WBQC-CA
Encyclopedia
WBQC-LD is an independent television station
in Cincinnati, Ohio
, United States
. WBQC's studios are located in a 17000 square feet (1,579.4 m²) complex in the Roselawn
neighborhood of Cincinnati, while the station broadcasts from WCPO
's tower. According to its website, WBQC was the first television station to be fully automated. The station was also the first station in Cincinnati to perform "digital spot
insertion" and to air Spanish-language
commercials. As of April 2011, WBQC is up for sale.
WBQC shares sister station WOTH-LP's multiplexed digital channel.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:>
Virtual
channel
Video
Format
Programming
25.1
480i
4:3
Retro Television Network
programming
25.2
Universal Sports
25.3
Retro Television Network programming
25.4
Jewelry Television
25.5
WOTH-LP programming (America One
; AMGTV
)
W25AI on channel 25. Owned by Elliott Block's Block Broadcasting, it ran mostly infomercial
s. All of Cincinnati's full-power stations, in contrast, carried programming from national networks. Needing an affiliate in Cincinnati, The WB
network, which launched in January 1995, signed an affiliation agreement with Channel 25. The station then changed its call letters to WBQC-LP to reflect its new affiliation and began to identify on-air as "WB Channel 25".
In 1998, Sinclair Broadcasting
reached a deal with The WB, switching a number of their affiliates from UPN to The WB. A station included in the deal was WSTR-TV
(channel 64). Thus, the WB affiliation moved to WSTR in 1998, leaving WBQC without a network affiliate. UPN struck a deal to air its programming on WLWT-TV
(channel 5), the NBC
affiliate, to air its programming from 2–4 weekend mornings. Meanwhile, as an independent station, WBQC carried NBC programming that WLWT chose not to carry, including various sporting events, as well as The Profiler and Sunset Beach
. After a few months of poor late night ratings on WLWT, UPN reopened talks with WBQC. In the fall of 1999, UPN agreed to make WBQC its affiliate in Cincinnati.
(channel 38), an America One
affiliate. WBQC became a Class A television station
, with the call sign WBQC-CA, in hopes of receiving must-carry
status on cable systems and protection from displacement by the full-power stations' digital channel allocations. As a Class A station, WBQC had to meet all the requirements of a full-power station. Ultimately, Class As did not receive must-carry status, though they did receive protection from displacement. In negotiating with the cable and satellite providers, WBQC claimed "should-carry" status, in the absence of federal must-carry recognition.
Several small satellite master antenna television (SMATV) systems and the Delhi Township
cable system carried the small, independent station. Meanwhile, talks with InterMedia
Cable (Northern Kentucky), Time Warner Cable
(Cincinnati), and Adelphia Cable (Cincinnati) saw no progress for years. Shortly after WBQC became a UPN affiliate, however, a number of systems began offering WBQC on their lineups:
Although Time Warner Cable had long included WBQC in its Oxford, Ohio
lineup, on channel 13, the station remained off of Time Warner's Cincinnati offerings. According to WBQC, some Cincinnati customers were told by Time Warner representatives that the station operated out of Indianapolis, Indiana
; Dayton, Ohio
; or "some guy's basement". At one point, Time Warner considered carrying WSBK-TV
(channel 38) of Boston, Massachusetts, rather than WBQC.
Once UPN acquired Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Time Warner Cable resumed discussions with WBQC. After months of talks, Time Warner agreed to carry WBQC. Unlike the other cable systems, Time Warner Cincinnati would only air WBQC 6–11 Monday through Sunday evenings on channel 20, a cable lease channel. Time Warner later purchased Adelphia but kept WBQC in the latter's lineup until after Time Warner Cable had fully transitioned Adelphia viewers into the Time Warner system.
From the late 1990s until at least 2001, WBQC aired a rebroadcast of WCPO-TV
's 6:00 PM newscast at 7:00 PM. Later, WBQC formed a joint broadcast venture with Fox affiliate WXIX-TV
, allowing WBQC to air the Fox 19 Ten O'Clock News during sporting events, such as Cincinnati Bearcats
basketball. WBQC would also air some basketball games produced by WXIX.
, there was a question where The CW would land in Cincinnati. WSTR was the WB affiliate and a full power station; WBQC was the UPN affiliate, a Class A station with full cable carriage (Time Warner Cable Cincinnati the exception). (On March 2, 2006, it was announced that WSTR would affiliate with My Network TV. 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
would be carried on digital subchannel 12-2 of Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC
. As a result of the shuffle, WBQC became an independent station
upon the dissolution of UPN in September.
By July 4, 2006, in a stunt to promote its "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 aired overnight from 2 am-4 am early Tuesday morning-early Saturday morning until its closure. The station then changed its logo, which had some elements of the Ohio state flag
. The same year, WBQC moved from Golf Manor
to its newly-built studios in Roselawn.
