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| WOC-5 | KWQC-6 | Davenport | First came on the air Oct 30 1948 changed to channel 6 in the early 50s | |
| WOC-103.7 | KUUL-101.3 | Davenport | On the air in 1948 became KIIK in Sept 72, Became KUUL in 1990, swapped channels with WLLR in 1998 | |
| WHBF-1270 | WKBF-1270 | Rock Island | Started in Cambridge IL as WTAP? by Willis Otto | |
| KWNT-106.5 | KCCQ-106.5 | Davenport | Was KRVR from about 1970 till 1995 (ez-listening) | |
| -104.9 | WXLP-97.9 | Moline | Became WHTT about 1978, then hard rock about 1981 as WXLP | |
| KSTT-18 | -none- | Davenport | KSTT held a Construction Permit for TV-18 in the late 60's | |
| WVIK-91.1 | WVIK-90.3 | Rock Island | Started as a ten watt student run station. Obtained a construction permit for 88.5 swapped channels with KALA-90.1 Moved to 90.3 to increase power to 50,000 watts | |
| KALA-90.1 | KALA-88.5 | Davenport | Started as a ten watt student run station. Now is 100 watts | |
| WEMO-101.3 | WLLR-103.7 | East Moline | Started in 1973, Became WLLR in the early 80's switched with channels with KUUL in 1998. | |
| KSTT-750 | new-1170 | Davenport | Mid-80s it became KKZX. In 1992 it became KJOC with all-sports programing. In April 2003 it was announced that it would be switching to a talk format ala WOC-1420. | |
| WHBF-98.9 | WHTS-98.9 | Rock Island | WPXR in the late 80s | |
| KFMH-99.7 | KBOB-99.7 | Muscatine | Cumulus Broadcasting moved K-BOB's Country format to 104.9 | |
| KROS-96.1 | KMXG-96.1 | Clinton/Quad-Cities | Became KSAY in the late 70's with a religious format. Moved the studio to Davenport in the mid-80's as KLIO with a new transmitter at Argo. | |
| WGEN-104.9 | KQLI-104.9 | Geneseo/De Witt | Moved to De Witt (tx site Long Grove) in 1996 | |
| WQUA-1230 | WFXN-1230 | Moline | From about 1978 till 1992 was WMRZ with a oldies format, From 1992 till April 2003 it relayed WLLR-FM. In April 2003 it switched to sports as part of the Fox Sport Network | |
| KFMA-1580 | KFQC-1580 | Davenport | Became KWNT, then KXRK then KTSS. Went off the air then came back on in Silvis. Moved back to Davenport as KFQC and have been off the air now for three years. | |
| KCLN-97.7 | KZEG-94.7 | Clinton | Moved to present channel on August 18, 1999 | |
| KDAV-30 | -none- | Davenport | a construction permit was held, but never built in the early 80's | |
| KBQC-93.5 | KORB-93.5 | Bettendorf | In March 2000. Cumulus Broadcasting bought KORB and others. They changed the format slightly to active rock. | |
| KBOB-99.7 | KBEA-104.9 | De Witt | The KQLI format of lite-rock was dumped when Cumulus Broadcasting bought the station in March 2000. They moved K-BOB's Country format to 104.9. | |
| KBOB-99.7 | "B-100" | Muscatine/Quad-Cities | Cumulus Broadcasting moved KBOB to 104.9 and announced a TOP 40 format for 99.7 in March 2000 | |
| WBQD-TV-26 | New |
Davenport |
Low-power Station with Transmitter site in Moline. Offices in Davenport. No live local programming. Came on the air in July of 2002. | |
| -53 | -none- | Davenport | This station was to start broadcasting
Sept
1. However this week (8/16/2001) Grant Broadcasting (KLJB) filed a
petition with the FCC contesting that 53's change of channel and
location were made before earlier requests that are before the
Commission.
Acccording to a QC Times article of 5/18. Channel 53 is still-birthed. Besides the petition by Grant Broadcasting. The decision by the commission to allocat channels 52-59 to a new generation of communications devices caused the demise of 53. |
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| Power Hits-103.3 |
n/a |
Bettendorf |
With a transmitter on the
Northwest Bank Bldg in Bettendorf at Middle Road and Spruce Hills Road.
Power Hits 103 came on in the Spring of 2006. However they never had an
license for broadcasting from the FCC. They used a clause in the War
Powers Act to broadcast without a license. They out lasted visits from
the FCC and court appreances. However they could not out last their
landlord. They were locked out of the office they were
broadcasting and the landlord broadcasted for a while till
someone probably pointed out the illegality of the station. The Station
ceased broadcasting in November 2006 |
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| Some of the above information supplied
by Jon Anderson,
David Baker, & Don Schneider. The KALA Gang additional information from Dave Coopman. |
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