WETM-TV
 
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Elmira/Corning, New York United States |
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| Branding | WETM 18 (general) WETM 18 News WETM 2 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Your Local News Leader |
| Channels | Digital: 18 (UHF/PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 18.1 NBC 18.2 Independent 18.3 Laff 18.4 Escape |
| Affiliations | NBC |
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Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 10, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning | Elmira (city) and Times Mirror (former owner; sister station was WSTM) |
| Sister station(s) |
WSYR-TV, WWTI, WIVT, WBGH-CD, WROC-TV, WUTR, WFXV, WPNY-LP, WFFF-TV, WVNY |
| Former callsigns | WSYE-TV (1956–1980) |
| Former channel number(s) | 18 (UHF analog, 1956–2009) 2 (VHF digital, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (DT2, 2004–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 45 kW |
| Height | 376 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 60653 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°6′22″N 76°52′17″W / 42.10611°N 76.87139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | mytwintiers.com |
WETM-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Central and Western Twin Tiers of Southern Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania. Licensed to Elmira, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter on Hawley Hill in Big Flats. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 1203. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, WETM has studios on East Water Street in downtown Elmira.
The station signed-on September 10, 1956 as WSYE-TV. It was owned by Newhouse Communications as a semi-satellite of NBC affiliate WSYR-TV (now WSTM-TV) in Syracuse. It is Elmira's oldest surviving station, signing on two years after WTVE which went dark after Hurricane Hazel blew through the Elmira area in 1954 and took out its tower. Originating early on from WSYE's original studios on Hawley Hill was a ladies informational program called The Dana Near Show.
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