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The Cities

Jim Mertens

The Cities is a local features program hosted by Jim Mertens, broadcast on WQPT on Thursdays at 7:00 P.M.

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Episodes

20 episodes

  1. Midterm Votes to be Certified & a Warehouse Full of Food 25:01
  2. 2026 Election Cycle Nearly Over and Michael Bridgford (I) for Congress in Iowa 25:46
  3. Congressional Race in Western, IL: Eric Sorensen (D) 24:51
  4. The Race for Congress in Western Illinois: Dillan Vancil (R) 26:00
  5. Eastern Iowa Congressional Race: Christina Bohannan (Dem) 24:08
  6. Incumbent Eastern Iowa Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks 27:37
  7. Joslin, IL Tyson Meat Processing Plant Closure 27:06
  8. Illinois Elections and Immigrant Fabric of America 25:34
  9. Helping Unemployed Tyson Workers and Remembering 9/11 26:28
  10. Preventing the Revolving Door for the Mentally Ill: Incarceration/Treatment 26:09
  11. Building Harmony: New Performance Arts Center 26:02
  12. Back to School with the Largest School District in The Cities 26:21
  13. Bringing Culture Together for One Big Week and WQPT Cutbacks 25:02
  14. A History Lesson One YouTube Video at a Time 26:16
  15. Student Who Won National Acclaim Thanks to the Letter 'R' 26:38
  16. Bix Jazz Festival and Bix Museum 27:57
  17. Candidate Off Ballots and The Cities Most Famous 7 Miles 25:28
  18. Planning a New Centennial Bridge 25:01
  19. What Happened 250 Years Ago on Indepedence Day? 26:33
  20. Davenport Riverfront Bridge and the Future of Public Broadcasting 25:49