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{{Short description|Television station in Cincinnati, Ohio}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WBQC-LD
| logo = Telemundo Cincinnati logo.png
| logo_upright = .6
| branding = Telemundo Cincinnati
| digital = 28 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 25
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''25.1:''' [[Telemundo]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[Gray Media]]
| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, [[LLC]]
| location = [[Cincinnati]], Ohio
| country = United States
| founded = September 24, 1986
| airdate = {{start date and age|1990|09|29|p=y|br=y}}
| callsign_meaning = "The WB, Queen City"
| sister_stations = [[WXIX-TV]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W25AI (1988–1995){{efn|The FCC's call sign records show the station having the "DW25AI" call sign between January and February 1989; FCC conventions indicate that such a D in the ''front'' indicates a deleted license.}}|WBQC-LP (1995–2001)|WBQC-CA (2001–2010)<ref>[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19431&Callsign=WBQC-CA FCC Call Sign History]</ref>}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 25 (UHF, 1988–2005), 38 (UHF, 2005–2009)|'''Digital:''' 47 (UHF, 2007–2018), 20 (UHF, 2018–2019)|'''Virtual:''' 20 (2018–2019)}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1990–1995, 1998, 2006–2011)|[[The WB]] (1995–1998)|[[UPN]] (1998–2006)|[[Ion Television|Pax TV]] (secondary, 1999–?)<ref name="wbqcpax">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-pax-will-strengt/171164767/|title=Pax will strengthen local UPN|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=September 15, 1999|page=E8|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>|[[Retro TV|RTV]] (2011–2012)<ref name="Frontier25">{{cite web|title=WKRP: A New Frontier|publisher=WKRP 25|url=https://wkrp.tv/wkrp%3A-a-new-frontier|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref>|[[Cozi TV]] (2012–2023)}}
| erp = 15 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|255.4|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id = 168413
| coordinates = {{coord|39|7|30.4|N|84|29|56|W|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.telemundocincinnati.com/}}
}}

'''WBQC-LD''' (channel 25) is a [[low-power television station]] in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, United States, affiliated with the [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish-language]] network [[Telemundo]]. It is owned by [[Gray Media]] alongside [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WXIX-TV]] (channel 19) and 24/7 weather channel WZCD-LD (channel 30). The three stations share studios at 19 Broadcast Plaza on Seventh Street in the [[Queensgate, Cincinnati|Queensgate]] neighborhood just west of [[downtown Cincinnati]]; WBQC-LD's transmitter is located on Symmes Street in the [[Mount Auburn, Cincinnati|Mount Auburn]] section of the city.

According to its website, WBQC was the first television station to be fully automated.<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wbqc.com/aboutus/history/index.htm |title=History |access-date=October 19, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211112114/http://www.wbqc.com/aboutus/history/index.htm |archive-date=December 11, 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was also the first station in Cincinnati to perform "digital [[Television advertisement|spot]] insertion" and to air Spanish-language commercials.

==History==
The station was founded by Elliott Block, who had quit his job with the City of Cincinnati in 1989 to establish a video production and rental business. Block first signed on the air on September 29, 1990. Broadcasting on UHF channel 25, the station had the callsign W25AI but was branded on air as "TV&nbsp;25". Its transmitter atop Dollar Bill's Saloon in [[Corryville, Cincinnati|Corryville]] could reach viewers within a {{convert|5|to|10|mi|adj=on}} radius. The station originally ran mostly old movies, long-discontinued television series, and [[informercial]]s via the [[Star Television Network]] and music videos from [[Hit Video USA]]. Simultaneously, he began planning on a second low-power station, [[WOTH-CD|W35BA]].<ref>{{cite news|title='TV 25' to make cable debut with old movies, game shows|first=Greg|last=Paeth|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|date=September 26, 1990|page=7D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/140985580/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=You're on the air|first=Douglas|last=Bolton|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=September 29, 1990|page=9B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/140985837/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In 1993, W25AI increased its signal to 22,000&nbsp;watts, expanding its viewing area to include the full [[Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky)|Interstate 275]] loop. ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'' began including W25AI in its daily television listings, so that viewers would no longer have to call the station for programming information. The following year, the ''Enquirer'' also added the station to its Sunday television magazine, ''TV WEEK''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ch. 25 on grid|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=November 2, 1993|page=C1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140986169/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=TV Week change|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=April 3, 1994|page=F1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140986297/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

