Quest (American TV network)


Quest is an American digital multicast television network that is owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in travel, historical, science, and adventure-focused documentary and reality series aimed at adults between the ages of 25 and 54.
The network, which broadcasts in 480i standard definition, is available in several large and mid-sized markets via digital subchannel affiliations with broadcast television stations. Stations have the option of placing their Quest-affiliated subchannels on cable television providers serving their market to provide additional local coverage.

History

The formation of Quest was announced on November 7, 2017, as a partnership between Cooper Media and Tegna Inc. The network was given an expected launch date of January 2018. Tegna tapped several of its 46 owned or operated television stations to serve as the network's charter affiliates, in exchange for maintaining a minority ownership stake in the network.
The network was officially launched on January 29, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time with an episode of the 2006–08 History series Dogfights as the network's inaugural program.
In May 2019, it was announced that Tegna would be acquiring both the Justice Network and Quest.

Programming

Quest's program schedule consists of a mix of programs that originally aired on the Discovery, History, Smithsonian, and truTV cable networks, as well as program which premiered in 3D from the now-defunct DirecTV channel 3net:
, Quest has affiliation agreements with television stations in 67 media markets encompassing 35 states, covering 60.81% of all households with at least one television set in the United States.
When its launch was announced, the network reached a charter affiliation agreement with network co-partner Tegna, which initially planned to debut the network on 22 of its television stations. On December 20, 2017, the network signed a multi-station agreement with Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications to carry its programming on five of its Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated television stations as well as one station affiliated with Justice Network.

List of affiliates

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