WAQP explained

Callsign:WAQP
City:Saginaw, Michigan
Branding:TCT
Digital:36 (UHF)
Virtual:49
Country:United States
Location:SaginawBay City–Flint, Michigan
Owner:Tri-State Christian Television
Licensee:TCT of Michigan, Inc.
Sister Stations:WTLJ
Former Affiliations:TBN (1985–2007)
Erp:1,000 kW
Haat:2870NaN0
Facility Id:67792
Coordinates:43.2217°N -84.0539°W
Licensing Authority:FCC

WAQP (channel 49) is a religious television station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, United States, serving northeastern Michigan as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located near Chesaning, Michigan.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Channel! scope = "col"
Res.AspectShort nameProgramming
49.1 WAQP HD TCT
49.2 SBN SBN
49.3ONTV4U
49.4 LAFF Laff
49.5 CrtMyst Ion Mystery
49.6 Grit Grit
49.7 DEFY Ion Plus[1]
49.8 INFO CH Infomercials
49.10 TrueCri True Crime Network
49.11 GetTV get

Analog-to-digital conversion

WAQP ended regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 49, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48,[2] [3] using virtual channel 49. Its physical channel was later moved to 36.

Translators

WAQP previously operated a rebroadcaster on channel 27 in Lansing, which uses the callsign WLNM-LD. That channel was originally W69BJ (channel 69), but it relocated to channel 27 as W27CN in November 2003. Since July 2009, WLNM-LD has been broadcasting in digital-only format. The WLNM-LD digital broadcast uses the station's former analog channel 27 number, both in actual channel designation and via PSIP display, and mirrored the main WAQP broadcast. On February 14, 2020, TCT agreed to sell WLNM-LD to Gray Television for $175,000;[4] the sale, which was completed on May 1,[5] includes a lease agreement allowing TCT to program a WLNM subchannel for five years after closing (it was placed on the station's seventh subchannel).[6] WLNM-LD now operates as a translator of NBC affiliate WILX-TV (channel 10), and WILX-DT7 also carries TCT throughout the entire market as a side effect of the transaction.

WAQP also originally had a repeater serving Jackson, W59CA (channel 59), which was relocated to Ann Arbor in November 2000 and renamed W27CJ (channel 27), repeating a low-power TCT station in Detroit, WDWO-CD. In October 2007, W27CJ was sold to SMG Media Group for $80,000, with the intent on operating the channel as "WFHD-LP"; that station, however, would soon go silent altogether.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scripps replacing Defy TV with Ion Plus on broadcast TV. Matthew. Keys. TheDesk.net. June 28, 2024. June 28, 2024.
  2. Web site: FCC.gov - Appendix B: All Full Power Television Stations by DMA, Indicating Those Terminating Analog Service on or before February 17, 2009.
  3. Web site: CDBS Print. licensing.fcc.gov.
  4. Web site: Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low-Power Television Station. CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 14, 2020. February 21, 2020.
  5. Web site: CDBS Print. licensing.fcc.gov.
  6. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101815419&qnum=5030&copynum=1&exhcnum=2 Digital Sub-Channel Lease Agreement