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STATIONS Nine full-power TV stations make up the network:
KQIN-DT and KYIN-DT are expected to sign on sometime in 2006. The network also has eight low-power repeater signals, located in Decorah (channel 14), Rock Rapids (channel 25), Ottumwa (channel 33), Sibley (channel 33), Fort Madison (channel 38), Lansing (channel 41), Keokuk (channel 44), and Keosauqua (channel 54). HISTORY IPTV began in 1969 as the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network, after the state of Iowa purchased the former KDPS-TV from the Des Moines Public Schools and renamed it KDIN-TV. KIIN-TV in Iowa City, serving most of eastern Iowa, became the network's second affiliate in 1970. By 1977 the newly-renamed Iowa Public Broadcasting Network had eight full-power stations. The Iowa Public Television name was adopted in 1982. In 2003, it purchased KQCT-TV in Davenport, which repeated the programming of Quad Cities PBS station WQPT-TV in the Iowa side of the Quad Cities. The calls were changed to KQIN. IPTV was originally run by the state's General Services Department before Gov. Terry E. Branstad signed a bill creating the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board on May 16 , 1983 . In 1986 IPTV became part of the state's Cultural Affairs Department, and on July 1 , 1992 , IPTV became part of the Iowa Department of Education. PROGRAMMING Although IPTV provides PBS programming, it also produces original programs such as ''Iowa Press,'' a panel discussion show; ''Market to Market,'' a show about Agribusiness ; and ''Living in Iowa,'' a Magazine show focusing on Iowa life. REFERENCES
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