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www.kwqc.com
KWQC-TV6 (formerly WOC-TV)
signed on for its first official telecast day on October 31, 1949. It was
the first station broadcasting to the then 400 homes with television sets
in the Quad-Cities. It was then Channel 5.
Palmer Communications began planning the station 18 months earlier. They
purchased a building at 805 Brady Street to house the studios of both WOC
radio and television. At that time, the Palmer family was confident that
the new medium would become a reality within two years.
In July of 1950, some NBC network programs were added. NBC programming was
pulled from a relay system of towers between Chicago and Des Moines and
routed via the telephone exchange to the station. By September 30, 1950, a
more robust NBC schedule that included the World Series was carried live
on television. In 1956, NBC added color to its programming, however all
locally originated programming was still black and white. Local
programming wasn’t in full color until 1967.
In 1961, a new 1000ft. transmission tower and building were constructed at
Pleasant Valley. On June 7th, 1962, ground was broken on the north side of
the old studio for a new facility. The new studio was operational by
September 1963. Part of the old studio was resurfaced and now houses
station vehicles and NBC satellite gear.
In 1982, a new 1400ft tower and antenna was erected to replace the 1000ft
stick. By 1985, the studio and transmitter were revamped to add stereo
audio. Of the 4 major network television stations in the Quad-Cities,
KWQC-TV6 remains the only station broadcasting stereo audio to its
viewers.
In 1986, the Palmer family split their Quad-Cities radio and television
holdings and KWQC-TV6 was born. Broad-Street Television purchased KWQC-TV6
from Palmer Communications in 1989, and in April 1996, KWQC-TV6 became
part of Young Broadcasting Incorporated.
Information taken from
www.kwqc.com
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