KWWL

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'KWWL' is a television station operating out of Waterloo, Iowa. The station operates on VHF channel 7. KWWL is owned by Quincy Newspapers. Its transmitter is the AFLAC Tower north of Rowley, Iowa.
KWWL is an affiliate of NBC. The station is the primary NBC affiliate for the northeast quarter of the state of Iowa. The station's headquarters are in Waterloo, Iowa, and they also operate newsrooms in Cedar Rapids and Dubuque.
KWWL also operates 2 digital channels that are available viewers in Eastern Iowa, "KWWL Weather Plus" and "The Tube" music video channel.

Contents

History

Personalities and programming

See also

External links

Sources

History

KWWL came into existence at about the same time that other television stations — most notably KCRG and KGAN of Cedar Rapids, Iowa — began operating. The station was founded by R.J. McElroy and the Black Hawk Broadcasting Company after a legal battle. McElroy and Black Hawk Broadcasting won a lawsuit which allowed them to be granted a Federal Communications Commission license.
Raycom Media was the previous owner of KWWL until 2006 -- on March 30, 2006, it was announced that, pending FCC approval, Quincy Newspapers will be acquiring KWWL from Raycom Media, effective Summer 2006. This is in light of Raycom putting many of their smaller, less-performing and non-Southeast stations on the block, following their purchase of The Liberty Corporation late 2005. [1] On July 1, 2006 Quincy Newspapers, Inc. became owner of KWWL. Chief Meteorologist Ian Leonard left the station after the October 27th broadcast to join KMSP-TV in Minneapolis, a larger market.

Personalities and programming

Current news personalities (as of March 2007) include:

★ Will Brown, Reporter/Photographer

★ Chris Carter, Morning and Noon Anchor

★ Rick Coleman, Sports Director, Weekday Sports Anchor

★ Bryan Goettel, Weekend Sports Anchor

★ Jeff Kennedy, Evening Meteorologist

★ Gregg Kvatek, Sports Reporter

★ Eileen Loan, Weekend Meteorologist

★ Jessica McAninch, Reporter

★ Jason Mortvedt, Reporter

★ Megan Reuther, Reporter/Weekend Morning Anchor

★ Mark Schnackenberg, Morning and Noon Meteorologist

★ Adam Sodersten, Reporter

★ Ron Steele, Weekday Evening Anchor

★ Tara Thomas, Weekday Evening Anchor

★ Danielle Wagner, Reporter

★ Bob Waters, Reporter/Weekend Evening Anchor

★ John Wilmer, Reporter
Syndicated programs aired by KWWL include ''Dr. Phil'', ''Wheel of Fortune'', ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Martha''.

See also

★ Circle 7 logo

External links

★ KWWL Web Site

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★ Google Map of the KWWL Broadcast Tower Location

Sources

1. Lipps, Rick and Weaver, Tim. ''KWWL Station History'' (http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=277765) Date Accessed: July 30, 2005. Waterloo: KWWL.