WQPT-TV

WQPT-TV
CityMoline, Illinois
Channels
BrandingWQPT PBS
Programming
Affiliations24.1: PBS
24.2: Deutsche Welle
Ownership
OwnerWestern Illinois University-Quad Cities
History
First air date
November 2, 1983 (40 years ago) (1983-11-02)
Former call signs
Digital:
WQPT-DT (2002–2009)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
24 (UHF, 1983–2009)
DT2:
MHz Worldview (until 2020)
Call sign meaning
Quad Cities Public Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID5468
ClassNCE DT
ERP664 kW
HAAT328.1 m (1,076 ft)
Transmitter coordinates41°18′44.5″N 90°22′46.2″W / 41.312361°N 90.379500°W / 41.312361; -90.379500
Translator(s)W27EJ-D Sterling
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wqpt.org

WQPT-TV, virtual channel 24 (UHF digital channel 23), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Moline, Illinois, United States, serving the Quad Cities area of northwestern Illinois and southeastern Iowa. The station is owned by Western Illinois University-Quad Cities. WQPT-TV's studios are located at Riverfront Hall on the WIU-QC campus in Moline, and its transmitter is located in Orion, Illinois. Master control is based at fellow PBS member WTVP in Peoria, which also has an agreement with WILL-TV in Champaign.

W27EJ-D (channel 27) in Sterling operates as a translator of WQPT-TV.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WQPT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.