WDCQ-TV
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Bad Axe/Bay City/Saginaw, Michigan United States |
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| Branding | Q-TV |
| Channels |
Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 19 () |
| Subchannels | 19.1 PBS 19.2 MHz Worldview 19.3 Create 19.4 PBS Kids |
| Affiliations | PBS (1970–present) |
| Owner | Delta College |
| First air date | October 12, 1964 (intellectual unit) December 31, 1986 (Bad Axe transmitter) |
| Call letters' meaning |
Delta College Quality Television |
| Sister station(s) | WUCX-FM |
| Former callsigns | WUCX-TV (1986–1997) WDCP-TV (1997–2003) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 35 (UHF, 1986–2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1964–1970) |
| Transmitter power | 200 kW |
| Height | 309 m |
| Facility ID | 16530 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°32′33″N 83°39′37″W / 43.54250°N 83.66028°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.deltabroadcasting.org |
WDCQ-TV, channel 15 (virtual channel 19) branded as Q-TV, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities television market. It is owned and operated by Delta College in University Center, an unincorporated community in Frankenlust Township in southwestern Bay County; and licensed in Bad Axe.
The station first signed on the air on October 12, 1964 as WUCM-TV channel 19, licensed to University Center; the "UCM" stood for University Center Michigan. The station was initially affiliated with National Educational Television until 1970, when the present-day PBS replaced NET. In 1986, WUCM established a satellite, WUCX-TV channel 35 in Bad Axe, to better cover Michigan's Thumb area. In 1997, when the station first adopted the "Q-TV" branding, both stations changed their calls, with WUCM becoming WDCQ-TV, and WUCX becoming WDCP-TV.
The channel 15 digital tower is located in Quanicassee, in northwestern Tuscola County. The analog channel 19 transmitter was located on a 496-foot (151 m) tower on the campus of Delta College, near the corner of 4-mile and Delta Roads near Delta College in Bay County. The analog channel 35 tower was located just south of Ubly.
The WUCX calls are still used today for Delta College's Public Radio station, WUCX-FM 90.1, Q90.1. That station is owned by Central Michigan University, and jointly-run by Delta College and CMU.
WDCQ is currently the third most-watched PBS affiliate in Michigan, behind WTVS in Detroit and WGVU-TV in West Michigan. As of 2017, Thomas Bennett is the general manager of WDCQ and WUCX-FM.
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