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| Founded | October 5, 2001 |
First air date | February 2, 2003 |
Former call signs | WMQF (2003–2009) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 19 (UHF, 2003–2009) |
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Call sign meaning | Marquette |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 81448 |
| ERP | 120 kW |
| HAAT | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 46°30′6.2″N 87°38′56″W / 46.501722°N 87.64889°W |
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| Website | wzmq19 |
WZMQ (channel 19) is a television station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, United States, serving the Central and Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan as a dual affiliate of MeTV and CBS. Owned by Lilly Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on West Washington Street in Marquette, while its transmitter is located in Ishpeming, Michigan.
Launched as a Fox affiliate in 2003, WMQF lost the affiliation in 2009 as the result of the financial collapse of its original owner, Equity Media Holdings, which was unable to build out the digital transmission facility. The station then was sold and returned to air later in 2009 after changing its call sign to WZMQ, affiliated with several digital multicast networks. Lilly acquired WZMQ in 2017 and obtained the CBS affiliation for the station's second digital subchannel beginning January 21, 2022, displacing WJMN-TV (channel 3), then owned by Nexstar (it is now a semi-satellite of WBUP).[2]
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZMQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WZMQ becomes Marquette, Michigan's new CBS affiliate". WZMQ19.com. January 20, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.