WSEE-DT2

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. WSEE-DT2 is simulcasted in standard definition on WICU-TV's second digital subchannel (VHF channel 12.2).

History

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.