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1039: 917: 92: 67: 277:'s first commercial television station. The Ed Ryan home across the street from the Palmer campus was acquired, remodeled and expanded for a broadcast studio. In 1963, the present building replaced the Ryan house on the same property. They spent more than $ 2 million on its construction and equipment. After Palmer Communications sold the radio stations in 1986, they moved to a new building on Davenport's eastern border with 928: 1704: 99: 74: 50: 806: 901: 837: 1775: 821: 811: 896: 842: 1654: 483: 863: 765: 1780: 1633: 1569: 796: 730: 695: 770: 675: 635: 460: 735: 725: 720: 700: 816: 650: 565: 1785: 685: 680: 555: 273:
station signed on the air in October 1948. Palmer applied for a television license in 1947, and WOC-TV went on the air on October 31, 1949. All three stations shared the same premises. It was
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equipment and dedicated his new station on the Pamer campus on October 8, 1922. WOC became one of the original members of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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property in Scott County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Davenport, Iowa
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broadcasting station before taking up voice broadcasting. His
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National Register of Historic Places in Davenport, Iowa
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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WOC Broadcast Centre is located in Iowa
WOC Broadcast Centre is located in the United States
Davenport, Iowa
41°31′43″N 90°34′25.6″W / 41.52861°N 90.573778°W / 41.52861; -90.573778
Modern Movement
100006171
Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island, Illinois
Morse code
radiophone
call letters
WOC
B. J. Palmer
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Western Electric
NBC Radio Network
AM broadcasting
FM
Iowa
Bettendorf
KWQC-TV
National Register of Historic Places
American English


"National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List"
National Park Service
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