states city la crescent minnesota branding kqeg tv 23 51 cable 5 channels analog 23 digital 23 uhf virtual 23 psip translators 51 uhf wezy lp affiliations amgtv owner magnum radio inc. founded july 15 1992 first air date 1994 call letters meaning white eagle partnership former owner former callsigns k50dk 1992 1996 kqeg lp 1996 2001 former channel number s analog 50 1994 2001 23 2001 2015 former affiliations upn until 2006 familynet until 2013 ion until 2015 class class a website www.kqegtv.com kqeg ca channel 23 is a class a station licensed in la crescent minnesota with studios and offices in la crosse wisconsin . wezy lp channel 51 is a low power station located in tomah wisconsin that simulcasts the programming of kqeg ca . the two stations are owned by magnum radio inc. contents 1 programming 2 history 3 digital transition 4 references 5 external links programming edit kqeg currently features much of the main programming schedule non paid programming of amgtv . times when amg programming is seen generally include weekdays from 1 am to 6 am and from 10 am to 11 30 am saturday mornings from 1 am to 10 am and sunday mornings from 1 am to 8 am . this time was formerly filled by an affiliation with familynet before that network s sale and programming direction was changed at the start of 2013 . the above network programming blocks are regularly preempted with syndicated home shopping or kqeg original programs . regular programming is periodically preempted for college sports primarily big east football big east men s college basketball and big 12 basketball as syndicated by espn regional television . original local programming produced by kqeg includes local high school sports knights of thunder lacrosse speedway coverage bargain house shopping la crosse county board meetings selected parades and in conjunction with uw la crosse the annual coulee region humane society telethon . history edit kqeg was started by white eagle partnership eleanor st. john perry st. john and richard wilson in 1994 as k50dk channel 50 . the original construction permit was dated july 15 1992 . 1 the call letters k50dk were changed to kqeg lp on february 5 1996 . the channel was changed from 50 to 23 in february 2001 . 2 the station s license changed from low power kqeg lp to class a kqeg ca on august 28 2001 . 3 in june 2002 white eagle partnership purchased the construction permit for w45cf channel 45 of chippewa falls wisconsin from inspiration television . 4 the construction permit had been granted to inspiration television in october 2001 . 5 w45cf would operate as a translator station of kqeg ca . in september 2004 the community of license for w45cf was changed from chippewa falls to elk mound wisconsin . 6 for some years kqeg s primary network affiliation had been with upn and the station maintained a secondary affiliation with familynet . following the january 24 2006 announcement that upn and the wb would merge into a new network called the cw to launch fall 2006 kqeg gained a bit of national notoriety when it was apparently the first station to drop upn network affiliation due to the merger as of january 27 2006 . 7 8 competing local station wkbt launched upn la crosse eau claire on digital subchannel 8.2 on january 30 2006 swiftly filling the void left by kqeg . 9 also beginning january 30 2006 kqeg began airing a rebroadcast of wxow s 6 p.m. newscast at 7 p.m. weekday evenings . 10 kqeg ca and w45cf were purchased by magnum radio inc. david r. magnum et al. from white eagle partnership eleanor st. john on january 19 2009 . 11 12 magnum radio inc. already owned wibu lp channel 51 of tomah wisconsin . in may 2009 kqeg s programming was revamped as the station began an affiliation with the ion television network ; this included the discontinuation of the 7 p.m. airing of wxow s 6 p.m. newscast . also wibu lp began broadcasting as a translator station of kqeg ca . on january 13 2015 wibu lp changed its call letters to wezy lp ; 13 the wezy call letters were previously used by wvty in racine a radio station also owned by magnum . digital transition edit on september 25 2009 magnum radio was granted construction permits by the fcc for digital flash cuts of kqeg ca channel 23 uhf analog and wibu lp channel 51 uhf analog to kqeg cd channel 23 uhf digital and wibu ld channel 51 uhf digital respectively . 14 15 kqeg ca was licensed for digital operation on may 28 2015 but did not change its call sign . on june 8 2010 magnum radio was granted a construction permit for w18dv d channel 18 uhf digital licensed to eau claire . 