WEEK-DT3
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Peoria/Bloomington–Normal, Illinois United States |
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| City | Peoria, Illinois |
| Branding | Peoria-Bloomington CW |
| Slogan | Dare to Defy |
| Channels |
Digital: WEEK-DT 25.3 (UHF) Virtual: 25.3 () |
| Affiliations | The CW (via The CW Plus) |
| Owner |
Quincy Media (WEEK License, LLC) |
| First air date | September 1998 (as cable-only "WBPE") September 18, 2006 (as WHOI-DT2) August 1, 2016 (as WEEK-DT3) |
| Call letters' meaning | see WEEK-TV |
| Former callsigns | "WBPE" (1998–2006) WHOI-DT2 (2006–2016) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Digital: WHOI-DT 40.2 (UHF, 2006–6/12/2009) WHOI-DT 19.2 (UHF, 6/12/2009–8/1/2016) Virtual: WHOI-DT 19.2 (PSIP, 2006–8/1/2016) |
| Former affiliations | The WB (via The WB 100+ Station Group, 1998–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 246 kW |
| Height | 211.6 m (694 ft) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 24801 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°37′46.3″N 89°32′52.5″W / 40.629528°N 89.547917°W |
| Website | WEEK-DT3 |
WEEK-DT3 is a CW-affiliated television station licensed to Peoria, Illinois, United States and serving the North-Central Illinois television market. It is a third digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WEEK-TV (channel 25) that is owned by Quincy Media. Over the air, it broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal virtual and UHF channel 25.3 from a transmitter at the WEEK-TV studios on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township, Tazewell County.
WEEK-TV had been operating ABC affiliate WHOI (channel 19) and its CW affiliated digital subchannel 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 p.m., thus airing a half hour later on WHOI than it does on most ABC affiliates in the Central Time Zone.
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