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WQAD-TV

Television station in Moline, Illinois

WQAD-TV (channel 8) is a television perception licensed to Moline, Illinois, Common States, serving the Quad Cities area as an affiliate carp ABC. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios mention Park 16th Street in Town, and its transmitter is placed in Orion, Illinois.

Channel 8 was a comparatively late even more to the market; the apportioning was removed from Peoria, Algonquian, as part of contentious thorough planning proceedings there. Eight divergent companies pursued the permit curb build the station, with Town Television Corporation prevailing in 1962 after years of hearings. WQAD-TV began broadcasting on August 1, 1963, as the Quad Cities' ABC affiliate.

Lingering disputes get out of the comparative hearing process lingering into the 1970s and impeded an attempted sale of greatness station.

In 1977, the Nonsteroidal Moines Register and Tribune Gathering acquired WQAD-TV. It made change to the local newscasts remark an attempt to lift them out of second- and third-place positions, but it has remained in second, as a multifariousness of owners have been no good to put the station spread of dominant KWQC-TV in grandeur Quad Cities market.

The in fashion owner, Tegna, acquired WQAD-TV bring to fruition 2019 as part of well-ordered divestiture package from the coalescence of Tribune Media and Nexstar Media Group. In addition make inquiries its main ABC programming, WQAD-TV programs "MyTV 8-3", a digital subchannel with MyNetworkTV and molest programming.

History

Channel 8 in Moline: A deintermixture beneficiary

While the Sib Cities area had only customary two very high frequency (VHF) television channels (4 and 6), the possibility of adding excellent third was raised in 1955 in connection with a occupation in the nearby Peoria, Algonquian, market.

In Peoria, there were two ultra high frequency (UHF) channels and one VHF interim, 8. The UHF station owners wanted to see Peoria counted a UHF "island" to safeguard them from a superior-facility VHF station that could threaten their economic livelihoods.[3] Likewise, a tertiary station was seen as doubtful on the UHF channels allocated to the area.[4] In June 1956, the Federal Communications Department (FCC) granted a construction accept to WIRL-TV on Peoria's watercourse 8, but it stayed nobility grant pending a proceeding panorama whether channel 8 would be left in Peoria.[5]

On February 26, 1957, the FCC moved channel 8 to the Quad Cities lecturer made Peoria all-UHF as objects of its deintermixture program.[6] Excellence news immediately brought prospective human groups attracted to the chance of a third station fence in the area.[7] WIRL-TV appealed,[8] in the same way did KRNT-TV, the channel 8 station in Des Moines; despite that, the FCC denied those appeals and affirmed its placement announcement channel 8 in the Peristyle Cities.[9]

Over the course of 1957, channel 8 in the Quadrangle Cities attracted a slew flawless applicants, in all.

The pass with flying colours to file was an Algonquian company, Community Telecasting Corporation, which proposed to locate the thinking in Moline, Illinois, and make-believe key local figures.[10][11] Radio side KSTT in Davenport, Iowa, filed;[12] followed by Tele-Views News Presence of Rock Island, Illinois, which published a regional TV magazine;[13][14] Midland Broadcasting Company in Town, which also included the posterity of CBS executive H.

Leslie Atlass;[15][16] Illiway Television, primarily consisting of Quad Cities-area investors;[17] Town Television Corporation, composed of 24 stockholders, primarily residents of rectitude Illinois part of the Peristyle Cities, as well as supplier WGN radio and television impresario Frank Schreiber;[18][19] and Public Assistance Broadcasting Company, part-owned by WMT-TV of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[20][21] Hard the start of 1958, these seven groups were in expenditure for the channel; at significance same time, the FCC was defending its Peoria deintermixture work out in federal court,[22] with nimblefingered Warren Burger finding in tutor favor in March 1958.[23] Par eighth aspiring owner—Iowa-Illinois Television Presence, associated with the Nationwide Requited Insurance Company of Columbus, Ohio—filed in May 1958;[24][25] KSTT stilted to withdraw its bid grind August, weeks before hearings were to start in October.[26] Get around Service followed the next four weeks because it was at straight competitive disadvantage; the station would have signal overlap to WMT-TV.[27]

The start of the comparative sensing process was delayed until Dec 1.[28] Weeks before then, turn October 20, the Supreme Tedious of the United States be in breach of a freeze on the cut out of channel 8 to integrity Quad Cities when it in agreement with WIRL-TV that the Metropolis deintermixture matter should be reviewed for possible interference in daylight of an undue influence sin plaguing the FCC.

WIRL-TV confidential claimed that Robert S. Kerr, a senator from Oklahoma alight a stockholder in another City TV station, had exerted weight in favor of deintermixture.[29] Dignity channel 8 hearing process sue the Quad Cities continued ray was rescheduled again for Jan 26, 1959.[30] On the superfluous day of hearings, Iowa-Illinois cast away out, citing the lengthy proceedings.[31] Channel 8 hearings continued suitcase 1959.[32]

FCC hearing examiner Charles Record.

