WHBF-TV

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WHBF-TV

Rock Island–Moline, Illinois Davenport–Bettendorf, Iowa United States
City	Rock Island, Illinois
Channels	Digital: 4 (VHF) Virtual: 4
Branding	Local 4
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
Sister stations	KLJB, KGCW
History
First air date	July 1, 1950 (74 years ago) (1950-07-01)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1950–2009) Digital: 58 (UHF, 1999–2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: ABC (1950–1963) DuMont (1950–1956) NTA (1956–1961)
Call sign meaning	"Where Historic Black Hawk Fought" (a reference to Chief Black Hawk, whose tribe once occupied the area that is now the Quad Cities)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	13950
ERP	33.7 kW
HAAT	409 m (1,342 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°32′48.8″N 90°28′37.7″W / 41.546889°N 90.477139°W / 41.546889; -90.477139
Translator(s)	19 (UHF) Rock Island KGCW-DT 26.4 (21.4 UHF) Burlington, IA
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	Official website

WHBF-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Rock Island, Illinois, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Quad Cities area. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Burlington, Iowa–licensed CW owned-and-operated station KGCW (channel 26); Nexstar also provides certain services to Davenport, Iowa–licensed Fox affiliate KLJB (channel 18) under a shared services agreement (SSA) owner Mission Broadcasting. The three stations share studios in the Telco Building on 18th Street in downtown Rock Island; WHBF-TV's transmitter is located in Bettendorf, Iowa.