===WB affiliation===
Needing an affiliate in Cincinnati, [[The WB]] signed an affiliation agreement with channel 25. On September 9, 1995, W25AI began showing WB programming, rebranding itself on air as "WB Channel 25". It also changed its call letters to WBQC-LP ("WB Queen City"), after the [[Federal Communications Commission]] granted low-power television stations permission to adopt conventional call letters earlier that year.<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|title=Article clipped from the Cincinnati Enquirer |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=September 9, 1995|page=D14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140986633/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

===UPN affiliation===
In July 1997, the [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] signed an affiliation deal with The WB that resulted in a number of the company's UPN affiliates and [[independent station]]s switching to The WB.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105205254/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19604007.html WB woos and wins Sinclair], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', July 21, 1997.</ref> One of the stations included in the deal was [[WSTR-TV]] (channel 64). As a result, WBQC lost its network affiliation on November 17, 1997,<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|title=Article clipped from the Cincinnati Enquirer |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=November 17, 1997|page=C4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140986780/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ahead of WSTR joining The WB in January 1998. UPN struck an affiliation deal to air its programming on [[NBC]] affiliate [[WLWT]] (channel 5), which aired its weekly then-Monday-to-Wednesday six-hour schedule from 2 to 4 a.m. on early Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings as a secondary affiliation. Meanwhile, as an independent station, WBQC carried NBC programming that WLWT chose not to pick up, including various [[NBC Sports|sporting events]], as well as series such as ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'' and ''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV showing more ads, less show|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=September 21, 1999|page=C4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-tv-showing-more/171163126/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> After a few months of poor late night ratings on WLWT, and with the addition of Thursday and Friday hours on the horizon [[1998–99 United States network television schedule|the next season]] that would likely see WLWT refuse lower-rated programming and the network's Thursday night film, UPN resumed discussions with WBQC to join the network. On September 26, 1998, WBQC's eighth anniversary, UPN agreed to affiliate with the station.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beefed-up WBQC to air UPN shows|first=Greg|last=Paeth|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=September 26, 1998|page=8C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-beefed-up-wbqc-to-ai/106524709/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==="Should-carry"===
WBQC had been pushing for carriage on local cable and satellite providers for many years. In 2005, WBQC swapped channel allocations with [[America One]]-affiliated sister station [[WOTH-LP]] (channel 38). In 2001, WBQC became a [[Class A television station]], with the call sign WBQC-CA, in hopes of receiving [[must-carry]] status on cable providers and protection from displacement by the full-power stations' digital channel allocations. As a Class A station, WBQC had to meet all the requirements of a full-power station. Ultimately, Class A stations did not receive must-carry status, though they did receive protection from displacement. In negotiating with the cable and satellite providers, WBQC claimed "should-carry" status, in the absence of federal must-carry recognition.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2007">{{cite news|title=Time Warner's Channel 25 snub remains a mystery |first=John |last=Kiesewetter |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |publisher=Gannett |date=July 2, 2001 |access-date=November 30, 2008 |url=http://www.wbqc.com/images/thetruth/07-02-01_enquirer.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228093505/http://wbqc.com/images/thetruth/07-02-01_enquirer.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2005 }}</ref>

