The following is a list of media outlets based in

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Print

Newspapers

Manhattan has had at least one newspaper published for the town continuously since ''The Kansas Express'' published its first edition on May 21, 1859. The following newspapers currently publish in Manhattan: * ''Grass & Grain'' – agriculture news (published weekly) * '' The Kansas State Collegian'' –

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student newspaper (published daily during academic term) * ''Keynotes News for Older Kansans'' – senior citizen news (published bi-monthly) * ''Kansas Free Press'' – news (published weekly) * ''

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'' – news (published daily)

History

Manhattan had a number of newspapers in its early years. Following is a timeline of 19th-century papers in the town: * ''Kansas Express'' (1859–1926) – first newspaper in Manhattan, consolidated into ''The Manhattan Mercury'' **name changed to ''Independent'' in 1863, ''Standard'' in 1868, and ''Nationalist'' in 1870 * ''Kansas Radical'' (1866–1868) – second newspaper in Manhattan, consolidated into the ''Standard'' * ''Manhattan Enterprise'' (1876–1909) – founded by father of

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, consolidated into ''The Manhattan Mercury'' ** name changed to ''Manhattan Republic'' in 1882 * ''

'' (1884–present)

Radio

The following radio stations are

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to and/or broadcast from Manhattan:

AM

FM

History

The first radio station licensed in Manhattan was 9YV, an experimental station operated by

. In 1912 the station began a daily broadcast (in

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) of the

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, becoming the first radio station in the U.S. to air a regularly-scheduled forecast. After a series of efforts to secure a more high-powered signal for the university – including a brief cooperation with John R. Brinkley's notorious KFKB – Kansas State was granted a license for KSAC, which began broadcasting with 500 watts of power on December 1, 1924. The station was reassigned to the frequency of AM 580 in 1928, and continued broadcasting on that frequency until November 27, 2002, when it made its last broadcast after the frequency was bought out by WIBW in

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Television

Manhattan is in the Topeka, Kansas television market. The following television stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from Manhattan:

History

The history of television in Manhattan dates back to the "experimental era" of

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. On March 9, 1932, the

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granted

a license to operate the television station W9XAK. It was the first television station in

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. Activity on the station peaked in 1933 and 1934, with original programs being produced three nights a week. On October 28, 1939, the station broadcast the Homecoming football game in Manhattan between

Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

and

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, which was the second college football game ever televised. The station went off the air later in 1939.

References

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