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| Broadcast area | Quad Cities |
| Frequency | 90.3MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Quad Cities NPR |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio;news/talk |
| Subchannels | HD2:Classical music |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Augustana College |
| History | |
First air date | August 25, 1980 (1980-8-25) |
Former frequencies | 90.1 MHz (1980–1991) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 3242 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 31,000watts |
| HAAT | 334 meters (1,096 ft) |
| Translator(s) | |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wvik.org |
WVIK (90.3FM) is the flagshipNational Public Radio station for theQuad Cities region of easternIowa and northwestIllinois. It is based inRock Island, Illinois, and licensed to and owned byAugustana College. The studios are located on Augustana's campus in Rock Island. The station also operates two low-powered translators – K240DZ at 95.9 FM inDubuque, Iowa, relays its main programming, and W252EM at 98.3 inDavenport, Iowa, carries WVIK's secondHD Radio channel.
The station signed on for the first time on August 25, 1980, on 90.1 FM. The Quad Cities had been one of the last areas of Iowa and Illinois without a city-grade signal from an NPR station. Prior to 1980, the only source of NPR programming in the area had been a low-powered translator ofCedar Falls'KUNI, though much of the area got grade B coverage fromIowa City'sWSUI. In 1991, it moved to its current frequency, and activated its Dubuque translator in 1996.
In March 2022, WVIK announced plans to realign its programming streams. The full-power 90.3 FM signal would drop its afternoonclassical music block to air NPR news and talk programming full time, while the Davenport translator would air classical music full-time. As part of the realignment, the 105.7 FM frequency would be upgraded to cover more of the Quad Cities.[2][3]
On May 1, 2023, the programming realignment on WVIK took place with WVIK's main signal airing NPR news and talk and the translator airing classical music. The station's HD2 subcarrier became a simulcast of the Davenport translator.[4]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info | Notes |
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| K240DZ | 95.9 FM | Dubuque, Iowa | 77016 | 153 | 47.9 m (157 ft) | D | 42°29′47.2″N90°41′9″W / 42.496444°N 90.68583°W /42.496444; -90.68583 (K240DZ) | LMS | — |
| W252EM | 98.3 FM | Davenport, Iowa | 153553 | 250 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 41°28′29″N90°26′45″W / 41.47472°N 90.44583°W /41.47472; -90.44583 (W252EM) | LMS | Relays HD2 |
41°32′49″N90°28′37″W / 41.547°N 90.477°W /41.547; -90.477
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