branding wsee general erie news now newscasts the cw erie on dt2 wicu 12 on dt3 slogan coverage you can count on your news . now . channels digital 16 uhf & wicu dt3 12.3 vhf virtual 35 psip subchannels 35.1 cbs 35.2 the cw affiliations cbs owner lilly broadcasting lilly broadcasting of pennsylvania license subsidiary llc first air date april 24 1954 call letters meaning see alludes to cbs eye logo sister station s wicu tv weny tv former callsigns wsee 1954 1981 former channel number s 35 uhf analog 1954 2009 former affiliations upn secondary 1995 2006 transmitter power 75 kw 5.4 kw wicu dt3 height 271 m 306.7 m wicu dt3 class dt facility id 49711 24970 wicu dt3 transmitter coordinates 42 3 50 n 80 0 21 w 42.06389 n 80.00583 w 42.06389 ; 80.00583 website www.erienewsnow.com wsee tv is the cbs affiliated television station for northwestern pennsylvania that is licensed to erie . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 16 or virtual channel 35.1 via psip from a transmitter on old waterford road in greene township . the station can also be seen on time warner cable channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 1005 . owned by lilly broadcasting wsee tv operates the area s nbc affiliate wicu tv owned by sjl broadcasting through a shared services agreement ssa and the two outlets share studios on state street in erie . wsee tv can also be seen over the air in standard definition on wicu tv s third digital subchannel on vhf channel 12.3 from the same greene township transmitter . 1 2 3 4 contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 out of market coverage 4 news operation 4.1 notable former staff 5 see also 6 references 7 external links digital channels edit channel video aspect psip short name programming 5 35.1 1080i 16 9 wsee dt main wsee tv programming cbs 35.2 720p 16 9 wbep dt northwest pennsylvania s cw history edit wsee began broadcasting on april 24 1954 . 6 the station was originally owned by the mead family publishers of the erie times news . abc programming was shared by wsee and wicu tv until wjet tv signed on in 1966 . the meads sold the station to gillett broadcasting in 1978 . in 1981 the tv suffix was added to the wsee calls . gillett then sold the station to scs communications in 1982 . in 1988 scs sold wsee to price communications . price sold wsee along with three of its stations wapt in jackson mississippi wzzm tv in grand rapids michigan and wnac tv in providence rhode island to northstar television group in 1989 . upn content was aired on weekends by wsee tv beginning january 16 1995 . in 1998 this station launched a cable only wb affiliate as part of the wb 100 . it had the fictional call sign wbep . 7 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 . on september 18 of that year wsee tv launched a new second digital subchannel to simulcast wbep allowing non cable subscribers access to the new network . that station began official use of the call sign wsee dt2 and became part of the cw plus . back in 2002 wicu tv entered into a local marketing agreement with wsee tv . from that point until june 1 2009 the station continued to operate from studios on peach street in downtown erie . on that date wsee tv merged into wicu tv s facilities on state street . wsee has been digital only since february 17 2009 . 8 its over the air digital broadcast signal covers erie warren and crawford counties in pennsylvania ; reaches east to jamestown new york west to ashtabula ohio north to london and hamilton in ontario and south to clarion pennsylvania . the station can also be seen via satellite in north america and the caribbean through c band . it is available in costa rica through one of the country s major cable providers cabletica and in puerto rico on all three cable companies serving the island as well as part of the locals package on dish network . wicu tv and wsee tv merged their websites in june 2011 . out of market coverage edit wsee tv is available on some cable systems in canada that serve communities on lake erie . atlantic broadband the cable provider that serves mckean county pennsylvania and portions of cattaraugus county new york announced that wsee tv would replace buffalo s wivb tv in january 2009 . though an agreement was eventually reached with wivb tv wsee tv was kept on the atlantic broadband lineups . however time warner cable announced it would remove wsee tv along with wicu tv from its cable lineups in westfield and dunkirk new york in favor of cfto tv from toronto and the new ynn buffalo despite the fact that westfield and dunkirk are arguably within wsee tv s must carry territory . this station has been part of the primetime 24 lineup since november 1997 when it replaced raleigh s wral tv due to that station s regular pre emptions of cbs programming . the service provides american network television service to c band satellite and some cable viewers in latin america the caribbean and in rural parts of the united states where local signals are not available . this feed of wsee tv varies from its local one where local commercials are replaced with ads directed