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== Media == Burlington, Iowa is served by the following local media outlets: ; Newspaper *The Burlington Beacon is a community-focused local newspaper covering Des Moines County and southeast Iowa. *''[[The Hawk Eye]]'' is a morning newspaper published six days a week.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Ellis|title=Following readers online|url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/news/20180411/following-readers-online|access-date=2020-08-20|website=The Hawk Eye Newspaper|language=en}}</ref> The paper was established in 1837 and is Iowa's oldest newspaper. *Des Moines County News is a once a week newspaper. ; Radio Burlington's radio stations include [[WQKQ]] 92.1 FM, [[KAYP]] 89.9 FM, [[KKMI]] 93.5 FM, [[KCDM]] 98.3 FM, [[KDMG]] 103.1 FM, [[KBKB-FM|KBKB]] 101.7 FM, [[KHDK]] 97.3 FM, [[KGRS]] 107.3 FM, [[KCPS]] 1150 AM, [[KBKB (AM)|KBKB]] 1360 AM, and [[KBUR]] 1490 AM. Burlington residents also listen to stations in nearby communities, most notably, the [[Quad Cities]]. ; TV Burlington previously had a local TV station, KJMH. It signed on August 2, 1984, from a tower on Winegard Drive. It also had studios in Burlington. Initially an independent station, it became a charter FOX affiliate in 1986, but suffered from duplication from [[KLJB]] in the Quad Cities. In 1996, the station became a full-time satellite of KLJB, and now operates as Quad Cities station [[KGCW]]. Today, those in the Burlington-Oquawka area receive local over-the-air programming from stations in the Quad Cities (the city's main television market), [[Quincy, IL|Quincy]], and [[Ottumwa, IA|Ottumwa]], including the stations listed below. *[[WHBF-TV]] [[CBS]] Channel 4.1 (RF 4); Rock Island, IL (Quad Cities) *[[KWQC-TV]] [[NBC]] Channel 6.1 (RF 36); Davenport, IA (Quad Cities) *[[KHQA-TV]] [[CBS]] Channel 7.1 (RF 7); Hannibal, MO (Quincy, IL) *[[KHQA-TV]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Channel 7.2 (RF 7); Hannibal, MO (Quincy, IL) *[[WQAD-TV]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] Channel 8.1 (RF 38); Moline, IL (Quad Cities) *[[WQAD-DT3]] [[MyNetworkTV]] Channel 8.3 (RF 38); Moline, IL (Quad Cities) *[[WGEM-TV]] [[NBC]] Channel 10.1 (RF 10); Quincy, IL *[[WGEM-DT2]] [[The CW]] Channel 10.2 (RF 10); Quincy, IL *[[WGEM-DT3]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] Channel 10.3 (RF 10); Quincy, IL *[[Iowa Public Television|KIIN]] [[PBS]] Channel 12.1 (RF 12); Iowa City, IA *[[KYOU-TV]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] Channel 15.1 (RF 15); Ottumwa, IA *[[WTJR]] [[Christian Television Network|CTN]] Channel 16.1 (RF 32); Quincy, IL *[[KLJB]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] Channel 18.1 (RF 49); Davenport, IA (Quad Cities) *[[KWKB]] [[This TV]] Channel 20.1 (RF 25); Iowa City, IA *[[Network Knowledge|WMEC]] [[PBS]] Channel 22.1 (RF 21); Macomb, IL *[[WQPT-TV]] [[PBS]] Channel 24.1 (RF 23); Moline, IL (Quad Cities) *[[KGCW]] [[The CW]] Channel 26.1 (RF 41); Burlington, IA (Quad Cities, studio in Rock Island) *[[Iowa Public Television|KQIN]] [[PBS]] Channel 36.1 (RF 34); Davenport, IA (Quad Cities)
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