Several small [[Satellite dish#Others|satellite master antenna television]] (SMATV) systems and the [[Delhi Township, Ohio|Delhi Township]] cable system carried the small independent station. Meanwhile, talks with InterMedia Cable (Northern Kentucky), [[Time Warner Cable]] (Cincinnati), and [[Adelphia Cable]] (some suburbs) saw no progress for years. Shortly after WBQC became a UPN affiliate, however, a number of systems began offering WBQC on their lineups:
* [[DirecTV]],<ref name="DirecTV ad">{{cite web|title=Can You See Me Now? |publisher=WBQC-CA |location=[[Golf Manor, Ohio]] |year=2002 |access-date=November 30, 2008 |url=http://www.wbqc.com/images/can%20you%20see%20me%20now%20320x240.wmv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021211052651/http://www.wbqc.com/images/can%20you%20see%20me%20now%20320x240.wmv |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2002 |format=[[Windows Media Video|WMV]] }}</ref> [[Insight Communications]] (which purchased InterMedia), and Adelphia all added WBQC on channel 25.
* The city of [[Lebanon, Ohio]], began competing with Time Warner with its own municipal cable service. Lebanon Cable, which has since been sold to [[Cincinnati Bell]], carried WBQC on channel 17 (later channel 97).<ref name="Lebanon">{{cite news|title=Tired of Waiting to Watch Your Favorite Shows?|work=Town Hall News|location=Lebanon, Ohio|publisher=City of Lebanon|date=Fall–Winter 2006|page=3|url=http://www.ci.lebanon.oh.us/asp/dbfiles/forms/2006%20Fall-Winter%20THN.pdf}}</ref>
* [[York Community Access Television|SusCom Cable]] (Indiana) added WBQC on channel 6.<ref name="Bearcats">{{cite press release|title=UC Basketball Games on UPN 38|first=Tom|last=Hathaway|publisher=[[University of Cincinnati]]|date=December 16, 2005|access-date=November 30, 2008|url=http://bearcatnews.com/basketballforum/200512/msg00708.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080109202114/http://bearcatnews.com/basketballforum/200512/msg00708.php|archive-date=January 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although Time Warner Cable had long included WBQC on its system in [[Oxford, Ohio]], on channel 13, the station remained off of Time Warner's Cincinnati offerings. According to WBQC, some Cincinnati customers were told by Time Warner representatives that the station operated out of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]; [[Dayton, Ohio]]; or "some guy's basement".<ref name="TWC local">{{cite web|title=Time Warner Doesn't Offer All Local Channels|location=[[Golf Manor, Ohio]]|publisher=WBQC-CA|url=http://www.wbqc.com/thetruth/timewarnerbrochure.htm|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209204956/http://www.wbqc.com/thetruth/timewarnerbrochure.htm|archive-date=February 9, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> At one point, Time Warner considered carrying [[WSBK-TV]] from [[Boston]] rather than WBQC (it had used the same strategy to keep [[Syracuse, New York]] UPN affiliate [[WSTQ-LP|WAWA-LP]] off their systems until an ownership change, though that was more because of WAWA's low-quality schedule surrounding UPN programming).<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2007" />

Once UPN acquired ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Time Warner Cable resumed discussions with WBQC. After months of talks, Time Warner agreed to carry WBQC. Unlike the other cable systems, Time Warner Cincinnati would only air WBQC nightly from 6 to 11 p.m. on channel 20, a [[leased access]] cable channel. Time Warner later purchased Adelphia, but kept WBQC on the latter's lineup until after Time Warner Cable had fully transitioned Adelphia viewers into the Time Warner system.

From the late 1990s until at least 2001, WBQC aired a rebroadcast of [[WCPO-TV]] (channel 9)'s 6&nbsp;p.m. newscast at 7&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter TWC">{{cite news|title=WBQC cable deal only a ceasefire|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett|date=August 26, 2001|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/08/26/tem_wbqc_cable_deal_only.html}}</ref> Later, WBQC formed a joint broadcast venture with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WXIX-TV]] (channel 19), allowing WBQC to air that station's 10 p.m. newscast during sporting events, such as [[Cincinnati Bearcats]] basketball.<ref name="Enquirer Knippenberg">{{cite news|title=Television news fire coverage: 4 solutions for 4 stations|first=Jim|last=Knippenberg|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Gannett|date=August 21, 2004|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/08/21/loc_loc1amedia.html}}</ref> WBQC would also air some basketball games produced by WXIX.<ref name="CSTV Bearcats">{{cite news|title=27 UC Basketball Games Slated for TV|work=CSTV.com|publisher=[[College Sports Television]]|date=October 19, 2005|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/101905aar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000441/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/101905aar.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>

On January 1, 2004, WBQC-CA moved from channel 25 to channel 38, switching places with [[WOTH-CD|WOTH-LP]] and rebranding as "UPN38". On channel 38, WBQC could broadcast a much stronger signal without interfering with stations in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], and [[Miamisburg, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news|title=WBQC-TV moving up the dial|first=Rick|last=Bird|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=December 30, 2004|pages=3C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/140987080/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

