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.

WQEK-LD
Clarksdale, Mississippi/Memphis, Tennessee
United States
CityClarksdale, Mississippi
ChannelsDigital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 36 (PSIP)
Programming
SubchannelsSee article
AffiliationsCozi TV
Ownership
OwnerHC2 Holdings
(DTV America Corporation)
Sister stationsKPMF-LD
History
FoundedOctober 2, 2012
First air dateSeptember 3, 2016
Former call signsW18EK-D (2012-2015)
Former channel number(s)Digital:
18 (UHF, 2015-2019)
Former affiliationsSilent (2012-2016)
Cozi TV
Technical information
Facility ID188791
ERP7.5 kW
HAAT325 feet (99 m)
Transmitter coordinates35°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]
36.1480i4:3WQEK-LDSoul of the South
36.2Decades
36.3Movies!
36.4Stadium
36.5Justice Network
36.6vacant
36.7Shop LC
36.8QVC2
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References
  1. http://rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=2003611
  2. Digital TV Market Listing for WQEK-LD
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