WQPT-TV

WQPT-TV
CityMoline, Illinois
Channels
BrandingWQPT PBS
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerWestern Illinois University-Quad Cities
History
First air date
November 2, 1983 (1983-11-02)
Former channel numbers
Analog: 24 (UHF, 1983–2009)
Call sign meaning
Quad Cities Public Television
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID5468
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, IL
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wqpt.org

WQPT-TV (channel 24) is a PBS member television station licensed to Moline, Illinois, United States, serving the Quad Cities area of northwestern Illinois and southeastern Iowa. Owned by Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, the station maintains studios at Riverfront Hall on the WIU-QC campus on River Drive 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.