WQTV-LP

WQTV-LP/WQWQ-LP
WQTV: Murray, Kentucky WQWQ: Paducah, Kentucky United States

Branding	The Heartland's CW MeTV Heartland Heartland News (newcast)
Slogan	TV Now (general) Live. Local. Latebreaking.
Channels	Analog: WQTV: 24 (UHF) WQWQ: 9 (VHF) Digital: KFVS-DT 12.2 (VHF) Virtual: 12.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations	The CW (2006–present) MeTV (secondary)
Owner	Raycom Media (KFVS License Subsidiary, LLC)
First air date	WQTV: January 1, 1988 (1988-01-01) WQWQ: November 10, 1999 (1999-11-10)
Sister station(s)	KFVS, KAIT, WMC-TV
Former callsigns	WQTV: W46BE (1988–1995) WQWQ: W52DC (1999–2000)
Former channel number(s)	WQTV: 46 (UHF)^[1] WQWQ: 52 (UHF)
Former affiliations	Independent (1988–1995) The WB (1995–2000) UPN (2000–2006)
Transmitter power	WQTV: 9.97 kW WQWQ: 3 kW KFVS-DT2: 6.8 kW
Height	WQTV: 167 m WQWQ: 89 m KFVS-DT2: 609 m
Facility ID	WQTV: 31410 WQWQ: 19595 KFVS-DT2: 592
Transmitter coordinates	WQTV: 36°32′58″N 88°19′52″W / 36.54944°N 88.33111°W / 36.54944; -88.33111 WQWQ: 37°2′55″N 88°35′41″W / 37.04861°N 88.59472°W / 37.04861; -88.59472 KFVS-DT2: 37°25′44.4″N 89°30′14″W / 37.429000°N 89.50389°W / 37.429000; -89.50389
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS

WQTV-LP is a low-powered television station licensed to Murray, Kentucky. It broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter on Midway Road, along U.S. 641, in unincorporated Calloway County. WQWQ-LP is a low-powered television outlet in Paducah, Kentucky. This station broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter in Farley along the Clarks River. Together, the two stations serve as the primary CW and secondary Me-TV affiliate for Western Kentucky's Jackson Purchase, Southeastern Missouri, and Southern Illinois.

Owned by Raycom Media, WQTV/WQWQ are sister stations to the CBS affiliate KFVS-TV and share studios in the Hirsch Tower, on Broadway Avenue, in downtown Cape Girardeau, Missouri. For identification purposes, it is the WQWQ call sign that is used in the logo even though WQTV has more broadcasting power and was the first of the two stations to sign-on. Due to their low-powered status, WQTV and WQWQ's signals only reach the immediate areas surrounding Murray and Paducah.

Therefore, KFVS-DT2 serves as that purpose which greatly extends their off-air reach. This signal can be seen in high definition on VHF channel 12.2 from a transmitter, northwest of Egypt Mills, in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County. Since MeTV takes up most of the broadcast day on WQTV/WQWQ, there are only second airings of some syndicated programming from KFVS seen on this station.

History

WQTV-LP launched on January 1, 1988 as W46BE and was known on-air as "TV 46". It was designed to be a sister outlet for radio station WNBS-AM 1340 and had studios in downtown Murray's Court Square. During its infancy, the channel was affiliated at various times with the All News Channel, FamilyNet, and Channel America. After its corporate bankruptcy, the license was sold to Jackson Purchase Broadcasting owners of WSJP-AM 1130 and WBLN-FM 103.7. The call letters were changed to the current WQTV-LP on August 14, 1995, and it became a WB affiliate. The station was then sold to Murray State University which continued to operate it as a for-profit enterprise.

Eventually, the channel assignment was changed from 46 to 24 and MSU sold the station to current owner Raycom Media in 2004. In 2000, WQTV switched affiliations with WDKA and became a UPN affiliate. During this period, the station was known on-air as "UPN The Beat". On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting and merge. The newly combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On February 22, News Corporation announced that it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV. This new service, which would be a sister network to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television.

MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. WDKA joined MyNetworkTV on September 5, while on September 18, WQTV became part of The CW. The channel re-branded as "Heartland's CW" and began to be offered on a second digital subchannel of KFVS. This was done to extend its broadcasting radius. It is unknown if WQTV and/or WQWQ will add digital signals of their own. By law, the two were not obligated to make the switch on June 12, 2009 due to their low-powered status. On September 12, 2011, WQWQ added MeTV through a secondary affiliation agreement.

WQTV and WQWQ-LP will be obligated to convert to digital in September 2015 as part of the Digital TV transition for low-powered TV stations. In early 2015, a construction permit was issued for both WQTV and WQWQ to convert to digital. They will become translators of KFVS, offering all three of the subchannels of KFVS once that transition is complete.

Digital television

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming (RabbitEars TV Query for KFVS)
12.2	720p	16:9	KFVS-D2	WQTV/WQWQ simulcast (The CW/Me-TV)

Newscasts

At one point in time, KFVS produced a nightly prime time newscast on WQTV/WQWQ. Known as Heartland News at 9, the show could be seen for a half-hour and was targeted specifically at a Southeastern Missouri audience. It competed with another broadcast in the time slot on Fox affiliate KBSI which also aired every night for thirty minutes. However, that program was produced by NBC affiliate WPSD-TV so it featured more of a regionalized summary of headlines since it originated from the NBC outlet's facility in Kentucky.

