 subchannel to its main 19.1 channel, thereby taking the 19.2 and 19.3 subchannels dark, and WEEK-DT2 became the sole ABC affiliate for the Peoria television market.[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Tarter, Steve (March 2, 2009). "Owners of WEEK taking over WHOI operations". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Malone, Michael (February 28, 2013). "Sinclair's Chesapeake TV Acquires Barrington Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.sbgi.net/site_mgr/temp/Barrington%20Closes.pdf
  4. ↑ "Quincy Buying Stations From Granite, Malara". TVNewsCheck. February 11, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ Quincy Newspapers Inc. acquires four TV stations Quincy Herald-Whig, 2 November 2015, Retrieved 27 August 2016
  6. ↑ "Quincy Media purchases ABC, CW affiliations from Sinclair Broadcast Group". CINewsNow.com. Quincy Media. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Eck, Kevin (26 July 2016). "Sinclair and Quincy Make Affiliation Deal, WSJV Employees Wonder What’s Next". TVSpy. Adweek Blog Network. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Tarter, Steve (July 26, 2016). "WEEK-TV to broadcast ABC and CW signals". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ Tarter, Steve (August 2, 2016). "Along with new look at WEEK-TV, Quincy Media moving ABC, CW to Channel 25". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
Preceded by
WHOI (TV)		 ABC affiliate for the Peoria Television Market
2016–Present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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