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KWQC-TV, channel 6, is the NBC affiliate for the Quad Cities television market (the Davenport, Iowa/Moline, Illinois/Rock Island, Illinois market). It is licensed to Davenport and is owned by Young Broadcasting. Its transmitter is located in Bettendorf, Iowa.

History

KWQC originally signed on the air on October 31, 1949, as WOC-TV. It has the distinction of being Iowa's and the Quad Cities' first television station, carrying programming from all four networks at the time (NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont). It lost CBS to WHBF-TV in 1950, and the two stations shared ABC until WQAD-TV signed on in 1963. Originally on channel 5, it moved to channel 6 in 1952 due to interference with WOI-TV in Des Moines.

The station was founded by B. J. Palmer, who owned the Palmer College of Chiropractic (the WOC calls stood for Wonders of Chiropractic) along with WOC radio (AM 1420 and FM 103.7, now WLLR) and WHO-AM-FM-TV in Des Moines. It remained with the Palmer family after his death in 1961.

In 1986 the Palmers announced that they would sell channel 6, and in the process changed the call letters to KWQC-TV. KWQC was sold to Broad Street Television in 1989 and to Young Broadcasting in 1996. As of 2007, KWQC does not offer NBC Weather Plus.

KWQC has been the leader in the Quad Cities for as long as records have been kept, and as of November 2006, KWQC has kept the number 1 spot.

Personalities and programming

Illinois 17th District Republican candidate Andrea Zinga was a former anchor for KWQC-TV (while it was still WOC-TV) during the mid-1980s.

Current Newscasts

Weekdays

  • Quad Cities Today- 5 to 7 AM
  • Mid Morning News- 10AM
  • News At Noon
  • Paula Sands Live- 4:30
  • KWQC TV6 at 5
  • KWQC TV6 at 6
  • KWQC TV6 at 10
  • Highlight Zone Friday Nights at 10:15

Weekends

  • Quad Cities Today- Saturday
  • KWQC TV6 at 5- Sunday
  • KWQC TV6 at 6- Saturday
  • KWQC TV6 at 10

Personalities

Anchors

  • Mike Mickle Quad Cities Today
  • Marcia Lense Quad Cities Today & 10am
  • Jessica Tighe Noon Anchor/Morning Reporter
  • Gary Metivier 5,6,10 weekdays
  • Paula Sands 5,6 weekdays; host of Paula Sands Live
  • Sharon DeRycke 10PM weekdays
  • Fran Riley Quad Cities Today Weekends (general reporter)
  • Chris Williams Weekend Anchor/weekday reporter

First Alert Weather

  • Chief Meteorologist Terry Swails 5, 6, 10 Weekdays
  • Theresa Bryant Weather Specialist- 10, noon
  • Meteorologist Kristina Shiroma Weekends

Reporters

  • Elizabeth Goodsitt & Sunday Anchor
  • Matt Davis
  • Jim Victor (QC Today Finance)
  • Tremaine Williams
  • Lindsey Morone & Photojournalist

Sports

  • Thom Cornelis Sports Director
  • Dan Pearson Sports anchor Friday/Saturday
  • Kory Kuffler Sports reporter/fill in anchor

Also Appearing on KWQC-TV 6

  • Linda Cook Cook's Critique (Paula Sands Live)
  • 4 Legged Friends (Paula Sands Live pet segment)
  • Mr Food
  • Food Guru Peter Harman
  • Kevin Kraft (QC Today financial)

The "Highlight Zone"

KWQC-TV studios

KWQC is well-known by locals for the "Highlight Zone," an Emmy award-winning Friday night feature showcasing area high school football and basketball. The "Highlight Zone" airs during the 10 p.m. newscast from roughly late August through early March, with a break in December. Each member of the news anchor staff, along with whomever is giving the weather that night, take turns recapping a featured game.

The camera crews invite fans from each of the games they cover to participate in a skit related to the night's theme. The theme usually centers on a holiday (e.g., Valentine's Day) or local promotion (e.g., The Student Hunger Drive, an initiative by area high schools to collect food for the needy).

The "Highlight Zone" was started for the 1991-1992 season, and the format has since been copied by many TV stations.

Syndicated programming

Syndicated programs on KWQC's schedule include Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Rachel Ray, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Reruns of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation air during the weekends; the station also airs Cheers, often on weekends or during telethons as part of a special marathon.

Transmitter

The KWQC-TV Tower is a 1,381-foot (421 m) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Bettendorf, west of the Scott Community College campus. (Geographical coordinates: 41°32′49″N 90°28′35″W / 41.54694°N 90.47639°W / 41.54694; -90.47639). It was built in 1982. In addition to KWQC, WHBF-TV and radio stations WOC, WLLR-FM, WDLM-FM, and WVIK transmit their signals from this site.

Trivia

  • KWQC has used Gari Communications' "Hello News" music since 1990 and is the last remaining station in the US to use the original package; some stations have begun using an updated version created in 2004, however.
  • Paula Sands is short for Paula Sandoval. Sandoval was shorten to Sands for TV
  • Since the station's first broadcast, KWQC has held 1st place in the Davenport DMA market
  • Mike Mickle did weather when he first joined KWQC in the early 90's

References

  • Fybush.com (2001). "The Big Travelogue, Part Four". Retrieved 2006-04-08.
  • KWQC.com. "The History of KWQC-TV 6". Retrieved 2006-03-22.
  • Stein, Jeff (2004). Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: WDG Communications. ISBN 0-9718323-1-5.

External links

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