Q was a UK

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channel based on

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, launched on 2 October 2000. It was operated by

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, and specialised in

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and

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. It was available in the UK on

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channel 364 and

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channel 338. In

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, it was available on

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channel 714 and in

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. It is also available in

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channel 503. The channel was also called ''Q The Music'' ( cue the music), which was the channel's slogan. The channel played a wide variety of music, predominantly bands like

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, and

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History

Q was launched on 2 October 2000. In common with other EMAP channels, Q was originally a

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channel, where music video selections made were by the viewers using premium rate phone lines; however this element was dropped in 2004. On 3 July 2012, Q closed and was replaced with

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, a celebrity news and music TV channel.

FHM TV

For a few years, much of the prime time output of the channel was instead given over to FHM TV, broadcasting between 4pm and 6am based on another magazine (also by EMAP), which specialised mainly on females in music videos. However in October 2007, the FHM TV block on Q was dropped and Q regained its full hours.

References

External links

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