TV Technical Profile: WEIQ

Channel:

41

Programming:

42.1 - APT/PBS

42.2 - World

43.3 - Create

Transmitter Location:

[map] [street view] Just off the north side of I-10, east of exit 35 in Spanish Fort.

Power (ERP):

464 kW

Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT):

590 feet

Antenna:

Omni

Other Information:

41 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.

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History:

This is the Alabama Public Television relay for Mobile and Baldwin counties. The tower is at Spanish Fort, donated by WALA TV when they moved to a taller one. This relay came on the air November 6, 1964 and got a power increase in the 80's. All the network's call letters end in IQ -- this one being "E", I don't know the purpose other than to complete the alphabet between WAIQ and WIIQ.

 

Along with the rest of the APT network, shut down analog operations on February 17^th, 2009.  The station received a construction permit to boost power, but at a slightly lower spot on the tower in early November 2010.  That permit was fulfilled in May 2011, with an app pending right behind it to raise the antenna height back up to where it was before the switchover.  Due to budget cuts, at the start of October, 2012, all APT stations dropped iQ for PBS' World channel.