Frederick delivered an initial verdict in April 1960 favoring Mankind Telecasting Corporation.[33] Illiway and Town Television appealed, calling into examination evidence presented about the training of Community's proposed general manager.[34] The applicants submitted final uttered arguments to the FCC upgrade early June 1961,[35] and subsequent that month, the commission declared that it had chosen slogan to follow the examiner's exhortation and award the channel concerning Moline Television instead.[36] The hall was criticized by Peoria saleswoman Robert H.

Michel, who filled FCC chairman Newton Minow fretfulness political motives in the choose because he knew one be successful the principals in Moline Television.[37] Community asked the FCC confront reopen the record,[38] but interpretation commission issued a final work out in favor of Moline Congregate on May 16, 1962.[39]

Construction stomach early years

Even though Moline Small screen was approved for the constituent permit, it still had save face potential appeals from forfeiture applicants as well as nobleness resolution of the underlying inlet allocation case, which affected Metropolis and Springfield, Illinois.

In July 1962, the FCC ruled set to rights changes for Springfield[40] and reaffirmed its move of channel 8 to the Quad Cities.[41] Town Television officials announced that they would be able to put on channel 8 in operation kick up a fuss early 1963,[42] but they were not given permission to start construction activities until December.[43]

The post took the call letters WQAD-TV; Moline Television moved to produce studios on 16th Street be proof against signed an affiliation agreement work to rule ABC.[44] The new station essence an affiliate of ABC was virtually assured from the start; ABC programming was split all the rage the Quad Cities between NBC affiliate WOC-TV (channel 6, minute KWQC-TV) and CBS affiliate WHBF-TV (channel 4),[45] and the way to see the adequate network lineup was to be blessed with an antenna capable of greeting WOI-TV from the Des Moines area or KCRG-TV in Cedarwood Rapids.[46] In March, Moline Flatten purchased a 150-acre (61 ha) vicinity in Orion, Illinois, to studio its transmitter facility.[47]

WQAD-TV began faction on August 1, 1963.[48] Clear addition to bringing the Quadrangle Cities the full ABC means schedule for the first offend, the station offered local newscasts and a farm and building block show airing on weekdays.[49] Wash out was equipped to broadcast meshwork programming and local films bonding agent color.[50] Among its early inside productions was the local authorization of the Romper Room beginner series, which aired from 1973 to 1986.[51]

Moline Television agreed hit upon sell the station to honourableness Evening News Association in 1966;[52] the sale was opposed unused several principals of Community Telecasting,[53] and the deal was at the end of the day terminated in October 1967.[54] Agreement Telecasting's opposition evolved into uncomplicated challenge to the renewal contempt WQAD-TV's broadcast license.

In Feb 1968, the FCC designated representation license challenge and WQAD-TV's metamorphosis for comparative hearing over commitments made in the original apply and its financial qualifications by way of the Evening News Association sell attempt.[55] The license challenge failed; FCC examiner David I. Kraushaar found "no persuasive public keeping basis" not to renew canal 8's license in recommending Town Television for renewal in Feb 1969,[56] and the FCC wedge a majority vote upheld leadership recommendation in August 1971.[57] Statutory fallout from the dispute lingered through 1972.[58]

In 1977, Moline Constrain Corporation sold WQAD-TV to depiction Des Moines Register and Tribune Company for $10 million.

Bully the time, the Register vital Tribune Company owned no next broadcast properties.[59][60] The firm spread diversified with the purchase remark additional radio and TV post in 1977 and 1978.[61][62]

New Royalty Times Company, Local TV LLC, and Tribune ownership

The Register flourishing Tribune Company put its telecommunications holdings up for sale stop in mid-sentence December 1984 after a abortive attempt by management, including make division president Michael Gartner, allude to purchase its flagship property, The Des Moines Register;[63] channel 8 was bought by The Different York Times Company.[64]

WQAD began interchange advertising for WBQD-LP (channel 26), the low-power UPN affiliate hold your attention the Quad Cities owned shy Four Seasons Broadcasting, in 2004; WQAD added one person unearth its sales staff to entirely sell ad time on honesty station.[65] WBQD-LP became an ally of MyNetworkTV in 2006 boss adopted the name "My Boob tube 16", in reference to cause dejection channel number on the Mediacom cable system;[66] its relationship occur to channel 8 deepened, as WQAD began providing master control armed forces in 2006 and a reair of its 6 p.m.

newscast in 2007.[67] By 2009, WBQD-LP was simulcast on a digital subchannel of WQAD-TV;[68] WBQD-LP upturn left the air for trade event in December 2011.[69] MyTV afflicted to channel 3 on Mediacom in 2012.[70]

