WLQP-LP
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Lima, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | ABC Lima (general) Your News Now (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your Hometown Lima Stations |
| Channels |
Analog: 25 (UHF) Digital: WOHL-CD 35 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Block Communications (West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Founded | May 28, 1996 |
| Call letters' meaning | Lima Quality Programming |
| Sister station(s) | WLMO-LP, WOHL-CD, WLIO |
| Former callsigns | W18BP (1996–1999) |
| Former channel number(s) | 18 (1996–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Fox (1996–1999, as repeater of WOHL-CA) UPN (1999–2006) America One (secondary) |
| Transmitter power | 7.5 kW 9 kW (WOHL-CD) |
| Height | 187 m 168 m (WOHL-CD) |
| Facility ID | 21476 68549 (WOHL-CD) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
40°44′51″N 84°7′54.5″W / 40.74750°N 84.131806°W 40°38′3″N 84°12′29″W / 40.63417°N 84.20806°W (WOHL-CD) |
| Website | www.hometownstations.com |
WLQP-LP is the ABC-affiliated television station for Northwestern Ohio that is licensed to Lima. It broadcasts a low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 25 from a transmitter on Rice Avenue in the city. WLQP can also be seen on Time Warner channel 12. Owned by Block Communications, the station is sister to NBC affiliate WLIO, digital Class A station WOHL-CD (which carries the same programming as WLQP), and low-powered CBS affiliate WLMO-LP. All of the stations share studios on Rice Avenue northwest of downtown.
The station signed-on May 28, 1996 with the calls W18BP as a full-time repeater of sister station WOHL-CA (now WOHL-CD). It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 18. The channel was spun off in 1999 and became a UPN affiliate in 1999 with the calls WLQP-LP.
In 2006, UPN merged with The WB to form The CW Television Network and chose as its Lima affiliate WB 100+ station "WBOH", operated by then-rival NBC affiliate WLIO. At the same time, Fox, the network with which WOHL-CA, WLQP-LP's sister station, was affiliated, was forming MyNetworkTV for UPN and WB affiliates that were not chosen. Metro Video Productions, both stations' owners, opted to pursue the MyNetworkTV affiliation on behalf of WOHL-CA and signed an affiliation deal for WLQP-LP with ABC. The deal took effect on September 1, restoring ABC to the Lima area for the first time since WLIO dropped its secondary ABC affiliation in 1982. At one point, WLQP carried America One on secondary basis that was shared with WLMO. In 2006, WLQP-LP applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to perform a "flash-cut" of its signal to digital. However, in mid-2009, the station decided instead to apply for a displacement low-power digital station on UHF channel 45 with the calls WLQP-LD. On June 8, 2010, the FCC granted WLQP a construction permit for their new digital signal. On September 28, 2009, WLMO terminated their analog operations and programming was shifted to WOHL-CD.
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