16 w18dv d would replace w45cf of elk mound which was never built . references edit http www.recnet.com cdbs fmq.php facid 72207 http findarticles.com p articles mi qa3652 is 200101 ai n8951202 http www.recnet.com cdbs fmq.php facid 72207 http www.northpine.com broadcast archive news0602.html http www.northpine.com broadcast archive news1001.html http www.northpine.com broadcast archive news1004.html http www.kten.com global story.asp s 4706061 http www.chippewa.com articles 2006 01 26 news news4.txt http www.lacrossetribune.com news article 0b5326c6 5c9a 5f06 8f04 3f5914934aa3.html http www.lacrossetribune.com news article 0b5326c6 5c9a 5f06 8f04 3f5914934aa3.html http www.rbr.com tv cable television transactions 12350.html http findarticles.com p articles mi qa3652 is 20081219 ai n31207426 . call sign history wezy lp . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved january 15 2015 . http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod app det.pl application id 1328844 http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod app det.pl application id 1328846 http licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs pubacc prod app det.pl application id 1350343 external links edit official site magnum broadcasting query the fcc s tv station database for kqeg ca query the fcc s tv station database for wezy lp query the fcc s tv station database for w45cf v t e broadcast television in western wisconsin including la crosse eau claire eau claire weau 13.1 nbc 13.2 antenna tv 13.3 heroes & icons 13.4 movies wqow 18.1 abc 18.2 cw 18.3 decades whwc 28.1 pbs 28.2 wis 28.3 create weux 48.1 fox 48.2 metv la crosse wkbt 8.1 cbs 8.2 mntv w50dr 10.1 nbc 10.2 cw wxow 19.1 abc 19.2 cw 19.3 decades kqeg ca 23 wezy lp 51 amgtv ion wlax 25.1 fox 25.2 metv whla 31.1 pbs 31.2 wis 31.3 create see also twin cities tv rochester mason city tv duluth tv wausau tv cedar rapids tv madison tv v t e ion television network affiliates in the state of wisconsin wbay 2.3 green bay kqeg 23 la crosse wtpx 46.1 antigo wausau wezy 51 tomah wpxe 55.1 kenosha milwaukee see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in wisconsin v t e other television stations and subchannel networks in the state of wisconsin 3abn w23bw d 23 madison w30bu 30 green bay antenna tv witi 6.2 milwaukee wluk 11.2 green bay wjfw 12.2 rhinelander wausau wmtv 15.3 madison bounce tv wfrv 5.2 green bay wmlw 49.2 racine milwaukee buzzr wtsj 38.2 milwaukee comet wcwf 14.2 suring green bay wcgv 24.2 milwaukee wmsn 47.2 madison cozi wtmj 4.3 milwaukee daystar wmwd 38.1 madison wgbd 49.1 green bay decades wmow 4.3 crandon waow 9.3 wausau wqow 18.3 eau claire wxow 19.3 la crosse wkow 27.3 madison wyow 34.3 eagle river wdjt 58.4 milwaukee escape wacy 32.3 green bay wtsj 38.3 milwaukee evine wiwn 68.2 fond du lac milwaukee family channel w43br 43 baraboo wisc. dells gettv wvtv 18.2 milwaukee grit wcgv 24.3 milwaukee wacy 32.2 green bay wmsn 47.3 madison heroes & icons wbuw 57.3 janesville madison wdjt 58.3 milwaukee hsn ota wtpx 46.6 antigo wausau wpxe 55.6 kenosha milwaukee ion life wtpx 46.2 antigo wausau wpxe 55.2 kenosha milwaukee laff wtmj 4.2 milwaukee wgba 26.3 green bay latv wiwn 68.4 fond du lac milwaukee local accuweather wmvs 10.4 milwaukee locally originated automated weather wbay 2.2 green bay metv wgba 26.2 green bay wkow 27.2 madison wbme 41.1 wdjt 58.2 milwaukee wzaw 55.2 wausau movies wisn 12.2 milwaukee wzaw 55.3 wausau wbuw 57.2 janesville madison mundomax wtsj 38.1 milwaukee qubo wtpx 46.3 antigo wausau wpxe 55.3 kenosha milwaukee qvc ota or plus wtsj lp 38.4 milwaukee ; qvc wtpx 46.5 antigo wausau wpxe 55.5 kenosha milwaukee wiwn 68.6 fond du lac milwaukee ; qvc on 68.5 sonlife wiwn 68.1 fond du lac milwaukee tbn k32gf 32 rhinelander w36dh 36 waupaca wwrs 52 mayville milwaukee telemundo wytu 63.1 wmlw 49.4 milwaukee racine this wmlw 49.3 racine milwaukee weathernation tv wmtv 15.4 madison independent wzck lp 8 madison wpvs lp 29 milwaukee wmlw 49.1 racine milwaukee wbuw 57.1 janesville madison see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in wisconsin retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kqeg ca & oldid 743393016 categories ion television affiliatestelevision stations in minnesotatelevision stations in wisconsintelevision channels and stations established in 1994digital low power stations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 12 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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