WAOE
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| WAOE | |
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| Peoria, Illinois | |
| Branding | My 59 News 25 |
| Slogan | Your News at an Earlier Time |
| Channels | |
| Subchannels | 59.1 MyNetworkTV |
| Owner | Venture Technologies Group, LLC (operated under JSA by Granite Broadcasting Corporation) (Four Seasons Peoria, LLC) |
| First air date | July 31, 1999 |
| Sister station(s) | WEEK-TV WHOI |
| Former channel number(s) | 59 (UHF analog, 1999-2008) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (1999-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 150 kW |
| Height | 212 m |
| Facility ID | 52280 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 40°37′46″N 89°32′53″W / 40.62944°N 89.54806°W |
| Website | my59.tv |
WAOE is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Peoria, Illinois. It broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 39 (59.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Springfield Road in East Peoria and can also be seen on Comcast channel 11. Owned by Venture Technologies Group, WAOE is operated by the Granite Broadcasting Corporation through a joint sales agreement (JSA). This makes it a sister station to NBC affiliate WEEK-TV and ABC affiliate WHOI (plus its CW subchannel). All three stations share studios on Springfield Road in East Peoria. Syndicated programming on WAOE includes: Dr. Phil, Family Guy, Family Feud, and Judge Judy.
[edit] History
The station began broadcasting on July 31, 1999 and originally had studios in downtown Peoria. Right from the start, WAOE was an affiliate of UPN. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents, CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On February 22, News Corporation announced that they would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to FOX, would be operated by FOX Television Stations and its syndication division, Twentieth Television.
MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. On March 15, channel 59 was announced as Peoria's MyNetworkTV affiliate with official changeover taking place on September 5. ABC affiliate WHOI operated a cable-only WB affiliate, "WBPE", on channel 4 on most cable systems in the area. WHOI created a new second digital subchannel to simulcast "WBPE", now using WHOI-DT2 as its official call sign, to offer non-cable subscribers access to CW programming. This network launched on September 18. On December 1, 2008, WAOE shut down its analog signal on UHF channel 59 and became digital exclusive.
[edit] Newscasts
On June 5, 2006, WEEK-TV started producing a weeknight 9 o'clock newscast on WAOE entitled News 25 at 9 on My 59. This is the area's second prime time news competing against WYZZ's FOX 43 News at 9 which is produced by WMBD. On weekday mornings from 5 to 7, WAOE airs a simulcast of WEEK-TV's local broadcast that is known on WAOE as News 25 Express on My 59.
News 25 Express on My 59
(Weekday Mornings 5 to 7)
- Anchor:
- Garry Moore
- Weather:
- Sandy Gallant
News 25 at 9 on My 59
(Weeknights 9 to 9:30)
- Anchor:
- Mike Dimmick
- Weather:
- Lee Ranson
- Sports:
- Lee Hall
WAOE features additional news personnel from WEEK-TV. See that article for a complete listing.
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