The WQPT/PBS Ambassador program is in its fifth year and provides an opportunity for college students to represent their local public television station at a variety of events throughout eastern Iowa and western Illinois. This year’s ambassadors are, from left, front row: Alan Morris (University of Iowa), Stephanie Reagan (St. Ambrose University), Tosha Madden (Western Illinois University), Daniel Brasel (Illinois College). Back row: Joan Frank (Western Illinois University) and Troy Keegan (Black Hawk College). Not pictured: KoKo Nicoue (Black Hawk College). Contributed photo
SIN-DROME RECORDS Tom Wopat will perform a benefit for WQPT on Oct. 18 at the Redstone Room, River Music Experience, Davenport.
Larry Fisher/quad-city times Cathy Norguard, left, and Stacy Mitchell are the hosts of “Recipe Re-Do,” a new cooking show that debuts this week on WQPT, the Quad-Cities PBS television station.
Kyra Griffin, 6, of Davenport takes a moment to stretch Saturday during auditions for children ages 6 to 11 years old for a new WQPT-TV exercise program called 'Get Movin' at Illinois Ballet Theatre in Moline. (Steven Mantilla/Quad-City Times)
From left, Geraldine Yiieldng of Moline, Ashley Yenor of Cambridge, Ill., Lisa Reader and Harlan Yenor of Cambridge complete forms at WQPT's auditions Saturday for a new exercise program called 'Get Movin” at the Illinois Ballet Theatre in Moline. (Steven Mantilla/Quad-City Times)
Ryan Cahalan, Temyia Holcomb, Molly Fox, Katie Byrne and JoJo Byrne audition Saturday at Illinois Ballet Theatre in Moline for a new WQPT-TV exercise show. (Steven Mantilla/Quad-City Times
A Brew-Ha-Ha participant on Saturday gets a refill from a vendor in LeClaire Park in Davenport. (John Schultz/Quad-City Times)
President/General Manager Rick Best of WQPT stands in one of the crowded control rooms of the station located at Black Hawk College. The Board of Trustees of Black Hawk College and Western Illinois University are meeting this week to discuss moving the license and the equipment for the public television station to the Quad-Cities campus of Western Illinois. (FILE PHOTO)
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