Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Ohio, most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the List of United States ...

is served by several newspapers, magazines, and television and radio stations.

Newspapers and magazines

Several weekly and daily newspapers serve Columbus and Central Ohio. The major daily newspaper in Columbus is ''

The Columbus Dispatch ''The Columbus Dispatch'' is a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. Its first issue was published on July 1, 1871, and it has been the only mainstream daily newspaper in the city since ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' ceased publication in ...

''; its erstwhile main competitor, ''

The Columbus Citizen-Journal ''The Columbus Citizen-Journal'' was a daily morning newspaper in Columbus, Ohio published by the Scripps Howard company. It was formed in 1959 by the merger of ''The Columbus Citizen'' and ''The Ohio State Journal''. It shared printing facilit ...

'', ceased publication on December 31, 1985. There are also neighborhood/suburb specific papers, such as the Dispatch Printing Company's ''ThisWeek Community News'', which serves 23 suburbs and Columbus, the '' Columbus Messenger'', and the independently owned ''Short North Gazette''. '' The Lantern'' and '' UWeekly'' serve the

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community. "Alternative" arts/culture/politics-oriented papers include Outlook Media's ''Outlook: Columbus'' (serving the city's

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community), and '' aLIVE'' (formerly the independent ''Columbus Alive'' and now owned by the ''Columbus Dispatch''). The newest addition to the Columbus media scene is ''Live Local! Columbus'', a free, quarterly magazine that focuses on local arts, culture, and events. The ''Columbus Magazine'', ''CityScene'', ''(614) Magazine'', and ''

Columbus Monthly ''Columbus Monthly'' is a magazine that has been an important and influential voice in Central Ohio. The magazine which was created in June 1975 has a well-earned reputation for tweaking the local establishment, challenging the monopoly daily on ...

'' are the city's magazines. Online media publication ''Columbus Underground'' also serves the Columbus region as an independently owned alternative voice. The Confluence Cast, a Columbus-centric podcast hosted by Tim Fulton, is presented by Columbus Underground and focuses on the civics, lifestyle, entertainment, and people of the city. The city's business community is served by ''The Daily Reporter'', central Ohio's only printed daily business and legal newspaper; ''Columbus Business First'', a daily online/weekly print business publication that is part of the Charlotte-based

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, and ''Columbus CEO'', a monthly business magazine. ''Gongwer News Service'', a daily independent political newsletter, provides extensive Statehouse coverage.

Television

Columbus is the base for 11 television stations and is the 32nd largest television market as of October 27, 2022. *

WCMH-TV WCMH-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Olentangy River Road near the Ohio State University campus, and its trans ...

4 (

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) * WDEM-CD 17 *

WOSU-TV WOSU-TV (channel 34) is a PBS member television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Owned by Ohio State University as part of WOSU Public Media, it is sister to public radio stations WOSU-FM (89.7) and WOSA (101.1 FM). The three station ...

34 (

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

) *

WSYX WSYX (channel 6) is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC, MyNetworkTV and Fox. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provides certain services to Roar station WTTE (channel 28, owned by Cunnin ...

6 (

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/ MNTV on DT2/

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on DT3) * WQMC-LD 23 (

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) * WGCT-CD 39 ( TCT) * WTTE 28 ( TBD) * WSFJ-TV 51 (

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) *

WBNS-TV WBNS-TV (channel 10) is a television station in Columbus, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside the company's sole radio properties, WBNS (1460 AM) and WBNS-FM (97.1). The stations share studios on Twin ...

10 (

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) * WCSN-LD 33 (multiple networks) * WWHO 53 ( CW) Warner Cable introduced its two-way interactive

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system in Columbus in December 1977, which consisted of specialty channels that would evolve into national networks

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, MTV and

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. QUBE also displayed one of the earliest uses of

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and

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Radio

Columbus is home to the 36th largest radio market.Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Spring 2010
Arbitron, Spring 2010, Retrieved May 2, 2010 The following box contains all of the radio stations in the area, as well as their current format:

AM

FM

References

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