WQPT-TV
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| WQPT-TV | |
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| Moline/Rock Island, Illinois/Davenport, Iowa | |
| Branding | WQPT |
| Slogan | Quad Cities PBS |
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| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Translators | W48CK Sterling Analog |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Black Hawk College |
| First air date | November 2, 1983 |
| Call letters’ meaning | We're Quad Cities Public Television |
| Former channel number(s) | 24 Analog (1983–2009) |
| Transmitter Power | 80 kW |
| Height | 269 m |
| Class | Non-commercial educational |
| Facility ID | 5468 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 41°18′44.5″N 90°22′46.2″W / 41.312361°N 90.3795°W |
| Website | www.wqpt.org |
WQPT-TV is the PBS member station for the Quad Cities region of northwestern Illinois and eastern Iowa, broadcasting on digital channel 23. It is owned by Black Hawk College, a junior college in Moline, Illinois where the station is licensed. The station also operates an analog repeater station W48CK in Sterling, Illinois.
The station signed on November 2, 1983. [1] Until then, Iowa Public Television's Iowa City outlet, KIIN-TV, had been providing, since 1970, at least grade B coverage to most of the market (its transmitter was intentionally located at West Branch, halfway between Cedar Rapids and Davenport, in order to serve both the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area and the Quad Cities). Many cable systems on the Illinois side of the market also carried Chicago's WTTW and/or Peoria's WTVP.
From 1992 to 2003, WQPT operated a satellite station, KQCT in Davenport. After WQPT boosted its signal to better cover the Iowa side of the market, it sold KQCT to Iowa Public Television, who renamed it KQIN.
[edit] Digital Television
WQPT-DT broadcasts on digital channel 23.
| Channel | Name | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 24.1 | WQPT-DT | 480i | 4:3 | Main WQPT/PBS Programming |
| 24.2 | WQPT HD | 1080i | 16:9 | PBS HD |
On May 25, 2009, WQPT-TV prematurely ended analog broadcasts when its analog transmitter failed[2][3]. Repairs were estimated to cost over $20,000 and the station manager found he didn't believe that it would be feasible to repair the transmitter with less than 3 weeks left of broadcasting in analog. It remains on digital channel number 23[4] using PSIP to display WQPT's virtual channel as 24.
[edit] References
- ^ WQPT | About Your Quad Cities PBS
- ^ http://www.kwqc.com/global/story.asp?s=10425267
- ^ http://www.wqpt.org/digitalconversion
- ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WQPT-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WQPT-TV
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