WQAD

WQAD is a full service television station in Moline and Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, broadcasting on local digital UHF channel 38 ... See more and on virtual channel 8. Founded in 1963, it is owned by Local TV. WQAD is affiliated with ABC (American Broadcasting Company), airing ABC's primetime shows in the evening. In the morning, the station airs ABC's morning news and information program, with spots for local news and weather; in the afternoon, it airs ABC's soap operas; in the early evening, it shows ABC's national news broadcast and HD News 8. After primetime, it airs its own local newscasts, followed by ABC's late-night programming. WQAD also airs local sports broadcasts.