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An Iowa TV anchor choked up on air as he quit his job, and announced he was leaving journalism \u2013 before blasting his station for spewing \u201csaturated\u201d news that makes local viewers \u201cuncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dustin Nolan, morning anchor for NBC-affiliate KWQC-TV 6 in Davenport, delivered the dramatic on-air resignation Friday, repeatedly pausing while fighting back tears before issuing a stinging rebuke of the news station.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have chosen to step away from the news industry,\u201d said Nolan, who has worked at KWQC since 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore I say goodbye, I just want to say, I hope every one of you that\u2019s allowed me to be a part of your mornings just how important that I have taken this job, how much it means to me that you\u2019ve trusted me these past few years to bring you the news in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The distraught broadcaster stressed that he has \u201cgiven everything\u201d to serving up transparent, fact-driven news coverage to the Quad Cities, calling it a \u201cpublic service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nolan said all he has ever wanted was to report on the \u201cissues that really matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always believed that we as a local news station owe you, the viewers, the best that we can do, because without you, none of us would be able to do this job,\u201d Nolan added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI also believe that we, as a local news station, have to be more than trends or sanitized news, because it makes people feel uncomfortable,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why the facts matter, and that\u2019s why we do what we do here. We have to take people out of their bubbles and comfort zones and make them think about the world we all live in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tearful anchor went on to praise his co-anchor \u2014 his wife Jenna \u2014 as the \u201cgreatest co-anchor in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nolan has worked at the Gray Media-owned station since November 2022, according to his LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Catholic St. Ambrose University in Iowa, he began his career reporting sports in Wyoming for seven months before moving to Illinois, where he worked as a sports reporter at WQAD for nearly two years.<\/p>\n

He later rose to a morning news anchor role at WFBF in Illinois, where he spent three years before joining KWQC.<\/p>\n

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