WSEE-TV
 
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Erie, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Branding | WSEE (general) Erie News Now (newscasts) The CW Erie (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On: Your News. Now. |
| Channels |
Digital: 16 (UHF) & WICU-DT3 12.3 (VHF) Virtual: 35 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 35.1 CBS 35.2 CW |
| Owner |
Lilly Broadcasting (Lilly Broadcasting of Pennsylvania License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | April 24, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning |
SEE alludes to CBS eye logo |
| Sister station(s) | WICU-TV, WENY-TV |
| Former callsigns | WSEE (1954–1981) |
| Former channel number(s) | 35 (UHF analog, 1954–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (1954–1966) UPN (1995–2006) both secondary |
| Transmitter power | 75 kW 5.4 kW (WICU-DT3) |
| Height | 271 m 306.7 m (WICU-DT3) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 49711 24970 (WICU-DT3) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°3′50″N 80°0′21″W / 42.06389°N 80.00583°W |
| Website | www.erienewsnow.com |
WSEE-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Northwestern Pennsylvania that is licensed to Erie. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 (or virtual channel 35.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Old Waterford Road in Greene Township. The station can also be seen on Spectrum channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 1005. Owned by Lilly Broadcasting, WSEE-TV operates the area's NBC affiliate WICU-TV (owned by SJL Broadcasting) through a shared services agreement (SSA) and the two outlets share studios on State Street in Erie. WSEE-TV can also be seen over-the-air in standard definition on WICU-TV's third digital subchannel on VHF channel 12.3 from the same Greene Township transmitter.
WSEE began broadcasting on April 24, 1954. The station was originally owned by the Mead family, publishers of the Erie Times-News. ABC programming was shared by WSEE and WICU-TV until WJET-TV signed-on in 1966. The Meads sold the station to Gillett Broadcasting in 1978. In 1981, the "-TV" suffix was added to the WSEE calls. Gillett then sold the station to SCS Communications in 1982. In 1988, SCS sold WSEE to Price Communications. Price sold WSEE along with three of its stations (WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi, WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan and WNAC-TV in Providence, Rhode Island) to Northstar Television Group in 1989. UPN content was aired on weekends by WSEE-TV beginning January 16, 1995. In 1998, this station launched a cable-only WB affiliate as part of The WB 100+. It had the fictional call sign "WBEP". On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge. The new combined network would be called The CW.
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