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'{{Short description|American media company (1926–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=March 2013}} {{update|date=July 2015}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Quincy Media, Inc. | logo = Quincy Newspapers (logo).png | logo_size = 125px | trade_name = Quincy | type = [[Private company|Private]] | industry = Media | fate = Newspapers spun off to Phillips Media Group<br>Broadcast assets acquired by [[Gray Television]] and [[Allen Media Broadcasting]] | successor = [[Gray Television]] | defunct = {{End date|2021|08|02}} | key_people = Ralph M. Oakley <br>{{small|([[President (corporate title)|President]]/[[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])}} <br> Pete Oakley | num_employees = 900+ | foundation = {{Start date|1926|06|01}} | hq_location = 130 South Fifth Street | hq_location_city = [[Quincy, Illinois]] | hq_location_country = USA | website = {{URL|https://quincymediacareers.com/}} }} '''Quincy Media, Inc.''', formerly known as '''Quincy Newspapers, Inc.''', was a family-owned media company that originated in the newspapers of [[Quincy, Illinois]]. The company's history can be traced back to 1835, when the ''Bounty Land Register'' was one of four newspapers in [[Illinois]]. Over the next [[century]], a number of mergers followed. The company moved into [[radio]] in 1947 and began [[television]] broadcasts in 1953. The company was owned by the Oakley and Lindsay families of Quincy. ==History== The corporation was formed in Quincy on June 1, 1926, as '''Quincy Newspapers''' after the merger of the ''Quincy Herald'', direct descendant of the ''Illinois Bounty Land Register'' first published in Quincy in 1835, and the ''Quincy Whig-Journal'', descendant of the ''Quincy Whig'' founded in 1838. The two papers were combined to form a single daily paper, the ''Quincy Herald-Whig.''<ref>{{cite web|first=Britni |last=Townsend |date=December 2001 |url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ihy011206.html |title=A "Bounty-full" Beginning: The ''Quincy Herald-Whig'' |access-date=October 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317170952/http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ihy011206.html |archive-date=March 17, 2005 }}</ref> The ''Herald'' was purchased in September 1891 by three men from [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]], Charles L. Miller, Hedley John Eaton and Edmund Botsford. Miller had earlier founded the ''[[Rockford Register Star|Rockford Daily Register]]'', that city's oldest newspaper. Subsequently, Miller brought to the ''Herald'' his brother-in-law and nephew, respectively, Aaron Burr Oakley and Ray M. Oakley, the first two generations of the Oakleys in the newspaper business in Quincy. Miller spent four years in Quincy, returning to Rockford in 1896 to join Harry M. Johnson in ownership of the ''Rockford Republic''. He retired as editor of the ''Republic'' in 1913 and died in 1921. Hedley Eaton retired in 1913 and died in 1936. Eaton's son John Dewitt Eaton stayed with the paper as Advertising Manager until his retirement in 1955. Two brothers from [[Decatur, Illinois|Decatur]], Frank M. Lindsay, Sr. and Arthur O. Lindsay, Sr. bought the ''Quincy Whig'' in 1915, with Arthur Lindsay taking up residence in Quincy as president and manager. Frank Lindsay remained in Decatur with the Decatur Herald and formed an association with another Illinois newspaper family, the Schaubs. In 1920, the Lindsays consolidated the ''Whig'' and ''The Quincy Journal'', founded in 1883. QNI entered broadcasting in 1947, the year it started Quincy's first commercial FM station, WQDI. The following year QNI purchased Quincy Broadcasting Co. to operate [[WGEM (AM)|WGEM]], the city's second AM station. WQDI became [[WGEM-FM]] in 1953. [[File:QniHQ.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Quincy Media Corporate headquarters in Downtown Quincy]] Quincy Broadcasting produced the Quincy region's first television broadcast on September 4, 1953, with the launch of [[WGEM-TV]], the area's [[NBC]] affiliate. The building containing the ground floor studios of the WGEM stations was also the former home of the Tremont Hotel, and Quincy Media continues to operate it as the New Tremont Apartments, containing both long-term and [[extended stay hotel|extended stay]] accommodations. In 1969, QNI and six other newspaper entities formed American Newspapers Inc., which bought ''[[New Jersey Herald|The New Jersey Herald]]'' in [[Newton, New Jersey]], converting the semi-weekly to a daily and Sunday publication in 1970. QNI acquired controlling interest in American Newspapers in 1980 and became sole owner in 1986. Beginning in the 1970s, QNI began a major expansion into television. [[WSJV]] in [[Elkhart, Indiana]] (serving [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]) was acquired in 1974;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/74-OCR/1974-09-09-BC-OCR-Page-0009.pdf|title=Elkhart UHF sold for $3.2 million |periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=September 9, 1974|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> KROC-TV (renamed [[KTTC]]) in [[Rochester, Minnesota]] in 1976;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-05-17-BC-OCR-Page-0035.pdf|title=Changing