WGEM-DT3
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Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri/Keokuk, Iowa United States |
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| Branding | WGEM Fox |
| Channels |
Digital: WGEM-DT 10.3 (VHF) Virtual: 10.3 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Quincy Media (WGEM License, LLC) |
| First air date | 1993 |
| Call letters' meaning | see WGEM-TV |
| Former callsigns | "CGEM" (1993-2007) |
| Transmitter power | 21.2 kW |
| Height | 238 m |
| Facility ID | 54275 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°57′4.1″N 91°19′54″W / 39.951139°N 91.33167°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | WGEM-DT3 website within WGEM-TV |
WGEM-DT3 is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois, Northeastern Missouri, and extreme Southeastern Iowa. It is a third digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WGEM-TV, which is owned by Quincy Media. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 10.3 from a transmitter east of the city on Cannonball Road near I-172. Known on-air as WGEM Fox, the station can also be seen on Mediacom channel 2 in Iowa, US Cable channel 12 in Missouri, and Comcast channel 18 in Illinois. It is offered in high definition on Comcast digital channel 383 and Mediacom digital channel 802. WGEM-DT3's parent station has studios in the Hotel Quincy on Hampshire Street in Downtown Quincy.
What is now WGEM-DT3 was established in 1993 by Continental Cablevision and WGEM to fill a void in a market where there was no local over-the-air Fox affiliate. Channel 10 had aired Fox programming in off-hours since 1990. It was originally known on-air with the fictional "CGEM" calls based after the "C" in Continental and "GEM" in WGEM. The station began to air on the third digital subchannel of WGEM-TV in 2007, and began to use the WGEM-DT3 call sign in an official manner in 2007; nonetheless, the "CGEM" branding was retained until 2010. The station still remains the only Fox station in the area, although Charter Communications in Hannibal also carries KTVI from St. Louis.
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