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...

20 Apr 2016

Bette Voller shares Christian living through eyes of everyday sinner

By Marketing Services

Author reveals personal story of God’s enduring love in debut book, ‘Look Who Just Walked In’

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Bette Voller invites readers to walk with her through the pain of an affair, divorce and the death ...

18 Apr 2016

Rock Island Library Brings Expanded Access to e-books to Rock Island Cardholders Through eRead Illinois

By Lisa Lockheart

Rock Island, IL - April 14, 2016: The Rock Island Public Library launched a new service today for conveniently accessing digital e-books and audiobooks, the eRead Illinois Program. The statewide e-book platform expands access to e-books across Ill...

15 Apr 2016

Illinois Quad Cities Libraries to Join PrairieCat Catalog

By Renee Anderson

On Tuesday, May 17, eight Illinois libraries in the Quad Cities area will join PrairieCat, one of four shared online catalogs supported by the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS). RAILS awarded grants to these libraries to help sup...

13 Apr 2016

KWQC-TV6 Delivers High Ratings in February

By Eric VanWinkle

Nielsen Station Index ratings for February 2016 proved that the Quad Cities market continues to prefer KWQC-TV6 for local and national news.

KWQC-TV6 News outperformed the competition at 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 4 p.m., ...

04 Apr 2016

Televised Programming of the Illinois College Sponsored Holocaust Education Lecture Series, Music Under the Dome Concert and the 2016 Athena Awards

By Emily In

MOLINE, IL – March 31, 2016 – Cable subscribers can watch televised programming of the Illinois College sponsored Holocaust Education Lecture Series, Music Under the Dome Concert, which features guests Addie Gramelspacher and Teri Benz. Ad...

30 Mar 2016

Ryan Buynak’s Latest Poetry Collection Available April 1st

By Lauren Wood

Davenport, IA — Paradisiac Publishing announces an April 1st, 2016 publication date for punk rock poet Ryan Buynak’s latest anthology: Future Underwater Tomahawk. The collection will be initially available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I...

29 Mar 2016

Celebrating One of Our Own - Best Selling Rock Island Writer Charlotte Murray Russell

By Lisa Lockheart

Rock Island, IL: She was a bestselling writer of mystery novels until the early 1950s, and a leader in what is now called the "cozy" mystery genre, but you've probably never heard of her. The Rock Island Library will help you learn more about the ...

22 Mar 2016

Letting you know about our new book about a murder/suicide in Muscatine

By Tom Savage

I am including the "blurb" that our publisher created for the book. I would add that the content has relevance for today. For example, the fear of the new German immigrants prior to and during WW I, the difficulties of competition, the...

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...

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