This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of
Iowa
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Full-power stations
VC refers to the station's
PSIP
The Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) is the MPEG (a video and audio industry group) and privately defined program-specific information originally defined by General Instrument for the DigiCipher 2 system and later extended for the AT ...
virtual channel
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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.
Defunct full-power stations
*Channel 17:
KGTV - ABC - Des Moines (11/14/1953-4/15/1955)
*Channel 21:
KVFD-TV
KVFD-TV, UHF analog channel 21, was an NBC- affiliated television station licensed to Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States, which operated from November 23, 1953 to May 4, 1977.
History
Edward J. Breen, a Fort Dodge attorney and former Democratic s ...
- NBC - Fort Dodge (11/23/1953-5/4/1977)
*Channel 22:
KWWF
KWWF, virtual and UHF digital channel 22, was an independent television station licensed to Waterloo, Iowa, United States, which served the Eastern Iowa television market ( Cedar Rapids–Waterloo– Iowa City–Dubuque). The station was owned ...
- Waterloo (12/1/2002-8/2/2013)
*Channel 34:
KEFB - Ames (2005-2016)
*Channel 40: KDUB-TV (first incarnation) - Dubuque (6/1/1970-10/3/1974)
LPTV
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stations
Translators
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External links
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Iowa Broadcasters Association*
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Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
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Television stations
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the ear ...