With the launch of WKRC's CinCW
digital subchannel, Time Warner Cable
dropped WBQC on October 18 to carry CinCW full-time on Channel 20. The CinCW also replaced WBQC on Channel 25 on both Insight Cable and DirecTV, which has created some confusion to viewers who think WBQC is the CinCW. Insight Cable moved WBQC to channel 189 on its digital tier.
In 2007, Time Warner Cable Cincinnati experienced a change in management. Early the next year, WBQC and Time Warner Cable started discussions for cable carriage. However, Time Warner Cable stated it did not have any channels available, either on the analog or digital tier.
On November 28, 2008, the station adopted the branding WKRP-TV, drawing on the 1970s CBS
sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati
. According to Elliott Block, general manager and chief engineer for the small station, the move was made to promote the station's new digital broadcasting. Currently, the change reflects only the branding of the station, as its legal callsign remains WBQC-CA, however the station has petitioned the FCC for the new callsign. The callsign WKRP-LP is currently used by a low-power television station in Key West, Florida
,
but WKRP-CA is available.
In April 2010, with WBQC's conversion to digital-only operations, WBQC surrendered its former Class A designation to the FCC.
In November 2010, Cincinnati Bell
's local fiber-optic
service, FiOptics, began carrying all five of WBQC's subchannels on channels 254 and 270–273.
In January 2011, WBQC canceled all its local programming and replaced its primary subchannel with a Retro Television Network
feed, citing insufficient advertising revenue. Block placed the station for sale the following April, following WLWT
's announcement that that station will carry Me-TV beginning in July 2011.
Original WBQC programming:
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. WBQC's studios are located in a 17000 square feet (1,579.4 m²) complex in the Roselawn
Roselawn, Cincinnati, Ohio
Roselawn is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio.- External links :*...
neighborhood of Cincinnati, while the station broadcasts from WCPO
WCPO-TV
WCPO-TV, virtual channel 9 , is an ABC-affiliated television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. WCPO's studio is located in the Mount Adams neighborhood of Cincinnati, just outside of Eden Park. Its transmitter is located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street in Cincinnati.The station...
's tower. According to its website, WBQC was the first television station to be fully automated. The station was also the first station in Cincinnati to perform "digital spot
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
insertion" and to air Spanish-language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
commercials. As of April 2011, WBQC is up for sale.
Digital programming
WBQC-LD broadcasts its digital signal on UHF digital channels 47.2 and 25.WBQC shares sister station WOTH-LP's multiplexed digital channel.
channel
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
programming
Universal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
Jewelry Television
Jewelry Television is an American television network, similar to the Home Shopping Network. It was formerly called "America's Collectibles Network" . The privately-held company was founded in 1993 and broadcasts high definition programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to over 80 million unique...
America One
America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...
; AMGTV
AMGTV
AMGTV is an American family-oriented television network, featuring programming including sitcoms, lifestyle programs, sports, films and more...
)
The WB affiliation
In 1994, the station signed on as low-power television stationLow-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
W25AI on channel 25. Owned by Elliott Block's Block Broadcasting, it ran mostly infomercial
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
s. All of Cincinnati's full-power stations, in contrast, carried programming from national networks. Needing an affiliate in Cincinnati, The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
network, which launched in January 1995, signed an affiliation agreement with Channel 25. The station then changed its call letters to WBQC-LP to reflect its new affiliation and began to identify on-air as "WB Channel 25".
UPN affiliation
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
reached a deal with The WB, switching a number of their affiliates from UPN to The WB. A station included in the deal was WSTR-TV
WSTR-TV
WSTR-TV is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Tri-State area of Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. Licensed to Cincinnati, the station broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter in the College Hill section of the...
(channel 64). Thus, the WB affiliation moved to WSTR in 1998, leaving WBQC without a network affiliate. UPN struck a deal to air its programming on WLWT-TV
WLWT
WLWT, virtual channel 5 , is an NBC-affiliated television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, the station is owned by Hearst Television...
(channel 5), the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate, to air its programming from 2–4 weekend mornings. Meanwhile, as an independent station, WBQC carried NBC programming that WLWT chose not to carry, including various sporting events, as well as The Profiler and Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach (TV series)
Sunset Beach was an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on January 6, 1997, and last airing on December 31, 1999. The show followed the loves and lives of the people living in a fictional coastal city named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California...
. After a few months of poor late night ratings on WLWT, UPN reopened talks with WBQC. In the fall of 1999, UPN agreed to make WBQC its affiliate in Cincinnati.
