IOWA

Changed newscast branding of KCRG-TV/Cedar Rapids. 7/30/25

-DES MOINES/AMES-

LOCAL 5 NEWS

WOI-DT/Channel 5.1 (ABC)

Ownership: Tegna; pending to Nexstar Media Group

KCCI 8 NEWS

KCCI/Channel 8.1 (CBS)

KCCI 8 NEWS AT NINE

KCCI/Channel 8.2 (MeTV)

Ownership: Hearst Television

WHO 13 NEWS

WHO-DT/Channel 13.1 (NBC)

Ownership: Nexstar Media Group

WHO 13 NEWS

KDSM-TV/Channel 17.1 (Fox)

Ownership: Sinclair Broadcast Group

(Newscasts produced by WHO-DT)

LOCAL 5 NEWS

KCWI-TV/Channel 23.1 (The CW)

Ownership: Tegna; pending to Nexstar Media Group

(Sister station of WOI-DT; newscasts produced by WOI-DT)

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-CEDAR RAPIDS/WATERLOO/DUBUQUE-

IOWA'S NEWS NOW

KGAN-TV/Channel 2.1 (CBS)

IOWA'S NEWS NOW

KGAN-TV/Channel 2.2 (Fox)

Ownership: Sinclair Broadcast Group

KWWL NEWS

KWWL-TV/Channel 7.1 (NBC)

Ownership: Allen Media Group

KCRG NEWS

KCRG-TV/Channel 9.1 (ABC)

KCRG NEWS

KCRG-TV/Channel 9.2 (My Network TV)

IOWA TONIGHT

KCRG-TV/Channel 9.3 (The CW)

Ownership: Gray Media

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-DAVENPORT/BETTENDORF/MOLINE, IL/ROCK ISLAND, IL-

OUR QUAD CITIES NEWS

WHBF-TV/Channel 4.1 (CBS)

Ownership: Nexstar Media Group

KWQC-TV 6 NEWS

KWQC-TV/Channel 6.1 (NBC)

Ownership: Gray Media

WQAD NEWS 8

WQAD-TV/Channel 8.1 (ABC)

Ownership: Tegna; pending to Nexstar Media Group

OUR QUAD CITIES NEWS

KLJB/Channel 18.1 (Fox)

Ownership: Mission Broadcasting

(SSA with WHBF-TV; newscasts produced by WHBF-TV)

OUR QUAD CITIES NEWS

KGCW/Channel 26.1 (The CW)

Ownership: Nexstar Media Group

(Simulcast and rebroadcast of WHBF-TV newscasts)

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-SIOUX CITY-

KTIV NEWS 4

KTIV/Channel 4.1 (NBC)

Ownership: Gray Media

KCAU 9 NEWS

KCAU-TV/Channel 9.1 (ABC)

Ownership: Nexstar Media Group

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-OTTUMWA/KIRKSVILLE, MO-

TRI-STATE TRUSTED NEWS

KTVO-TV/Channel 3.1 (ABC)

TRI-STATE TRUSTED NEWS

KTVO-TV/Channel 3.2 (CBS)

Ownership: Rincon Broadcasting

IOWA TONIGHT

KYOU-TV/Channel 15.1 (Fox)

IOWA TONIGHT

KYOU-TV/Channel 15.2 (NBC)

Ownership: Gray Media

(Simulcast and rebroadcast of KCRG-TV/9.3 newscast)

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Past News Branding:

KGAN/Channel 2

Cedar Rapids/Waterloo

"Bob Bruner and the News" (1950s)

"Report To Iowa" (1950s-60s)

"WMT News" (1960s-70s)

"WMT Newswatch" (1970s-80s)

"Action News" (1980s)

"Channel 2 News" (1980s-96)

"NewsChannel 2" (1996-2001)

"KGAN News" (2001-2003)

"CBS 2 News" (2003-2020)

Past Call Letters: WMT (9/30/53-10/16/81)

Past Ownership: Orion Broadcasting (7/16/68-10/16/81), Guy Gannet (10/16/81-7/1/99)

KIMT/Channel 3

Mason City/Rochester, MN/Austin, MN

"Update News"

"Eyewitness News"

"NewsChannel 3"

Past Call Letters: KGLO

Past Ownership: Spartan Radiocasting (-2000), Media General (2000-2006), New Vision (2006-2012), LIN Media (2012-2014), Media General (2014-2016), USA TV Holdings, LLC (2016-2019)

KTIV/Channel 4

Sioux Falls

"TV-4 News"

"News 4"

"NewsCenter 4"

"Channel 4 News"

"NewsChannel 4" (-2011)

Past Ownership: Quincy Media Group (-2021)

WOI/Channel 5

Ames/Des Moines

"WOI-TV News" (1950s)

"Newsfive"

"5tv News" (1980s)

"Channel 5 News" (1990s)

"News 5" (1990s-2001)

"Channel 5 Eyewitness News" (2001-9/2006)

"ABC 5 News" (9/2006-1/2015)

Past Channel Number: 4 (1950-52)

Past Affiliation: CBS (1950-55), NBC (Secondary, 1950-54), DuMont (1950-55)

