WQCW

WQCW

Portsmouth, Ohio Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia United States
City	Portsmouth, Ohio
Channels	Digital: 15 (UHF) Virtual: 30
Branding	Tri-State's CW
Programming
Affiliations	30.1: The CW for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WSAZ-TV
History
Founded	December 5, 1984 (39 years ago) (1984-12-05)
First air date	October 5, 1998 (25 years ago) (1998-10-05)
Former call signs	WHCP (1998–2006)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 30 (UHF, 1998–2009) Digital: 17 (UHF, 2001–2020)
Former affiliations	The WB (1998–2006) UPN (secondary, 2000–2006)
Call sign meaning	"Quality television, The CW"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65130
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	385.7 m (1,265 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°30′36.3″N 82°13′9.5″W / 38.510083°N 82.219306°W / 38.510083; -82.219306
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wsaz.com/page/cw

WQCW (channel 30), branded on air as Tri-State's CW, is a television station licensed to Portsmouth, Ohio, United States, serving as the CW affiliate for the Charleston–Huntington, West Virginia market. It is one of two commercial television stations in the market licensed outside West Virginia (alongside WTSF, channel 61, in Ashland, Kentucky). WQCW is owned by Gray Television alongside Huntington-licensed NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV (channel 3). The two stations share studios on 5th Avenue in Huntington; WQCW's transmitter is located on Barker Ridge near Milton.