"Should-carry"
WBQC had been pushing for inclusion on local cable and satellite lineups for many years. In 2005, WBQC swapped channels with sister station WOTH-LPWOTH-LP
WOTH-LD is a low-power digital television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, broadcasting locally on channel 25 as an affiliate of the America One network...
(channel 38), an America One
America One
America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...
affiliate. WBQC became a Class A television station
Class A television service
The class A television service is a system for regulating some low-power television stations in the United States. Class A stations are denoted by the broadcast callsign suffix "-CA" or "-CD" , although very many analog -CA stations have a digital companion channel that was assigned the -LD...
, with the call sign WBQC-CA, in hopes of receiving must-carry
Must-carry
In cable television, governments apply a must-carry regulation stating that locally-licensed television stations must be carried on a cable provider's system.- Canada :...
status on cable systems and protection from displacement by the full-power stations' digital channel allocations. As a Class A station, WBQC had to meet all the requirements of a full-power station. Ultimately, Class As did not receive must-carry status, though they did receive protection from displacement. In negotiating with the cable and satellite providers, WBQC claimed "should-carry" status, in the absence of federal must-carry recognition.
Several small satellite master antenna television (SMATV) systems and the Delhi Township
Delhi Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Delhi Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 30,104 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it has the following borders:...
cable system carried the small, independent station. Meanwhile, talks with InterMedia
Intermedia
Intermedia was a concept employed in the mid-sixties by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe the ineffable, often confusing, inter-disciplinary activities that occur between genres that became prevalent in the 1960s. Thus, the areas such as those between drawing and poetry, or between painting...
Cable (Northern Kentucky), Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
(Cincinnati), and Adelphia Cable (Cincinnati) saw no progress for years. Shortly after WBQC became a UPN affiliate, however, a number of systems began offering WBQC on their lineups:
- DirecTVDirecTVDirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
, Insight Cable (which purchased InterMedia), and Adelphia all added WBQC on channel 25. - The city of Lebanon, OhioLebanon, OhioThe population at the 2010 census was 20,033. As of the census of 2000, there were 16,962 people residing in the city. The population density was 1,440.6 people per square mile . There were 6,218 housing units at an average density of 528.1 per square mile...
began competing with Time Warner with its own municipal cable service. Lebanon Cable, which has since been sold to Cincinnati BellCincinnati BellCincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio, and its nearby suburbs in the U.S. states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. Its incumbent local exchange carrier subsidiary uses the name Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company LLC,...
, carried WBQC on channel 17 (later channel 97). - SusCom CableYork Community Access TelevisionYork Community Access Television was a Public-access television cable TV station in York, Pennsylvania.The current cable system in the City of York began operations soon after the City and York Cable Co. reached agreement on the city’s first cable television franchise agreement in 1964...
(Indiana) added WBQC on channel 6.
Oxford, Ohio
Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state. It lies in Oxford Township, originally called the College Township. The population was 21,943 at the 2000 census. This college town was founded as a home for Miami University. Oxford...
lineup, on channel 13, the station remained off of Time Warner's Cincinnati offerings. According to WBQC, some Cincinnati customers were told by Time Warner representatives that the station operated out of Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
; Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
; or "some guy's basement". At one point, Time Warner considered carrying WSBK-TV
WSBK-TV
WSBK-TV is a MyNetworkTV television station for eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire that is licensed to Boston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter along the Needham and Wellesley town line southwest of the MA 9 and I-95 / MA 128...
(channel 38) of Boston, Massachusetts, rather than WBQC.
Once UPN acquired Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Time Warner Cable resumed discussions with WBQC. After months of talks, Time Warner agreed to carry WBQC. Unlike the other cable systems, Time Warner Cincinnati would only air WBQC 6–11 Monday through Sunday evenings on channel 20, a cable lease channel. Time Warner later purchased Adelphia but kept WBQC in the latter's lineup until after Time Warner Cable had fully transitioned Adelphia viewers into the Time Warner system.
From the late 1990s until at least 2001, WBQC aired a rebroadcast of WCPO-TV
WCPO-TV
WCPO-TV, virtual channel 9 , is an ABC-affiliated television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. WCPO's studio is located in the Mount Adams neighborhood of Cincinnati, just outside of Eden Park. Its transmitter is located along Symmes Street, just south of East McMillan Street in Cincinnati.The station...
's 6:00 PM newscast at 7:00 PM. Later, WBQC formed a joint broadcast venture with Fox affiliate WXIX-TV
WXIX-TV
WXIX-TV channel 19 is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio. The station's city of license is Newport, Kentucky, across the Ohio River...
, allowing WBQC to air the Fox 19 Ten O'Clock News during sporting events, such as Cincinnati Bearcats
Cincinnati Bearcats
The Cincinnati Bearcats are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Cincinnati. Since July 1, 2005, the school's athletic teams have been members of the Big East Conference....
basketball. WBQC would also air some basketball games produced by WXIX.
