Channels Digital: 45 (UHF) Founded 2016 | Owner DTV America | |
Affiliations Silent / Future Station First air date TBA (sometime in early 2017) | ||
W45EC-D is an upcoming low-power television station that is licensed to and located in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. The station is currently owned by southern Florida-based DTV America Corporation. Upon inception, the station will broadcast on digital UHF channel 45.
History
The station’s construction permit was purchased by DTV America from Channel 45 Media Association in Spring 2015 at a price of $37,500. DTV America is intending to bring the station on the air as a Doctor Television Channel affiliate. The channel, known as DrTV, is an upstart network dedicated to provide health-related programming. According to DTV America vice president Irwin Podhajser, W45EC-D is expected to launch in early 2016.
It is possible that another network could become available through the station via multiple digital subchannels. W45EC-D could sign on with MyNetworkTV, Buzzr, and/or Antenna TV affiliations for Erie, seeing as how neither of those two networks are available in the Erie area. Currently, Youngstown, Ohio’s WYTV-DT2, Cleveland’s WUAB, and/or Buffalo, New York’s WNYO-TV are the default MyNetworkTV affiliates for the Erie area.
The station’s signal should penetrate the entire Erie County area, along with a few surrounding communities.