KHQA-TV
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| Hannibal, Missouri/Quincy, Illinois | |
| Branding | KHQA-TV7 |
| Slogan | People You Can Count On |
| Channels | Analog: 7 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS ABC (DT2) |
| Owner | Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC (Barrington Quincy License, LLC) |
| First air date | September 23, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Keokuk Hannibal Quincy Area |
| Former affiliations | All secondary: DuMont (1953-1955) ABC (1960s) UPN (1995-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 56.8 kW (digital) |
| Height | 271 m (analog) 241 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 4690 |
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| Website | www.khqa.com |
KHQA-TV, Channel 7, is the CBS affiliate for the Quincy, Illinois/Hannibal, Missouri area, which encompasses northeast Missouri, west central Illinois and southeast Iowa. The station is currently owned by Barrington Broadcasting.
Although KHQA is licensed to Hannibal, the station's main studios have long been located across the Mississippi River in Quincy. KHQA's tower and transmitter are located just northeast of Quincy on Cannonball Road.
On August 28, 2007, KHQA announced that digital subchannel 7.2 will carry ABC network programming for the Tri-States. The new subchannel officially launched on September 30, 2007. [1] Currently, KHQA-DT2 broadcasts in SDTV, and simulcasts most of KHQA's newscasts and shares many syndicated programs with the main KHQA channel.
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[edit] History
KHQA went on the air on September 23, 1953. It has always been a CBS affiliate, though it had a secondary affiliation with DuMont between 1953 and 1956. The station shared a secondary ABC affiliation with WGEM-TV in the 1960s. Between 1969 and 1971, WJJY-TV in Jacksonville served as the area's sole ABC affiliate before going bankrupt and off the air. KHQA also aired a number of UPN programs during late-night hours between 1995 and 2006.
KHQA was originally owned by Lee Enterprises of Davenport, Iowa. In December of 1986, Lee Enterprises sold the station to A. Richard Benedek, whose television holdings eventually became Benedek Broadcasting. Benedek merged with Gray Television in 2002 (following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy), but KHQA was not part of the merger; it was sold to Chelsey Broadcasting. KHQA and WHOI in Peoria became the first two stations owned by the newly-formed Barrington Broadcasting in April of 2004.
For much of its 50-plus year history, KHQA lagged behind WGEM-TV in both ratings and quality. The station underwent somewhat of a metamorphasis in the mid 1990's, with a new set and several talent shifts. In early 1998, KHQA left its longtime home in the Western Catholic Union building in downtown Quincy. The station moved into a new state-of-the-art facility located on South 36th Street. The move improved the quality of KHQA newscasts.
Despite its long status as a runner-up, KHQA has a rich history of developing very successful news talent. Former KHQA on-air personalities and behind-the-scenes personnel have gone on to successful careers in St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City and Sacramento. Some of those personalities were profiled in two series entitled Where are They Now? airing on KHQA newscasts in July, 2003 and July, 2004. Former on-air personalities include Brian Bolter, Kelly Jackson, Matt Lorch and Elissa Lynn.
[edit] Programming
KHQA currently carries all CBS programming, except for one hour of the network's Saturday morning kids' block. KHQA refused to carry CBS News Sunday Morning for 17 years before adding the show in 1996. KHQA was reluctant to let go of the paid religious programs that occupied Sunday Morning's time slot. Syndicated programs aired on the station include Dr. Phil, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune.
[edit] News Personalities
Executive News Director Carol Sowers and Chad Douglas co-anchor "KHQA's News at 5", with weather anchor Tegan Orpet. Rajah Maples and Chad Douglas co-anchor the KHQA Evening & Late News weeknights at 6 & 10 p.m. They are joined by Chief Meteorologist Landon Mitchell and Sports Director Chris Duerr.
In addition, longtime KHQA personality Sarah Deien anchors the morning show in the market, Tri-States This Morning. Deien's joined by co-anchor Stephen Johnson and weather anchor Tegan Orpet. Deien was KHQA's first morning anchor when Good Morning Tri-States debuted in 1991. It was the Tri-States' first early-morning newscast in the Quincy/Hannibal market.
Other personalities include Weekend Anchor Alexis Hunt and Weekend Weather Anchor Bret Buganski.
[edit] External links
- KHQA Homepage
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KHQA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KHQA-TV
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