Hands|periodical=Broadcasting|date=May 17, 1976|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> WHIS-TV (renamed [[WVVA]]) in [[Bluefield, West Virginia]] in 1979;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/79-OCR/BC-1979-01-22-OCR-Page-0056.pdf|title=Changing Hands|periodical=Broadcasting|date=January 22, 1979|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> [[KTIV]] in [[Sioux City, Iowa]] in 1989;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/89-OCR/BC-1989-08-28-OCR-Page-0054.pdf|title=Changing Hands|periodical=Broadcasting|date=August 28, 1989|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> and [[WREX|WREX-TV]] in Rockford in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-06-26-OCR-Page-0044.pdf|title=Changing Hands|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|date=June 26, 1995|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> All of the stations were also NBC affiliates at their acquisitions except for WSJV and WREX, which were [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliates; however, in 1995, WSJV dropped ABC for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/04/20/Fox-snags-ABC-South-Bend-affiliate/1953798350400/|title=Fox snags ABC South Bend affiliate|agency=[[United Press International|UPI]]|date=April 20, 1995|accessdate=May 5, 2021}}</ref> and soon thereafter WREX joined NBC. Also in 1995, ''The Merchant'', a weekly shopper in Quincy was purchased by the company. In June 2001, QNI purchased from [[Shockley Communications]] five [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliates in Wisconsin: [[WKOW|WKOW-TV]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[WAOW|WAOW-TV]] in [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau]]; [[WYOW]] in [[Eagle River, Wisconsin|Eagle River]] (a [[Satellite station|satellite]] of WAOW); [[WXOW|WXOW-TV]] in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin|La Crosse]]; and [[WQOW|WQOW-TV]] in [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin|Eau Claire]] (a [[semi-satellite]] of WXOW). Also purchased from SCC at the time was ProVideo of Wisconsin, Inc. consisting of a component digital online suite and a fully integrated non-linear online suite in Madison, Wisconsin. Concurrent with the Shockley purchase, KTTC entered into a [[Local marketing agreement|shared services agreement]] with [[KXLT-TV]], the Fox affiliate in Rochester, Minnesota. KTTC provides all services for KXLT excluding sales, traffic, and programming. [[File:Quincy Newspapers Inc logo.png|thumb|right|Quincy Newspapers Logo until 2012.]]On July 1, 2006, QNI purchased [[KWWL (TV)|KWWL]], the NBC affiliate in [[Waterloo, Iowa]], from [[Raycom Media]]. In February 2009, QNI purchased [[Crandon, Wisconsin]]'s WBIJ from the widow of the station's founder, with the intention to operate the station as a satellite station of WAOW;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/74662 |title=Quincy Takes WBIJ for $1.55 Million |date=February 13, 2009 |work=TelevisionBroadcast.com |access-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218063704/http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/74662 |archive-date=February 18, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> QNI subsequently renamed the station [[WMOW]] to conform with its other Wisconsin properties. On February 11, 2014, Quincy announced plans to acquire a number of small and mid-market stations from [[Granite Broadcasting]], including [[WEEK-TV]] in [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]], [[KBJR-TV]] in [[Superior, Wisconsin]], KRII in [[Chisholm, Minnesota]] (a satellite of KBJR), and [[WBNG-TV]] in [[Binghamton, New York]] (the company's first [[CBS]] affiliate; WEEK and KBJR/KRII are NBC affiliates). As part of the deal, Quincy originally planned to purchase [[WPTA]], the ABC affiliate in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], from [[Malara Broadcast Group]], and provide services to ABC affiliate [[WHOI (TV)|WHOI]] and [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate [[WTVK (TV)|WAOE]] in Peoria, NBC affiliate [[WISE-TV]] in Fort Wayne, and CBS affiliate [[KDLH]] in [[Duluth, Minnesota]].<ref name=tvnc-quincygranite>{{cite news|title=Quincy Buying Stations From Granite, Malara|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/74018/quincy-buying-stations-from-granite-malara|access-date=February 11, 2014|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=February 11, 2014}}</ref> In November 2014, the deal was reworked so that Quincy would acquire WISE and provide services to WPTA, retaining the arrangement between the stations established by Granite.<ref name=fcc-quincygranitereworked>{{cite web|title=Amendment to Agreements and Description of Transaction (KBJR-TV)|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101656471&qnum=5120&copynum=1&exhcnum=1|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=November 25, 2014|format=PDF|date=November 24, 2014}}</ref> In July 2015, the deal was reworked yet again; Quincy would, yet again, acquire WPTA instead of WISE, and Malara's stations would be acquired by SagamoreHill Broadcasting. Quincy also proposed to wind down its shared services agreements with WISE and KDLH within nine months of the sale's completion: both stations would move their existing network affiliations to WPTA and KBJR, and become independently-operated stations airing The CW.