WAOE
 
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Peoria/Bloomington/ Normal, Illinois United States |
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| Branding | My 59 |
| Channels |
Digital: 39 (UHF) Virtual: 59 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner |
Venture Technologies Group (Four Seasons Peoria, LLC) |
| Founded | September 8, 1995 |
| First air date | July 5, 1999 |
| Former channel number(s) | 59 (UHF analog, 1999–2008) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (1999–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 150 kW |
| Height | 212 m (696 feet) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 52280 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°37′46″N 89°32′53″W / 40.62944°N 89.54806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | my59.tv |
WAOE is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for North-Central Illinois. It is licensed to Peoria and owned by Venture Technologies Group. The station broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 (or virtual channel 59.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Springfield Road (along I-474) in East Peoria, a section of Groveland Township.
The station signed on the air on July 5, 1999 as a UPN affiliate and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 59. Originally, it was broadcast from studios on Fulton Street in Downtown Peoria. In its early months, the station broadcast at a low power; WAOE's signal would be upgraded in early 2000, allowing AT&T Cable to add the station to its lineup on February 22. Before WAOE's launch, ABC affiliate WHOI (channel 19) had a secondary affiliation with UPN.
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge to form The CW. On February 22, News Corporation announced it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. It was made public on March 15 that WAOE would become the market's MyNetworkTV outlet. Meanwhile, cable-only WB affiliate "WBPE" (operated by WHOI) became the area's CW station. In order to offer non-cable viewers access to The CW, WHOI added a new second digital subchannel to simulcast the new network. WAOE would officially join MyNetworkTV on September 5 while WHOI-DT2 started offering The CW on September 18, 2006.
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