WEEK-DT2
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Peoria/Bloomington/ Normal, Illinois United States |
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| City | Peoria |
| Branding | HOI ABC (general) HOI News (newscasts) 25 News (weekend simulcasts with WEEK-TV) |
| Slogan |
Accurate. Balanced. To the Point. Your Home Team (weekend simulcasts with WEEK-TV) |
| Channels |
Digital: WEEK-DT 25.2 (UHF) Virtual: 25.2 () |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Quincy Media (WEEK License, LLC) |
| First air date | November 15, 2004 |
| Sister station(s) | WEEK-TV, WEEK-DT3 |
| Former channel number(s) | WEEK-DT 57.2 (UHF digital, 11/15/2004–2/17/2009) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC Weather Plus (2004-2008) The Local AccuWeather Channel (2008-2014) Silent (2014-2016) |
| Transmitter power | 246 kW (digital) |
| Height | 211.6 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 24801 (digital) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°37′46.3″N 89°32′52.5″W / 40.629528°N 89.547917°W (digital) |
| Licensing authority | FCC (digital) |
| Website | www.cinewsnow.com |
WEEK-DT2 is the new ABC-affiliated television station for North-Central Illinois that is licensed to Peoria. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC outlet WEEK-TV that is owned and operated by Quincy Media. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 25.2 (or virtual channel 25.2 via ) from a transmitter at the WEEK-TV studios on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township.
WEEK-TV had been operating ABC affiliate WHOI (channel 19) under a joint sales agreement (JSA) and a shared services agreement (SSA) since March 2, 2009. At that time, WHOI shut down its separate news department and merged it with WEEK. A new secondary set was built at the Springfield Road studios for use by WHOI in order for that station to continue to produce separate newscasts. WHOI then dropped its own weeknight newscasts at 5 and 6 for a new show seen at 5:30 so it would not directly compete with WEEK-TV's own programs in those time slots. ABC World News Tonight was moved to 6 pm, thus airing a half hour later on WHOI than it does on most ABC affiliates in the Central Time Zone.
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