KHQA-TV
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| Hannibal, Missouri / Quincy, Illinois / Keokuk, Iowa |
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| City of license | Hannibal |
| Branding | KHQA-TV 7 (general) KHQA-TV 7 News KHQA ABC 7.2 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Because Accuracy Matters |
| Channels | Digital: 7 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 7.1 CBS 7.2 ABC (primary) America One (secondary) |
| Owner | Barrington Broadcasting (Barrington Quincy License, LLC) |
| First air date | September 23, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | Keokuk Hannibal Quincy Area |
| Sister station(s) | KTVO, KYOU-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 7 (VHF, 1953-2009) Digital: 29 (UHF, 1995-2009) |
| Former affiliations | DuMont (1953-1955) ABC (1960-1969) UPN (1995-2006) all secondary |
| Transmitter power | 13.6 kW |
| Height | 271 m |
| Facility ID | 4690 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°58′25.4″N 91°19′50.1″W / 39.973722°N 91.330583°W |
| Website | connecttristates.com |
KHQA-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois, Northeastern Missouri, and extreme Southeastern Iowa. It is licensed to Hannibal, Missouri. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter northeast of Quincy, Illinois on Cannonball Road near I-172. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station has studios on South 36th Street in Quincy. Syndicated programming on KHQA includes: Wheel of Fortune, Oprah, The Dr. Oz Show, Ellen, and Jeopardy!.
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[edit] Digital programming
Its signal is multiplexed. On KHQA-DT2 is the area's ABC affiliate. Known on-air as KHQA ABC 7.2, it can also be seen in Quincy on Comcast channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 380 and in Hannibal on US Cable on Channel 5. It is not offered on Mediacom in Keokuk, Iowa. Outside of ABC programming, KHQA-DT2 airs shows from America One as a secondary affiliate.
| Channel | Aspect | Format | Programming |
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| 3.1 | 16:9 | 1080i | main KHQA programming / CBS HD |
| 3.2 | 720p | KHQA-DT2 (ABC/America One) |
[edit] History
KHQA went on-the-air September 23, 1953. Although licensed to Hannibal, its studios have long been located across the Mississippi River in Quincy. It has always been a CBS affiliate although it had a secondary affiliation with DuMont between 1953 and 1956. The station shared secondary ABC affiliation with WGEM-TV in the 1960s. KHQA also aired a number of UPN programs during late-night hours between 1995 and 2006. The station was originally owned by Lee Enterprises of Davenport, Iowa along with the Hannibal Courier-Post. Lee sold the Courier-Post in 1969, but held onto KHQA until December 1986 when the company sold the station to A. Richard Benedek whose television holdings eventually became Benedek Broadcasting.
Benedek merged with Gray Television in 2002, but KHQA was not part of the merger. It was sold to Chelsey Broadcasting. KHQA and WHOI in Peoria became the first two stations owned by the newly formed Barrington Broadcasting in April 2004. In early-1998, KHQA left its longtime home in the Western Catholic Union building in Downtown Quincy. The station moved into a new state-of-the-art facility located on South 36th Street. On August 28, 2007, KHQA announced that a new second digital subchannel would begin carrying ABC for the Tri-States. This was launched on September 30.
Before KHQA-DT2 started, sister station KTVO in Kirksville, Missouri had served as the default analog ABC affiliate for the area. KTVO launched a CBS-affiliated second digital subchannel on May 15, 2010 effectively marking the network's return to that station after a 36 year absence. Like KHQA-DT2, KTVO-DT2 airs America One programming outside of primary network affiliation. KHQA-DT2 simulcasts the weekday morning show and weeknight 6 o'clock broadcast from the main channel.
[edit] Programming
In addition to the aforementioned syndicated programs, KHQA currently clears most CBS programming. KHQA pre-empts one hour of the CBS Saturday morning block with reruns of the syndicated Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures followed by Teen Kids News. KHQA-DT2 clears the entire ABC schedule in pattern.
[edit] News operation
[edit] News/station presentation
[edit] Newscast titles
- KHQA-TV News (1953-1962)
- The Big News (1962-1967)
- TV-7 News (1967-1978)
- KHQA News / Channel 7 News (1978-1983)
- Eyewitness News (1983-1997)
- KHQA-TV 7 News (1997-present)
[edit] Station slogans
- "People Make the Difference" (1987-1995)
- "People You Can Count On" (1995-2007)
- "Because Accuracy Matters" (2007-2010)
[edit] News team[1]
Anchors
- Lindsey Boetsch - weekday mornings Tri-States This Morning (5:30-7 a.m.)
- Sarah Deien - weekday mornings Tri-States This Morning (5:30-7 a.m.)
- Chad Douglas - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.
- Brooke Hasch - weekend evenings
- Rajah Maples - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporter, producer and "Get Fit, Get Healthy" segment producer
- Hannah McNeff - weekday mornings Tri-States This Morning (5:30-7 a.m.)
- Carol Sowers - weeknights at 5 p.m.; also vice president of public affairs
7 Storm Team
- Beau Hicks - chief weather anchor; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
- Tegan Orpet - weather anchor; weekday mornings (5:30-7 a.m.) and reporter
- Melissa Shriver - weather anchor; weekend evenings, also weekday reporter and fill-in anchor
Sports team
- Chris Duerr - sports director; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m., also Overtime host (Saturday, 10:20), "Sports Final" (Tuesdays & Fridays 10:25) and "Student Athletes of the Week" segment producer
- Ross Green - sports anchor; weekend evenings, also sports reporter and Sensational 7 segment producer
Reporters
- Kristen Aguirre - weekend evening reporter
- Stephen Johnson - general assignment reporter; also producer
- Jim Robesky - general assignment reporter; also producer and webcast
- Jarod Wells - general assignment reporter; also producer and fill-in weather anchor
- Jim Whitfield - general assignment reporter; also assignment editor, "Crimewatch 7" segment producer and fill-in weather anchor
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