WLQP-LP
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WLQP-LP is the ABC
-affiliated television station
for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Lima
. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter on Rice Avenue in the city. WLQP can also be seen on Time Warner
channel 12. Owned by West Central Ohio Broadcasting, the station is sister to low-powered CBS
affiliate WLMO-LP
and the two are operated through a shared services
agreement (SSA) by Block Communications
. This makes them sister to NBC
affiliate WLIO
and all three share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown. Syndicated
programming on WLQP includes: The Office, Judge Judy
, Judge Mathis
, and Judge Joe Brown. This station can also be seen on digital Class A
WOHL-CD on UHF channel 35 which transmits at the same location.
The station signed-on May 28, 1996 with the calls W18BP as a full-time repeater of sister station WOHL-CA (now WOHL-CD). It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 18. The channel was spun off in 1999 and became a UPN
affiliate in 1999 with the calls WLQP-LP. On September 1, 2006, this station became an affiliate of ABC. At one point, WLQP carried America One
on secondary basis that was shared with WLMO. This channel had applied to the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to perform a "flash-cut
" of its signal to digital in 2006. However as of mid-2009, it decided instead to apply for a displacement low-power digital station on UHF channel 45 with the calls WLQP-LD. On June 8, 2010, the FCC granted WLQP a construction permit
for their new digital signal. On September 28, 2009, WLMO terminated their analog operations and programming was shifted to WOHL-CD.
On November 29, 2008, it was announced that Metro Video Productions
would sell its stations to West Central Ohio Broadcasting. One of that company's heads, Allan J. Block, is the chairman of Block Communications (owner of WLIO). While Block assumed control of the station's operations after the sale's completion, it was initially stated that the company would not consolidate WLQP's facilities on South Central Avenue with WLIO. It has since been stated that some consolidation would take place with this station moving to WLIO's studios on Rice Avenue.
On September 28, 2009, WLQP terminated its analog operations and programming was shifted to WOHL-CD. Fox and MyNetworkTV
programming which had been seen on that channel continues to be aired on WLIO-DT2
as well as Time Warner channel 9 and in high definition
on digital channel 709. To avoid automatic license termination, on June 10, 2010, the FCC granted WLQP special temporary authority
to restore analog service on WOHL's former analog allotment on channel 25 because of interference with NBC
affiliate WISE-TV
in Fort Wayne, Indiana
which is currently operating its digital signal on channel 18. WLQP's analog signal was restored on September 13. WLQP's previous logo looks similar to Medford, Oregon
's KDRV
which is also an ABC affiliate. However, neither station is related to the other.
Anchors
Reporters
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Lima
Lima, Ohio
Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio along Interstate 75 approximately north of Dayton and south-southwest of Toledo....
. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter on Rice Avenue in the city. WLQP can also be seen on Time Warner
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
channel 12. Owned by West Central Ohio Broadcasting, the station is sister to low-powered 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...
affiliate WLMO-LP
WLMO-LP
WLMO-LP is the CBS-afifliated television station for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Lima. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 38 from a transmitter on Rice Avenue in the city. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 11...
and the two are operated through a shared services
Shared services
Shared services refers to the provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group. Thus the funding and resourcing of the service is shared and the providing department effectively becomes an...
agreement (SSA) by Block Communications
Block Communications
Block Communications is a privately held holding company of various assets, mainly in the print and broadcast media, based in Toledo, Ohio. The company was founded in 1900 in New York City when Paul Block, a German immigrant who came to the United States fifteen years prior, formed an ad...
. This makes them sister to 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 WLIO
WLIO
WLIO is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio licensed to Lima. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter at its studios on Rice Avenue in the city. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 5 and in high definition on...
and all three share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on WLQP includes: The Office, Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
, Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis
Judge Mathis is a syndicated television legal reality show produced originally by Black Pearl Productions. In 2008, it entered its tenth season produced by AND Syndicated Productions and Telepictures. It is taped at NBC Tower in Chicago, but includes cases and litigants from other U.S....
, and Judge Joe Brown. This station can also be seen on digital Class A
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...
WOHL-CD on UHF channel 35 which transmits at the same location.
