WAQP
CitySaginaw, Michigan
Channels
BrandingTCT
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WTLJ
History
First air date
March 26, 1985 (38 years ago) (1985-03-26)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 49 (UHF, 1985–2009)
  • Digital: 48 (UHF, 2006–2020)
TBN (1985–2007)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID67792
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT287 m (942 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°13′18″N 84°3′14″W / 43.22167°N 84.05389°W / 43.22167; -84.05389
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.tct.tv

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 digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WAQP[2]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
49.1 1080i 16:9 WAQP HD TCT
49.2 480i SBN SBN
49.4 LAFF Laff
49.5 CrtMyst Ion Mystery
49.6 Grit Grit
49.7 DEFY Defy TV
49.10 TrueCri True Crime Network
49.11 GetTV get

Analog-to-digital conversion

WAQP discontinued 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,[3][4] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog 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;[5] the sale, which was completed on May 1,[6] 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).[7] 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-powered 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.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAQP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WAQP". www.rabbitears.info.
  3. ^ "FCC.gov - Appendix B: All Full Power Television Stations by DMA, Indicating Those Terminating Analog Service on or before February 17, 2009" (PDF).
  4. ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.
  5. ^ "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. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  6. ^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.
  7. ^ Digital Sub-Channel Lease Agreement

External links

Broadcast television in the Mid Michigan region, including Flint, Saginaw, Bay City and Midland
Other television stations licensed to and serving the state of Michigan
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