KAQA

KAQA is an affiliate of The WB and serves the El Paso, TX/Las Cruces, NM Area. The station's license is located in El Paso, TX. Broadcasting on channel 40, KAQA is owned and operated by Flinn Broadcasting. The station was launched on In March 3, 1986 by United Broadcasting as an independent. Running a general independent schedule, KAQA aired children's cartoons during the day, off-network syndication during the afternoon, and movies throughout the night. KAQA was also the home for the University of El Paso (UTEP) Miners football and basketball teams. Columbus, Mississippi-based Imes Broadcasting bought KAQA in 1988 after United Broadcasting was taken over by investment firm Merrill Lynch. Imes exited the television business in the late 1990s, and sold KAQA to Pappas Telecasting Companies in 1999, with the intent to convert the station into a charter affiliate of Azteca América, a fledgling Spanish-language network that was co-owned at the time by Mexican network TV Azteca and Pappas. Plans for the affiliation were canceled following outcry from viewers and station employees. Instead, KAQA became an affiliate of The WB, and in 2008, Pappas sold the station to Flinn Broadcasting.