WEEK-DT2

WEEK-DT2
Peoria/Bloomington/ Normal, Illinois United States

City	Peoria
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
Sister station(s)	WEEK-TV, WEEK-DT3
Former affiliations	NBC Weather Plus (2004-2008) The Local AccuWeather Channel (2008-2014) Silent (2014-2016)
Transmitter power	246 kW (digital)
Height	211.6 m (digital)
Facility ID	24801 (digital)
Transmitter coordinates	40°37′46.3″N 89°32′52.5″W / 40.629528°N 89.547917°W / 40.629528; -89.547917 (digital)
Licensing authority	FCC (digital)
Website	www.cinewsnow.com

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

History

WEEK-TV had been operating ABC affiliate WHOI (channel 19) 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 pm, 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 and WEEK-DT2 became the sole ABC affiliate for the Peoria television market.^[9]

Sources

↑ Tarter, Steve (March 2, 2009). "Owners of WEEK taking over WHOI operations". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
↑ Malone, Michael (February 28, 2013). "Sinclair's Chesapeake TV Acquires Barrington Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
↑ http://www.sbgi.net/site_mgr/temp/Barrington%20Closes.pdf
↑ "Quincy Buying Stations From Granite, Malara". TVNewsCheck. February 11, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
↑ Quincy Newspapers Inc. acquires four TV stations Quincy Herald-Whig, 2 November 2015, Retrieved 27 August 2016
↑ "Quincy Media purchases ABC, CW affiliations from Sinclair Broadcast Group". CINewsNow.com. Quincy Media. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
↑ 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.
↑ Tarter, Steve (July 26, 2016). "WEEK-TV to broadcast ABC and CW signals". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
↑ 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.

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WEEK-TV

Preceded by WHOI (TV)	ABC affiliate for the Peoria Television Market 2016–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Television Stations in North Central Illinois, including Peoria and Bloomington

Stations	WHOI (19.1 Comet) WEEK (25.1 NBC, 25.2 ABC, 25.3 CW) WMBD (31.1 CBS, 31.2 Bounce, 31.3 Laff, 31.4 Escape) WYZZ (43.1 Fox, 43.2 ZUUS Country, 43.3 GetTV) WTVP (47.1 PBS, 47.2 World, 47.3 Create) W50DD 50 / W51CT 51 (silent) WAOE (59.1 MNTV, 59.2 Antenna TV)

Adjacent locals	Central Illinois WCIA (3.1 CBS, 3.2 MyNetworkTV, 3.3 Bounce TV, 3.4 Grit) WILL (12.1 PBS, 12.2 World, 12.3 Create WSEC (14.1 PBS, 14.2 World, 14.3 Create WICD/WICS (15/20.1 ABC, 15/20.2 Comet, 15/20.3 Grit) WAND (17.1 NBC, 17.2 Cozi TV) WBUI (23.1 CW, 23.2 This TV) WCCU/WRSP-TV (27/55.1 Fox, 27/55.2 MeTV, 27/55.3 Antenna TV) WLCF-LD (45.1 CTN) WCIX (49.1 MyNetworkTV, 49.2 CBS, 49.3 Escape, 49.4 Laff) Quad Cities WHBF-TV (4.1 CBS, 4.2 CW, 4.3 Grit, 4.4 Escape) KWQC-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Ion, 6.3 Cozi TV) WQAD-TV (8.1 ABC, 8.2 Antenna TV, 8.3 MyNetworkTV) KLJB (18.1 Fox, 18.2 MeTV) WQPT-TV (24.1 PBS, 24.2 MHz Worldview) KGCW (26.1 CW, 26.2 This TV, 26.3 Laff, 26.4 Bounce TV) WMWC-TV (53.1 TBN, 53.2 Hillsong, 53.3 JUCE/Smile of a Child, 53.4 Enlace, 53.5 TBN Salsa) Chicago, IL WBBM-TV (2.1 CBS, 2.2 Decades) WGN-TV (9.1 Independent, 9.2 Antenna TV, 9.3 This TV) WTTW (11.1 PBS, 11.2 WTTW Prime, 11.3 Create/World, 11.4 V-me) WWME-CD (23.1 MeTV, 23.2 Heroes & Icons) WCIU-TV (26.1 Independent, 26.2 WMEU-CD 48, 26.3 MeTV, 26.4 Heroes & Icons, 26.5 Bounce TV) WFLD (32.1 Fox) WWTO-TV (35.1 TBN, 35.2 Hillsong, 35.3 JUCE/Smile of a Child, 35.4 Enlace, 35.5 TBN Salsa) WPWR-TV (50.1 CW/MyNetworkTV, 50.2 Movies! 50.3 Light TV, 50.4 Buzzr) WXFT-DT (60.1 UniMás, 60.2 Univision, 60.3 Escape) WGBO-DT (66.1 Univision, 66.2 GetTV, 66.3 Grit) St. Louis, MO KPLR-TV (11.1 CW, 11.2 This TV, 11.3 Comet)

See also Quad Cities Champaign-Decatur-Springfield Rockford Quincy Chicago St. Louis

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WSIL 3 (Harrisburg) KHQA 7.2 (Quincy) WLS 7 (Chicago) WQAD 8 (Moline) WTVO 17 (Rockford) WICS 20 /WICD 15 (Springfield /Champaign) WEEK 25.2 (Peoria)

Defunct

WJJY 14 (Jacksonville-Quincy)

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

Quincy Media, Inc.

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Radio stations

WGEM
WGEM-FM

Television stations

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

CBS network affiliates	KBJR / KRII ¹ WBNG

The CW affiliates ¹	KDLH ³ KTIV KTTC KWWL WBNG WEEK WGEM WISE ³ WMOW / WAOW / WYOW WQOW / WXOW WREX WVVA

Fox network affiliates	KXLT ³ WGEM ¹

MyNetworkTV affiliates ¹	KBJR / KRII ³ WPTA

NBC Network affiliates	KBJR / KRII KTIV KTTC KWWL WEEK WGEM-TV WPTA ¹ WREX WVVA

Other affiliates	WSJV (Heroes and Icons)

Acquisitions

Interactive asset

Pro Video

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

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