KHQA-TV
Encyclopedia
KHQA-TV is the CBS
-affiliated television station
for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois
, Northeastern Missouri
, and extreme Southeastern Iowa
. It is licensed to Hannibal, Missouri
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter northeast of Quincy, Illinois
on Cannonball Road near I-172
. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting
, the station has studios on South 36th Street in Quincy. Syndicated
programming on KHQA includes: Wheel of Fortune
, Oprah
, The Dr. Oz Show
, Ellen
, and Jeopardy!
.
is the area's ABC
affiliate. Known on-air as KHQA ABC 7.2, it can also be seen in Quincy on Comcast
channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 380 and in Hannibal on US Cable
on Channel 5. It is not offered on Mediacom
in Keokuk, Iowa
. Outside of ABC programming, KHQA-DT2 airs shows from America One
as a secondary affiliate.
in Quincy. It has always been a CBS affiliate although it had a secondary affiliation with DuMont
between 1953 and 1956. The station shared secondary ABC affiliation with WGEM-TV
in the 1960s. KHQA also aired a number of UPN
programs during late-night hours between 1995 and 2006. The station was originally owned by Lee Enterprises
of Davenport, Iowa
along with the Hannibal Courier-Post. Lee sold the Courier-Post in 1969, but held onto KHQA until December 1986 when the company sold the station to A. Richard Benedek whose television holdings eventually became Benedek Broadcasting
.
Benedek merged with Gray Television
in 2002, 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 2004. 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. On August 28, 2007, KHQA announced that a new second digital subchannel would begin carrying ABC for the Tri-States. This was launched on September 30.
Before KHQA-DT2 started, sister station KTVO
in Kirksville, Missouri
had served as the default analog ABC affiliate for the area. KTVO launched a CBS-affiliated second digital subchannel on May 15, 2010 effectively marking the network's return to that station after a 36 year absence. Like KHQA-DT2, KTVO-DT2 airs America One programming outside of primary network affiliation. KHQA-DT2 simulcasts the weekday morning show and weeknight 6 o'clock broadcast from the main channel.
followed by Teen Kids News
. KHQA also recently started airing syndicated reruns of Dog the Bounty Hunter
in place of the Sunday edition of the CBS Evening News
. KHQA-DT2 clears the entire ABC schedule in pattern.
7 Storm Team
Sports
Reporters
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, Northeastern Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, and extreme Southeastern Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. It is licensed to Hannibal, Missouri
Hannibal, Missouri
Hannibal is a city in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Hannibal is located at the intersection of Interstate 72 and U.S. Routes 24, 36 and 61, approximately northwest of St. Louis. According to the 2010 U.S. Census the population was 17,606...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter northeast of Quincy, Illinois
Quincy, Illinois
Quincy, known as Illinois' "Gem City," is a river city along the Mississippi River and the county seat of Adams County. As of the 2010 census the city held a population of 40,633. The city anchors its own micropolitan area and is the economic and regional hub of West-central Illinois, catering a...
on Cannonball Road near I-172
Interstate 172
Interstate 172 is a spur route from Interstate 72. The highway runs north from its start outside of Hannibal, Missouri to just two miles west of Fowler, Illinois. At U.S. Highway 24, Interstate 172 becomes Illinois Route 336, which runs north to Carthage, Illinois...
. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting
Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC , headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is an entity wholly focused on broadcast television. The company's assets mainly consist of television stations in middle and small sized markets...
, the station has studios on South 36th Street in Quincy. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on KHQA includes: Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
, Oprah
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Dr. Oz Show is an American syndicated television talk show, hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and teaching professor at Columbia University who became famous for his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2004 until 2009....
, Ellen
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
, and Jeopardy!
Jeopardy!
Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
.
Digital programming
Its signal is multiplexed. On KHQA-DT2KHQA-DT2
KHQA-DT2 is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois, Northeastern Missouri, and extreme Southeastern Iowa. The station is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate KHQA-TV that is owned by Barrington Broadcasting...
is the area's ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate. Known on-air as KHQA ABC 7.2, it can also be seen in Quincy on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 3 and in high definition on digital channel 380 and in Hannibal on US Cable
US Cable
The US Cable Group is a cable television provider that serves about 100,000 subscribers in ten states. It is among the top 35 cable providers in the nation and has cable systems in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.- History :US Cable...
on Channel 5. It is not offered on Mediacom
Mediacom
Mediacom is a cable television and communications provider in the United States. Founded in July 1995, it serves primarily smaller markets in the Midwest and Southern United States. Formerly a publicly traded firm, it went private in a $600.0 million transaction in March 2011 and is, as of 2011,...
in Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa and one of the county seats of Lee County. The other county seat is Fort Madison. The population was 11,427 at the 2000 census. The city is named after the Sauk Chief Keokuk, who is thought to be buried in Rand Park...
. Outside of ABC programming, KHQA-DT2 airs shows from America One
America One
America One is an over-the-air television network in the United States. The network serves over 170 LPTV, Class A, Full Power, Cable and Satellite affiliate stations...
as a secondary affiliate.
