CHICAGO (CBS 58) -- Weigel Broadcasting Co. announced Thursday, Sept. 18, the upcoming debut of WEST - WESTERN ENTERTAINMENT SERIES TELEVISION, its highly-anticipated new western-focused broadcast network. The network will officially launch on Monday, September 29th, and will be available in 15 of the Top 20 broadcast TV markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Tampa, Phoenix, Detroit and Orlando. At launch, WEST will air in a total of 46 TV markets nationwide covering 55.7% of the U.S. WEST will also be available on TDS cable systems and on DISH channel 372. Additional channels and carriage will be announced as available.

Find out where to watch WEST at westtelevision.com.

Here in Milwaukee, you can watch WEST on channel 63.3. 

WEST marks Weigel’s tenth over-the-air national broadcast television network, expanding its portfolio with a destination dedicated to the most iconic Western programming in television history. Setting WEST apart is its unrivaled library of over 30 of the greatest TV westerns ever made, promising viewers an unmatched entertainment experience celebrating the story telling journeys of TV westerns. WEST programming will include Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Maverick, Rawhide, The Wild Wild West, Wanted: Dead or Alive, and The Virginian along with many more series.

The library of series featured on WEST includes heroic sheriffs, iconic gunslingers, stoic idealists, dangerous outlaws, and thrilling stories of right vs wrong at every turn:

• Gunsmoke
• Bonanza
• Maverick
• Rawhide
• Wanted: Dead or Alive
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• The High Chaparral
• Wagon Train
• The Big Valley
• The Virginian
• Wild Wild West
• Cheyenne
• Bronco
• Sugarfoot
• Lancer
• Daniel Boone
• Colt .45
• And Many More

WEST will showcase and celebrate the art of the TV western like no one else. For example, the series The Virginian will be presented in its original full-length version and will not be edited for time. Weeknights in prime-time WEST will spotlight the biggest TV westerns of all time. And on weekends WEST will present extended blocks of western favorites for all day enjoyment and viewing relaxation.

The network joins MeTV, MeTV Toons, Start TV, Heroes & Icons, Catchy Comedy, MeTV+, Story Television, Dabl and MOVIES! in the Weigel family of national broadcast networks.

About Weigel Broadcasting Co.

Weigel Broadcasting Co. is a family-owned media company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company owns and operates national television networks, as well as local broadcast stations throughout the country. Weigel is a leader in broadcast television with MeTV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the number one rated classic TV entertainment network, as well as the Movies! Network in cooperation with the Fox Television Stations, the Catchy Comedy Network, the H&I - Heroes & Icons Network, the Start TV Network and the Dabl Network in association with the CBS Television Stations, the Story Television Network, the MeTV Toons Network in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery, and WEST- Western Entertainment Series Television Network. Weigel produces the original network TV programs Svengoolie, Toon In With Me and Collector’s Call. Weigel's local stations include CBS, ABC, The CW, MyNet, Telemundo and Univision network affiliates and independent stations, offering a mix of entertainment programming, local news and professional and college sports broadcasts in 29 U.S. markets including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Weigel is the creator of the nationally syndicated music format MeTV FM. For more information on Weigel, visit: https://www.weigelbroadcasting.com/.