Quest is an American digital multicast television network owned by the Tegna subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group. The network specializes in travel, historical, science, and adventure-focused documentary and reality series aimed at adults between the ages of 25 and 54.
The network, which broadcasts in 480i standard definition, is available in several large and mid-sized markets via digital subchannel affiliations with broadcast television stations. Stations have the option of placing their Quest-affiliated subchannels on cable television providers serving their market (via existing carriage agreements for local broadcast stations) to provide additional local coverage.
History The formation of Quest was announced on November 7, 2017, as a partnership between Cooper Media (a company formed at that same time to serve as the owner of Quest and its sister network, Justice Network) and Tegna Inc. The network was given an expected launch date of January 2018. Tegna tapped several of its 46 owned or operated television stations to serve as the network's charter affiliates, in exchange for maintaining a minority ownership stake in the network.
The network was officially launched on January 29, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time with an episode ("Air Ambush") of the 2006–08 History series Dogfights as the network's inaugural program.
In May 2019, it was announced that Tegna would be acquiring both the Justice Network and Quest.
Programming Quest's program schedule consists of a mix of programs that originally aired on A&E, Discovery, History, Smithsonian, and truTV cable networks, as well as those which premiered in 3D (aired on Quest in traditional 2D) from the now-defunct DirecTV channel 3net:
Bering Sea Gold Brojects Canadian Pickers Combat Dealers DragonflyTV Sports (E/I) Fast N' Loud Food Factory USA Full Throttle Saloon Hardcore Pawn Hardcore Pawn: Chicago Lizard Lick Towing The Liquidator Most Daring South Beach Tow Speeders Storage Hunters Storage Wars: Northern Treasures Survivorman Swords: Life on the Line
Former programming
Auction Kings Aussie Gold Hunters Black Gold Chasing Monsters Classic Cartoons Doomsday Preppers Dual Survival Factory Made Fish Tank Kings Giant Lobster Hunters Hunting Hitler Machines: How They Work Made by Destruction Mayday: Air Disaster Mega Builders Mega Shippers Modern Marvels MonsterQuest My Floating Home Seconds from Disaster Shipping Wars Storm Chasers The Ride That Got Away What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Yukon Gold
Affiliates , Quest has affiliation agreements with television stations in 67 media markets (including 24 of the top 30) encompassing 35 states, covering 60.81% of all households with at least one television set in the United States.
When its launch was announced, the network reached a charter affiliation agreement with network co-partner Tegna, which initially planned to debut the network on 22 of its television stations. On December 20, 2017, the network signed a multi-station agreement with Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision USA to carry its programming on five of its Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated television stations as well as one station affiliated with Justice Network.
+List of Quest affiliates Media market State/District Station Channel Huntsville Alabama WZDX-DT5 54.5 Mobile WPMI-DT2 15.2 Montgomery WDSF-LD 19.1 Phoenix Arizona KPNX-DT4 12.4 Tucson KMSB-DT4 11.4 Little Rock Arkansas KTHV-DT4 11.4 Bakersfield California KUVI-DT 45.1 Los Angeles KFTR-DT5 46.5 Sacramento KXTV-DT3 10.3 San Diego KFMB-DT5 8.5 San Francisco KTLN-DT5 68.5 Denver Colorado KUSA-DT5 9.5 Hartford–New Haven Connecticut WCCT-DT4 20.4 Washington District of Columbia WUSA-DT3 9.3 Jacksonville Florida WTLV-DT4/WJXX-DT3 12.4/25.3 Miami–Fort Lauderdale WAMI-DT5 69.5 Orlando WVEN-DT5 43.5 Tampa WTSP-DT4 10.4 West Palm Beach WFLX-DT6 29.6 Atlanta Georgia WXIA-DT4 11.4 Boise Idaho KTVB-DT4 7.4 Chicago Illinois WXFT-DT3 60.3 Moline WQAD-DT5 8.5 Rockford WREX-DT6 13.6 Fort Wayne Indiana WFWC-CD8 45.8 Indianapolis WTHR-DT2 13.2 South Bend WSJV-DT8 28.8 Cedar Rapids Iowa KGAN-DT3 2.3 Des Moines KCWI-DT4 23.4 Louisville Kentucky WHAS-DT3 11.3 Lexington WTVQ-DT6 36.6 Lafayette Louisiana KXKW-LD5 32.5 Monroe KMCT-DT6 39.6 New Orleans WUPL-DT2 54.2 Shreveport KSHV-DT4 45.4 Bangor Maine WLBZ-DT3 2.3 Portland WCSH-DT4 6.4 Detroit Michigan WADL-DT3 38.3 Flint–Saginaw–Bay City WEYI-DT4 25.4 Grand Rapids WZZM-DT4 13.4 Duluth Minnesota KDLH-DT6 3.6 Minneapolis–Saint Paul KARE-DT2 11.2 Rochester KXLT-DT5 47.5 Kansas City Missouri KCTV-DT4 5.4 St. Louis KYTV-DT6 3.6 Springfield KSDK-DT4 5.4 Las Vegas Nevada KINC-DT5 15.5 Reno KOLO-DT5 8.5 Albuquerque New Mexico KLUZ-DT2 14.2 Buffalo New York WGRZ-DT4 2.4 New York City WMBC-DT2 63.2 Charlotte North Carolina WCNC-DT4 36.4 Fayetteville WUVC-DT6 40.6 Greensboro–Winston-Salem WFMY-DT4 2.4 Willmington WWAY-DT4 3.4 Bismarck North Dakota KFYR-DT5 5.5 Dickinson KQCD-DT5 7.5 Fargo KRDK-DT9 4.9 Minot KMOT-DT5 10.5 Cincinnati Ohio WBQC-LD12 25.12 Cleveland WKYC-DT4 3.4 Columbus WBNS-DT5 10.5 Toledo WTOL-DT4 11.4 Oklahoma City Oklahoma KOCO-DT7 5.7 Tulsa KGEB-DT5 53.5 Klamath Falls Oregon KOTI-DT3 2.3 Medford KOBI-DT3 5.3 Portland KGW-DT4 8.4 Philadelphia Pennsylvania WFPA-CD3 28.3 Pittsburgh WPCB-DT4 40.4 Columbia South Carolina WLTX-DT4 19.4 Greenville WDKT-LD2 31.2 Myrtle Beach WMBF-DT6 32.6 Chattanooga Tennessee WDEF-DT5 12.5 Knoxville WBIR-DT4 10.4 Memphis WATN-DT4 24.4 Nashville WUXP-DT2 30.2 Amarillo Texas KAUO-LD7 15.7 Austin KVUE-DT4 24.4 Bryan–College Station KAGS-LD3 23.3 Dallas–Fort Worth KFAA (Part-time) 29.1 WFAA-DT4 8.4 El Paso KTFN-DT3 65.3 Houston KTBU 55.1 Lubbock KLCW-DT4 22.4 Odessa–Midland KWES-DT4 9.4 San Angelo KIDY-DT6 6.6 San Antonio KENS-DT4 5.4 Temple–Waco KCEN-DT3 6.3 Burlington Vermont WVNY-DT4 22.4 Hampton–Norfolk Virginia WVEC-DT4 13.4 Seattle–Tacoma Washington KING-DT3 5.3 Spokane KSKN-DT3 22.3 Green BayWisconsinWCWF-DT514.5 Milwaukee WIWN-DT3 68.3 Wausau WSAW-DT5 7.5
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