Editing WBQC-LD (section)

==="Should-carry"===
WBQC had been pushing for carriage on local cable and satellite providers for many years. In 2005, WBQC swapped channel allocations with [[America One]]-affiliated sister station [[WOTH-LP]] (channel 38). In 2001, WBQC became a [[Class A television station]], with the call sign WBQC-CA, in hopes of receiving [[must-carry]] status on cable providers and protection from displacement by the full-power stations' digital channel allocations. As a Class A station, WBQC had to meet all the requirements of a full-power station. Ultimately, Class A stations did not receive must-carry status, though they did receive protection from displacement. In negotiating with the cable and satellite providers, WBQC claimed "should-carry" status, in the absence of federal must-carry recognition.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2007">{{cite news|title=Time Warner's Channel 25 snub remains a mystery |first=John |last=Kiesewetter |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |publisher=Gannett |date=July 2, 2001 |access-date=November 30, 2008 |url=http://www.wbqc.com/images/thetruth/07-02-01_enquirer.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228093505/http://wbqc.com/images/thetruth/07-02-01_enquirer.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2005 }}</ref>

Several small [[Satellite dish#Others|satellite master antenna television]] (SMATV) systems and the [[Delhi Township, Ohio|Delhi Township]] cable system carried the small independent station. Meanwhile, talks with InterMedia Cable (Northern Kentucky), [[Time Warner Cable]] (Cincinnati), and [[Adelphia Cable]] (some suburbs) saw no progress for years. Shortly after WBQC became a UPN affiliate, however, a number of systems began offering WBQC on their lineups:
* [[DirecTV]],<ref name="DirecTV ad">{{cite web|title=Can You See Me Now? |publisher=WBQC-CA |location=[[Golf Manor, Ohio]] |year=2002 |access-date=November 30, 2008 |url=http://www.wbqc.com/images/can%20you%20see%20me%20now%20320x240.wmv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021211052651/http://www.wbqc.com/images/can%20you%20see%20me%20now%20320x240.wmv |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2002 |format=[[Windows Media Video|WMV]] }}</ref> [[Insight Communications]] (which purchased InterMedia), and Adelphia all added WBQC on channel 25.
* The city of [[Lebanon, Ohio]], began competing with Time Warner with its own municipal cable service. Lebanon Cable, which has since been sold to [[Cincinnati Bell]], carried WBQC on channel 17 (later channel 97).<ref name="Lebanon">{{cite news|title=Tired of Waiting to Watch Your Favorite Shows?|work=Town Hall News|location=Lebanon, Ohio|publisher=City of Lebanon|date=Fall–Winter 2006|page=3|url=http://www.ci.lebanon.oh.us/asp/dbfiles/forms/2006%20Fall-Winter%20THN.pdf}}</ref>
* [[York Community Access Television|SusCom Cable]] (Indiana) added WBQC on channel 6.<ref name="Bearcats">{{cite press release|title=UC Basketball Games on UPN 38|first=Tom|last=Hathaway|publisher=[[University of Cincinnati]]|date=December 16, 2005|access-date=November 30, 2008|url=http://bearcatnews.com/basketballforum/200512/msg00708.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080109202114/http://bearcatnews.com/basketballforum/200512/msg00708.php|archive-date=January 9, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although Time Warner Cable had long included WBQC on its system in [[Oxford, Ohio]], on channel 13, the station remained off of Time Warner's Cincinnati offerings. According to WBQC, some Cincinnati customers were told by Time Warner representatives that the station operated out of [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]; [[Dayton, Ohio]]; or "some guy's basement".<ref name="TWC local">{{cite web|title=Time Warner Doesn't Offer All Local Channels|location=[[Golf Manor, Ohio]]|publisher=WBQC-CA|url=http://www.wbqc.com/thetruth/timewarnerbrochure.htm|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209204956/http://www.wbqc.com/thetruth/timewarnerbrochure.htm|archive-date=February 9, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> At one point, Time Warner considered carrying [[WSBK-TV]] from [[Boston]] rather than WBQC (it had used the same strategy to keep [[Syracuse, New York]] UPN affiliate [[WSTQ-LP|WAWA-LP]] off their systems until an ownership change, though that was more because of WAWA's low-quality schedule surrounding UPN programming).<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2007" />

Once UPN acquired ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Time Warner Cable resumed discussions with WBQC. After months of talks, Time Warner agreed to carry WBQC. Unlike the other cable systems, Time Warner Cincinnati would only air WBQC nightly from 6 to 11 p.m. on channel 20, a [[leased access]] cable channel. Time Warner later purchased Adelphia, but kept WBQC on the latter's lineup until after Time Warner Cable had fully transitioned Adelphia viewers into the Time Warner system.

From the late 1990s until at least 2001, WBQC aired a rebroadcast of [[WCPO-TV]] (channel 9)'s 6&nbsp;p.m. newscast at 7&nbsp;p.m.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter TWC">{{cite news|title=WBQC cable deal only a ceasefire|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett|date=August 26, 2001|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/08/26/tem_wbqc_cable_deal_only.html}}</ref> Later, WBQC formed a joint broadcast venture with [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WXIX-TV]] (channel 19), allowing WBQC to air that station's 10 p.m. newscast during sporting events, such as [[Cincinnati Bearcats]] basketball.<ref name="Enquirer Knippenberg">{{cite news|title=Television news fire coverage: 4 solutions for 4 stations|first=Jim|last=Knippenberg|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Gannett|date=August 21, 2004|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/08/21/loc_loc1amedia.html}}</ref> WBQC would also air some basketball games produced by WXIX.<ref name="CSTV Bearcats">{{cite news|title=27 UC Basketball Games Slated for TV|work=CSTV.com|publisher=[[College Sports Television]]|date=October 19, 2005|access-date=July 26, 2009|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/101905aar.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604000441/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/101905aar.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>

On January 1, 2004, WBQC-CA moved from channel 25 to channel 38, switching places with [[WOTH-CD|WOTH-LP]] and rebranding as "UPN38". On channel 38, WBQC could broadcast a much stronger signal without interfering with stations in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], and [[Miamisburg, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news|title=WBQC-TV moving up the dial|first=Rick|last=Bird|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=December 30, 2004|pages=3C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/140987080/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>