WGEM-TV

callsign	WGEM-TV
location	Quincy, Illinois Hannibal, Missouri Keokuk, Iowa
country	United States
city	Quincy, Illinois
branding	WGEM (general) WGEM-NBC (10.1) Tri-States CW (10.2) WGEM-Fox (10.3) MeTV Tri-States (10.4)‡R1R‡
digital	19 (UHF)‡R2R‡‡R3R‡
virtual	10
affiliations	10.1: NBC 10.2: CW+ 10.3: Fox 10.4: MeTV/MyNetworkTV‡R4R‡
owner	Gray Media
licensee	Gray Television Licensee, LLC
airdate	September 4, 1953
callsign meaning	Gem City (civic slogan of Quincy)
sister stations	WGEM-FM
former channel numbers	Analog: 10 (VHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 54 (UHF, 2001–2009), 10 (VHF, 2009–2024)
former affiliations	Both secondary: ABC (1953–1969, 1971–c. 1995) Fox (1990–1994)
erp	1,000 kW‡R2R‡
haat	238 m
facility id	54275
coordinates	39.95111°N, -91.33167°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	www.wgem.com

WGEM-TV (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Quincy, Illinois, United States, serving the Quincy, Illinois–Hannibal, Missouri–Keokuk, Iowa market as an affiliate of NBC, The CW Plus, Fox, and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Gray Media, it is sister to the company's sole radio property, sports station WGEM-FM (105.1). The two stations share studios in the New Tremont Apartments (formerly the Hotel Quincy) on Hampshire Street in downtown Quincy. WGEM-TV's transmitter is located east of the city on Cannonball Road near I-172.

Until August 2, 2021, WGEM-TV served as the flagship television property of founding owner Quincy Media, and was sister to the company's namesake newspaper, The Quincy Herald-Whig.

History

WGEM-TV's license was originally granted to Quincy Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Herald-Whig; it was allotted channel 10. The station was originally affiliated with NBC and ABC

Subchannel history

WGEM-DT2

WGEM-DT2 is the CW+-affiliated second digital subchannel of WGEM-TV, broadcasting in 720p high definition on channel 10.2.

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 5:00 am to 8:00 am.

History

WGEM-DT3

WGEM-DT3, branded on-air as WGEM Fox, is the Fox-affiliated third digital subchannel of WGEM-TV, broadcasting in 720p high definition on channel 10.3.

History

What is now WGEM-DT3 was established in 1994 by WGEM on Continental Cablevision to fill a void in a market where there was no local over-the-air Fox affiliate. Between 1990 and 1994, Fox programming in the market was limited to off-hours on WGEM's analog signal. It was originally a cable-only station; as a result, it was known on-air with the fictional "CGEM" calls based after the "C" in Continental and "GEM" in WGEM. The station, which was the only Fox-affiliated cable channel to have not been a part of Foxnet, began to air on the third digital subchannel of WGEM-TV in 2006. This was one of the first instances of a major network affiliate operating a cable-only affiliate of another network; this would eventually be repeated on a national level with the launch of The WB 100+ Station Group in September 1998. As part of becoming available over-the-air, it began to use the WGEM-DT3 call sign in an official manner; nonetheless, the "CGEM" branding was retained until 2010. The station remains as the only Fox affiliate in the area, although Charter Spectrum in Hannibal, Missouri, also carries KTVI from St. Louis.

WGEM-TV

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Subchannel history

WGEM-DT2

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WGEM-DT3

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