Editing WBQC-LD (section)

===Independence===
With the shutdown of UPN and The WB in September 2006 and replacement by [[The CW]] (which was initially composed primarily of programs from both predecessor networks),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/01/24/news/companies/cbs_warner/|title='Gilmore Girls' meet 'Smackdown'; CW Network to combine WB, UPN in CBS-Warner venture beginning in September|website=[[CNNMoney.com]]|date=January 24, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/business/media/24cnd-network.html?bl|title=UPN and WB to Combine, Forming New TV Network|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 24, 2006|url-access=subscription}}</ref> there was a question where the network's affiliation would land in Cincinnati. WSTR was the WB affiliate and a full-power station; WBQC was the UPN affiliate, a low-power Class A station with full cable carriage (except for Time Warner Cable's Cincinnati system). On March 2, 2006, it was announced that WSTR would affiliate with [[MyNetworkTV]].<ref name="Sinclair MyNet">{{cite press release|publisher=[[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]|date=May 2, 2006|url=http://sbgi.net/press/release_200652_162.shtml|title=SBG Enters Into Affiliation Agreement With The CW Network|access-date=May 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923101053/http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_200652_162.shtml|archive-date=September 23, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="B&C MyNet">{{cite news|first=Allison|last=Romano|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6312455.html|title=Sinclair Signs On to MyNetworkTV|work=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=March 2, 2006|access-date=May 20, 2006}}</ref> This seemingly opened the door for WBQC to potentially become The CW's Cincinnati affiliate; however, on April 19 it was confirmed that the network would be carried on [[digital subchannel]] 12.2 of Cincinnati's CBS affiliate [[WKRC-TV]] (channel 12). As a result of the shuffle, WBQC became an independent station<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2006">{{cite news|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|title=Local media: 'Veronica Mars' Left Homeless By UPN Closing|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Gannett|date=June 25, 2006|page=2D|access-date=July 16, 2006|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/140987188/|quote=Channel 38 will become an independent station – with no network affiliation – this fall.}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/ENT/606250308/1025/LIFE --></ref> upon the dissolution of UPN in September.

By July 4, 2006, in a stunt to promote its "[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]", UPN network programming was moved out of [[prime time]], and was replaced with marathons, and then a schedule of older off-network dramas and comedies. UPN aired early Tuesday to Saturday mornings from 2 to 4 a.m. until its closure.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter 2006" /> The station then changed its logo, which had some elements of the [[Flag of Ohio|Ohio state flag]]. The same year, WBQC moved from [[Golf Manor]] to its newly built studios in Roselawn.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter sale">{{cite news|title=Low-Power WKRP For Sale|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|work=Cincinnati.com|publisher=[[Gannett]]|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=April 28, 2011|url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/04/27/low-power-wkrp-for-sale/}}</ref>

With the launch of WKRC's "[[WKRC-TV#WKRC-DT2 (The CW Cincinnati)|CinCW]]" digital subchannel, Time Warner Cable dropped WBQC on October 18 to carry WKRC-DT2 full-time on channel 20. The CinCW also replaced WBQC on channel 25 on both Insight Communications and DirecTV, which created some confusion to viewers who thought WBQC was the CinCW. Insight moved WBQC to [[digital cable]] channel 189. In 2007, Time Warner Cable Cincinnati experienced a change in management. Early the next year, WBQC and Time Warner Cable started discussions for cable carriage. However, Time Warner Cable stated it did not have any channels available, either on the analog or digital tier.

[[File:WBQC-LD.png|thumb|Logo as "WKRP-TV", used from 2008 to 2023.]]
On November 28, 2008, the station adopted the branding "WKRP-TV", drawing on the 1970s [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Station takes call letters of TV show|work=[[Yahoo! News]] ([[Associated Press]])|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|date=November 29, 2008|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_en_tv/odd_wkrp_in_cincinnati_2|quote=A low-power TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP, the same as the fictional radio station in the 1970s hit series 'WKRP in Cincinnati.'}}</ref> According to Elliott Block, general manager and chief engineer for the small station, the move was made to promote the station's move to digital broadcasting.<ref name="Enquirer Kiesewetter WKRP">{{cite news|title=Really on air in Cincinnati|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Gannett|date=November 28, 2008|page=A1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/34189925/|quote=Block began plotting the change two years ago, tied to TV stations' transition nationwide from analog to digital broadcasting scheduled for Feb. 17. Although low-power stations aren't required by law to switch to digital next year, Block made the investment so viewers here with digital TV converter boxes could continue to see his stations next year.}}<!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20081201072506/http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081128/ENT/811280363/1035/LIFE --></ref> The change reflected only the branding of the station, as its legal callsign remained WBQC-LD.

In November 2010, [[Cincinnati Bell]]'s local [[fiber-optic]] service, [[Cincinnati Bell#FiOptics|FiOptics]], began carrying all five of WBQC's subchannels on channels 254 and 270 to 273.<ref name="Kiesewetter CinBell">{{cite web|title=Cincinnati Bell Adds All WKRP-TV Subchannels|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|work=Cincinnati.com TV & Media Blog|publisher=Gannett|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=November 22, 2010|url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2010/11/15/cincinnati-bell-adds-all-wkrp-tv-subchannels/}}</ref> In January 2011, WBQC replaced its primary subchannel with programming from the [[Retro Television Network]]. In 2012, the station switched to [[Cozi TV]].