02 Nov 2016

WQPT AIRS ELECTION SPECIAL

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, Illinois – WQPT, Quad Cities PBS public affairs program “The Cities with Jim Mertens” has been focusing on the area’s elections through a series of programs dealing with the 71st Illinois Assembly race between Mayor Tony McCombie (...

18 Oct 2016

WQPT holds Stories of Service day November 11

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – WQPT, Quad Cities PBS invites veterans who served in the United States military, in any capacity, from World War I through the present and those no longer serving, to share their story of service as a part of the Library of Congress...

13 Sep 2016

WQPT WELCOMES NEW DEVELOPMENT TEAM

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – WQPT, Quad Cities PBS is pleased to announce that Andrew Orrego-Lindstad has joined the station as their new Director of Development. Andrew comes to WQPT from the Second Wind Fund, a statewide youth and child suicide prevention men...

19 Jul 2016

WQPT holds free screening of Odd Squad: The Movie

By Lora Adams

BE THE FIRST TO SEE ODD SQUAD: THE MOVIE at wqpt

 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS - WQPT, Quad Cities PBS, invite you to a free screening of ODD SQUAD: THE MOVIE July 28 at 9:30 am, at Wester...

16 May 2016

Letters Home to Hero Street wins award

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS – WQPT and Fourth Wall Films took home Second Place in Public Affairs at the Iowa Broadcast News Association award ceremony on April 23 in Waterloo, Iowa for their documentary “Letters Home to Hero Street.”

“We...

05 May 2016

WQPT WRITING CONTEST WINNERS SELECTED

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – WQPT received nearly 300 stories from students in kindergarten through third grade for the annual PBS KIDS Writers Contest. Sixteen winners (four from each grade) were selected by educators and contest sponsors. The winners and ...

20 Apr 2016

Whiskey Cookers to air on WQPT

By Lora Adams

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Whiskey Cookers: The Amazing True Story of the Templeton Rye Bootleggers, the award-winning documentary on the history of the famous Prohibition bootleggers from Templeton, Iowa, will receive its television broadcast prem...

30 Mar 2016

WQPT DEVOTES FULL NIGHT TO TEEN SUICIDE AND DEPRESSION

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – WQPT in partnership with Mickle Communications is devoting a full night of programming on March 31 to the topic of teen suicide and depression. “Mike Mickle of Mickle Communications approached me about the topic and we decided t...

21 Mar 2016

WQPT'S ANNUAL READY-TO-LEARN CONFERENCE COMING APRIL 16

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL — WQPT, Quad Cities PBS, in partnership with Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, the Child Abuse Council, Child Care Resource & Referral, the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, Quad Cities Association for the Education o...

16 Mar 2016

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR IMAGINATION STATION

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, IL – With a sold-out crowd for the March 19 WQPT event, Imagination Station, the Quad Cities Public Broadcasting Station is issuing a call for volunteers to help with the day's activities.

Individuals interested in helpi...

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