18 Apr 2022

WQPT is Looking for College Students to Become WQPT/PBS Ambassadors

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 18, 2022) — Regional College students have been making a difference for years as WQPT/PBS Ambassadors, an elite volunteer group representing WQPT throughout eastern Iowa and western Illinois.

08 Mar 2022

Controversial Iowa Actress/Activist Jean Seberg Documentary to Have Broadcast Premiere on WQPT-PBS March 27

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 8, 2022) — The award-winning documentary Jean Seberg: Actress Activist Icon will have its broadcast premiere on WQPT-Quad Cities PBS and screen one time on Sunday, March 27, 7PM. The film was produced by Mid-America Emmy Award winners Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, and Regional Emmy-nominated filmmaker Garry McGee of McMarr Ltd.

08 Feb 2022

WQPT Now Live on DIRECTV STREAM

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 8, 2022) — WQPT announced today that it is now live-streaming on DIRECTV STREAM. A dedicated live channel for WQPT is already available to all local DIRECTV STREAM customers, supplemented with additional PBS on-demand programming that will continue to expand PBS’s digital footprint and offer viewers additional ways to stream PBS content.

19 Jan 2022

WQPT’s “The Auction is at Your House” Coming Soon

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 19, 2022) — WQPT, Quad Cities PBS is holding the second iteration of their original fundraiser “The Auction is at Your House.”  The event is an on-air, on-line auction airing on WQPT January 27 and 28, 8-10PM, while bidding has started on-line at wqpt.org/auction.

11 Nov 2021

The Late Nite Shows Continue with Bandwagon at The Black Box Theatre

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 11, 2021) — They’re Back! Live, improvised, inappropriate acoustic-rock comedy is back! November 20, 7:30PM, join the comedic musical stylings of Bandwagon.

11 Nov 2021

The Late Nite Shows Continue with Bandwagon at The Black Box Theatre

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 11, 2021) — They’re Back! Live, improvised, inappropriate acoustic-rock comedy is back! November 20, 7:30PM, join the comedic musical stylings of Bandwagon.

18 May 2021

WQPT Wins Awards

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (May 18, 2021) — May was an exciting month for WQPT winning a Communicator Award “Award of Excellence” in the Writing-Column/Editorial category for an article Director of Education Michael Carton wrote for Quad City Family Focus Magazine titled “Advice from Elmo,” which had been published in June 2020.

07 May 2021

The Black Box Theatre Holding Auditions for Upcoming Shows

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (May 7, 2021) — The Black Box Theatre is holding auditions for the upcoming spring/summer season.

20 Apr 2021

Hemingway Biographer to Speak at WQPT’s Virtual Event

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 20, 2021) — WQPT, PBS for the Quad Cities region began airing Ken Burns’s new three-part, six-hour film Hemingway on Thursday, April 15. Parts two and three air on April 22 and 29 at 9PM.

15 Mar 2021

WQPT to Air Documentary About Unknown Iowa Hero

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (March 15, 2021) — WQPT, Quad Cities PBS will air “Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art.” The documentary was directed by Kevin Kelley, and produced by Marie Wilkes of New Mile Media Arts (a non-profit organization based in Iowa City, Iowa) on March 18, 9PM.

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