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6 unusual facts about Quad Cities


Interstate 74 in Iowa

Interstate 74 (I-74) is the central freeway through the Iowa Quad Cities.

Jim Nussle

His district was renumbered as the 1st District as a result of the 2000s (decade) round of redistricting, and became even more Democratic with the addition of much of Iowa's share of the Quad Cities.

Joe Billy McDade

Sara Lynn Darrow, a federal prosecutor based in Rock Island, Illinois (one of the four Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities) has replaced him following her nomination by President Barack Obama and confirmation by the United States Senate.

KNSB

KNSB (91.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Bettendorf, Iowa, and serving the Quad Cities area.

Patrick Stolley

Stolley produced his first significant body of work for Quad Cities record label Future Appletree Records.

Rich Ingold

Ingold is an avid runner, and has competed in both the Pittsburgh and the Quad Cities marathons.


Andrea Zinga

Zinga has been a radio and television reporter and anchorwoman for all three television stations in the Quad Cities-- WQAD-TV, KWQC-TV (while it was still WOC-TV) and WHBF-TV.

Ian Punnett

After college, under the pseudonym "Ian Case" (his first and middle names transposed), he co-hosted rock morning radio shows on WXLP in the Quad Cities called Ian Case and the Coach and then Ian Case and The Duke with Mike "The Duke" Donegan on then-rock music station WKDF in Nashville, Tennessee in the early-to-mid-1990s.

KHAK

It is based in the Cedar Rapids Market, but it is heard in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Quad Cities Markets as well in spots.

National Supermarkets

At its height, National's footprint extended from western Pennsylvania to Colorado, with stores in Denver, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, the Quad Cities, Indianapolis, Chicago, Youngstown, Memphis, and Nashville.


see also

97X

WXLP, a radio station from the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois known as 97X

African Americans in Davenport, Iowa

Another white Quad Cities musician, Louie Bellson (born "Luigi Ballasoni") of nearby Moline, Illinois, the son of a music store owner, played drums for the Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Duke Ellington bands, and married Pearl Bailey.

Quad City Flames

The team left the Quad Cities after the 2008–09 season and relocated to Abbotsford, British Columbia to play as the Abbotsford Heat in the 2009–10 season.

WQAD-TV

Quad-Cities baby boomers fondly remember WQAD's weekly midnight Chuck Acri Creature Feature showing early Creature Features films including science fiction and monster movies.