a smaller Hispanic population, with Nielsen estimating only 25,000 Hispanic households and 77,000 viewers. As a result, throughout 2001, there was speculation that Univision would attempt to sell WQHS-TV, either to be paired with another Cleveland television station or as an outlet for games of the Cleveland Indians, whose broadcasting contract with WUAB expired after 2001. Even though speculation continued, WQHS-TV joined Univision on January 14, 2002, making it the first Spanish-language broadcast TV station in the region. In 2005, the United Church of Christ petitioned the FCC to deny a renewal of WQHS-TV's license over Univision's classification of a telenovela as E/I (educational/instructional); the case was settled in 2007 with the payment of a $24 million fine by the network, covering violations of the law at WQHS and other Univision stations. Despite 20 years of Univision ownership, WQHS has never produced a full-length local newscast. The first such newscasts in Spanish in the Cleveland market debuted in January 2022 when Gray Television, owner of WOIO and WUAB, launched Telemundo outlet WTCL-LD (channel 6). Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WQHS shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 61, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 34, using virtual channel 61. References External links Univision website Univision network affiliates UniMás network affiliates GetTV affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Dabl affiliates Spanish-language mass media in Ohio Television channels and stations established in 1981 QHS-DT Spanish-language television stations in the United States 1981 establishments in Ohio