KWWL News is a Cedar Rapids-licensed TV news channel that operates at Virtual CH 7 under the umbrella of Allen Media Broadcasting. NBC Cedar Rapids is an NBC affiliate service that serves the entire Eastern Iowa TV market including Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City, and Waterloo. Allen Media Broadcasting is further works under the management of Entertainment Studios located in Los Angeles. KWWL News Waterloo Iowa uses the brand name News 7 KWWL or KWWL News for its newscast. However, the network serves the audience with the slogan We’ve Got You Covered. Watch the channel live on local cable, over the antenna, and at kwwl.com. The station is home to Cedar Rapids News, KWWL Weather, Coronavirus Coverage, KWWL Sports, Things To Do, and many other local services.
Find KWWL Cancellations, KWWL weather forecast, weather cameras, KWWL Weather Radar, Schnack’s Weather Blog, KWWL closings, and Alerts Radar, on the KWWL Weather section. Moreover, the audience can also get KWWL 7-day forecast, weather services alerts, Derecho, River Levels, Surviving The Storm, and Road Conditions at KWWL weather. KWWL Radar presents the layer-by-layer weather conditions not only in Iowa but also in Waterloo and other nearby areas. In its Things To Do section, viewers can explore Community Calendar, Mr. Food Recipes, Contests, Tools for Schools, KWWL Virtual Tour, The Salvation Army, and KWWL Sponsored Events.
KWWL Live Stream
Live Stream is a wonderful way of watching Television anywhere in the world with the help of just a handheld device. Whether you use a cellphone or loves to spend time with your laptop, you can enjoy the channel live stream on either of your devices with just a single tap. Thanks to Live News Globe, you can enjoy HD transmission without any buffering, and annoying ads. Feel free to let us know if the stream doesn’t load properly or isn’t working at all.
KWWL Live Stream Schedule
Find below the live stream schedule of KWWL News.
Sr. | Shows | Days | Time |
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1. | KWWL News | Mon-Fri/Saturday/ Sunday | 4:30 a.m. – 7 a.m./8 a.m. – 9 a.m. /6 a.m. – 7 a.m. & 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. |
2. | KWWL News at Noon | Mon-Fri | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. |
3. | KWWL News at Five | Sun-Fri | 5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
4. | KWWL News at Six | Mon-Sat | 6 p.m. – 6:30 p.m |
5. | KWWL News at Ten | Whole Week | 10 p.m. – 10:35 p.m. |
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KWWL News Team
News Team is the main driver in any news channel and so for the KWWL TV. The channel has excellent team members including Daniel Winn, Ron Steele, Taylor Vessel, Travis Breese, Alaina Kwan, Michele White, and Collin Dorsey. They communicate well with the other team members and viewers. Moreover, they are technically proficient, have wonderful investigation skills, possess an exceptional personality, are good team players, and are versatile in nature. KWWL News Team covers everything from a little crim story on the street to the big White House Tantrum. Moreover, the team always stays on top during the election year and provides the most accurate results to the public in a timely manner.
Taylor Vessel: Anchor at KWWL News
Taylor Vessel is a news anchor, reporter and multimedia journalist at NBC Cedar Rapids. Vessel has been a writer and a storyteller since he first learned to read. Taylor has also been actively narrating stories for the 6 years of the people residing in the Midwest. It is his mission to tell as many stories as he can, especially the ones that are exceptional. At KWWL TV, Taylor has pitched, created, and edited content for Television. Moreover, he has also compiled and published blogs for the channel’s website along with fostering relations with public relations management. Vessel started a job at KWWL News in May 2018. Taylor completed his education at , Carbondale at BS Radio, TV, and Digital Communication, Senior.
Alongside KWWL News, Taylor is also a Freelance Marketing Assistant at Southern Illinois University Press. He recently became a part of the University in June 2021. Before this, she was a Multimedia Journalist and Assistant Producer at WSIL News from August 2017 to May 2018. There she researched and pithed content to the station’s editing squad. Furthermore, Taylor was also responsible for writing and filming exciting reports, along with helping with several web content tasks.

