Jay Pearce
Retired, Former CEO, General ManagerJay 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. He retired on Oct. 27, 2022.
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 looks south to grow...How not to waste food...A White House food summit...Fall weather is here... -
Unemployment continues to fall in the QC...A BB gun leads to a brief lockdown at Deere Middle School...Rock Island's fire chief is set to retire...Moline buys the old Kone Tower...Trump Tower in Chicago is part of the NY AG's fraud lawsuit...Fall arrives with cooler temps...
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IA Covid deaths pass 10,000...WIU enrollment is up...Fact checking the GOP on cash bail reform...Finding the fastest street legal car...Some clouds and 70 as we wrap up summer...
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It lools like fall may be slightly warmer than usual...A group keeps up the fight to save the RICO courthouse...A trade deal with Taiwan is signed in IA...EM's at-risk pre-schoolers get their own space...After a 9/20 record high, cooler temps today & maybe rain...
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A teenager is dead after a fatal shooting in Rock Island...IL joins six other states to fight climate change...IA health official urge you to get a flu shot...Help the I-74 bridge win a big award...Hot today...then a cool off...
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WVIK's Fall Pledge Drive starts today!!!An IL law allows you to apply to vote by mail permanently...Rivermont Collegiate registers ALL eligible students again...Palmer College is in the homestretch of its biggest fundraiser...It's Tractor Safety Day! Much calmer weather is in the forecast...
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The Arsenal's 9/11 Remembrance Walk begins at 6:30 a.m....Mike Franken stumps the QC...College enrollments vary...A former chief judge is honored...Vintage football returns to RI tomorrow...Clouding up ahead of some rain Sunday :( :)
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COVID cases are down a bit in Iowa...Booster doses are arriving...English scores rebound in Iowa schools...math, not so much...Davenport seeks input on the future of its schools...Illinois' pot industry needs some attention...Sunny and 85 today!
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COVID Boosters are coming!So is the Viking Mississippi!IL Govcans duel on crime...Davenport will swear in its new police chief...The River Bandits win in 12 innings!It'll be partly to mostly sunny and 80 today :)
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Gov. Pritzker rallies RICO Dems...American Airlines pulls out of Dubuque...New charter schools in IA...The Bison Bridge idea lives on...Fog this morning...sun peeking out later today :)