Independence
With the merger of UPN and The WB in September 2006 into The CW Television NetworkThe CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
, there was a question where The CW would land in Cincinnati. WSTR was the WB affiliate and a full power station; WBQC was the UPN affiliate, a Class A station with full cable carriage (Time Warner Cable Cincinnati the exception). (On March 2, 2006, it was announced that WSTR would affiliate with My Network TV. 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
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
would be carried on digital subchannel 12-2 of Cincinnati's CBS affiliate, WKRC
WKRC-TV
WKRC-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Tri-State area of Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeastern Indiana that is licensed to Cincinnati. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter at its studios on Highland Avenue in the Mount...
. As a result of the shuffle, WBQC became an independent station
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
upon the dissolution of UPN in September.
By July 4, 2006, in a stunt to promote its "Independence Day
Independence Day (United States)
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
", UPN network programming was moved out of primetime
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
, and was replaced with marathons, and then a schedule of older off-network dramas and comedies. UPN aired overnight from 2 am-4 am early Tuesday morning-early Saturday morning until its closure. The station then changed its logo, which had some elements of the Ohio state flag
Flag of Ohio
The flag of the state of Ohio was adopted in 1902 and designed by John Eisemann, for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition.-Design:The large blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways...
. The same year, WBQC moved from Golf Manor
Golf Manor, Ohio
Golf Manor is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is surrounded nearly completely by the Pleasant Ridge and Roselawn neighborhoods of Cincinnati...
to its newly-built studios in Roselawn.
WKRC-DT2
WKRC-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for the Tri-State area of Southern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeastern Indiana. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WKRC-TV that is owned by Newport Television. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel...
digital subchannel, Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
dropped WBQC on October 18 to carry CinCW full-time on Channel 20. The CinCW also replaced WBQC on Channel 25 on both Insight Cable and DirecTV, which has created some confusion to viewers who think WBQC is the CinCW. Insight Cable moved WBQC to channel 189 on its digital tier.
In 2007, Time Warner Cable Cincinnati experienced a change in management. Early the next year, WBQC and Time Warner Cable started discussions for cable carriage. However, Time Warner Cable stated it did not have any channels available, either on the analog or digital tier.
On November 28, 2008, the station adopted the branding WKRP-TV, drawing on the 1970s CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati is an American situation comedy that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales at Top 40 radio station WQXI in Atlanta...
. According to Elliott Block, general manager and chief engineer for the small station, the move was made to promote the station's new digital broadcasting. Currently, the change reflects only the branding of the station, as its legal callsign remains WBQC-CA, however the station has petitioned the FCC for the new callsign. The callsign WKRP-LP is currently used by a low-power television station in Key West, Florida
Key West, Florida
Key West is a city in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The city encompasses the island of Key West, the part of Stock Island north of U.S. 1 , Sigsbee Park , Fleming Key , and Sunset Key...
,
but WKRP-CA is available.
In April 2010, with WBQC's conversion to digital-only operations, WBQC surrendered its former Class A designation to the FCC.
In November 2010, Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio, and its nearby suburbs in the U.S. states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. Its incumbent local exchange carrier subsidiary uses the name Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company LLC,...
's local fiber-optic
Optical fiber
An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...
service, FiOptics, began carrying all five of WBQC's subchannels on channels 254 and 270–273.
In January 2011, WBQC canceled all its local programming and replaced its primary subchannel with a Retro Television Network
Retro Television Network
The Retro Television Network is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs...
feed, citing insufficient advertising revenue. Block placed the station for sale the following April, following WLWT
WLWT
WLWT, virtual channel 5 , is an NBC-affiliated television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, the station is owned by Hearst Television...
's announcement that that station will carry Me-TV beginning in July 2011.
Programming
WBQC currently airs syndicated programming. Until 2011, the station produced several local programs, including:- New Xtreme Sounds – music entertainment
- Scizone with Bill Boshears – commentary on political and paranormal topics
- Friday Night Fu – campyCamp (style)Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its taste and ironic value. The concept is closely related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy"...
kung fu moviesMartial arts filmMartial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...
hosted by Cap'n Dave and the Fu Crew - After Midnight – music talent showcase
- On the Mark – call-in talk showTalk showA talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
hosted by Mark McDonald - Sunday MassMass (liturgy)"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
External links
- WKRP-TV website
- WBQC historical documents – formerly "The War"
- The Other Channel – WBQC's sister station, WOTH-LPWOTH-LPWOTH-LD is a low-power digital television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, broadcasting locally on channel 25 as an affiliate of the America One network...
Original WBQC programming: