Quest (American TV network)

This article is about the American television network. For the British television channel, see Quest (British TV channel).

Quest is an American digital multicast television network owned by Tegna Inc. The network specializes in travel, historical, science, and adventure-focused documentary and reality series aimed at adults between the ages of 25 and 54.

Quest

Type	digital multicast television network
Country	United States
Availability	Nationwide via OTA digital television
Founded	November 7, 2017; 5 years ago (2017-11-07) by Lonnie Cooper
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Parent	Tegna Inc. (sale to Standard General pending^[1])
Key people	Brian Weiss (President/General Manager) John Ford (Head of Programming) Ned Simon (Head of Production and Network Operations)^[2]
Launch date	January 29, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-01-29)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Affiliates	List of affiliates
Official website	www.questtv.com

The network, which broadcasts in 480i standard definition, is available in several large and mid-sized markets via digital subchannel affiliations with broadcast television stations. Stations have the option of placing their Quest-affiliated subchannels on cable television providers serving their market (via existing carriage agreements for local broadcast stations) to provide additional local coverage.

History

The formation of Quest was announced on November 7, 2017, as a partnership between Cooper Media (a company formed at that same time to serve as the owner of Quest and its sister network, Justice Network) and Tegna Inc. The network was given an expected launch date of January 2018. Tegna tapped several of its 46 owned or operated television stations to serve as the network's charter affiliates, in exchange for maintaining a minority ownership stake in the network.^[3][4][5][6]

The network was officially launched on January 29, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time with an episode ("Air Ambush") of the 2006–08 History series Dogfights as the network's inaugural program.

In May 2019, it was announced that Tegna would be acquiring both the Justice Network and Quest.^[7]

Programming

Quest's program schedule^[8] consists of a mix of programs that originally aired on A&E, Discovery, History, Smithsonian, and truTV cable networks, as well as those which premiered in 3D (aired on Quest in traditional 2D) from the now-defunct DirecTV channel 3net:

• 10 Things You Don't Know About
• America's Book of Secrets
• American Restoration
• American Underworld
• Ancient Discoveries
• Appalachian Outlaws
• Auction Kings
• Aussie Gold Hunters
• The Aviators
• Ax Men
• Backroad Bounty
• Brojects in the House
• Build It Bigger
• Cajun Pawn Stars
• Chasing Monsters
• Command Decisions
• Dangerous Flights
• The Detonators
• Dogfights
• Doomsday Preppers
• Dual Survival
• Factory Made
• Food Factory USA
• Giant Lobster Hunters
• How Booze Built America
• How to Build Everything
• How the Earth Was Made
• How the States Got Their Shapes
• How Do They Do It?
• Huge Moves
• Ice Road Truckers
• Life After People
• Live Fire
• The Lost Evidence
• Machines: How They Work
• Made by Destruction
• Massive Moves
• Mayday: Air Disaster
• Mega Builders
• Mega Movers
• Mega Shippers
• Modern Marvels
• Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters
• MonsterQuest
• Most Daring
• MysteryQuest
• Myth Hunters
• Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy
• Seconds from Disaster
• Shipping Wars
• Storage Wars: Texas
• Storm Chasers
• Unchained Reaction
• What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• Yukon Gold

Affiliates

As of December 2018^[update], Quest has affiliation agreements with television stations in 67 media markets (including 24 of the top 30) encompassing 35 states, covering 60.81% of all households with at least one television set in the United States.^[9]

When its launch was announced, the network reached a charter affiliation agreement with network co-partner Tegna, which initially planned to debut the network on 22 of its television stations. On December 20, 2017, the network signed a multi-station agreement with Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision USA to carry its programming on five of its Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated television stations as well as one station affiliated with Justice Network.^[10][11]