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 3.1 | main KHQA programming / CBS HD |
| 3.2 | KHQA-DT2 ABC / America One |
History
KHQA went on-the-air September 23, 1953. Although licensed to Hannibal, its studios have long been located across the Mississippi RiverMississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
in Quincy. It has always been a CBS affiliate although it had a secondary affiliation with DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
between 1953 and 1956. The station shared secondary ABC affiliation with WGEM-TV
WGEM-TV
WGEM-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Tri-States area of Western Illinois, Northeastern Missouri, and extreme Southeastern Iowa that is licensed to Quincy, Illinois. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 from a transmitter east of the city on Cannonball...
in the 1960s. KHQA also aired a number of UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
programs during late-night hours between 1995 and 2006. The station was originally owned by Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 54 daily newspapers in 23 states, and more than 300 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by A.W. Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa....
of Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport, a colonel during the Black Hawk...
along with the Hannibal Courier-Post. Lee sold the Courier-Post in 1969, but held onto KHQA until December 1986 when the company sold the station to A. Richard Benedek whose television holdings eventually became Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting is a former television broadcaster, who owned and operated 22 network-affiliated television stations throughout the United States, all affiliated with major television networks, serving mainly small and medium-size markets. The company was founded in the late 1970s by A...
.
Benedek merged with Gray Television
Gray Television
Gray Television, Inc. is a communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with administrative offices in Albany, Georgia.Established in 1946 by James H...
in 2002, but KHQA was not part of the merger. It was sold to Chelsey Broadcasting. KHQA and WHOI
WHOI (TV)
WHOI is the ABC-affiliated television station for West Central Illinois licensed to Peoria. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter on North Stewart Street in Creve Coeur. Owned by Barrington Broadcasting, the station is operated by the Granite...
in Peoria
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
became the first two stations owned by the newly formed Barrington Broadcasting in April 2004. In early-1998, KHQA left its longtime home in the Western Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
Union building in Downtown Quincy. The station moved into a new state-of-the-art facility located on South 36th Street. On August 28, 2007, KHQA announced that a new second digital subchannel would begin carrying ABC for the Tri-States. This was launched on September 30.
Before KHQA-DT2 started, sister station KTVO
KTVO
KTVO is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Honey Lands area of Northeastern Missouri and Southeastern Iowa. Licensed to Kirksville, Missouri, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 33 from a transmitter northwest of Downing, Missouri along US 136...
in Kirksville, Missouri
Kirksville, Missouri
Kirksville is the county seat of Adair County, Missouri, United States. It is located in Benton Township. The population was 17,505 at the 2010 census. Kirksville also anchors a micropolitan area that comprises Adair and Schuyler counties. The city is perhaps best known as the location of Truman...
had served as the default analog ABC affiliate for the area. KTVO launched a CBS-affiliated second digital subchannel on May 15, 2010 effectively marking the network's return to that station after a 36 year absence. Like KHQA-DT2, KTVO-DT2 airs America One programming outside of primary network affiliation. KHQA-DT2 simulcasts the weekday morning show and weeknight 6 o'clock broadcast from the main channel.
Programming
In addition to the aforementioned syndicated programs, KHQA currently clears most CBS programming. KHQA pre-empts one hour of the CBS Saturday morning block with reruns of the syndicated Jack Hanna's Animal AdventuresJack Hanna's Animal Adventures
Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures is a reality television series about animals and their exciting adventures. This series is hosted by Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium...
followed by Teen Kids News
Teen Kids News
Teen Kids News, initially titled EKN Worldwide Kids News, is an educational newsmagazine series aimed at children and teenagers that debuted in first-run syndication the weekend of September 27, 2003. Teen Kids News discusses important issues in a format intended to educate and inform both children...
. KHQA also recently started airing syndicated reruns of Dog the Bounty Hunter
Dog the Bounty Hunter
Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality television show on A&E which chronicles Duane "Dog" Chapman's adventures as a fugitive recovery agent, or bounty hunter...
in place of the Sunday edition of the CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
. KHQA-DT2 clears the entire ABC schedule in pattern.
News team
Anchors- Sarah Deien - weekday mornings
- Rajah Maples - weeknights at 6 and 10 and "Get Fit, Get Healthy" segment producer
- reporter and producer
- TBD - weeknights at 5
- Carol Sowers - News Director seen weeknights at 5
- Chad Douglas - weekday mornings 5:30-7
- reporter
- TBD - weekends
7 Storm Team
- Landon Mitchell - Chief seen weeknights
- Tegan Orpet - weekday mornings and reporter
- Melissa Shriver - weekends and reporter
Sports
- Chris Duerr - Director seen weeknights at 6 and 10
- Overtime host and "Student Athletes of the Week" segment producer
- Joe Murano - weekends and sports reporter
Reporters
- Melissa Shriver - reporter and fill-in anchor and weather
- Jim Whitfield - Assignment Editor and "Crimewatch 7" segment producer
- fill-in weather
- Jim Robesky - producer and webcast
- Jarod Wells - producer and fill-in weather
- Stephen Johnson
Newscast titles
- KHQA-TV News (1953-1962)
- The Big News (1962-1967)
- TV-7 News (1967-1978)
- KHQA News / Channel 7 News (1978-1983)
- Eyewitness NewsEyewitness NewsEyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
(1983-1997) - KHQA-TV 7 News (1997-present)
Station slogans
- "We've Got the Touch" (1983-1986, localized versions of CBS ad campaigns)
- "Share the Spirit" (1986-1987, localized version of CBS ad campaign)
- "People Make the Difference" (1987-1995)
- "People You Can Count On" (1995-2007)
- "Because Accuracy Matters" (2007-2010)