WCQA-LD

Last updated
WCQA-LD
City Springfield, Illinois
Channels
Programming
Subchannels (see below)
Ownership
Owner
History
Founded2010
Former call signs
W16CQ-D (2010-?)
Former channel number(s)
Digital:
16 (UHF, 2014-2019)
Call sign meaning
Disambiguation of former W16CQ translator calls
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 181971
ERP 3 kW
HAAT 262 m (860 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 39°58′15.8″N89°10′27.7″W / 39.971056°N 89.174361°W / 39.971056; -89.174361
Links
Public license information
LMS

WCQA-LD, virtual channel 16 (VHF digital channel 12), is a low-power Court TV-affiliated television station licensed to Springfield, Illinois, United States. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings. [1]

Contents

History

The station's construction permit was initially issued on February 25, 2010 under the calls of W16CQ-D and was later changed to WCQA-LD. [2]

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [3]
16.1 720p 16:9 WCQA-LD Court TV
16.2 480i 4:3 GetTV
16.416:9 ION
16.64:3 Infomercials
16.716:9 LX
16.8 Oxygen

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References

  1. Digital TV Market Listing for WCQA-LD
  2. "FCCInfo Results".
  3. "Wcqa-Ld Springfield, Il".