WUHQ-LP

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WUHQ-LP
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Channels	Analog: 29 (UHF)
Affiliations	Retro Jams
Owner	Equity Media Holdings (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) America One/MTV Tr3s (2006-07) LAT TV (2007)
Transmitter Power	40 kW/119.5 m(analog)

WUHQ-LP (Channel 29) is a television station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is owned and operated by Equity Media Holdings, as an affiliate of the Retro Jams music video network.

The station signed on in May 2003 airing America's Store programming. It was well known in the Grand Rapids area for its "TV Mall" television series.

In 2005 WUHQ added programming from UATV and the Mas Musica network to its schedule, becoming a bilingual (Spanish and English language) television station. The station aired 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. WUHQ carried MTV Tr3s programming, in addition to some shows from the America One network.

In June 2006, Equity under the license name of "Marquette Broadcasting", acquired WUHQ from P & P Cable Holdings. Equity 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.

On May 30, 2007, WUHQ-LP switched affiliations to LAT TV, as part of a new deal between LAT TV and Equity. [1] The LAT TV affiliation was dropped in late-2007, in favor of Equity's new music video network, Retro Jams. The LAT TV network later folded, in May 2008.

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

[edit] Previous logo

WUHQ's prior logo, before the station's purchase by Equity. This logo (and its former Traverse City sister, WLLZ-LP) is based on the logo for Tampa Bay's CBS affiliate, WTSP.

[edit] External links

• 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

v • d • e 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, The AccuWeather Channel on DT2) - WXSP 15 (MNTV) - WXMI 17 (Fox) - WUHQ 29 (Retro Jams) - WGVU 35 / WGVK 52 (PBS) - WUHO 36 (Ind.) - WMKG 38 (FN/Sportsman) - WOTV 41 (ABC) - WZPX 43 (ION) - W48CL 48 (3ABN) - WTLJ 54 (TCT) - WLLA 64 (FN) Local Cable Television Channels FSN Detroit Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Traverse City/Cadillac: WPBN 7 (NBC) - WWTV 9 (CBS) - WFQX 33 (FOX) | Lansing: WLNS 6 (CBS) - WILX 10 (NBC) - WKAR 23 (PBS) - WSYM 47 (Fox) | Mid-Michigan: WJRT 12 (ABC) - WCMU 14 (PBS) | South Bend: WNDU 16 (NBC) - WSBT 22 (CBS) - WSJV 28 (Fox) - WNIT 34 (PBS) - WHME 46 (LeSEA)

v • d • e Other Television Stations in the state of Michigan DMA 11: Detroit WDWO-CA 18 / 1 W27CJ 27 (TCT) • WUDT-CA 23 (UNI) • WLPC-LP 26 (FN) • 1 WPXD 31 / W48AV 48 (ION) • W33BY 33 (IND) • 1 WADL 38 (IND / JTV / WORD) • W66BV 66 (TBN) DMA 39: Grand Rapids - Battle Creek - Kalamazoo WUHQ-LP 29 (Retro Jams) • WUHO-LP 36 (IND) • 1 WMKG-LP 38 (FN) • WZPX 43 (ION) • 1 WTLJ 54 (TCT) • WLLA 64 (FN) DMA 66: Flint - Saginaw - Bay City - Midland WHNE-LP 32 (A1) • W42DI 42 (3ABN) • WAQP 49 (TCT) • WXON-LP 54 / W09CK 9 (IND) DMA 87: South Bend - Elkhart 1WYGN-LP 12 (3ABN) DMA 112: Lansing - Jackson W27CN 27 (TCT) DMA 113: Traverse City - Cadillac - Sault Ste. Marie WLLZ-LP 12 (A1/TSC) DMA 178: Marquette - Escanaba 1 WDHS 8 (Infomercials) DMA 208: Alpena W18BT 18 (TBN) 1 These stations are licensed outside of the core cities. See Also: CBS, The CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Michigan

v • d • e Equity Media Holdings Corporation Corporate Staff: Henry G. Luken (President and CEO) | Gregory W. Fess | Max W. Hoopern | James H. Hearnsberger | Lori E. Withrow | Glenn Charlesworth | Emilia Chastain | Robert B. Becker | Larry E. Morton | Aaron K. Rothberg | Douglas P. Krile Broadcast Television Networks: Retro Jams | Retro Television Network Fox Network Affiliates: KBTZ | KLMN | KMMF | WMQF Retro Jams Affiliates: WJXF | WUHQ MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KMMF | KPBI | KPBI Fort Smith | KWBF | KWBM | WBLU | WGMU | WMQF RTN Owned & Operated Stations: KEGS | KCBU | KDEV (Cheyenne) | KDEV (Denver) | KFDF | KKYK | KQUP | KRRI | KTUW | KTVC | KWBF | KWCE | KWWF | WBIF | WBLU | WNGS2 | WPXS1 Telefutura Network Affiliates: KAMT | KUTF | WTMS | WTLE5 Univision Network Affiliates: KEYU | KLRA | KUKC | KUOK | KXUN | WJMF | KUTH1 | KUTU | KWNL | WEVU5 | WNYI | WUDT | WUMN | WUVF5 Other Stations: KIMG | KMCC1 | KNBX | KUOK-CA | KUSE | WBQM4 | WMBQ4 | WYGA Other Properties: Arkansas RiverBlades (51%) | Arkansas Twisters3 1Equity operates this station but it is owned by another company. 2Equity owns the station but management capabilities belong to Granite Broadcasting under a Local Marketing Agreement held by its ABC affiliate WKBW-TV. 3Equity owns the af2 Arena Football franchise outright. 4Acquisition from Craig Fox's Renard Communications Corp. is awaiting FCC approval. 5 The sale of this station to Luken Communications, LLC is awaiting FCC approval. Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: EMDA · Website: emdaholdings.com