WQSE-LD (channel 6) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the

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area. The station is owned by Metro TV, Inc., one of the numerous holding companies owned or co-owned by Craig Fox. WQSE-LD's transmitter is located on the WOLF radio tower on West Kirkpatrick Street northwest of downtown Syracuse. Until July 13, 2021, the station—then known as WVOA-LP—operated a brokered

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format known as "Love Radio"; "Love Radio" had previously aired in the Syracuse area on 103.9 FM, now known as WSEN. WVOA-LP operated on

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channel 6, allowing its audio feed to be heard on the FM radio dial at 87.75 MHz. To meet the legal requirements for visual content, the station ran the display from an

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machine that the station's audio signal was fed into. Prior to adopting that format in October 2013, the then-WMBO-LP carried a feed of

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, which it had carried since returning to the air in November 2010. WVOA-LP's programming consisted mostly of brokered religious programming from around the United States, with

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's "The Fish" network filling in unsold gaps. A few secular music programs also aired, primarily on weekends. As part of the FCC's mandated shutdown on low-power analog television stations, the station ended all analog transmissions on July 13, 2021, at 5 p.m. All programs were moved to sister station

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. The station was licensed to begin digital TV operations effective January 11, 2022, changing its call sign to WVOA-LD. On July 20, 2023, a FCC "Report and Order" stated that WVOA-LD would be permitted to apply to resume separate audio operations on 87.75 MHz, using a modified version of the

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"NextGen TV" standard."Fifth Report and Order: In the Matter of Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations"
(FCC 23-58, MB Docket No. 03-185, Adopted: July 20, 2023, Released: July 20, 2023) It converted to ATSC 3.0 operation on December 15, 2023, and began offering FM6 service under special temporary authority three days later, becoming the fourteenth and final permitted FM6 station, with the station simulcasting the programming of

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at 87.75 MHz as an ancillary or supplementary analog service of WVOA-LD. On May 2, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission authorized a call sign change to WQSE-LD, effective May 12, 2025, which cleared the former WSIV to adopt the WVOA calls."Call Sign Request Authorization"
File Number 0000270040.

Subchannel

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