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WQOW-TV is an ABC-affiliated television station in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The station broadcasts on channel 18. The station is owned and operated by Quincy Newspapers Inc., which also owns WXOW-TV. The station's DT2 subcarrier shows programming from the CW which is also carried on cable channel 15 on the Charter Cable systems in the Chippewa Valley. WQOW is not available on the major satellite systems, as the operators opt to carry its ABC sister station WXOW.
WQOW-TV signed on September 1, 1980. WQOW started airing local newscasts in 1982, which became known as "Newsource 18." Newscasts ceased airing in March 1990, a decision made by previous owners. Local newscasts resumed on WQOW in October 1996 and the station became known as "News 18."
Since the new Highway 53 Bypass was set to be constructed on the site of WQOW's former building, the station moved in January 2001 to its current location on Highway 93 immediately south of Interstate 94 in Eau Claire.
