WQAD Launching 4:30am Newscast for Illinois-Iowa

By Andrew Gauthier 

Dispatch-Argus

WQAD-TV announced that it will begin local news at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, October 1st.

The announcement was made by President & General manager Larry Rosmilso. “Mid-westerners like to get up early. And with their coffee, they like their local news”.

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“We’ve had numerous requests for an earlier start to local news from business owners to area shift workers and farmers” stated Alan Baker, WQAD News Director. More…

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