WQHS-DT

WQHS-DT
At left, the Univision logo, consisting of red, purple, green and blue blocks in the shape of a U. At right, a gray 61 in a sans serif. Separated by a line to the right, in two lines, a gray Univision wordmark in stylized unicase above the word Cleveland in all caps in gray.
Channels
BrandingUnivision 61
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
March 3, 1981
(43 years ago) (1981-03-03)
Former call signs
  • WCLQ-TV (1981–1986)
  • WQHS (1986–1992)
  • WQHS-TV (1992–2009)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 61 (UHF, 1981–2009)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2003–2019)
Call sign meaning
Former Home Shopping Network affiliation[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60556
ERP780 kW
HAAT352 m (1,155 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°22′58″N 81°42′6″W / 41.38278°N 81.70167°W / 41.38278; -81.70167
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.univision.com

WQHS-DT (channel 61) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language networks Univision and UniMás. Owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision, it is the only full-power Spanish-language television station in the state of Ohio. WQHS-DT's studios and transmitter are located on West Ridgewood Drive in suburban Parma.

This station's sign on in 1981 as WCLQ-TV marked the return of broadcasting over channel 61 in Cleveland, a frequency unused since the closure of WKBF-TV six years earlier. Originally the market outlet for subscription television service Preview along with a general slate of entertainment programming, Preview's 1983 closure forced WCLQ-TV to operate as a full-time independent station under the ownership of Channel Communications, which aggressively purchased syndicated reruns and movies but consistently ranked near the bottom of the local ratings. With the sign-on of two competing independent stations in 1985 and limited chance for profitability, the station was sold to Silver King Broadcasting, becoming one of the first owned-and-operated outlets for the Home Shopping Network (HSN) in 1986, when it changed its call sign to the present WQHS. Purchased by Univision in 2002, WQHS has largely operated as a "pass-through" for Univision programming ever since.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CPD19861225p7F was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WQHS-DT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.