branding the cw erie wsee newswatch wicu 12 news slogan dare to defy channels digital wsee dt2 16.2 uhf virtual wsee dt2 35.2 psip affiliations the cw via the cw plus owner lilly broadcasting lilly broadcasting of pennsylvania license subsidiary llc founded september 1998 call letters meaning see wsee tv sister station s weny dt3 wicu tv 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 transmitter coordinates 42 3 52 n 80 0 19 w 42.06444 n 80.00528 w 42.06444 ; 80.00528 website www.cwerie.com wsee dt2 is the cw affiliated television station for pennsylvania s northwestern region . the station is part of the cw plus . it is a second digital subchannel of cbs affiliate wsee tv that is owned by lilly broadcasting . over the air wsee dt2 broadcasts a digital signal on uhf channel 16.2 or virtual channel 35.2 via psip from a transmitter on old waterford road in greene township . its parent station shares studios with nbc affiliate wicu tv on state street in erie . contents 1 history 2 newscasts 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the station signed on in september 1998 after wsee tv entered into a partnership with the wb 100 a national programming service operated by the wb for television markets ranked greater than 100 and time warner cable . it was a cable exclusive station and as a result used the call sign wbep standing for the wb erie pennsylvania in a fictional manner for identification purposes . wsee tv provided local advertisement and promotional duties for the outlet based at the cbs affiliate s original facilities on peach street u.s. 19 in downtown erie . on january 24 2006 upn and the wb announced that the two networks would cease broadcasting and merge creating a new programming service . the new combined network would be called the cw . the letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents c bs the parent company of upn and the w arner bros. unit of time warner . on september 18 of that year the cw officially launched nationwide at which point wsee tv added a new second digital subchannel to simulcast wbep allowing non cable subscribers access to the new network . from its launch on january 16 1995 until the cw signed on wsee tv carried the network through a secondary arrangement and aired some of the network s programming on weekends . with the launch of wsee dt2 wbep began official use of the former call sign and became part of the cw plus a successor to the wb 100 . wicu tv announce to drop wsee dt2 simucast in favor of metv and it completed in september 2016 . newscasts edit after wsee tv moved its operations into wicu tv s state street facility the existing studio set was split in two and it was anticipated that a smaller one man master control center operation would be built for wsee tv . this separation would then allow the existence of simultaneous live newscasts airing on wsee tv and wicu tv . however the second part of the arrangement was never completed as planned . as a result wsee was required to tape most of its local news in advance so that the set can be used for wicu . the cbs outlet s weeknight show at 11 was moved to this cw affiliated subchannel at 10 so it would no longer directly compete with wicu tv s newscast . the program in its new time slot now began to air against another prime time newscast seen for an hour on wfxp . ironically wicu tv had previously aired a broadcast on the fox affiliate through a news share agreement until 1998 at which point rival abc affiliate wjet tv took over the production . originally wsee tv s sixty minute weekday morning show mornings live was recorded at 4 and then aired in the 6 o clock hour . it retained the show s branding as made obvious by the lack of current conditions during weather forecasts despite the actual operation . during the 2012 13 season following the national trend toward 4 a.m. newscasts mornings live was actually seen live from 4 5 a.m. on wsee dt2 in addition to being taped for its later showing on wsee tv . 1 2 in cases of breaking news severe weather or election coverage wsee tv and wicu tv simulcast newscasts and occasionally include this cw subchannel as well . wsee dt2 also aired a half hour 4 00 p.m. newscast branded with the wsee tv branding monday through friday during the 2012 13 season . wsee tv canceled the 4 p.m. newscast in 2013 ; mornings live was canceled in 2015 when wsee and wicu merged their remaining newscasts under the erie news now brand . on weekday mornings wsee dt2 provides a simulcast of the first hour of wicu tv s erie news now sunrise at 5 a.m. and also carries wicu s and wsee s joint noon newscast . for one year starting in march 2009 a special feed of wsee dt2 incorrectly identified on air 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 prime time news at 10 with a replay of wicu tv s weeknight show seen earlier at 6 . the practice was performed in order to compensate for the fact that wicu tv is not seen on atlantic broadband whereas wsee tv and wsee dt2 both are . 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 tv produced 10 00 newscast . see also edit channel 3 branded tv stations in the united states references edit http wsee.titantv.com apg ttv.aspx siteid 53661 http tvlistings.zap2it.com tvlistings zcsgrid.do stnnum 65362 & channel 12.2 external links edit cwerie.com official cw erie website erietvnews.com official wicu tv wsee tv website v t e broadcast television in northwestern pennsylvania including erie reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wlep ld 9.1 sonlife wicu tv 12.1 nbc 12.2 metv 12.3 cbs wjet tv 24.1 abc 24.2 laff 24.3 escape w32dh d 32.1 3abn 32.2 3abn proclaim 32.3 dare to dream 32.4 3abn latnio 32.5 3abn radio 32.6 3abn radio latino 32.7 radio 74 wsee tv 35.1 cbs 35.2 the cw 35.3 nbc w45ec d 45.1 silent future station wqln 54.1 pbs 54.2 create 54.3 world wfxp 66.1 fox 66.2 grit 66.3 bounce tv pennsylvania broadcast television binghamton new york buffalo new york elmira new york erie johnstown altoona state college new york city philadelphia pittsburgh scranton wilkes barre susquehanna valley harrisburg washington dc youngstown ohio see also cleveland buffalo ontario tv v t e cw network affiliates in the state of pennsylvania whp dt 21.3 harrisburg wpcw 19 jeannette pittsburgh wbcb 14 youngstown wsee dt 35.2 erie wswb 38 scranton wpsg 57 philadelphia see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in pennsylvania retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wsee dt2 & oldid 740419061 categories the cw affiliatestelevision stations in erie pennsylvaniatelevision channels and stations established in 1998 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 23 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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