WUHQ-LP

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WUHQ-LP
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Channels	29 (UHF) analog
Affiliations	America One MTV Tr3s
Owner	Equity Broadcasting (Marquette Broadcasting)
Founded	May 24, 2003 (current incarnation)
Former callsigns	W62CV (1996-2001) W29CR (2001-2003)
Former affiliations	America's Store (2003-05) UATV (2005-06) Mas Musica (2005-06)
Transmitter Power	40 kW/119.5 m(analog)
Website	www.wuhq.com

WUHQ-LP (Channel 29) is a television station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is owned and operated by Equity Broadcasting, as an affiliate of the America One network.

The station signed on in May 2003 airing America's Store programming, but switched to its current affiliation two years later. It is well known in the Grand Rapids area for its "TV Mall" television series.

In 2005 WUHQ added programming from the Mas Musica network to its schedule, and today WUHQ is a bilingual (Spanish and English language) television station. The station now airs videos of various Latin American music styles, including salsa/cumbia, regional Mexican, and contemporary Spanish-language hits. On September 25, 2006, Mas Musica was revamped as the new MTV Tr3s network, which was created as a result of Viacom's acquisition of Mas Musica.

The WUHQ call letters were previously used by Channel 41 in Battle Creek -- its owners, P&P Cable Holdings, is known for picking up calls discarded by Michigan's radio and TV stations.

The logo for WUHQ (and its Traverse City sister, WLLZ-LP) is based on the logo for Tampa Bay's CBS affiliate, WTSP.

According to the June 14, 2006 FCC Digest, it's been announced that Marquette Broadcasting will be acquiring WUHQ from P&P. Marquette Broadcasting is the license name for Equity Broadcasting, who also owns two other stations in Michigan -- Marquette dual-Fox/MNTV affiliate WMQF and Detroit Univision affiliate WUDT-CA. The sale closed in Fall 2006. In November 2006, there was reports of a substantial change in WUHQ's programming as a result; to date, it is currently unknown what programming they offer.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Michiguide: More info on P&P's WUHQ
• Michiguide: More info on P&P Cable Holdings
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WUHQ-LP
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WUHQ-LP

Broadcast television in the Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo-Battle Creek/Muskegon area  (Nielsen DMA #39)
WWMT 3 (CBS - The CW on DT2) - WOOD 8 (NBC) - WZZM 13 (ABC) - WXSP 15 (MNTV) - WXMI 17 (Fox) - WUHQ 29 (A1/MTV3) - WGVU 35 / WGVK 52 (PBS) - WUHO 36 (Ind.) - WMKG 38 (FN/Sportsman) - WOTV 41 (ABC) - WZPX 43 (ION) - W48CL 48 (3ABN) - WTLJ 54 (TBN) - WLLA 64 (FN)