WAQP is a television station

Television station

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 in Saginaw, Michigan

Saginaw, Michigan

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, which broadcasts the programming of the Tri-State Christian Television

Tri-State Christian Television

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 (TCT) religious network.

WAQP broadcasts on digital channel 48 (using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 49), from transmission facilities near Chesaning

Chesaning, Michigan

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. The main WAQP signal covers Saginaw, Flint

Flint, Michigan

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, Bay City

Bay City, Michigan

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 and Midland

Midland, Michigan

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, and goes as far southwest as Lansing

Lansing, Michigan

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.

The station also has a rebroadcaster on channel 27 in Lansing

Lansing, Michigan

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, which uses the callsign W27CN. That channel was originally W69BJ channel 69, but it relocated to channel 27 in November 2003. As of July 2009, W27CN has been broadcasting in digital-only format.

WAQP also originally had a repeater serving Jackson

Jackson, Michigan

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, W59CA channel 59, which was relocated to Ann Arbor in November 2000 and rechristened "W27CJ" channel 27, repeating a low-powered TCT station in Detroit, WDWO. In October 2007 W27CJ was sold to SMG Media Group, for $80,000 and is now WHDA-LP.

Digital television

On December 12, 2008, WAQP split up its digital channel into 3 separate feeds, 2 in standard definition and 1 in high definition. TCT SD airs programs which are available in standard definition only; while TCT HD airs an entirely different lineup of shows in high definition only. Some programs are simulcast on both feeds. TCT also provides a secondary feed, "WAQP-SD2," that, in addition to reruns of TCT programming, airs public domain sitcoms and cartoons (such as TCT Kids programming).

Subchannel lineup

Channel	Name	Programming
49.1	WAQP-SD	main WAQP-SD / TCT programming in SD
49.2	WAQP-HD	TCT HD
49.3	WAQP-SD2	TCT Family / TCT Kids (SD)
49.4	WAQP-SD3	La Fuente (Spanish religious programming)

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

WAQP shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009 , as part of the DTV transition in the United States

DTV transition in the United States

The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...

. The station remained on its pre-transition channel 48 using PSIP to display its virtual channel as 49.

The W27CN digital broadcast uses the station's former analog channel 27 number, both in actual channel designation and via PSIP display, and mirrors the main WAQP broadcast.