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WSEE-TV (Erie,PA)

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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 Time Warner Cable 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. In September 2015,Lilly Broadcasting announced that WICU-TV and WSEE-TV would no longer produce separate morning and evening newscasts as of October 12; the two stations will instead simulcast newscasts in these time periods under the joint brand Erie News Now. The stations' executive vice president,John Christianson,said that the WICU and WSEE newscasts were seen by viewers to have been essentially the same newscast with different anchors.