History
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
affiliate in 1999 with the calls WLQP-LP. On September 1, 2006, this station became an affiliate of ABC. At one point, WLQP carried 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...
on secondary basis that was shared with WLMO. This channel had applied to the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) to perform a "flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
" of its signal to digital in 2006. However as of mid-2009, it decided instead to apply for a displacement low-power digital station on UHF channel 45 with the calls WLQP-LD. On June 8, 2010, the FCC granted WLQP a construction permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
for their new digital signal. On September 28, 2009, WLMO terminated their analog operations and programming was shifted to WOHL-CD.
On November 29, 2008, it was announced that Metro Video Productions
Metro Video Productions
Metro Video Productions is a video production company in Lima, Ohio. Established in 1993 by Greg Phipps, Metro broke into the television market with its acquisition of low-power television stations WOHL-CA and WLQP-LP in Lima, Ohio...
would sell its stations to West Central Ohio Broadcasting. One of that company's heads, Allan J. Block, is the chairman of Block Communications (owner of WLIO). While Block assumed control of the station's operations after the sale's completion, it was initially stated that the company would not consolidate WLQP's facilities on South Central Avenue with WLIO. It has since been stated that some consolidation would take place with this station moving to WLIO's studios on Rice Avenue.
On September 28, 2009, WLQP terminated its analog operations and programming was shifted to WOHL-CD. Fox and MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
programming which had been seen on that channel continues to be aired on WLIO-DT2
WLIO-DT2
WLIO-DT2 is the primary Fox and secondary MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Northwest Ohio. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WLIO owned by Block Communications. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on VHF channel 8.2 from a...
as well as Time Warner channel 9 and in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
on digital channel 709. To avoid automatic license termination, on June 10, 2010, the FCC granted WLQP special temporary authority
Special temporary authority
In U.S. broadcast law, a special temporary authorization or special temporary authority is a type of broadcast license which temporarily allows a broadcast station to operate outside of its normal technical or legal parameters...
to restore analog service on WOHL's former analog allotment on channel 25 because of interference with 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 WISE-TV
WISE-TV
WISE-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Northeastern Indiana licensed to Fort Wayne. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter at its studios on Butler Road in Northwest Fort Wayne. The station can also be seen on Frontier FiOS channel 4 and...
in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
which is currently operating its digital signal on channel 18. WLQP's analog signal was restored on September 13. WLQP's previous logo looks similar to Medford, Oregon
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
's KDRV
KDRV
KDRV, channel 12, is an ABC television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. The station is located near Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in north Medford. The station is owned by Chambers Communications Corporation of Eugene, Oregon....
which is also an ABC affiliate. However, neither station is related to the other.
Newscasts
WOHL simulcasts WLIO's weekday morning, weeknight 6 and 11 o'clock newscasts.Anchors
- David De Rurange - weekday mornings
- Jessica Dill - weekday mornings and producer
- Joe Downs - Sports Director seen weeknights
- Jeff Fitzgerald - weeknights at 6 and reporter
- Amyre Makupson - weeknights
- Darren Maier (Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
) - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights - Erik Tyger - weeknights at 11
Reporters
- Tom Nartker - videographer
- Phil Thomas - videographer
- Joe Miles - videographer
- Csaba Sukosd - sports
- Mindy Pauris
- Kyle Adams
- Tricia Bell
- Whitney Scott
Former on-air staff
- Joe Aulisio, sports anchor, now at WKBN/WYFX in Youngstown, Ohio
- Nathan Baker, sports anchor, now at WKEF/WRGT in Dayton, Ohio
- Craig Smylie, sports anchor, now at WJET-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania
- Matt Queen, sports anchor, now at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
- Mandy Hackman, reporter/anchor, now at WYTV-TV in Youngstown, Ohio
- Dan Martin, anchor, now at WYTV-TV in Youngstown, Ohio
- Stephanie Stilwell anchor/reporter, now at News 14 Carolina in Greensboro, NC
- Jason Meyers, meteorologist, now at WPTA/WISE-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Doug Lambert, photographer, now at WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio
- Jordan Burgess, reporter/anchor, now at WDTN-TV in Dayton, Ohio
- Joscelyn Moes, reporter, now at WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Pete Cannella, meteorologist, now at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, California
- Heather Miller, reporter, now at WUPW-TV in Toledo, Ohio
- Marcus Bailey, meteorologist, now at WMBD/WYZZ in Peoria, Illinois
- Brad Underwood, reporter/anchor, now at WXIX in Cincinnati, Ohio