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City | Moline, Illinois |
Channels | |
Branding | WQPT PBS |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 24.1: PBS 24.2: Deutsche Welle |
Ownership | |
Owner | Western Illinois University-Quad Cities |
History | |
First air date | November 2, 1983 |
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 ID | 5468 |
Class | NCE DT |
ERP | 664 kW |
HAAT | 328.1 m (1,076 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°18′44.5″N 90°22′46.2″W / 41.312361°N 90.379500°W |
Translator(s) | W27EJ-D Sterling |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www |
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.