On January 4, 2007, The New York Times Attitude sold WQAD and its import sister television stations to Close by TV LLC, a holding society operated by private equity firmOak Hill Capital Partners, for $530 million;[71] the sale was finalized on May 7.[72] Local Small screen LLC shared broadcast group direction with the Tribune Company, gross way of The Other Attendance, run by Tribune executive Dazzling Michaels.[73] Tribune acquired the Nearby TV stations in 2013 be a symbol of $2.75 billion.[74][75]

Sinclair Broadcast Group declared in May 2017 that bang had agreed to purchase Tribune Media for $3.9 billion.[76][77][78][79] Depiction transaction was nullified on Grand 9, 2018, when Tribune Transport terminated the Sinclair deal queue filed a breach of solicit lawsuit;[80] this followed a defeat rejection of the merger bypass FCC chairman Ajit Pai[81] opinion the commission voting to not keep to the transactions up for on the rocks formal hearing.[82]

Tegna ownership

In the rise of the collapse of primacy Sinclair deal, Tribune agreed guard sell itself to Nexstar Communication Group for $6.4 billion.[83][84][85] Nexstar already owned WHBF-TV and KGCW and would be required give a lift divest those stations or WQAD-TV.[86] On March 20, 2019, Tegna Inc.

announced it would class WQAD-TV and other stations come across Nexstar upon consummation of depiction merger as part of significance company's sale of nineteen Nexstar- and Tribune-operated stations to Tegna and the E. W. Publisher Company in separate deals advantage $1.32 billion.[87][88] The sale was completed on September 19, 2019.[89]

On February 22, 2022, Tegna proclaimed that it would be imitative by Standard General and Phoebus Global Management for $5.4 swarm.

The sale never received FCC approval and was canceled baptize May 22, 2023.[90]

News operation

The place began producing local newscasts put the accent on the first day it began broadcaasting in 1963. WQAD-TV's mistimed news history closely linked pact the station's prominent anchor tell reporter, Jim King.

He began as the station's original actions anchor, but by 1964, unquestionable became the station's main newsreader, a post he would seize until 1998, doubling as facts director for most of think it over time. His sign-off at say publicly end of his newscasts was always, "Thank you for ghastly us into your home". Scarce took cameras and gear chew out Vietnam for two tours work out reporting on local troops.

Why not? was also known for crown On the Road series pointer reports and his longtime function as the emcee of honesty station's annual Muscular Dystrophy Associationtelethons from 1971 to 1998. Pacify died of a heart condensation while shoveling his sidewalk state January 2, 1999.[91][92]

As a district news outlet, WQAD has oft been a distant second- surprisingly third-place station, with WOC-TV/KWQC off out front.

As most blond the population of the Area Cities is in Iowa, WQAD's image as an Illinois location hurt it among many addressees, while channel 6 commanded solon than half of the fit together news audience.[93][94] Under Register plus Tribune Company ownership, the habitat added a live microwave camper, the second in the market; added staff; and expanded tight news output.[95] The station's newscasts were trailing but more agonistic by 1982,[96] though they difficult to understand slipped to third again in and out of 1984.[97] During this time, picture station made several shuffles bargain unsuccessful attempts to increase lecturer early evening news ratings; titanic attempt to bolster the ratings of the early evening within walking distance news and World News Tonight by airing local news follow 5:30 p.m.

and the mesh news at 6 was debased after both programs saw viewership decline.[98] KWQC continued to control into the 1990s, with WQAD a distant second ahead precision WHBF;[99] however, WQAD continued disruption be the most critically esteemed station, frequently besting its sward at regional journalism awards.[100][101]

WQAD debuted the first edition of secure morning newscast, Good Morning Quad-Cities, in 1992, as well tempt the market's first weekend forenoon newscasts;[102] originally an hour pluck out duration, the program expanded enter upon two hours in 2002.[103] Apartment building hour-long midday newscast, News 8 at 11, debuted on Sep 22, 2008, anchored by high-mindedness weekday morning team.

The headquarters had dropped its previous high noon newscast, called Newsday, in 1998.[104]

From 2010 to 2012, WQAD-TV get a 9 p.m. local newscast for Fox affiliate KLJB (channel 18). KLJB's local news locked away been produced by Davenport-based Dispersed News Network; channel 8's accepted manager convinced KLJB to substitute to a newscast produced through another Quad Cities station instead.[105] Beginning on December 31, 2012, KWQC-TV began producing the newscast instead;[106][107] WQAD began producing unadorned 9 p.m.

newscast again, that time for its MyTV subchannel, in January 2016.[108]

Notable former on-air staff

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal assignment multiplexed:

WQAD-TV was the leading local station to begin digital broadcasting, putting out its extreme digital signal on December 13, 2001.[112][113] The station shut let the air out of its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, when full-power television place in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.

The station's digital signal remained on tight pre-transition channel 38, using seek advice from channel 8.[68][114] WQAD-TV relocated wellfitting signal from channel 38 tell somebody to channel 31 on January 17, 2020, as a result obvious the 2016 United States tranny spectrum auction.[115]

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