List of affiliates

City of license/Market	Station	Virtual channel^[9]	Physical channel	Primary affiliation (on main channel)	Owner (Management Company)	Date of affiliation	Notes†
Alabama
Huntsville	WZDX	54.5	18	Fox	Tegna	Coming soon
Mobile	WPMI	15.2	15	NBC	Deerfield Media^(operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group)	Fall 2022
Montgomery	WDSF-LD	19.1	36	MyNetworkTV	HC2 Holdings
Arizona
Mesa (Phoenix)	KPNX	12.4	18	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Tucson	KMSB	11.4	25	Fox	Tegna (Gray Television)
Arkansas
Little Rock	KTHV	11.4	12	CBS	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Paragould, AR (Memphis, TN)	KPMF-LD	26.1	24	MyNetworkTV	HC2 Holdings
California
Bakersfield	KUVI-DT	45.2	26	Twist	TelevisaUnivision USA	January 29, 2018
Ontario (Los Angeles)	KFTR-DT	46.5	29	UniMás (O&O)
Sacramento	KXTV	10.4	10	ABC	Tegna
San Diego	KFMB-TV	8.5	8	CBS	Tegna	February 28, 2020
San Francisco	KRON-TV	4.4	7	MyNetworkTV	Nexstar Media Group	2021
Colorado
Denver	KUSA-TV	9.5	9	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
District of Columbia
Washington, D. C.	WUSA-TV	9.3	9	CBS	Tegna
Connecticut
Waterbury/Hartford/New Haven	WCCT-TV	20.4	33	The CW	Tegna
Florida
Hollywood (Miami)	WAMI-DT	69.5	24	UniMás (O&O)	TelevisaUnivision USA	January 29, 2018
Orange Park (Jacksonville)	WJXX	25.3	10	ABC	Tegna
Orlando	WVEN-TV	43.5	22	UniMás (O&O)	TelevisaUnivision USA
Tampa/St. Petersburg	WTSP	10.4	10	CBS	Tegna
West Palm Beach	WFLX	29.6	35	Fox	Gray Television
Georgia
Atlanta	WXIA-TV	11.4	10	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Idaho
Boise	KTVB	7.4	7	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Illinois
Aurora (Chicago)	WXFT	60.3	44	UniMás (O&O)	TelevisaUnivision USA
Moline	WQAD-TV	8.5	31	ABC	Tegna	2020
Rockford	WREX	13.6	13	NBC	Allen Media Broadcasting
Indiana
Elkhart (South Bend)	WSJV	28.5	30	Heroes & Icons	Gray Television	May 1, 2019
Fort Wayne	WFWC-CD	45.8	16	Cozi TV	HC2 Holdings
Indianapolis	WTHR (O&O)	13.5	13	NBC	Tegna	December 2019	Moved from WSDI-LD 30.1
Iowa
Des Moines	KCWI-TV	23.4	23	The CW	Tegna	February 2018
Cedar Rapids	KGAN	2.3	29	CBS	Sinclair	October 2022	Moved from KWKB 20.6
Kentucky
Louisville	WHAS-TV	11.3	11	ABC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Lexington	WTVQ-DT	36.6	27		Morris Multimedia	early 2018^[when?]
Louisiana
Lafayette	KXKW-LD	32.5	30	Newsnet	Delta Media Corp/Wilderness Comm	November 21, 2022
Slidell/New Orleans	WUPL	54.2	17	MyNetworkTV	Tegna	January 29, 2018	Quest will replace a standard-definition simulcast of WUPL's main feed
Shreveport	KSHV-TV	45.4	16		Nexstar Media Group	February 2018
Monroe	KMCT-TV	39.6	22	Religious	WGGS-TV	October 2018
Maine
Bangor	WLBZ	2.3	2	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Portland	WCSH	6.4	31	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Michigan
Grand Rapids	WZZM	13.4	13	ABC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Saginaw, Michigan	WFFC-LD	17.3	17	Azteca América	HC2 Holdings	Late 2019
Detroit	WADL	38.3	27	MyNetworkTV	Adell Broadcasting
Minnesota
Duluth	KDLH	3.6	33	CW	Gray Television
Minneapolis/St. Paul	KARE	11.4	31	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Rochester	KXLT	47.5	26	Fox	Gray Television
Missouri
Kansas City	KCTV	5.4	24	CBS	Gray Television
Springfield	KYTV	3.6		NBC
St. Louis	KSDK	5.4	35	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Nevada
Las Vegas	KGNG-LD	15.5		KGNG	King Kong Broadcasting		Replaced St. Rose Channel
Reno	KOLO-TV	8.5		ABC/CW	Gray Television
New Mexico
Albuquerque/Santa Fe	KLUZ-TV	14.2	22	Univision	TelevisaUnivision USA (Entravision Communications)	January 29, 2018
New Jersey
Newton (New York City)	WMBC-TV	63.2	18	Independent	Mountain Broadcasting Corporation	September 2018
New York
Buffalo	WGRZ	2.4	33	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
North Carolina
Charlotte	WCNC-TV	36.4	24	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Fayetteville	WUVC-DT	40.6	22	Univision	TelevisaUnivision USA	February 3, 2018
Greensboro/ Winston-Salem/High Point	WFMY-TV	2.4	35	CBS	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Willmington	WWAY-TV	3.4	24	ABC	Morris Multimedia	Coming Soon
North Dakota
Bismarck	KFYR-TV	5.5	22	NBC	Gray Television	2020
Dickinson	KQCD-TV	7.5	7	NBC	Gray Television	2020
Fargo	KRDK	4.9	24	Cozi TV	Major Market Broadcasting	2020
Minot	KMOT	10.5	10	NBC	Gray Television	2020
Ohio
Cincinnati	WBQC-LD	25.12	28	Movies! / Cozi TV	Block Communications	January 23, 2018^[12]	Replaced WOTH-CD 20.3 Buzzr channel
Cleveland	WKYC	3.4	19	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Columbus	WBNS-TV	10.5	21	CBS		November 15, 2019
Toledo	WTOL-TV	11.4	11	CBS		November 15, 2019
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City	KBZC-LD	42.1	9	Quest	DTV America Corporation
KOCO-TV	5.7	7	ABC	Hearst Television
Tulsa	KUOC-LD	48.5	33	Buzzr	DTV America Corporation
	KGEB	53.3	12	GEB America	Oral Roberts University
Oregon
Klamath Falls	KOTI	2.3	13	NBC	California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.	Coming soon
Medford	KOBI	5.3	5
Portland	KGW	8.4	26		Tegna	January 29, 2018
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia	WFPA-CD	28.3	35	UniMás (O&O)	TelevisaUnivision USA	January 29, 2018
Greensburg/Pittsburgh	WPCB-TV	40.4	28	Cornerstone Television	Cornerstone Television
South Carolina
Columbia	WLTX	19.4	15	CBS	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Greenville	WGGS	16.6	16	Religious Independent	Carolina Christian Broadcasting	-
Myrtle Beach/Florence	WMBF-TV	32.6	32	NBC	Gray Television	2020
Tennessee
Chattanooga	WDEF-TV	12.5	12	CBS	Morris Multimedia	January 29, 2018
Knoxville	WBIR-TV	10.4	10	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Memphis	WATN-TV	24.6	25	ABC		September 2021
Nashville	WUXP-TV	30.2	21	MyNetworkTV		October 1, 2022 - October 22, 2022
Texas
Amarillo	KAUO-LD	15.7	14	The Country Network	DTV America	March 1, 2018
Austin	KVUE	24.4	33	ABC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Bryan/College Station	KAGS-LD	23.3	23	NBC
Conroe/Houston	KTBU	55.1	33	Quest		March 27, 2020	Was formerly on KHOU 11.4 from 2018 to 2021
Dallas/Fort Worth	WFAA	8.4	8	ABC		January 29, 2018
El Paso	KTFN	65.3	20	UniMás	Entravision Communications	August 2018
Odessa/Midland	KWES-TV	9.4	9	NBC	Tegna
San Angelo	KIDY	6.6	19	Fox		Coming soon
San Antonio	KENS	5.4	29	CBS		January 29, 2018
Temple/Waco	KCEN-TV	6.3	9	NBC
Wolfforth/Lubbock	KLCW-TV	22.4	23	The CW	Gray Television
Vermont
Burlington (Plattsburgh, New York)	WVNY	22.4	7	ABC	Mission Broadcasting (Nexstar Media Group)	February 2018
Virginia
Hampton/Norfolk/ Virginia Beach	WVEC	13.4	11	ABC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Washington
Seattle	KING-TV	5.3	25	NBC	Tegna	January 29, 2018
Spokane	KSKN	22.3	36	The CW
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac/Milwaukee	WIWN	68.3	5	Cozi TV	CNZ Communications	January 29, 2018
Green Bay/Appleton	WBAY-TV	2.7	23	ABC	Gray Television	TBA
Madison/Middleton	WZCK-LD	8.4	36	Cozi TV	HC2 Holdings
Wausau/Rhinelander	WSAW-TV	7.5	7	CBS	Gray Television	March 11, 2020

