WQRF-TV
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| WQRF-TV | |
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| Rockford, Illinois | |
| Branding | Fox 39 |
| Slogan | There's always something better on Fox 39 |
| Channels | Analog: 39 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | November 27, 1978 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Quality RockFord |
| Sister station(s) | WTVO |
| Former affiliations | independent (1978-1989) |
| Transmitter Power | 1050 kW (analog) 900 kW (digital) |
| Height | 176 m (analog) 148 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 52408 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | (analog) (digital) |
| Website | www.mystateline.com |
WQRF-TV (Fox 39) is the Rockford, Illinois-based television affiliate of Fox. The station began its operations in November 1978, and became the area's Fox station in August 1989.
Until Fox programming came into Rockford, area viewers would either pick-up (depending on location) Chicago's WFLD or Madison's WMSN, via antenna, or cable. Its transmitter is located in Rockford. It is the last full-power analog television station to sign-on in Rockford, while other stations in the area since then have either been lower-powered, cable-only, or a digital subchannel.
The station is currently owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, and is operated by Rockford's ABC affiliate, WTVO Channel 17 (which originally occupied the channel 39 frequency from its 1953 sign-on until the mid-1960s). The station joined Nexstar as part of the company's acquisition of Quorum Broadcasting in late 2003.
In March 2006, Fox 39 began airing a 9:00 p.m. newscast 7 nights a week. Alan Jones, a longtime Rockford television personality, anchors the WQRF newscast. This is the first 9:00 p.m. newscast on a broadcast station in the Rockford market; WREX had produced a primetime newscast for its cable WB affiliate, WBR 14. That newscast was cancelled in late 2007. WTVO airs repeats of its newscasts on its cable/digital-only Rockford's MyNetworkTV 16, also a sister station to WQRF. On January 14th 2008 WQRF launched Rockford's first 6:30pm newscast also featuring Alan Jones.
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[edit] Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- NewsCenter 39 (1978-1985; also used by KCST-TV (now KNSD-TV) in San Diego, CA)
- News 39 (1985-1989)
- Fox 39 News (1989-present)
[edit] Station Slogans
- TV-39, Your Place to Be (1978-1985)
- TV-39, Rockford's Own (1985-1989)
- Fox 39, Rockford's Choice for Local News (1989-1996)
- Fox 39, Your #1 Primetime News (1996-2002)
- There's Alway's Something Better on Fox 39 (2002-present)
[edit] External links
- WQRF website
- Nexstar Broadcasting Group: WQRF Station Profile
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WQRF
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WQRF-TV
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