===Independence===
With the shutdown of UPN and The WB in September 2006 and replacement by [[The CW]] (which was initially composed primarily of programs from both predecessor networks),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/|title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September|website=[[CNNMoney.com]]|date=January 24, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl|title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 24, 2006|url-access=subscription}}</ref> there was a question where the network's affiliation would land in Cincinnati. WSTR was the WB affiliate and a full-power station; WBQC was the UPN affiliate, a low-power Class A station with full cable carriage (except for Time Warner Cable's Cincinnati system). On March 2, 2006, it was announced that WSTR would affiliate with [[MyNetworkTV]].<ref name="Sinclair MyNet">{{cite press release|publisher=[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]|date=May 2, 2006|url=http://sbgi.net/press/release_200652_162.shtml|title=SBG Enters Into Affiliation Agreement With The CW Network|access-date=May 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923101053/http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_200652_162.shtml|archive-date=September 23, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="B&C MyNet">{{cite news|first=Allison|last=Romano|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6312455.html|title=Sinclair Signs On to MyNetworkTV|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=March 2, 2006|access-date=May 20, 2006}}</ref> This seemingly opened the door for WBQC to potentially become The CW's Cincinnati affiliate; however, on April 19 it was confirmed that the network would be carried on [[digital subchannel]] 12.2 of Cincinnati's CBS affiliate [[WKRC-TV]] (channel 12). As a result of the shuffle, WBQC became an independent station<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2006">{{cite news|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|title=Local media: 'Veronica Mars' Left Homeless By UPN Closing|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Gannett|date=June 25, 2006|page=2D|access-date=July 16, 2006|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140987188/|quote=Channel 38 will become an independent station – with no network affiliation – this fall.}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/ENT/606250308/1025/LIFE --></ref> upon the dissolution of UPN in September.

By July 4, 2006, in a stunt to promote its "[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]", UPN network programming was moved out of [[prime time]], and was replaced with marathons, and then a schedule of older off-network dramas and comedies. UPN aired early Tuesday to Saturday mornings from 2 to 4 a.m. until its closure.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2006" /> The station then changed its logo, which had some elements of the [[Flag of Ohio|Ohio state flag]]. The same year, WBQC moved from [[Golf Manor]] to its newly built studios in Roselawn.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter sale">{{cite news|title=Low-Power WKRP For Sale|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|work=Cincinnati.com|publisher=[[Gannett]]|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=April 28, 2011|url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/04/27/low-power-wkrp-for-sale/}}</ref>

With the launch of WKRC's "[[WKRC-TV#WKRC-DT2 (The CW Cincinnati)|CinCW]]" digital subchannel, Time Warner Cable dropped WBQC on October 18 to carry WKRC-DT2 full-time on channel 20. The CinCW also replaced WBQC on channel 25 on both Insight Communications and DirecTV, which created some confusion to viewers who thought WBQC was the CinCW. Insight moved WBQC to [[digital cable]] channel 189. In 2007, Time Warner Cable Cincinnati experienced a change in management. Early the next year, WBQC and Time Warner Cable started discussions for cable carriage. However, Time Warner Cable stated it did not have any channels available, either on the analog or digital tier.

[[File:WBQC-LD.png|thumb|Logo as "WKRP-TV", used from 2008 to 2023.]]
On November 28, 2008, the station adopted the branding "WKRP-TV", drawing on the 1970s [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Station takes call letters of TV show|work=[[Yahoo! News]] ([[Associated Press]])|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|date=November 29, 2008|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_en_tv/odd_wkrp_in_cincinnati_2|quote=A low-power TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP, the same as the fictional radio station in the 1970s hit series 'WKRP in Cincinnati.'}}</ref> According to Elliott Block, general manager and chief engineer for the small station, the move was made to promote the station's move to digital broadcasting.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter WKRP">{{cite news|title=Really on air in Cincinnati|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Gannett|date=November 28, 2008|page=A1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/34189925/|quote=Block began plotting the change two years ago, tied to TV stations' transition nationwide from analog to digital broadcasting scheduled for Feb. 17. Although low-power stations aren't required by law to switch to digital next year, Block made the investment so viewers here with digital TV converter boxes could continue to see his stations next year.}}<!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20081201072506/http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081128/ENT/811280363/1035/LIFE --></ref> The change reflected only the branding of the station, as its legal callsign remained WBQC-LD.