References

1. Miller, Mark K. (February 22, 2022). "Tegna Selling To Standard General For $5.4 Billion". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
2. "Our Leadership Team". Quest. Tegna Inc./Cooper Media. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
3. "TEGNA, Cooper Media to Launch Quest, a New Multicast Adventure and Exploration Network" (Press release). Tegna Inc. November 7, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2018 – via Business Wire.
4. Jon Lafayette (November 7, 2017). "Tegna Launching Quest, New Multicast Net, With Cooper". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
5. Dade Hayes (November 7, 2017). "Tegna And Cooper Media Plan Adventure-Themed Multicast Network Quest". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
6. Mark K. Miller (November 7, 2017). "Tegna, Cooper Media to Launch Quest Diginet". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
7. Hayes, Dade (May 6, 2019). "Tegna Acquires Multicast Networks Quest And Justice Network In $91M Deal".
8. "All Shows". Quest. Tegna Inc./Cooper Media. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
9. "Stations for Network - Quest". RabbitEars. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
10. Jon Lafayette (December 20, 2017). "Univision Stations to Carry New Quest Diginet". Broadcasting & Cable. NewBay Media. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
11. Richard Middleton (December 21, 2017). "Univision helps Cooper with Quest". C21Media. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
12. "Goodbye". January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

External links

• Official website