From February 2016 to February 2017, Vessel was a content Producer at WSIU News. Eventually, she was promoted to Assistant News Director in February 2017 and then left the channel in May 2018, after serving it for 1 year and 4 months. Her non-media jobs include Bookseller at Barnes & Noble, Associate Trainer at Panera Bread Co., and Manufacturer at Aisin Electronics.
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Storm Track 7 Team
KWWL Weather team includes the most talented squad of meteorologists who are ready to chase the weather anywhere, anytime. The team includes Mark Schnackenberg, Joi Betternhausen, Kyle Kiel, and Brandon Libby. These four people are responsible for handling the weather and climate conditions in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and other nearby areas. Moreover, they also manage the KWWL Radar and track the weather conditions based on it. Some of them have earned a Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society for their remarkable weather reporting.
Brandon Libby serves as the station’s weekend evening and noon weather personality who has been a part of the KWWL Weather team since June 2019. Libby’s duties include forecasting, presenting, engaging, producing, and concise weather reports. Moreover, Brandon tells a story and connects with the audience, develops content and media for the on-air telecast, digital broadcast, and social media pages. Brandon is from California and that is where he took the passion for weather since Califonia is popular for warm temperatures, abundant sunshine, and dangerous thunderstorms. Brandon Libby understands how to operate KWWL Radar and presents the most accurate weather forecast to the public.
Before joining KWWL Weather, Brandon Libby was a Weather Reporter and Weekend Meteorologist at KIMT News from May 2016 to June 2019. Brandon took the start of his career at KMSP News as an Internee from May 2015 to August 2015. There, he used to help other weather reporters in creating daily weather forecasts as well as weekly. Moreover, Libby also used to prepare media for the weathercast presentation with the help of WSI’s TruVi Max program. Brandon took the degree in Meteorology at Iowa State University in 2016.
KWWL News Mobile Apps
NBC Cedar Rapids offers a couple of mobile apps for the user’s convenience. It’s KWWL News App focusing entirely on Cedar Rapids News, National/International News, KWWL Breaking News, KWWL Weather, KWWL Sports, and more. Storm Track7 app provides all the latest KWWL weather news, offers many other weather-related services such as KWWL Cancellations, KWWL Weather Forecast, Current Conditions, Road Conditions, KWWL Radar, KWWL School Closings, KWWL 7 Day Forecast, and Surviving the Storm.
KWWL Popular Shows
The following is the complete list of TV shows broadcasting from Monday to Sunday on KWWL News. The list consists of Access Daily, Wheel of Fortune, KWWL News at Noon, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Teen Kids News. You can watch these programs on different live-streaming apps, and websites.
The Wall Mikail and Shakira | Late Night With Seth Meyers | American Ninja Warrior Semifinals 4 | KWWL News at 10:00 p.m. |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Access Daily | Early Today | KWWL Early Today in Iowa |
Today With Hoda and Jenna | Days of Our Lives | Jeopardy! | KWWL News at Noon |
25 Words or Less | Wheel of Fortune Great American Cities | NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt | America’s Got Talent |
College Bowl Semifinals 1 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Set Up | Chicago Med I Will Come to Save You | Family Game Fight The Life Savers vs. The A+ Team |
1st Look | This Week in AgriBusiness | Wild Child Chilly With the Family | Lift Innovate: Willing 2 Win |
NFL Football | Teen Kids News | One Team: The Power of Sports | NASCAR Auto Racing |
American Ninja Warrior Venice Qualifying | Open House | The World’s Funniest Weather That Wind-Blown Look | Nazareth Lutheran Church |
The Steele Report | Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | Hope City Church | Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games |
About KWWL News Waterloo Iowa
KWWL TV first hit the air on 29 November 1953 on the day of Thanksgiving. When FCC decided to launch CH 7 in Waterloo, there were two major broadcasting companies that time in the area: Black Hawk Broadcasting and Sonderling Broadcasting. After an intense fight between the two, the license was finally granted to Black Hawk Broadcasting. The original affiliate partners of KWWL News were NBC Network and DuMont Network. The channel was also an affiliate of NTA Film Network in the late fifties for a short moment of time.
Website: https://www.kwwl.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kwwl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KWWL7/
Tower Location: North of Rowley, Iowa, a city in Buchanan County
Brand Name: KWWL
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