stations. Tomczyk retired the next year, and Maurice "Moss" Bresnahan was named president and CEO of both organizations, reporting to the University of Illinois and the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation board. The dual leadership arrangement was a prelude to a possible merger, though WTVP ultimately sought to keep its local identity and ended the agreement in 2019 to seek its own executive while continuing programming and other collaborations with WILL. Also in 2014, WTVP began managing master control functions for WQPT, the public television station of Western Illinois University-Quad Cities in Moline. Involvement of WTVP with other public broadcasting in west-central Illinois had first been envisioned in the 1970s when planners linked WTVP to the Convocom educational consortium, whose public television station went on the air as an independent project and is now WSEC in Springfield. WTVP launched WTVP Remote (47.5), a subchannel with educational content for K-12 students, during the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020. The next year, it acquired the assets of Peoria Magazine, a monthly publication that was being discontinued by its publisher, and the annual business events it organized. Local programming Local programs from WTVP include At Issue, a weekly public affairs series, as well as agriculture program A Shot of Ag with Rob Sharkey and the music performance series State & Water, in addition to documentaries and other special programs. From 1979 to 1980 and again from 1996 to 2012, WTVP was the broadcaster of Bradley Braves men's basketball. It was the first to telecast Bradley's men's and women's teams. Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: External links References PBS member stations Television channels and stations established in 1971 TVP 1971 establishments in Illinois