<ref name=quincy-amend>{{cite web|title=Amended Description of Agreements, Description of Transaction, and Request for Temporary Waiver|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101683852&qnum=5120&copynum=1&exhcnum=2|publisher=Quincy Newspapers, Inc.|access-date=August 1, 2015}}</ref> On September 15, 2015, the FCC approved the deal.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=60546 Letter] ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved September 15, 2015</ref> In 2015, the company's flagship title dropped Quincy from its masthead and became simply the '''''Herald-Whig'''''. In 2016, the Herald-Whig and Quincy Media applied for a demolition permit for the historic [[Morgan-Wells House]] in Quincy for expansion of their offices. The NRHP-listed local landmark was the home of notable Quincy residents and institutions for over a century, now demolished.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wgem.com/story/33411837/2016/10/Monday/quincy-city-council-approves-demolition-of-421-jersey |title=Quincy City Council approves demolition of 421 Jersey - WGEM.com: Quincy News, Weather, Sports, and Radio |access-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113828/http://www.wgem.com/story/33411837/2016/10/Monday/quincy-city-council-approves-demolition-of-421-jersey |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2016, the company changed its name to '''Quincy Media'''.<ref>[http://www.wgem.com/story/30918836/2016/01/08/ktivs-parent-company-changes-its-name-to-quincy-media-inc KTIV's parent company changes its name to Quincy Media Inc.], [[WGEM-TV]], January 8, 2016, Retrieved May 15, 2016.</ref> On May 21, 2018, it was announced that Quincy Media would acquire KDLH outright for $792,557 and WISE for $952,884. While the FCC normally prohibits one company from owning two television licenses in the same market when both are among the top four rated stations, Quincy submitted a filing saying that during the November 2017 "sweeps" period KBJR-TV was the top ranked station while KDLH placed fifth, and that WPTA was the second ranked station while WISE-TV placed fifth. The sale was completed on August 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1789840&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=4691|title=Consummation Notice|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1789842&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=13960|title=Consummation Notice|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref> On August 29, 2018, Quincy Media's stations were pulled from [[Dish Network]] after failing to reach a new retransmission fee agreement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rbr.com/quincy-stations-dumped-by-dish-in-latest-retrans-feud/|title=Quincy Stations Dumped By DISH In Latest Retrans Feud|date=September 4, 2018|work=Radio & Television Business Report|access-date=October 16, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> On October 12, Quincy Media reached a new agreement with Dish Network to continue carrying Quincy Media stations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rbr.com/quincy-dish-newdeal/|title=DISH Resolves Its Latest Retrans Fee Feud {{!}} Radio & Television Business Report|date=October 16, 2018|work=Radio & Television Business Report|access-date=October 16, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> On October 29, 2018, Quincy announced it would be acquiring [[KVOA]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]], from [[Cordillera Communications]] for $70 million as a side deal of the latter company's acquisition by the [[E. W. Scripps Company]].<ref>[http://www.cordillera.tv/about-us/harvey-2/ Cordillera announces sale of stations to Scripps, Quincy], [[Cordillera Communications]], Retrieved October 29, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://quincymediacareers.com/quincy-media-news/2018/10/29/quincy-media-inc-to-acquire-kvoa-tv/ Quincy Media, Inc. to acquire KVOA-TV], Quincy Media, Retrieved October 29, 2018.</ref><ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1795169&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=25735 Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved November 13, 2018.</ref> Two days later, on October 31, Quincy announced that it would be acquiring [[WSIL-TV]] in [[Harrisburg, Illinois]] and KPOB, Poplar Bluff, MO, from Mel Wheeler, Inc. for $24.5 million.<ref>[https://quincymediacareers.com/quincy-media-news/2018/10/31/quincy-media-inc-acquires-fourth-station-in-illinois/ Quincy Media, Inc. acquires fourth station in Illinois], Quincy Media, Retrieved October 31, 2018.</ref><ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1795174&Service=DT&Form_id=314&Facility_id=73999 Application For Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], Retrieved November 1, 2018.