Past Ownership: Iowa State University (1950-94), Citadel Communications (1994-2013), Nexstar Media Group (2013-2019), Tegna (2019-)

KWQC/Channel 6

Davenport (Quad Cities)

"Update On News"

"TV-6 News"

"NewsCenter 6"

Past Call Letters: WOC (1949-86)

Past Channel Number: 5 (1949-52)

Past Ownership: Palmer Communications (1949-89), Broad Street Television (1989-95), Young Broadcasting (1995-2013), Media General (2013-2016)

KWWL/Channel 7

Waterloo/Cedar Rapids

"The Electronic News Report"

"KWWL Newsroom"

"TV-7 News"

"NewsCenter 7" (1970s-90s)

"KWWL News" (1990s-2008)

"Iowa's NewsChannel 7" (2008-2010)

Past Ownership: Black Hawk Broadcasting (1953-80), AFLAC (1980-1997), Raycom (1997-2006), Quincy Media Group (2006-2021)

KCCI/Channel 8

Des Moines

"Streamlined News" (1960s-)

"TV-8 News" (1970s-1995)

"NewsChannel 8" (1995-)

"KCCI NewsChannel 8" (-2013)

Past Call Letters: KRNT (1955-74)

Past Ownership: Des Moines Register & Tribune, Pulitzer

KCAU/Channel 9

Sioux City

"TV-9 News"

"Major 9 Report"

"Major 9 News"

"News 9"

"Channel 9 Eyewitness News" (-2013)

"ABC 9 News" (2013-2017)

Past Call Letters: KVTV (1953-67)

Past Affiliation: CBS (1953-1967), Dumont (1953-55)

Past Ownership: People's Broadcasting Co. (1953-65), Forward Communications (1965-85), Citadel Communications (1985-2013)

KCRG/Channel 9

Cedar Rapids

"Newswatch"

"The Ten O'Clock News"

"TV-9 Eyewitness News"

"KCRG-TV 9 News" (-2025)

Past Call Letters: KCRI (1953-54)

Past Ownership: Cedar Rapids Television Company (1953-2015)

WHO/Channel 13

Des Moines

"WHO-TV News"

"World Wide News Beat"

"Eyewitness News"

"NewsCenter 13" (1970s-)

"WHO-TV 13 News" (-2003)

"Channel 13 News" (2003-2020)

Past Ownership: New York Times, Local TV (-2013), Tribune (2013-2019)

KMEG/Channel 14

Sioux City

"Newsbeat"

"News Beat 14"

DEFUNCT; unrelated to current newscast

"K-Meg News" (1998-)

"K-Meg 14, Your Hometown News" (-2012)

"Siouxland News" (2012-2021)

Past Affiliation: CBS (1967-2021)

(Programming moved to a subchannel of KPTH)

Past Ownership: Don and Nora Donovan (1967-69), John Fetzer (1969-85), Gillett (1985-86), Maine Radio & TV (1986-98)

KDSM/Channel 17

Des Moines

"Fox 17 News at Nine"

"Fox News at Nine" (-2008)

DEFUNCT. KGAN-produced 9pm newscast replaced by WHO-produced newscast

Past Call Letters: KCBR (1983-86)

Past Affiliation: Independent (1983-86)

KLJB/Channel 18

Davenport

"Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News" (12/99-9/10)

DEFUNCT; produced by Independent News Network

"Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News" (9/10-2012)

DEFUNCT; produced by WQAD; replaced with 9pm newscast produced by KWQC

"Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News" (2012-2015)

DEFUNCT; produced by KWQC; replaced with 9pm newscast produced by WHBF

"Fox 18 News" (2015-2023)

Past Affiliation: Independent (1985-87), Fox (1987-88), Independent (1988-90)

Past Ownership: Grant Media (-2013)

KFXA/Channel 28

"Fox 28 News at Nine" (2002-2020)

"Iowa's News Now" (2020)

Past Call Letters: KOCR (1988-95)

Past Affiliation: Fox (1988-2020)

(Programming moved to a sub channel of KGAN)

Past Ownership: Metro Program Network (1988-95)

KFPX/Channel 39

Des Moines

"WHO-TV 13 News Primetime at Nine"

DEFUNCT; produced by WHO

KFXB/Channel 40

Dubuque

"40 News"

"Newswatch"

"NewsCenter 40"

"Fox 40 News" (-10/02)

DEFUNCT

"Fox News at Nine" (2002-2004)

DEFUNCT; former simulcast of KFXA 9pm newscast produced by KGAN

Past Call Letters: KDUB

Past Affiliation: ABC, Fox (-2004)

Past Ownership: Dubuque TV Partners

KPTH/Channel 44

Sioux City

"KPTH Fox 44 News at Nine" (-2012)

"Siouxland News" (2012-2023)

DEFUNCT

Past Ownership: Pappas Telecasting (-2009), New World TV Group (2009-2013)

KVFD/Channel 50

Fort Dodge

"UNKNOWN"

DEFUNCT; DARK

Past Call Letters: KQTV (-1966)

Past Channel Number: 21 (-3/20/77)

Past Affiliation: NBC