- Media in the Quad Cities
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Radio
Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.
FM
Freq Call City Owner Start ERP (W) Nickname Format RDS HD 88.1 WAXR Geneseo American Family Association 2001 3,000 88.1 WAXR Religious No No 88.5 KALA Davenport St. Ambrose University 1967 10,000 88.5 KALA College, Variety Yes 2 89.3 WDLM-FM East Moline Moody Bible Institute 1980 100,000 89.3 WDLM Religious Yes No 90.3 WVIK Rock Island Augustana College 1963 31,000 90.3 WVIK Public Radio No No 91.1 KWNJ Bettendorf University of Northern Iowa 2010 740 91.1 KWNJ Public Radio Yes Yes 91.7 KSUI Iowa City University of Iowa 1948 100,000 91.7 KSUI Classical Yes 2 92.5 WGVV-LP Rock Island Quad Cities Community Broadcasting Group 2004 66 Groove 92.5 Urban Contemporary Yes Yes 93.5 KQCS Bettendorf Cumulus 1984 6,000 Star 93.5 Hot AC No No 93.9 WYEC Cambridge Virden Broadcasting Corporation 2003 4,200 93.9 WYEC Oldies Yes No 94.5 K233AA Bettendorf University of Northern Iowa ? 170 [t]90.9 KUNI News/Talk, Adult Alternative No No 96.1 KMXG Clinton Clear Channel 1947 100,000 Mix 96 Adult Contemporary Yes[a&t] No 96.9 WXLP Moline Cumulus 1970 50,000 97X Classic Hits No No 98.9 WLKU Rock Island Educational Media Foundation 1947 39,000 K-Love Christian AC Yes No 99.7 KBEA-FM Muscatine Cumulus 1949 100,000 B100 Adult CHR No No 101.3 KUUL East Moline Clear Channel 1976 50,000 KUUL 101.3 Oldies Yes[a&t] No 102.1 K271AF Eldridge University of Northern Iowa ? 250 [t]90.9 KUNI News/Talk, Adult Alternative No No 102.5 WJRE Kewanee Virden Broadcasting Corporation 1966 6,000 Hogg Country 102.5 Country Yes No 102.7 KTJT-LP Davenport Davenport Educational Association 2005 100 ? Religious No No 103.7 WLLR-FM Davenport Clear Channel 1948 100,000 103.7 WLLR Country Yes[a&t] 2 104.9 KBOB-FM DeWitt Cumulus 1977 12,000 Rock 104-9 Rock No No 105.7 K289BI Davenport American Family Association ? 20 [t]88.1 WAXR Religious No No 106.1 K291BP Bettendorf St. Ambrose University ? 250 [t]88.5 KALA College, Variety No No 106.5 KCQQ Davenport Clear Channel 1966 100,000 Q 106.5 Classic Rock Yes[a&t] No 107.9 KRQC-LP Davenport Davenport Adventist Radio 2004 100 ? Religious No No - ^[a&t] displays artist and title on Radio Data System
- ^[t] FM translator: repeats another station's program
AM
Freq Call City Owner Start Day Power (W) Night Power Nickname Format Stereo HD 960 WDLM East Moline Moody Bible Institute 1960 1,000 102 WDLM Christian Talk No No 1170 KJOC Davenport Cumulus 1946 1,000 1,000 True Oldies 1170 Oldies No No 1230 WFXN Moline Clear Channel 1946 1,000 1,000 Fox Sports 1230 Sports No No 1270 WKBF Rock Island La Jefa Latino Broadcasting 1925 5,000 5,000 La Jefa 1270 Regional Mexican No No 1420 WOC Davenport Clear Channel 1922 5,000 5,000 News Talk 1420 News/Talk No No In addition, the Quad Cities had an allocation at 1580 AM, which has been silent since 2000 after several years of format and ownership changes. That station was last known as KFQC, a black gospel station.
Television
Print
Three local daily newspapers serve the Quad Cities, all of them morning editions. The Quad City Times, based in Davenport, is circulated throughout the Quad Cities metropolitan area, including Davenport, Bettendorf and Scott in Iowa; and Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County in Illinois. The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus, published in Moline, is owned by the Small Newspaper Group, are daily newspapers based on the Illinois side. While the Times has a primary focus on the Iowa side, and a majority of the coverage in the Argus and Dispatch is on the Illinois side, both newspapers cover the entire Quad Cities.
The daily newspaper serving Henry County, Illinois, is the Star Courier, based in Kewanee.
Weekly newspapers in the Quad Cities include The North Scott Press, based in Eldridge and covering northern Scott County and the North Scott Community School District; the Erie Review (based in Erie in Whiteside County, Illinois, but also including coverage of upper Rock Island County including Port Byron and the Riverdale Community Unit School District 100); and Henry County weeklies including the Cambridge Chronicle, Geneseo Republic and Orion Gazette. The Aledo Times-Record is the weekly newspaper for Mercer County.
The River Cities Reader is the area's alternative weekly. In addition to in-depth stories and editorials covering government and culture in the Quad Cities, issues of the Reader contain listings of arts and entertainment events taking place throughout the area, and provides critical reviews for regional art exhibitions, music concerts, and theatrical performances.
Categories:- Quad Cities
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