Although Baltimore is only a 45-minute drive northeast of

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, it is a major media market in its own right. Its main

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, ''

The Baltimore Sun ''The Baltimore Sun'' is the largest general-circulation daily newspaper based in the U.S. state of Maryland and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries. Founded in 1837, it is currently owned by T ...

'', was sold by its Baltimore owners in 1986 to the

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, which was bought by the

Tribune Company Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Through Tribune Broadcasting, Tribune Media was one of the largest television broadcasting companies, owning 39 ...

in 2000. Baltimore is the 24th largest

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and 21st largest

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in the country.

Newspapers

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Baltimore Afro-American The ''Baltimore Afro-American'', commonly known as ''The Afro'' or ''Afro News'', is a weekly African-American newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the flagship newspaper of the ''AFRO-American'' chain and the longest-running Africa ...

'' *''Baltimore Beat'' *'' Baltimore Business Journal'' *''

Baltimore Jewish Times The ''Baltimore Jewish Times'' is a subscription-based weekly community publication aimed at the Jewish community of Baltimore. History The newspaper was founded in 1919 by David Alter, and at one time it was the largest Jewish publication in t ...

'' *''Baltimore Out Loud'' *''

'' *'' The Daily Record'' *''

Gay Life Gay Life was a weekly newspaper about LGBT culture, gay culture published by the LGBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland. It was distributed in Baltimore, Maryland and throughout the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic re ...

'' *''

The UB Post ''The UB Post'' is an English-language tri-weekly newspaper published in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Founded in 1996, the newspaper has both print (in English) and online editions (in English, Italian and Spanish). The UB in the pa ...

'' *'' The Towerlight'' *''

The Johns Hopkins News-Letter ''The Johns Hopkins News-Letter'' is the independent student newspaper of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. Published since 1896, it is one of the nation's oldest continuously published, weekly, student-run college newsp ...

Defunct newspapers

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Baltimore City Paper ''Baltimore City Paper'' was a free alternative weekly newspaper published in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1977 by Russ Smith and Alan Hirsch. The most recent owner was the Baltimore Sun Media Group, which purchased the paper in 2014 from ...

'' *''

The Baltimore Examiner ''The Baltimore Examiner'' was a free daily newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, launched in 2006, ceased publication in 2009. History ''The Baltimore Examiner'' was launched in 2006 by the Philip Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group as part of a nat ...

'' *''Baltimore Daily Commercial'' (1865–1867) *''The Baltimore Guide'' *''

Baltimore Morning Herald ''The Baltimore Morning Herald'' was a daily newspaper published in Baltimore in the beginning of the twentieth century. History The first edition was published on February 10, 1900. The paper succeeded the ''Morning Herald'' and was absorbed b ...

'' *''

Baltimore News-American The ''Baltimore News-American'' was a broadsheet newspaper published in downtown Baltimore, Maryland until May 27, 1986. It had a continuous lineage (in various forms) of more than 200 years. For much of the mid-20th century, it had the largest ...

'' *'' Baltimore Wecker'' *''The Catholic Mirror'' *''Herald of Freedom and Torch Light'' *''

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Television

The Baltimore

includes the city and ten counties in northeastern Maryland. Due to Baltimore's proximity to

, local viewers can also receive the signal of most television stations broadcasting in the Washington television market. The following is a list of

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s licensed to and/or broadcasting from Baltimore, with network owned-and-operated stations highlighted in bold: Other stations broadcasting from the greater

Baltimore Metropolitan Area The Baltimore–Columbia–Towson Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as Central Maryland, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in Maryland as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As of the 2010 Census, t ...

include: WMJF-CD, an

Ion Television Ion Television is an American broadcast television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented en ...

affiliate which transmits from

Towson University Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...

Towson, Maryland Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincor ...

; and

WQAW-LD WQAW-LD is a low-power television station in Lake Shore, Maryland, broadcasting digitally on Ultra high frequency, UHF channel 20. The station is owned by HC2 Holdings. On or about April 21, 2022, their transmitter apparently shut down. It shar ...

, an Azteca affiliate in

Lake Shore, Maryland Lake Shore is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, located east of Pasadena. The population of Lake Shore was 19,477 at the 2010 census. Geography Lake Shore is located at (39.09 ...

. Cable channels based in the Baltimore area include: *

Mid-Atlantic Sports Network The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between two Major League Baseball franchises, the Baltimore Orioles (which owns a controlling 77% interest) and the Washington Nationals (whic ...

Public, educational, and government access Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was creat ...

(PEG) channels *

Public-access television Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was creat ...

, channel 75 * Educational-access television, channel 76 *

Government-access television Government-access television (GATV) is a type of specialty television channel created by government entities (generally local governments) and broadcast over cable TV systems or, in some cases, over-the-air broadcast television stations. GATV pr ...

(GATV), channel 25

Radio

* WBAL *

WBJC WBJC (91.5 MHz) is a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to Baltimore, Maryland. The station is owned by Baltimore City Community College and it airs a classical music radio format. WBJC holds periodic fundraisers on the air to pa ...

* WEAA *

WERQ WERQ-FM (92.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It features a Mainstream Urban radio format and is owned by Radio One of Lanham, Maryland, the largest broadcasting company serving African American audiences in the Unite ...