</ref> On May 10, 2019, Quincy announced it would purchase the ''[[Hannibal Courier-Post]]'' from [[GateHouse Media]], marking its first daily newspaper expansion since 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quincy Media Inc. agrees to buy Hannibal Courier-Post |url=https://www.whig.com/20190510/quincy-media-inc-agrees--to-buy-hannibal-courier-post |website=whig.com |publisher=Herald-Whig |access-date=May 13, 2019 |location=Quincy, Illinois |language=en |date=May 10, 2019}}</ref> Six days later, on May 16, Quincy announced the sale of the ''New Jersey Herald'' to GateHouse Media, ending Quincy's 50-year ownership of the paper.<ref>[https://www.njherald.com/New-Jersey-Herald-sold-to-Gatehouse-Media "New Jersey Herald sold to GateHouse Media"], [[New Jersey Herald]], May 16, 2019, Retrieved May 27, 2019.</ref> On January 7, 2021, television industry news website FTVLive obtained an internal memo from President and CEO Ralph Oakley confirming that Quincy Media had put itself up for sale.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Scott |title=BREAKING! Media Group Puts Themselves on The Sales Block |url=https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2021/1/7/breaking-media-group-puts-themselves-on-the-sales-block |website=FTVLive |access-date=September 5, 2021 |date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> The news was later publicly confirmed by QMI.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Jim |title=Quincy Media, Inc. considers sale of company |url=https://wgem.com/2021/01/07/quincy-media-inc-considers-sale-of-company/ |website=WGEM |access-date=September 5, 2021 |date=January 7, 2021}}</ref> On February 1, 2021, [[Gray Television]] announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire all Quincy Media television properties for $925 million in a cash transaction, along with the WGEM AM/FM radio stations in Quincy (Gray owned one small [[KVLM|radio station]] in Texas otherwise, also acquired as part of [[Raycom Media|another television group]]). As a result, several Quincy stations will be divested to be in compliance with regulations from the FCC and the Department of Justice.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldsmith|first=Jill|title=Gray Television Acquires Quincy Media For $925 Million In Cash|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/gray-television-quincy-media-for-925-million-in-cash-1234684531/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=February 1, 2021|accessdate=February 2, 2021}}</ref> On April 29, it was announced that [[Allen Media Group]] will purchase 10 Quincy stations not being acquired by Gray Television for $380 million.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/byron-allen-allen-media-tv-stations-gray-1234963299/ |title = Byron Allen's Allen Media Will Buy 7 Stations From Gray TV for $380 Million |work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date = April 29, 2021 |access-date = April 30, 2021 }}</ref> The newspapers were sold to another family-owned publishing company, Phillips Media Group of [[Harrison, Arkansas]], in a separate transaction.<ref name="qhwsale">[https://www.whig.com/business/local-business/herald-whig-courier-post-sold-to-phillips-media-group-llc/article_e4486ceb-b3e1-542b-acee-d6c29a29aa34.html "Herald-Whig, Courier-Post sold to Phillips Media Group LLC"], ''Quincy Herald-Whig'', February 13, 2021, Retrieved August 1, 2021.</ref> The transaction was completed on August 2.<ref>[https://graytv.gcs-web.com/node/18526/pdf "Gray Television Closes Quincy Acquisition"], [[Gray Television]], August 2, 2021, Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> == Former properties == === Newspapers === * ''Herald-Whig'', Quincy, Illinois - now owned by Phillips Media Group.<ref name="qhwsale" /> * ''[[Hannibal Courier-Post]]'', Hannibal, Missouri - now owned by Phillips Media Group.<ref name="qhwsale"/> === Television === * ('''**''') – Indicates station was built and signed on by Quincy. {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" | [[City of license]] / [[Media market|Market]] ! scope="col" | Station ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" | Owned since ! scope="col" | Affiliation |- | [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton, NY]] ! scope="row" | [[WBNG-TV]] | 12 || 2015–2021 || [[CBS]] affiliate owned by [[Gray Television]] |- | [[Bluefield, West Virginia|Bluefield]]–[[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley, WV]] ! scope="row" | [[WVVA]] | 6 || 1979–2021 || [[NBC]] affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Chisholm, Minnesota|Chisholm, MN]] ! KRII-TV{{efn-ua|Satellite of KBJR-TV.}} | 11 || 2015–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Crandon, Wisconsin|Crandon, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[WMOW]]{{efn-ua|Satellite of WAOW.|name=WAOW}} | 4 || 2009–2021 || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate owned by [[Allen Media Broadcasting]] |- | [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth, MN]]–[[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[KBJR-TV]] | 6 || 2015–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth, MN]]–[[Superior, Wisconsin|Superior, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[KDLH]] | 3 || 2018–2021 || [[The CW]] affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Eagle River, Wisconsin|Eagle River, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[WYOW]]{{efn-ua|name=WAOW}} | 34 || 2001–2021 || The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television{{efn|Currently a satellite of [[WSAW-TV]].