WAQP

TCT station in Saginaw, Michigan

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43°13′18″N 84°3′14″W / 43.22167°N 84.05389°W / 43.22167; -84.05389Links

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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 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
49.8			INFO CH	Infomercials
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 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;^[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-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

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

External links

Broadcast television in the Mid Michigan region, including Flint, Saginaw, Bay City and Midland

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WNEM-TV 5 (.1 CBS, .2 MNTV, .3 Cozi, .4 Ion, .5 Court, .6 The365)
WXON-LD 9 (.1 Retro TV, .2 Ace TV, .3 Jewelry TV, .4 Rev'n, .5 Family, .6 QVC, .7 Heartland
WJRT-TV 12 (.1 ABC, .2 MeTV, .3 Grio, .4 Start, .5 H&I, .6 Bounce)
W24DL-D 24 (.1 3ABN, .2 Proclaim!, .3 D2D, .4 Latino, .5 3ABN Radio, .6 Latino Radio, .7 Radio 74)
WEYI-TV 25 (.1/46.2 NBC, .2 CW, .3 TBD, .4 Dabl, 46.1 CW)
WAQP 49 (.1 TCT, .2 SBN, .4 Laff, .5 Mystery, .6 Grit, .7 Defy, .8 Infomercials, .10 Crime, .11 Get)
WSMH 66 (46.3 Charge!, .1 Fox, .2 ANT, .3 Comet, .4 Nest)

Public television	WCMU-TV 14 (.1 PBS, .2 PBS Kids, .3 Create, .4 MI Learning Ch.) WDCQ-TV 19 (.1 PBS, .2 World, .3 Create, .4 Kids, .5 MI Learning Ch.)
Outlying stations	Midland WFFC-LD 17 (.1 AZA, .2 Crime, .3 Quest, .4 Shop LC, .5 Buzzr, .6 beIN Sports Xtra) W35DQ-D 24 (.1 NTD America, .2 Twist, .3 Novelisima, .4 getTV, .5 beIN Sports en Espanol, .6 beIN Sports)
ATSC 3.0 digital	WBSF (5.1 CBS, 12.1 ABC, 25.1 NBC, 46.1 CW, 66.1 Fox)
Defunct	WTAC-TV 16 (ABC) WUWB-LD 20 (.1 Court, .2 Bounce .3 Movies!, .4 Catchy, .5 This) WFKB-LD 38 (.1 Grit, .2 Mystery, .3 Laff, .4 GetTV) WXON-LP 54 (Ind.) WCMZ-TV 28 (.1 PBS (HD), .2 PBS Kids (SD), .3 Create)
Cable channels	Bally Sports Detroit Defunct MGTV Comcast Television

Michigan broadcast television areas by city: Alpena; Detroit; Flint/Tri-Cities; Grand Rapids/Battle Creek; Lansing/Jackson; Marquette; Northern Michigan

v t e Other television stations licensed to and serving the state of Michigan
Metro Detroit Urban area market	WDWO-CD (18.1 Azteca, 18.2/.3 Ads, 18.4 TCT, 18.5 3ABN) WUDL-LD (19.1 Quest, 19.2 Sonlife, 19.3 LC, 19.4 ShopHQ, 19.5 QVC, 19.6 QVC2, 19.7 CBN) WUDT-LD 23 (Daystar) WLPC-CD 28 (28.1 Impact, 28.2 The Now Network) WHPS-CD 33 (Ind.) WKBD-TV 50 (.1 Ind., .2 Comet, .3 Charge!, .4 TBD, .5 Start, .6 QVC)
Grand Rapids–Kalamazoo– Battle Creek market	WUHQ-LD 29 (Daystar, Grand Rapids) WMKG-CD (38.1/.2 Ads, Muskegon) WTLJ (54.1/.2 TCT, 54.3 Grio; Muskegon) WLLA (64.1 Rel. Ind., 64.2 MeTV, 64.3 H&I, 64.4 Catchy, 64.5 Retro, 64.6 Dabl; Kalamazoo)
Flint–Saginaw– Bay City market	W24DL-D 42 (3ABN, Saginaw) WAQP (49.1/.2 TCT, 49.3 Grio; Saginaw)
Lansing–Jackson market	WILX-TV 10.7 / WLNM-LD 27.7 (TCT)
Marquette–Escanaba market	WDHS 8 (Iron Mountain) (dark) WZMQ (19.1 MeTV, Marquette)
South Bend market	WSJV (28.1 H&I, 28.2 Crime, 28.3 Mystery, 28.4 Court TV, 28.5 Quest, 28.6 Bounce, 28.7 Dabl; Elkhart, IN) WHME-TV (46.1 Rel. Ind., 46.2 Ion, 46.3 Grit, 46.4 Laff, 46.5 QVC, 46.6 HSN; South Bend, IN)
Toledo market	WLMB 40 (.1 Rel. Ind., .2 RadiantTV, .5 Newsmax TV; Toledo, OH)
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