WREX TV 13 is a TV station in Rockford, Illinois, USA covering NBC network programs, local news and weather.

WREX TV 13 is an affiliate of the NBC Television Network.

WREX TV 13 began operation on October 1, 1953. The station's call letters were selected in honor of Rex N. Caster, the son of the station's founding shareholder and president L.E. Caster. Rex Caster was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army who was killed in France during World War II. In 1963, the station was sold to the Gannett Company. In 1966, WREX became the first television station in Rockford to broadcast in color. The station was sold in 1969 to the Gilmore Broadcasting Corporation. In 1987, Gilmore sold the station to ML Media Partners, L.P. In August 1995, Quincy Newspapers purchased WREX.

This TV station is owned by Quincy Newspapers, Inc..

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John Chadwick is the general manager of WREX TV 13.

 Mailing address: PO Box 530, Rockford, IL 61105

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