The WQTV/WQWQ newscast was dropped after the July 29, 2007 edition. WQTV/WQWQ currently replay three weekday newscasts from KFVS including the 6 a.m. hour of The Breakfast Show (at 7), Heartland News at Noon (at 1 p.m.), and Heartland News at 10 (at 11 p.m.). The Sunday edition of The Breakfast Show is also repeated on those stations.

References

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Television stations in the Jackson Purchase, the Bootheel, and Southern Illinois, including Paducah, Kentucky and Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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

Local stations

WSIL/KPOB/K10KM-D (3.1/15.1/10.1 ABC)
WPSD (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Heartland, 6.3 Antenna TV)
WSIU (8.1 PBS, 8.2 World, 8.3 Create)
WQWQ/KFVS-DT2/WQTV (9/24The CW/MeTV, Analog)
KFVS (12.1 CBS, 12.2 WQTV-LP/The CW/MeTV 12.3 Grit TV)
WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 RTV)
W15BU-D 15 (3ABN)
WKMU/WKPD (21.1/29.1 PBS/KET)
KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV)
WTCT (27.1 TCT)
WDKA (49.1 MNTV, 49.2 GetTV, 49.3 TCN)

Outlying areas

KDKZ-LD (18.1 RTV, Farmington, MO)

WUWT-CD 26 (26.1 RTV, 26.2 The Family Ch. - Union City, TN)

K39CP 39 (Ind., Poplar Bluff, MO)

Cable-only channels

CG993 (Cape Girardeau, MO)

WK&T Local Channel 1 (Ind., Mayfield, KY)

WK&T Sports (Ind., Murray/Mayfield, KY)

MSU-TV 11 (Murray, KY)

Adjacent locals

Evansville	WTVW (7.1 The CW) WNIN (9.1 PBS) WFIE (14.1 NBC, 14.2 WX, 14.3 Movies!) WEHT (25.1 ABC) WEVV (44.1 CBS, 44.2 Fox/MNTV)

St Louis	KTVI 2 (Fox) KMOV 4 4.1 (CBS) 4.2 (MeTV) 4.3 (MyNetworkTV) KSDK 5 (NBC) KETC 9 (PBS) KPLR 11 (The CW) KDNL 30 (ABC) WRBU 46 (Ion)

Jonesboro	KAIT 8 (8.1 ABC, 8.2 NBC) KTEJ 19 (PBS/AETN) KVTJ 48 (48.1 VTN)

Memphis	WREG 3 (CBS) WMC 5 (NBC) WKNO 10 (PBS) WHBQ 13 (Fox) WATN 24 (ABC) WLMT 30 30.1 (The CW) 30.2 (MyNetworkTV/MeTV) WPXX 50 (Ion)

Jackson, Tenn.	WBBJ 7 (7.1/7.2ABC, 7.3 CBS/MeTV) WLJT 11 (PBS) WJKT 16 (16.1 Fox)

Nashville	WKRN 2 (2.1 ABC) WSMV 4 (4.1 NBC) WTVF 5 (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NC5+, 5.3 This TV) WNPT 8 (8.1 PBS) WZTV 17 (17.1 Fox) WNPX 28 (28.1 Ion)

Defunct stations

W09BM 9 (Net1, Union City)
K45CA 45
W54AE 54 (Ind./TBN)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

Tennessee broadcast television areas by city: Chattanooga; Jackson; Knoxville; Memphis; Nashville; Paducah, KY; Tri-Cities

See also: Jonesboro TV; Little Rock TV; St. Louis TV; Springfield, MO TV; Springfield, IL TV; Terre Haute TV

CW Network affiliates in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

WBKO-DT 13.3 (Bowling Green) WQTV-LP 24 / WQWQ-LP 9 (Murray/Paducah) WKYT-DT 27.2 (Lexington) WBKI 34/WMYO-DT 58.3 (Campbellsville/Louisville)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Kentucky

Raycom Media

ABC Network Affiliates	KAIT^NBC KLTV KSWO KXXV / KRHD-CD KTRE WLOX^CBS WTVM

CBS Network Affiliates	KAUZ¹ KFDA KFVS KGMB / KGMD / KGMV KOLD KSLA WAFB WBTV WCSC WOIO WTOC WTOL

The CW Affiliates	KAUZ-DT2¹ KWES-DT2 / KWAB-DT2 WQWQ/KFVS-DT2/WQTV WUPV¹

Fox Network Affiliates	KMSB¹ KNIN¹ KYOU¹ WBRC WDBD¹ WDFX WFLX¹ WFXG WPGX WSFX¹ WTNZ WUPW¹ WVUE¹ WXIX WXTX¹

MyNetworkTV Affiliates	KFVE^SP KTTU¹ WBXH WLOO¹ WUAB

NBC Network Affiliates	KCBD KHNL / KHBC / KOGG KPLC KWES / KWAB WAFF WALB^ABC WAVE WDAM^ABC WECT WFIE WIS WLBT WMBF WMC WSFA WWBT

Telemundo affiliates	KEYU KLTV-DT3 KSCM-LP KSWO-DT2 KTLE-LP KTRE-DT2

Radio stations	KEYU-FM KTXC

Other Assets	Raycom Sports (ACC Network) Bounce Media^P Katz Broadcasting^P

Acquisitions	Drewry Communications The Liberty Corporation Lincoln Financial Media

¹ Raycom operates these stations through SSA. ^SP Raycom operates through a SSA. Sale pending FCC approval. ² Raycom has partial ownership stake in these companies.

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