Mass media in Erie, Pennsylvania
overview of mass media in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Situated between three major United States cities and on the border with Canada, there are many sources of media in Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie is home to five major television broadcast networks, one daily newspaper, a city-regional magazine, several radio stations and one major social media news website.
Television stations
Erie's unique position along the shores of Lake Erie can offer a wide variety of over-the-air television stations. Canada's CityTV (from its Woodstock, Ontario transmitter CITY-DT-2), CTV 2 (via CFPL-DT), and CBC Television (via CBLT-DT's repeater, CBLN) from London, Ontario can be viewed in portions of downtown Erie and areas north of Interstate 90. Additionally, select areas of the Erie region can receive broadcast channels from Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The region itself, however, is served by five major television stations based in Erie. Erie is ranked as Designated Market Area #144 by the Nielsen Company.
Major Erie television affiliates include:
WICU, NBC, channel 12
WJET, ABC, channel 24
WSEE, CBS, channel 35
WQLN, PBS, channel 54
WFXP, Fox, channel 66
Erie has an affiliate station of The CW (via The CW Plus), which is broadcast digitally over the air on WJET's digital subchannel 24–2, and on local cable systems. Erie does not have a MyNetworkTV affiliate, nor are any of the service's neighboring stations are carried on local providers in the area. Digital multicast networks are available on the subchannels of the stations above.
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