Editing WBQC-LD (section)

===UPN affiliation===
In July 1997, the [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] signed an affiliation deal with The WB that resulted in a number of the company's UPN affiliates and [[independent station]]s switching to The WB.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131105205254/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19604007.html WB woos and wins Sinclair], ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', July 21, 1997.</ref> One of the stations included in the deal was [[WSTR-TV]] (channel 64). As a result, WBQC lost its network affiliation on November 17, 1997,<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|title=Article clipped from the Cincinnati Enquirer |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=November 17, 1997|page=C4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140986780/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> ahead of WSTR joining The WB in January 1998. UPN struck an affiliation deal to air its programming on [[NBC]] affiliate [[WLWT]] (channel 5), which aired its weekly then-Monday-to-Wednesday six-hour schedule from 2 to 4 a.m. on early Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings as a secondary affiliation. Meanwhile, as an independent station, WBQC carried NBC programming that WLWT chose not to pick up, including various [[NBC Sports|sporting events]], as well as series such as ''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'' and ''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=TV showing more ads, less show|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=September 21, 1999|page=C4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-tv-showing-more/171163126/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> After a few months of poor late night ratings on WLWT, and with the addition of Thursday and Friday hours on the horizon [[1998–99 United States network television schedule|the next season]] that would likely see WLWT refuse lower-rated programming and the network's Thursday night film, UPN resumed discussions with WBQC to join the network. On September 26, 1998, WBQC's eighth anniversary, UPN agreed to affiliate with the station.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beefed-up WBQC to air UPN shows|first=Greg|last=Paeth|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=September 26, 1998|page=8C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-beefed-up-wbqc-to-ai/106524709/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>