WQEK-LD
WQEK-LD is a digital low-powered television station that is licensed to Clarksdale, Mississippi within the Memphis, Tennessee television market. The station is a Cozi TV affiliate, and is owned by DTV America Corporation of Sunrise, Florida. WQEK’s digital signal is broadcast on UHF Channel 30, but is displayed as virtual channel 36 via PSIP.
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| Clarksdale, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee United States | |
|---|---|
| City | Clarksdale, Mississippi |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 36 (PSIP) |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | See article |
| Affiliations | Cozi TV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation) |
| Sister stations | KPMF-LD |
| History | |
| Founded | October 2, 2012 |
| First air date | September 3, 2016 |
| Former call signs | W18EK-D (2012-2015) |
| Former channel number(s) | Digital: 18 (UHF, 2015-2019) |
| Former affiliations | Silent (2012-2016) Cozi TV |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 188791 |
| ERP | 7.5 kW |
| HAAT | 325 feet (99 m) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°16′32.6″N 89°47′37.6″W |
WQEK's low-power signal does not actually reach its city of license of Clarksdale, and it instead serves the inner core of the Memphis market, though unlike sister station Paragould, Arkansas-licensed KPMF-LD (which is licensed to a city in the Jonesboro, Arkansas market), Clarksdale is fully within the Memphis market. WQEK-LD and KPMF-LD's transmitters are co-located on the Tegna tower near Brunswick, Tennessee, in northern Shelby County.[1]
History
The station’s construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission for the station as W18EK-D on October 2, 2012. The station’s call letters were changed to the current WQEK-LD on December 7, 2015. WQEK-LD finally took to the air in September 2016 as a Cozi TV affiliate. A total of eight subchannels were launched in its first months on the air, offering multiple digital networks.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| VC | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WQEK-LD | Soul of the South |
| 36.2 | Decades | |||
| 36.3 | Movies! | |||
| 36.4 | Stadium | |||
| 36.5 | Justice Network | |||
| 36.6 | vacant | |||
| 36.7 | Shop LC | |||
| 36.8 | QVC2 | |||
External links
- HC2 Holdings
- WQEK in the FCC's TV station database
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WQEK-TV