WEEK-TV

WEEK-TV
Peoria–Bloomington–Normal, Illinois; United States;
City	Peoria, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF); Virtual: 25;
Branding	WEEK (general; letters spelled out); Heart of Illinois ABC (25.2); Peoria-Bloomington CW (25.3); 25 News (newscasts);
Programming
Affiliations	25.1: NBC; 25.2: ABC/MyNetworkTV; 25.3: CW+; 25.4: Ion Television;
Ownership
Owner	Gray Media; (Gray Television Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WHOI
History
First air date	February 1, 1953
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 43 (UHF, 1953–1964), 25 (UHF, 1964–2009); Digital: 57 (UHF, 2001–2009);
Call sign meaning	Derived from former sister station WEEK (AM) (now WOAM)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24801
ERP	246 kW
HAAT	211.6 m (694 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°37′46.3″N 89°32′52.5″W / 40.629528°N 89.547917°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.25newsnow.com; WEEK-DT3 "Peoria-Bloomington CW";

WEEK-TV (channel 25) is a television station licensed to Peoria, Illinois, United States, affiliated with NBC, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Roar affiliate WHOI (channel 19). The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township, Tazewell County.

WEEK-TV began broadcasting on February 1, 1953, originally on channel 43. Originally owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company alongside WEEK (1350 AM), it has been an NBC affiliate since its start. The station moved to channel 25 in 1964 and had several owners, including Kansas City Southern Industries, Price Communications, and Granite Broadcasting Corporation.

In 2009, WEEK-TV began programming WHOI, then Peoria's affiliate of ABC and The CW, under agreements with Sinclair Broadcast Group; the news departments of the two stations were consolidated at WEEK's studios with separate broadcasts. The arrangements were ended in 2016, when then-owner Quincy Newspapers bought the ABC and CW affiliations from Sinclair and moved them onto a subchannel of WEEK. Gray Television bought Quincy in 2020 and two years later combined all remaining newscasts between the NBC and ABC subchannels.