Media In Little Rock, Arkansas

The Little Rock– Pine Bluff media market, which encompasses the state capital and two of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. state of Arkansas, maintains a variety of broadcast, print and online media outlets serving the region. The Little Rock–Pine Bluff market includes 38 counties in the central, north-central and west-central portions of the state, serving a total population of 1,172,700 residents ages 12 and over . As of September 2021, it is ranked as the 59th largest American television market by Nielsen Media Research and the 92nd largest American radio market by Nielsen Audio.

The Little Rock–Pine Bluff designated market area is served by 13 television stations (nine full-power and four low-power digital stations) and 54 radio stations (11 AM/ MW stations, 28 full-power and five low-power FM stations, and 10 low-power FM translators) licensed to communities within of downtown Little Rock, along with nine television stations (three full-power and six low-power digital stations) and 110 radio stations (17 AM/MW stations, 55 full-power and six low-power FM stations, and 32 low-power FM translators) serving counties outside of the core metropolitan area.

The following is a list of newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and online media that currently operate or have previously operated in Central Arkansas. In addition to referencing broadcast media outlets that serve the immediate Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway and Pine Bluff metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), the article also lists television and radio stations licensed to non-metro counties within the broader Little Rock–Pine Bluff DMA.

Newspapers and magazines

The major daily newspaper published in Little Rock is the '' Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'', which is circulated statewide and publishes standalone print and digital editions focusing on the Arkansas River Valley and Ozark regions from a satellite facility based in Lowell. Founded as the '' Arkansas Gazette'' by William E. Woodruff in November 1819, it was the first newspaper to begin publication in the then-Arkansas Territory and was originally published in the pre-statehood territorial capital of Arkansas Post, before relocating to Little Rock shortly after it became the capital city in 1821. The ''Gazette'' and the rival ''Arkansas Democrat'' were consolidated into a single publication in October 1991, after Gannett), general manager Ted Snider founded ARN following his 1971 purchase of the KARK radio stations from the Arkansas Radio & Equipment Company (which concurrently sold KARK-TV to Mullins Broadcasting) and expanded its offerings to include statewide news, weather and sports updates as well as specialty programs, along with its agricultural reports. By the late 1980s, ARN programming was distributed to nearly 70 radio stations across Arkansas. On February 21, 2022, Cumulus Media (which acquired ARN through its 2011 purchase of Citadel Broadcasting) announced plans to suspend the network's operations effective March 20.

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Outlying areas

Areas outside the immediate Little Rock metropolitan statistical area are served by radio stations of various formats (which include some stations which have signals that propagate into Little Rock proper):

NOAA Weather Radio

All NOAA Weather Radio stations serving the Little Rock market are operated by the National Weather Service office based in North Little Rock.

See also

* Arkansas media
** List of newspapers in Arkansas
** List of radio stations in Arkansas
** List of television stations in Arkansas
** Media of cities in Arkansas: Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Rogers

References

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¹ KMYA-LD is a translator of KMYA-DT in Camden; although KMYA-DT brands itself as a Little Rock station and is officially assigned by Nielsen to the Little Rock–Pine Bluff DMA, the station's transmitter is based in Union County (located northwest of El Dorado), which is within the boundaries of the El Dorado–Monroe, Louisiana market, and its signal contour extends as far north into the Little Rock–Pine Bluff DMA as Dallas, Cleveland and Clark counties. Because of this, KMYA relies on the Sheridan translator, and on cable and satellite distribution to cover Central Arkansas.
² Indicates clear-channel station with extended nighttime coverage.

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