WAQP
{{Short description|Television station in Saginaw, Michigan}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WAQP
| city = Saginaw, Michigan
| logo =
| branding = TCT
| digital = 36 (UHF)
| virtual = 49
| subchannels =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|49.1: TCT|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}
| country = United States
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1985|3|26|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| location = Saginaw–Bay City–Flint, Michigan
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 49 (UHF, 1985–2009)|Digital: 48 (UHF, 2006–2020)}}
| owner = Tri-State Christian Television
| licensee = TCT of Michigan, Inc.
| sister_stations = WTLJ
| former_affiliations = TBN (1985–2007)
| erp = 1,000 kW
| haat = {{convert|287|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class =
| facility_id = 67792
| coordinates = {{coord|43|13|18|N|84|3|14|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website = {{url|http://www.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 signal is multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WAQP{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WAQP|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WAQP|website=www.rabbitears.info}} ! scope = "col" | Channel ! scope = "col" | Res. ! scope = "col" | Aspect ! scope = "col" | Short name ! scope = "col" | Programming |
| scope = "row" | 49.1 |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 49.2 |
| scope = "row" | 49.3
| ONTV4U || OnTV4U (Infomercials) |
| scope = "row" | 49.4
| LAFF || Laff |
| scope = "row" | 49.5
| CrtMyst || Ion Mystery |
| scope = "row" | 49.6
| Grit || Grit |
| scope = "row" | 49.7
| IONPlus || Ion Plus |
| scope = "row" | 49.8
| GDT || Infomercials |
| scope = "row" | 49.9
| BizTV || Biz TV |
| scope = "row" | 49.10
| TrueCri || True Crime Network |
| scope = "row" | 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,{{Cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-221A5.pdf|title=FCC.gov - Appendix B: All Full Power Television Stations by DMA, Indicating Those Terminating Analog Service on or before February 17, 2009}}{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101309643&formid=387&fac_num=67792|title=CDBS Print|website=licensing.fcc.gov}} 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;{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101815419&formid=345&fac_num=67779|title=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|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2020}} the sale, which was completed on May 1,{{Cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101817517&formid=905&fac_num=67779|title=CDBS Print|website=licensing.fcc.gov}} 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).[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101815419&qnum=5030©num=1&exhcnum=2 Digital Sub-Channel Lease Agreement] 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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.tct.tv/ TCT]
{{Flint-Saginaw-Bay City TV}}
{{Other Michigan Stations}}
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Category:1985 establishments in Michigan
Category:Get (TV network) affiliates
Category:Grit (TV network) affiliates
Category:Ion Mystery affiliates
Category:Laff (TV network) affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1985
Category:Tri-State Christian Television stations
Category:True Crime Network affiliates
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