WIYY WIYY (97.9 FM, "98 Rock") is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by Hearst Communications and broadcasts a mainstream rock radio format. WIYY shares studios and offices with sister stations WBAL and WBAL-TV on T ...

* WJZ *

WJZ-FM WJZ-FM (105.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Catonsville, Maryland, and serving the Baltimore metropolitan area. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. through licensee Audacy License, LLC, and it broadcasts a sports radio for ...

WLIF WLIF (101.9 FM, "Today's 101.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Baltimore, Maryland. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. through licensee Audacy License, LLC and broadcasts an adult contemporary format. Its studios are located ...

* WLOY *

WNST WNST (1570 kHz) is a sports radio station located in Towson, Maryland, near Baltimore. It is owned and operated by local sports media personality Nestor Aparicio through Nasty 1570 Sports, LLC. WNST was the first 24-hour all sports radio stat ...

WPOC WPOC (93.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It airs a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are at The Rotunda Shopping Center, on West 40th Street, in Baltimore. The tr ...

WQSR WQSR (102.7 FM, "102.7 Jack FM") is a commercial radio station licensed Baltimore, Maryland. The station is owned by iHeartMedia through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. It broadcasts an adult hits radio format, using the syndicated "Jack FM" ser ...

* WRBS *

WWIN (AM) WWIN (1400 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. Owned by Urban One, it broadcasts an urban gospel radio format. Some Christian talk and teaching programs are heard middays and Sundays. The studios are in Woodlawn, ...

WWIN-FM WWIN-FM (95.9 FM) is an urban adult contemporary radio station in Baltimore owned by Urban One. It is known as "Magic 95.9", playing a variety of urban adult contemporary music from the 1960s to present. Its transmitter is located along I-695 ...

WWMX WWMX (106.5 FM), known on-air as Mix 106.5, is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. The studios and offices are on Clarkview Road off Jones Falls Exp ...

WYPR WYPR (88.1 FM) is a public radio station serving the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area. Its studio is in the Charles Village neighborhood of northern Baltimore, while its transmitter is in Park Heights. The station is simulcast in the Fred ...

WCAO WCAO (600 AM broadcasting, AM "Heaven 600") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. It broadcasts an urban gospel radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It also airs some Christian talk and teac ...

WCBM WCBM (680 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is owned by WCBM Maryland, Inc., and broadcasts a talk radio format, calling itself "Talk Radio 680 WCBM." The radio studios and offices are on York Road in Luthervi ...

* WZBA *

WZFT WZFT (104.3 FM), known on-air as "Z104.3", is a Top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located at The Rotunda shopping center in Baltimore, and the transmi ...

Magazines

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'' magazine * ''Baltimore SmartCEO'' * ''

Inside Lacrosse Inside Lacrosse is a lacrosse media entity and ESPN affiliate. It includes many parts including a news website, an 11 times annual magazine, online video streaming, internet forums and an ESPN television show. The company is currently headquarter ...

'' * '' Grub Street (literary magazine)'' * ''

32 Poems ''32 Poems Magazine'' (''32 Poems'') is a literary magazine, founded in the American states of Maryland and Texas in 2003, that has published poems from writers around the world. About This independent magazine, founded by Deborah Ager and John ...

'' * '' Welter'' * ''

Smartish Pace ''Smartish Pace'' is a non-profit, independent literary journal based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The magazine was founded in 1999 by Stephen Reichert (authored by member of journal's staff, published in an alumni magazine) who was a University ...

'' * '' Where What When'' * ''

The Wine Advocate ''The Wine Advocate'', fully known as ''Robert Parker's Wine Advocate'' and informally abbreviated ''TWA'' or ''WA ''or more recently as ''RP'', is a bimonthly wine publication based in the United States featuring the consumer advice of wine criti ...

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''B Woman''

Defunct magazines

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Baltimore Saturday Visiter The ''Baltimore Saturday Visiter'' was a weekly periodical in Baltimore, Maryland, in the 19th century. It published some of the early work of Baltimore writer Edgar Allan Poe. History It was established in 1832 by Charles Cloud and Lambert Wilm ...

'' * ''

The Portico ''The Portico: A Repository of Science & Literature'' (1816–1818) was a short-lived Baltimore literary journal founded and edited by Stephen Simpson and Tobias Watkins. The monthly journal was formed to publish the members of a small Baltimore l ...

'' * ''The Accountant and Advertiser'' * ''Rural Gentleman and Ladies' Companion'' * ''The Southern Review'' * ''

Dirty Linen ''Dirty Linen'' was a bi-monthly magazine of folk and world music based in Baltimore, Maryland. The magazine ceased publication in the spring of 2010. The magazine offered extensive reviews of folk music recordings, videos, books, and concert ...

Other

* Baltimore Brew * Baltimore Fishbowl *

The Real News The Real News Network (TRNN) is an independent, nonprofit news organization based in Baltimore, MD that covers both national and international news. History TRNN was founded by documentary producer Paul Jay and Mishuk Munier in September 2 ...

* Technical.ly Baltimore * Wide Angle Youth Media

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External links

Baltimore, MD on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)

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