WQOW-News 18 Employee Directory
Broadcast Media Production and DistributionWisconsin, United States11-50 Employees
WQOW-TV is a local broadcast television station serving Eau Claire, Wisconsin, affiliated with ABC. The station offers ABC programming in high definition on its main digital channel and uses two subchannels to carry the CW network and ThisTV. It is owned and operated by Quincy Newspapers Inc., which also owns WXOW-TV in La Crosse. The station began broadcasting in 1980, added digital transmission in 2002, and discontinued analog service in 2009. In January 2001, WQOW moved to its current facility along Highway 93 just south of Interstate 94. A recent staffing development includes the appointment of Sam Fristed in February 2023.