High Q - Known Versions

Known Versions

• Hometown High-Q, broadcast by KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• A long-running version by WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. Its format was licensed by and nearly identical to the NBC show GE College Bowl. This show is no longer produced; its sponsor, Ashland Oil, now sponsors Kentucky's Governors Cup academic competition. A similar game called High School Bowl has since replaced High Q.
• A long-running version by WOWK in Huntington, West Virginia, as of late 2009 revamped as "The All New High Q". The original is no longer aired on WOWK; the "All New" show, with a slightly varied format and same host (Ernie G. Anderson) is now being produced at the Ohio University Southern Campus in Ironton, Ohio and is aired on both WQCW-TV on Saturday afternoons and O.U.'s Public-access television cable TV channel.
• High-Q was Produced for a number of years by WCVB-TV 5 in Boston Massachusetts. Sports Anchor Mike Lynch was the host of this version. In its last season, the championship was won by Wahconah Regional High School in western Massachusetts, far from the station's advertising base.
• A version produced by WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio. This version features a unique format, not drawn from any other show.
• A version from WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. Its format appears to be similar, though not identical (as WHIO and WSB are sister stations), to the WHIO version.
• A version from KCOS in El Paso, Texas.
• A version from WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas, cosponsored with Washburn University, broadcast from 1985-2005. Along with a format change, this version was renamed Quest and is now broadcast on KTWU-TV.
• A long-running version by KGW-TV in Portland, Oregon was broadcast in the 1960s and 1970s.