Quincy Newspapers belies its name by being a leading TV broadcaster serving markets in the Midwest. It owns and operates about a dozen stations located mostly in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. Most of its stations are affiliated with NBC and ABC, while a two are affiliates of FOX. Quincy Newspapers does own two newspapers, The New Jersey Herald (Newton) and Quincy Herald-Whig (Illinois), along with a couple radio stations and a video production business. The family-owned company was formed by the Oakley and Lindsay families in 1926 to publish the Herald-Whig.