}} |- | [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin|Eau Claire, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[WQOW]]{{efn-ua|Semi-satellite of WXOW.}} | 18 || 2001–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Elkhart, Indiana|Elkhart]]–[[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend, IN]] ! scope="row" | [[WSJV]] | 28 || 1974–2021 || [[Heroes & Icons]] affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne, IN]] ! scope="row" | [[WPTA]] | 21 || 2015–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne, IN]] ! scope="row" | [[WISE-TV]] | 33 || 2018–2021 || The CW affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Harrisburg, Illinois|Harrisburg]]–[[Carbondale, Illinois|Carbondale, IL]] ! scope="row" | [[WSIL-TV]] | 3 || 2019–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[La Crosse, Wisconsin|La Crosse, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[WXOW]] | 19 || 2001–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[WKOW]] | 27 || 2001–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria, IL]] ! scope="row" | [[WHOI (TV)|WHOI]] | 19 || {{efn-lr|Owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and operated by Quincy Media from 2015 to 2016.}} || [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]] affiliate owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] |- | [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria, IL]] ! scope="row" | [[WEEK-TV]] | 25 || 2015–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Poplar Bluff, Missouri|Poplar Bluff, MO]] ! KPOB-TV{{efn-ua|Satellite of WSIL-TV.}} | 15 || 2019–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy, IL]] ! scope="row" | [[WGEM-TV]] ** | 10 || 1953–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester, MN]] ! scope="row" | [[KTTC]] | 10 || 1976–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester, MN]] ! scope="row" | [[KXLT-TV]] | 47 || {{efn-lr|Owned by [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]] and operated by Quincy Media.}} || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate owned by [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]]{{efn-lr|Operated by [[Gray Television]].}} |- | [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford, IL]] ! scope="row" | [[WREX]] | 13 || 1995–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Sioux City, Iowa|Sioux City, IA]] ! scope="row" | [[KTIV]] | 4 || 1989–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television |- | [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ]] ! scope="row" | [[KVOA]] | 4 || 2019–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]]–[[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids, IA]] ! scope="row" | [[KWWL (TV)|KWWL]] | 7 || 2006–2021 || NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |- | [[Wausau, Wisconsin|Wausau, WI]] ! scope="row" | [[WAOW]] | 9 || 2001–2021 || ABC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |} === Radio === {| ! scope="col" style="border: 1px solid #a3b0bf; margin: auto;" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#cedff2" | AM Station ! scope="col" style="border: 1px solid #a3b0bf; margin: auto;" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#ddcef2" | FM Station |} {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" | City of license / Market ! scope="col" | Station ! scope="col" | Current status |- | rowspan="2" | [[Quincy, Illinois]] ! scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;"| [[WGEM (AM)|WGEM]] 1440 ^** | Defunct, went silent in 2022. |- ! scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"| [[WGEM-FM]] 105.1 ^** | Owned by [[Gray Television]] |} == Notes == {{notelist-lr}} {{notelist-ua}} {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://quincymediacareers.com/ QuincyMediaCareers] &mdash; official website since 2018 ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20181201000000*/http://www.careersatquincy.com/ Quincy] &mdash; archive of official website from 2011 to 2018 ** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928143311/http://www.qni.biz/newsite/default.htm Quincy Newspapers, Inc.] &mdash; archive of official website from 2005 to 2011 {{Gray TV|state=collapsed}} [[Category:1926 establishments in Illinois]] [[Category:2021 disestablishments in Illinois]] [[Category:Companies based in Adams County, Illinois]] [[Category:Defunct newspaper companies of the United States]] [[Category:Defunct television broadcasting companies of the United States]] [[Category:Defunct companies based in Illinois]] [[Category:Newspaper companies of the United States]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Illinois]] [[Category:Quincy–Hannibal area]] [[Category:Defunct radio broadcasting companies of the United States]] [[Category:American companies established in 1926]] [[Category:American companies disestablished in 2021]] [[Category:Publishing companies established in 1926]] [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1926]] [[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2021]] [[Category:2021 mergers and acquisitions]] [[Category:Privately held companies based in Illinois]] [[Category:Family-owned companies of the United States]] [[Category:Gray Television]]'