WGEM-DT2
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| Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri/Keokuk, Iowa United States | |
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| Branding | Tri-States CW |
| Channels |
Digital: WGEM-DT 10.2 (VHF) Virtual: 10.2 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | The CW Plus (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Quincy Media (WGEM License, LLC) |
| First air date | September 1998 |
| Call letters' meaning | see WGEM |
| Former callsigns | "WEWB" (1998–2006) |
| Former affiliations | WB 100+ (1998–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 26 kW |
| Height | 238 m (781 ft) |
| Facility ID | 54275 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°57′4″N 91°19′54″W / 39.95111°N 91.33167°W |
| Website | WGEM-DT2 website within WGEM-TV |
WGEM-DT2 is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Quincy, Illinois, United States, serving the Tri-States area of western Illinois, northeastern Missouri, and extreme southeastern Iowa. Known on-air as Tri-States CW, it is a second digital subchannel of dual NBC/Fox affiliate WGEM-TV (channel 10), which is the flagship of locally based Quincy Media. Over the air, WGEM-DT2 broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on virtual and VHF channel 10.2 from a transmitter east of Quincy on Cannonball Road near I-172. On cable, the station is carried on Comcast Xfinity channel 6 in Quincy, Charter Spectrum channel 16 in Hannibal, Missouri, and Mediacom channel 18 in Keokuk, Iowa. WGEM-DT2's parent station has studios in the New Tremont Apartments (formerly the Hotel Quincy) on Hampshire Street in downtown Quincy.
History
WGEM-DT2 began broadcasting as a WB affiliate in September 1998. It was a cable-only station, and as a result, had the fictional call letters "WEWB". The station was part of The WB 100+ group. Fellow CW affiliate WCWN in Albany, New York held the actual WEWB call sign when it was a WB affiliate. Prior to September 1998, the Quincy market received WB programming on cable via the national feed of Chicago-based WGN-TV, which carried WB programming until 1999. Following the 2006 merger of UPN and the WB, WEWB, which began using the WGEM-DT2 callsign in an official manner, began airing programming from The CW. The station became part of The CW Plus, a service that is a similar operation to The WB 100+. Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Central Time Zone, WGEM-DT2 aired the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz on weekdays from 5 to 8.