The channel's establishment was announced in early 2004, and began advertising in August. Its studios were based in
Palm Springs, California. It launched in September on selected cable services in major metropolitan markets, Personalities associated with Q programming included
Jack E. Jett, Jackie Enx, Rob Williams, Elizabeth Melendez,
Nick Oram,
Steve Kmetko, Josh Fountain, Honey Labrador, Joe Bechely,
Reichen Lehmkuhl and Chrisanne Eastwood. In 2005, Q became available in Australia via
SelecTV. In February 2006, following a missed payroll run, the channel laid off much of its staff and shuttered its production facility in
Burbank. It rehired a skeleton staff on a part-time basis later in the month, but Olsen was pushed out as CEO on March 7 and replaced by Taiwanese businessman Lloyd Fan. By May, Fan announced that the channel was shutting down, and the company filed for bankruptcy on May 25. Some of the production staff and crew reunited under the direction of
Queer Edge associate producer
Sean Carnage on March 6, 2006, to produce the music documentary
40 Bands 80 Minutes!. == See also ==