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The company was founded by Forest City, Iowa businessman John K. Hanson in February 1958. At the time, the town, located in Winnebago County, Iowa, was undergoing an economic downturn, so Hanson and a group of community leaders convinced a California firm, Modernistic Industries, to open a travel trailer factory in a bid to revive the local economy.
In 2006, Raycom sold KWWL and a handful of other stations following its purchase of the Liberty Corporation in late 2005. [7] Quincy Newspapers became owner of KWWL on July 1, 2006. The merger made QNI the owner of four of the NBC affiliates serving Iowa, along with flagship station WGEM-TV in Quincy, Illinois , KTTC in Rochester, Minnesota ...
The brothers' start in the automotive world came in 1905 when they moved to Des Moines and with the financial backing of attorney Edward R. Mason began producing the Mason, a two-cylinder, 24 ...
The frequency changed to 1330 a short time later, operating with 5,000 watts. McElroy formed KWWL-TV in 1953, and KWWL-FM (now KFMW) in 1968. KWWL was a very popular top 40 station until the format moved to KFMW in 1982. On February 16, 1981, KWWL became KWLO with the sale of the Black Hawk Broadcasting Company to Forward Communications.
Waterloo–Cedar Rapids–Iowa City–Dubuque, IA: KWWL: 7: 1996–2006 [B] NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting: Louisville, KY: WAVE: 3: 2006–2019 [C] NBC affiliate owned by Gray Media Baton Rouge, LA: WAFB: 9: 1996–2019 [B] CBS affiliate owned by Gray Media WBXH-CD: 39: 2003–2019: MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Gray Media ...
WHO-TV and KRNT-TV became major competitors, and deprived of its monopoly, WOI-TV suffered financially, losing money in four consecutive fiscal years and because Iowa State's educational programming did not make money. [42] [43] Iowa State College was renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) on July 4, 1959. [44] [45]
Their design was well received by farmers in central Illinois. They expanded their market nationwide and overseas until the 1920s, when they failed to innovate and the company faltered. [ 1 ] They manufactured trucks for a period of time, and then automobiles. until they finally succumbed to an agricultural crisis and the Depression.
Cyrus Hall McCormick patented an early mechanical reaper. 1900 ad for McCormick farm machines—"Your boy can operate them" 1921 International Harvester Model 101 on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa. 1925 International Model 63 Street-Washing Truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.