WHBF-TV

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WHBF-TV, channel 4, is the CBS affiliate for The Quad Cities, Western Illinois and Eastern Iowa. The Capitol Communications outlet's COL is Rock Island, Illinois. Its transmitter is located in Bettendorf, Iowa.

History

WHBF is The Quad Cities' second oldest television station, behind WOC-TV. The station signed on the air on July 1, 1950 as an affiliate of CBS, ABC and DuMont networks. WHBF would also share the latter two with WOC during its early years until DuMont's demise in 1955 and until WQAD signed on as a ABC affiliate in 1963. Since then they have done successfully well as a CBS affiliate in terms of newscasts and syndicated programming, due to its commitment to the Quad Cities area. Nonetheless, WHBF consistantly remains #3 in local news broadcasting behind KWQC (NBC) and WQAD (ABC) and ahead of KLJB (FOX).

It also should be noted that WHBF and its sister station in Des Moines, Iowa, ABC affiliate WOI-TV seem to share the same imaging, website design and the "Eyewitness News" title, so its not uncommon for these stations to pool their talent and resources from time to time.

WHBF's call letters were a holdover from its former AM and FM sister stations, which are now part of Mercury Communications(which owns the AM) and Educational Media Foundation(which just acquired the FM), respectively. The TV and radio stations were sold separately in the mid 1980s.

Personalities and programming

Current news personalities (as of May 2006) include:

Eyewitness News ANCHORS

John Smith, news anchor, 5 and 10 p.m. newscats
Tambrey Laine, news anchor, 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts
Nicol Lally, weekend news anchor
Brandy Auterson, reporter, news and weather for The Early Show update

Eyewitness News REPORTERS

Kerry Hull, reporter
Sloane Heller, reporter
Cayce Mallen, reporter
Christina Palladino, reporter
Jennifer Stagg, reporter
Merrideth Wood, reporter
Courtney Zieller, reporter

4 Warn Weather Central

Andy McCray, chief meteorologist
Kyle Mounce, weekend weather anchor

Eyewitness News SPORTS

J.B. Long, weekend sports anchor
Jay Kidwell, sports director

Syndicated programs on WHBF's schedule include Entertainment Tonight, Family Feud, Inside Edition, Live with Regis and Kelly, and Martha, plus reruns of The Drew Carey Show.

External links

Broadcast television in the Quad Cities market [(Nielsen DMA #95)]
WHBF 4 (CBS) - KWQC 6 (NBC) - WQAD 8 (ABC) - K16EL 16 (3ABN) - KLJB 18 (FOX) - WQPT 24 (PBS) - KGCW 26 (WB/The CW) - WBQD-LP 26 (UPN/My Network TV) - KQIN 36 (PBS/IPTV) - W50BY 50/W52BI 52 (TBN) - K61HD 61 / K62FU 62 (TBN)

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Illinois

WBBM 2 () - WCIA 3 () - WHBF 4 () - WIFR 23 () - WMBD 31 ()
See also: , , , , , and Stations in Illinois

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