towards the caribbean especially direct response ads . also the station s local newscasts are replaced with infomercials although there is a taped caribbean weather forecast by wsee tv s weather staff nightly at 11 which is available through a wsee tv managed website specific to caribbean weather and is branded as one caribbean weather . news operation edit although the shared services agreement between wsee tv and wicu tv was established in 2002 the actual beginning of newscast consolidation between the two did not start until wsee tv actually moved into wicu s studios . wsee tv aired the final newscast from its separate peach street studios on may 28 2009 . with the challenges of moving this station went without local news for nearly four days while technical and logistical arrangements were finalized . when it resumed broadcasts wsee tv s weeknight news at 11 p.m. was recorded while it broadcast live on the cw at 10 . after wsee tv moved its operations into the state street facility the existing studio set was split in two allowing each station s newscast to look unique . until january 2013 this station s weeknight news at 6 was usually recorded during the mid afternoon . the studios were unable to air two live broadcasts at the same time until a second high definition production control room was added . sister station wicu tv airs a midday show weekdays at 12 30 following wsee tv s long running noon newscast . on weekends the two television stations jointly produce local news at 6 and 11 p.m. these shows are known as weekends now . the wsee tv news department also produces the weekly public affairs program the insider which airs weekends sunday morning on wsee tv . during the week wsee tv and wicu tv maintain talent for news and sports that generally appear on one station . most video footage and content is shared coming from the same newsroom . in cases of breaking news severe weather or election coverage the two simulcast newscasts and occasionally include the cw subchannel as well . on weekday mornings wsee dt2 provides a simulcast of the first hour of wicu s 12 news today at 5 and the nbc affiliate s midday show at 12 30 . it also airs the nationally syndicated broadcast the daily buzz from 6 until 9 with other cw plus stations . along with their sister station wicu tv wsee tv upgraded newscasts to high definition in november 2012 . the newswatch branding was dropped after 28 years to coincide with the switch . wsee s newscasts are now branded as see news . in september 2015 lilly broadcasting announced that wicu tv and wsee tv would no longer produce separate morning and evening newscasts as of october 12 ; the two stations now simulcast newscasts in these time periods . the stations executive vice president john christianson said that the wicu and wsee newscasts were seen by viewers to have been essentially the same newscast with different anchors . 9 notable former staff edit micah johnson reporter and news anchor 1984 1985 ; now ceo of entegy group leila feinstein reporter 1995 2000 ; now at ktla lloyd newell primary news anchor 1984 1986 ; now professor at brigham young university and host of music and the spoken word dave price reporter 1997 ; served as weekday weather anchor for the early show john stehr news anchor and reporter 1980 ; worked for several other stations as well as an anchor at cnbc and correspondent at cbs news now at wthr 10 steve scully ; now at c span 11 see also edit channel 16 digital tv stations in the united states channel 35 virtual tv stations in the united states references edit http tvlistings.zap2it.com tvlistings zcsgrid.do stnnum 65364 & channel 12.3 lilly broadcasting and sjl choose axcera for digital television transmitters 12 april 2007 1 radio station world sjl broadcasting group http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wsee station brainy history . backchannel media http hraunfoss.fcc.gov edocs public attachmatch da 06 1082a2.pdf permanent dead link weiss gerry september 21 2015 . changes come to erie tv news lineups . erie times news . retrieved september 21 2015 . john stehr bio . retrieved 12 march 2013 . interview with steve scully c span december 2004 . journalismjobs.com . retrieved may 4 2011 . external links edit official website cw erie website cbs puerto rico query the fcc s tv station database for wsee tv biafn s media web database information on wsee tv 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 cbs network affiliates in the commonwealth of pennsylvania kdka 2 pittsburgh kyw 3 philadelphia wtaj 10 altoona whp 21 harrisburg wyou 22 scranton wsee 35 erie 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 tv & oldid 743916317 categories cbs network affiliatestelevision stations in erie pennsylvaniatelevision stations in pennsylvaniatelevision stations in new yorktelevision stations in ohiotelevision channels and stations established in 1954hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016articles with permanently dead external linksofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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