WQEK-LD (channel 36) is a low-power television station in

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, United States. The station is owned by

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. WQEK's low-power signal does not actually reach Clarksdale, and it instead serves the inner core of the

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, though unlike

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(which is licensed to

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, a city in the Jonesboro market), Clarksdale is fully within the Memphis market. WQEK-LD and KPMF-LD's transmitters are co-located on the

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tower near

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, in northern Shelby County.

History

The station's

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was granted by the

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for the station as W18EK-D on October 2, 2012. Its call letters were changed to the current WQEK-LD on December 7, 2015. WQEK-LD finally took to the air in September 2016 as a

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affiliate. A total of eight subchannels were launched in its first months on the air, offering multiple digital networks.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

HC2 Holdings
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