Media in the Quad Cities
Newspapers, radio, and television in the Quad Cities area of the United States.
The daily newspaper serving Henry County, Illinois, is the Star Courier, based in Kewanee.
Weekly newspapers in the Quad Cities include The North Scott Press, based in Eldridge and covering northern Scott County and the North Scott Community School District; the Erie Review ; and Henry County weeklies including the Cambridge Chronicle, Geneseo Republic and Orion Gazette. The Aledo Times-Record is the weekly newspaper for Mercer County.
The River Cities Reader is the area's alternative weekly. In addition to in-depth stories and editorials covering government and culture in the Quad Cities, issues of the Reader contain listings of arts and entertainment events taking place throughout the area, and provides critical reviews for regional art exhibitions, music concerts, and theatrical performances.
Radio
Start dates are for the frequency/station license, not for callsign or programming that may have moved from license to license.FM
- displays artist and title on Radio Data System
- FM translator: repeats another station's program
AM
- WKBF, which went on the air in 1925 originally at 1270 AM and last formatted Mexican/Hispanic music as "La Jefe 1270." The station went off the air in the fall of 2018, and its license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on June 1, 2020.
- An allocation at 1580 AM, which has been silent since 2000 after several years of format and ownership changes. That station was last known as KFQC, a black gospel station. The station originally signed on the air in 1952 as KFMA, and at its height was known as KWNT and formatted country music. Various formats, including urban contemporary and nostalgia/adult standards, would air on the frequency from the early 1980s until going off the air.
Television
| Band Ch. | Call | City | Owner | Operator | Start | Virt. Ch. | DTV | Nickname | Programming |
| 4 | WHBF | Rock Island | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1950 | 4.1 | align=right | Local 4 | CBS |
| 4 | WHBF | Rock Island | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1950 | 4.2 | align=right | Court TV 4.2 | Court TV |
| 4 | WHBF | Rock Island | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1950 | 4.3 | align=right | Grit 4.3 | Grit |
| 4 | WHBF | Rock Island | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1950 | 4.4 | align=right | Escape 4.4 | Court TV Mystery |
| 8 | WMWC | Galesburg | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 2012 | 53.1 | align=right | TBN 53 | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| 8 | WMWC | Galesburg | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 2012 | 53.2 | align=right | TCC 53.2 | Hillsong Channel |
| 8 | WMWC | Galesburg | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 2012 | 53.3 | align=right | JUCE 53.3 | JUCE TV/Smile |
| 8 | WMWC | Galesburg | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 2012 | 53.4 | align=right | Enlace 53.4 | Enlace |
| 8 | WMWC | Galesburg | Trinity Broadcasting Network | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 2012 | 53.5 | align=right | Salsa 53.5 | TBN Salsa |
| 17 | KWQC | Davenport | Gray Television | Gray Television | 1949 | 6.1 | align=right | TV 6 | NBC |
| 17 | KWQC | Davenport | Gray Television | Gray Television | 1949 | 6.2 | align=right | Ion 6.2 | Ion Television |
| 17 | KWQC | Davenport | Gray Television | Gray Television | 1949 | 6.3 | align=right | Cozi 6.3 | Cozi TV |
| 17 | KWQC | Davenport | Gray Television | Gray Television | 1949 | 6.4 | align=right | H&I 6.4 | Heroes & Icons |
| 17 | KWQC | Davenport | Gray Television | Gray Television | 1949 | 6.5 | align=right | Start TV 6.5 | Start TV |
| 21 | KGCW | Burlington | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1988 | 26.1 | align=right | Quad Cities CW | The CW |
| 21 | KGCW | Burlington | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1988 | 26.2 | align=right | This TV 26.2 | This TV |
| 21 | KGCW | Burlington | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1988 | 26.3 | align=right | Laff 26.3 | Laff |
| 21 | KGCW | Burlington | Nexstar Media Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1988 | 26.4 | align=right | Bounce TV 26.4 | Bounce TV |
| 23 | WQPT | Moline | Western Illinois University-Quad Cities | Western Illinois University-Quad Cities | 1983 | 24.1 | align=right | WQPT | PBS |
| 23 | WQPT | Moline | Western Illinois University-Quad Cities | Western Illinois University-Quad Cities | 1983 | 24.2 | align=right | WQPT Worldview | Deutsche Welle |
| 30 | KLJB | Davenport | Marshall Broadcasting Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1985 | 18.1 | align=right | Fox 18 | Fox |
| 30 | KLJB | Davenport | Marshall Broadcasting Group | Nexstar Media Group | 1985 | 18.2 | align=right | Me-TV Quad Cities | Me-TV |
| 31 | WQAD | Moline | Tegna | Tegna | 1963 | 8.1 | align=right | News 8 | ABC |
| 31 | WQAD | Moline | Tegna | Tegna | 1963 | 8.2 | align=right | Antenna TV 8-2 | Antenna TV |
| 31 | WQAD | Moline | Tegna | Tegna | 1963 | 8.3 | align=right | MyTV 8-3 | MyNetworkTV |
| 31 | WQAD | Moline | Tegna | Tegna | 1963 | 8.4 | align=right | True Crime 8-4 | True Crime Network |
| 32 | KQCT-LP | Davenport | Luken Communications | Luken Communications | 1987 | 61.1 | align=right | RTV 61 | Retro Television Network |
| 34 | KQIN | Davenport | Iowa Public Television | Iowa Public Television | 1991 | 36.1 | align=right | IPTV HD | PBS |
| 34 | KQIN | Davenport | Iowa Public Television | Iowa Public Television | 1991 | 36.2 | align=right | IPTV Kids | PBS Kids |
| 34 | KQIN | Davenport | Iowa Public Television | Iowa Public Television | 1991 | 36.3 | align=right | IPTV World | PBS World |
| 34 | KQIN | Davenport | Iowa Public Television | Iowa Public Television | 1991 | 36.4 | align=right | IPTV Create | Create |