WBQC-CA
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WBQC-CA (UPN38) is a broadcast television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, affiliated with the UPN network (although some sources claim it is an affiliate of i: Independent Television, formerly PAX, as well). The station broadcasts on channel 38. WBQC's offices are located in Golf Manor, Ohio. Its transmitter is located in Cincinnati.
History
The station signed on in 1994 on channel 25 as low power TV station W25AI, running mostly infomercials. Since the WB network (which launched in January 1995) could not find a full power station in the Cincinnati area to run its programming, it affiliated with Channel 25. The station changed its call letters to WBQC-LP to reflect its new affiliation, and began to identify on-air as "WB 25".The WB affiliation moved to WSTR-TV Channel 64 in 1998, and WBQC became a UPN affiliate (while keeping the same call letters).
Starting in 1999, the station served as a secondary NBC affiliate, carrying various sporting events WLWT didn't want as well as The Profiler and Sunset Beach.
WBQC had been pushing for inclusion on local cable and satellite lineups for many years. In 2005, the station moved from channel 25 to channel 38. It also became a Class A television station; while still a low-power station, Class A stations' allocations are protected so they are not displaced in order to make room for a full-power station's digital allocation. As a result, WBQC-CA has received additional cable carriage, and will also receive a digital allocation. (Channel 25 is now WOTH-LP, The Other Channel, which is affiliated with America One.)
Effective September 2006, UPN and The WB will merge to form The CW Television Network, and WSTR, being a full-power station, seemed to be most likely to become CW's Cincinnati affiliate. On March 2, 2006, however, it was announced that WSTR would affiliate with My Network TV, Fox's new network launching at the same time. This seemingly opened the door for WBQC to potentially become the CW's Cincinnati affiliate, but on April 19 it was confirmed that The CW Television Network will be carried on one of the digital subchannels of Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC. WBQC will become an independent station when UPN ends in September.
By July 4 2006 (in a stunt to promote their "Independence Day"), UPN network programming was moved out of primetime, and was replaced with marathons, and then a schedule of older off-network dramas and comedies. UPN currently airs overnight from 2am-4am early Tuesday morning-early Saturday morning. The station then changed their logo, which has some elements of the Ohio State Flag.
Logos
References
External links
- [UPN38]
- [Station history]
- [Frequently Asked Questions] – information about inclusion on cable and satellite
- [Query the FCC's TV station database for WBQC]
- [The Other Channel] (WOTH)
| Broadcast television in the Cincinnati market [(Nielsen DMA #34)] | |||
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| WLWT 5 (NBC) - WCPO 9 (ABC) - WKRC 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2, starting 9/06) - WPTO 14 (PBS) - WXIX 19 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WOTH 25 (A1) - WBQC 38 (UPN/Ind.) - WKOI 43 (TBN) - WCET 48 (PBS) - WKON 52 / WCVN 54 (PBS/KET) - WSTR 64 (The WB/My Network TV) | |||
Note: Networks in parenthesis indicate affiliations starting September 2006.
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"UPN 17" 17 / 6 (, ND) | |
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| See also: , , , , , and stations in Ohio | |
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