In November 2010, [[Cincinnati Bell]]'s local [[fiber-optic]] service, [[Cincinnati Bell#FiOptics|FiOptics]], began carrying all five of WBQC's subchannels on channels 254 and 270 to 273.<ref name="Kiesewetter CinBell">{{cite web|title=Cincinnati Bell Adds All WKRP-TV Subchannels|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|work=Cincinnati.com TV & Media Blog|publisher=Gannett|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=November 22, 2010|url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/11/15/cincinnati-bell-adds-all-wkrp-tv-subchannels/}}</ref> In January 2011, WBQC replaced its primary subchannel with programming from the [[Retro Television Network]]. In 2012, the station switched to [[Cozi TV]].

===Sale to Gray Television; switch to Telemundo===
Block died on November 25, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=WKRP TV Station Owner Elliott Block Dies At 71|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|publisher=[[WVXU]]|location=Cincinnati|date=November 26, 2019|accessdate=February 15, 2024|url=https://www.wvxu.org/media/2019-11-26/wkrp-tv-station-owner-elliott-block-dies-at-71}}</ref> On September 28, 2022, [[Gray Television]] announced its intent to purchase WBQC-LD for $2.5 million.<ref name="wbqctogray">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/assignmentDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff3836d9d6e0183712ba48b0074&id=25076ff3836d9d6e0183712ba48b0074|title=Assignments|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=September 28, 2022|accessdate=September 28, 2022}}</ref> The sale was completed on November 21, making WBQC-LD a [[sister station]] to WXIX-TV.<ref>[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/consummationDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff3848dd54701849baffe6e06f6&id=25076ff3848dd54701849baffe6e06f6 "Notification of Consummation"], Licensing and Management System, [[Federal Communications Commission]], November 21, 2022, Retrieved November 27, 2022.</ref>

On July 27, 2023, WBQC-LD became a [[Telemundo]] affiliate, with Cozi TV and This TV moving to separate subchannels, and getTV ending its run on the station to accommodate an upgrade of WBQC-LD1 to high definition broadcasting.

==Programming==
WBQC currently airs Telemundo network programming. Until 2011, the station produced several local programs, including:
* ''New Xtreme Sounds'' – music entertainment
* ''Scizone with Bill Boshears'' – commentary on political and paranormal topics
* ''Friday Night Fu'' – [[campy]] [[Martial arts film|kung fu movies]] hosted by Cap'n Dave and the Fu Crew
* ''After Midnight'' – music talent showcase
* ''On the Mark'' – [[call-in]] [[talk show]] hosted by Mark McDonald
* [[Sunday Mass]]

==Subchannels==
The station's signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WBQC-LD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WBQC#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WBQC-LD|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.1
| [[720p]] || rowspan=9|[[16:9]] || WBQC-LD || [[Telemundo]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.2
| rowspan=8|[[480i]] || COZI || [[Cozi TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.3
| OUTLAW || [[Outlaw (TV network)|Outlaw]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.4
| STARTTV || [[Start TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.5
| 365BLK || [[365BLK]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.6
| CATCHY || [[Catchy Comedy]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.7
| DEFY || [[Defy (TV network)|Defy]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.8
| QUEST || [[Quest (American TV network)|Quest]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 25.9
| SONLIFE || [[Sonlife]]
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}
* {{cite news |author=The Dean of Cincinnati |date=November 14, 2007 |url=http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/magaddiction/comments/wbqc_deserves_access_to_cable_sateliite_customers/ |title=WBQC deserves access to cable, satellite customers |work=Cincinnati Beacon |access-date=July 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224045402/http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/magaddiction/comments/wbqc_deserves_access_to_cable_sateliite_customers/ |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead  }}
* {{cite news |first=Ana |last=Radelat |date=June 7, 2008 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-06-07-digital-tv_N.htm |title=Small television stations struggling with digital conversion |work=USA Today}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.telemundocincinnati.com/}}
* [https://wkrp.tv/ WKRP Channel 25]{{snd}} history of Block Broadcasting
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080719171655/http://www.wbqc.com/aboutus/history/publicdocuments.htm WBQC historical documents] – formerly "The War"
* {{YouTube|EKW2iNisF-M|WBQC Channel 38}} – overview of the station's history, including a glimpse of the WB25 logo, as well as promotions for local and network programming

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[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1990]]
[[Category:Television stations in Cincinnati|BQC-LD]]