Branding WBQP TV 12 | Slogan The Station That Cares | |
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF)
Virtual 12 (PSIP) Subchannels 12.1: Youtoo TV/digital clock
12.2: MiCasa Network
12.3: unknown
12.4: The Word Network
12.5/12.6/12.7: unknown
12.8: WRNE simulcast Owner Watson Broadcasting Inc. of Pensacola, Florida Founded 1992; 25 years ago (1992) | ||
WBQP-CD is a Class "A" television station in Pensacola, Florida that is seen on terrestrial channel 12 and Cox cable channel 39. It contains programming from Youtoo TV, along with 30 hours a week of local programming.
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History
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licensed Vernon Watson to broadcast on channel 12 in Pensacola, Florida in June 1992. The FCC then assigned the translator-style callsign W12CN to the station. In 1994 and 1995, the station was struggling to be added the local cable system and to have their TV schedule listed in the local newspapers—typical among most low-powered TV stations. In March 1995, the station became The WB affiliate for Pensacola. In October 1995, the station's call sign was changed from W12CN to WBQP; later that month, the station was added to the local cable system. The WB affiliation eventually moved to WFGX, and then to WBPG (now WFNA).
It started webcasts in 1998 and was one of the first to do so. The live stream stopped functioning properly in 2009.
Punch TV Network was affiliated with WBQP (the network usually aired on channel 12.2 or 12.3) from its launch in November 2011 until sometime in early 2015. Currently, programming from the Launch TV Network airs on WBQP from time to time.
Ownership
The owners, Vernon & Mary Lynn Watson are the first African Americans to own a broadcast television station in Pensacola.