Quest (American TV network)

Quest
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Television broadcasting
Founded	November 7, 2017; 9 years ago
Founder	Cooper Media and Tegna Inc.
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Area served	United States
Products	Digital multicast television network
Owner	Tegna Inc.
Parent	Tegna Inc.
Website	www.questtv.com

Quest is a U.S.-based digital multicast television network under the ownership of Tegna Inc.. The channel primarily delivers content centered on travel, history, science, and adventure-themed documentary and reality series, catering to an adult demographic between 25 and 54 years old.

Transmitting in 480i standard definition, Quest is accessible in both major and mid-level markets through digital subchannels affiliated with broadcast television stations. Additionally, affiliates have the option to broaden their reach by incorporating Quest subchannels into local cable television lineups via pre-existing carriage contracts.

History

The announcement of Quest came on November 7, 2017, as a collaborative venture between Cooper Media—established concurrently to manage Quest alongside its sister network Justice Network—and Tegna Inc.. The channel commenced operations in January 2018, with Tegna contributing several of its 46 owned or operated stations as initial affiliates in return for a minority ownership share.

Quest officially began broadcasting on January 29, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, premiering with "Air Ambush," an episode from the History series Dogfights.

In May 2019, Tegna declared its acquisition of both Justice Network and Quest for $91 million, thereby consolidating full ownership of these multicast networks.

Programming

Quest’s lineup comprises a variety of shows originally aired on networks such as A&E, Discovery, History, Smithsonian, and truTV. It also includes programs that debuted in 3D on the now-defunct DirecTV channel 3net (presented here in 2D):

Bering Sea Gold
Brojects
Canadian Pickers
Classic Cartoons
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
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

By December 2018, Quest had established affiliation agreements with stations spanning 67 media markets across 35 states, reaching approximately 60.81% of U.S. television households and including coverage in 24 of the top 30 markets.

At its inception, Quest secured a foundational affiliation arrangement with Tegna for 22 stations. Subsequently, on December 20, 2017, distribution was expanded through a multi-station agreement with Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision USA to carry programming on five Univision and UniMás owned-and-operated stations alongside one Justice Network affiliate.

List of Quest affiliates
Media market	State/District	Station	Channel
Huntsville	Alabama	WZDX-DT5	54.5
Mobile	Alabama	WPMI-DT2	15.2
Montgomery	Alabama	WDSF-LD	19.1
Phoenix	Arizona	KPNX-DT4	12.4
Tucson	Arizona	KMSB-DT4	11.4
Little Rock	Arkansas	KTHV-DT4	11.4
Bakersfield	California	KUVI-DT	45.1
Los Angeles	California	KFTR-DT5	46.5
Sacramento	California	KXTV-DT3	10.3
San Diego	California	KFMB-DT5	8.5
San Francisco	California	KTLN-DT5	68.5
Denver	Colorado	KUSA-DT5	9.5
Hartford–New Haven	Connecticut	WCCT-DT4	20.4
Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	WUSA-DT3	9.3
Jacksonville	Florida	WTLV-DT4/WJXX-DT3	12.4/25.3
Miami–Fort Lauderdale	Florida	WAMI-DT5	69.5
Orlando	Florida	WVEN-DT5	43.5
Tampa	Florida	WTSP-DT4	10.4
West Palm Beach	Florida	WFLX-DT6	29.6
Atlanta	Georgia	WXIA-DT4	11.4
Boise	Idaho	KTVB-DT4	7.4
Chicago	Illinois	WXFT-DT3	60.3
Moline	Illinois	WQAD-DT5	8.5
Rockford	Illinois	WREX-DT6	13.6

(Additional affiliate details continue accordingly.)

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