Jay Pearce
CEO, General Manager, Morning Edition Host and Weekend Edition HostJay H. Pearce became the station's general manager Oct. 3, 2011. More than half of his 40-year career in broadcasting has been in public broadcasting.
A Detroit, MI native, Pearce grew up in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, IL and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL. He has worked at radio and television stations up and down Illinois as well as in Missouri and Texas. Additionally, he taught broadcasting journalism at SIU and University of Illinois.
Pearce serves on several boards of directors including the Quad Cities Illinois Rotary Club; ONE Foundation, Bettendorf; Illinois News Broadcasters Association Foundation; and the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
Pearce's wife, Melisse Trentz, is a Moline, IL native whose ancestors were some of Mercer County's early residents. He has a son, Dale; a daughter, Sara; and a stepdaughter, Mannon (yes, named after the Mercer County community).
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Moline Police will be buying guns tomorrow...Billionaire and GOP backer Ken Griffin is leaving Illinois...IL GOP gubernatorial hopeful Paul Schimpf stumps the QC today...Davenport Junior Theater celebrates 70-years this weekend...We need rain...looks like some is coming tonight and tomorrow... -
COVID cases rise a bit in IA...Health officials say be patient getting kids' vaccinations scheduled...Davenport police investigate a pipe bomb blast...We could get some rain as we head into the weekend...but we need it.
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Help to ease Iowa's teacher shortage...A QC pastor becomes northern IL ECLA bishop...Making IL banking more racially equitable...The first woman to join Augustana's wrestling program...Maybe an early sprinkle...then mostly sunny and a cooler 85 today...
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It's Day ONE of our Fiscal Year End Fund Drive...We could hit a record high temp today...A Midwest economic indicator dips below neutral...Adam Kinzinger's death threat...Donate now at wvik.org!
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The IA Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on abortion today...Deere is honored for community mindedness...Schimpf stumps Rock Island...Slavery DID exist in "free state" Illinois...Pleasant weather precedes another hot spell...
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Strong winds down tree limbs and power poles in parts of the region...COVID hospitalizations tick up a bit in IA...New criminal penalties for elder abuse in IA...Two longtime music companies merge...Nicer weather is on tap for the weekend...
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Another HOT day...Makin' bacon in Davenport...A new school safety bureau in IA...Attracting film business to the QC...
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Our excessive heat ADVISORY has been upgraded to a WARNING...Trump remains a powerful force among IL Republicans...IA pumps more money into non-profits...COVID issues in China may delay some diagnostic medial tests here...The Cubs lost...Cards and Sox win...
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We're havin' a HEAT WAVE...Another Monkeypox case in IL...No new bird flu in IA...Newsweek says Von Maur is tops...
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Three dead after a shooting at a church in Ames...Members of congress from IL want Thomson prison investigated...Sparring at a GOP debate in Chicago...Be careful what you put in your recycling bin...The weekend will start out nice...but...
