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Hosted by Jim Mertens · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 20 episodes
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The Cities is a local features program hosted by Jim Mertens, broadcast on WQPT on Thursdays at 7:00 P.M.
Jim Mertens hosts The Cities, a news show with 20 episodes published.







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Doug Scott
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1 appearance on this show
Neil Dahlstrom
Historian · John Deere
1 appearance on this show
Ashley Harris
mayoral candidate · Caraway Home
1 appearance on this show
Michael Kuehn
Illinois Transportation Department
1 appearance on this show
Alexander Gibbs
Quad City National Weather Service
1 appearance on this show
Esther Joy King
YouthHope
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Gouri Pitale
Augustana College
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Michelle Morse
Bettendorf School District
1 appearance on this show
Joseph Patrick Dooley
St. Patrick Society of the Quad Cities
1 appearance on this show
Beth Richardson
Canadian Counsul General in Minneapolis
1 appearance on this show
Christina Kastell
Putnam Museum
1 appearance on this show
Christine Barth
Scott County Library System
1 appearance on this show
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