WQAW-LP
Encyclopedia
WQAW-CA is a low-power Class A
television station
in Bowie, Maryland
, broadcasting locally in analog
on UHF
channel 69 as an affiliate of Azteca America
. The station is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
of Dallas, Texas
.
WQAW currently holds a construction permit to move the station to channel 8 or to channel 25 and its city of license to Lake Shore, Maryland
. The move would move the station closer to Baltimore, and away from Washington.
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...
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...
in Bowie, Maryland
Bowie, Maryland
Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...
, broadcasting locally in analog
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
on UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 69 as an affiliate of Azteca America
Azteca América
Azteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
. The station is owned by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC
Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC is the owner of a group of low-power television stations, mostly in the Southwest, and is the largest Azteca América affiliate group in the United States...
of Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
.
WQAW currently holds a construction permit to move the station to channel 8 or to channel 25 and its city of license to Lake Shore, Maryland
Lake Shore, Maryland
Lake Shore is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community within Pasadena, Maryland, which in turn is in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States...
. The move would move the station closer to Baltimore, and away from Washington.