Media in Washington, D.C.

Newspapers

See also: List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.

The Washington Post is the oldest-surviving, and currently the most-read daily newspaper in Washington, with a strong reputation across the U.S. It is notable for exposing the Watergate scandal, among other achievements. The Washington Post Company has multiple media holdings, the Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News, Fashion Washington, El Tiempo Latino (a Spanish-language publication), The Slate Group, The Daily Herald (in Washington state), as well as the education company Kaplan, Inc.. The Washington Post emphasizes national and political news coverage but also covers regional and local stories. Headquartered in downtown Washington, the newspaper employs journalists at 11 regional bureaus in Maryland and Virginia and 14 international bureaus. Content is shared across titles within the Washington Post Company.[1]

The daily Washington Times and the free weekly Washington City Paper also have readership in the District. On February 1, 2005 the free daily tabloid Washington Examiner debuted, having been formed from a chain of suburban newspapers known as the Journal Newspapers. The Washington Examiner converted to a political journalism website and weekly magazine in June 2013.[2]

The weekly Washington Blade and Metro Weekly focus on gay issues, and the Washington Sun, the Washington Informer, and Washington Afro on African American issues. Bi-weekly Street Sense focuses on issues of homelessness poverty, and life on the streets. Other special-interest papers include Roll Call, a daily paper focused on politics.

Many neighborhoods in the District have their own community newspapers. Some of these include The Current Newspapers, which has editions serving Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Chevy Chase and Upper Northwest, and a Capitol Hill paper called The Capitol Hill Current/Voice of the Hill. Additional papers include In-Towner (Dupont Circle, Logan Circle and Adams Morgan), Hill Rag (Capitol Hill), East of the River (Anacostia) and D.C. North (Northeast D.C.). In addition, several specialty newspapers serve the U.S. Congress; most notable are Roll Call from the Congressional Quarterly, The Hill, and Politico.[3]

Television

See also: List of television stations in Washington, D.C. and List of television shows set in Washington, D.C.

As of 2008, the Washington Metropolitan Area was the 9th largest designated market area in the U.S., with 2,321,610 TV homes (2.028% of the U.S. population).[4] The following is a list of television stations serving the metro area, with network owned-and-operated stations highlighted in bold:

Channel	Callsign	Affiliation	Branding	Subchannels		Owner
(Virtual)				Channel	Programming
4.1	WRC-TV	NBC	NBC 4	4.2 4.3 4.4	Cozi TV Telemundo TeleXitos	NBCUniversal
5.1	WTTG	FOX	FOX 5	5.2 5.3	Buzzr MeTV	Fox Television Stations
7.1	WJLA-TV	ABC	ABC 7	7.2 7.3 7.4	Charge! Comet TBD	Sinclair Broadcast Group
9.1	WUSA	CBS	WUSA 9	9.2	Justice Network	Tegna Media
14.1	WFDC-DT	Univision	Univision Washington D.C.	14.2 14.3 14.4	GetTV Grit Bounce	Univision Communications
20.1	WDCA	MyNetworkTV	FOX 5 Plus	20.2 20.3 20.4	Movies! Heroes & Icons Light TV	Fox Television Stations
23.1	WDDN-LD	Daystar				Daystar Television Network
25.1	WDVM-TV	Ind.	WDVM 25	25.2 25.3	Court TV Mystery Grit	Nexstar Media Group, Inc
26.1	WETA-TV	PBS	WETA TV 26	26.2 26.3 26.4	WETA UK PBS Kids WETA-TV	Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
30.1	WNVC	Ind.			Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation
32.1	WHUT-TV	PBS		32.2	PBS Kids	Howard University
44.1	WZDC-CD	Telemundo	Telemundo Washington D.C.	44.2	TeleXitos	NBCUniversal
47.1	WMDO-CD	UniMás		47.2	LATV	Entravision Communications
49.1	WWTD-LD	MBC		49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6	NTD QVC Retro TV Rev'n JTV	DC Broadcasting, Inc.
50.1	WDCW-TV	CW	DCW 50	50.2	Antenna TV	Nexstar Media Group, Inc
58.1	WIAV-CD	Religious independent
66.1	WPXW-TV	ION		66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.6	Qubo ION Life ION Shop QVC HSN	ION Media Networks

Most Baltimore area television stations can be seen in the Washington region. Besides being viewed clearly in the District, they can especially be seen in the suburbs of the Interstate 95 corridor between both cities. They are: WMAR-TV 2 (ABC), WBAL-TV 11 (NBC), WJZ-TV 13 (CBS), WMPT 22 / WMPB 67 (PBS/MPT), WUTB 24 (MyNetwork TV), WBFF 45 (Fox), and WNUV 54 (The CW).

A DC-MD-VA regional news station, WJLA 24/7 News, formerly NewsChannel 8, is carried on cable systems in the Washington and Baltimore markets.

Public, educational, and government access (PEG) on cable tv is provided by the Public Access Corporation of the District of Columbia on two channels simulcast to both local cable TV systems. One channel is devoted to religious programming and the other channel provides a diversity of offerings. The District's two Public, educational, and government access (PEG) Channels are DCTV, a non-profit media outlet that provides training and production opportunities to local residents, and OCT TV-16, which provides information about government programs, services, and related opportunities.[5]

Major national broadcasters and cable outlets including NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and CNN maintain a significant presence in Washington, as do those from around the world including the BBC, CBC, and Al Jazeera. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Also, several cable television networks have their headquarters in the Washington area, including:

• C-SPAN
• Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland
• National Geographic Channel
• Travel Channel in Chevy Chase, Maryland

America's Most Wanted is the only network primetime program produced in Washington.

Radio

See also: List of radio stations in Washington, D.C.

National Public Radio headquarters, located at Mount Vernon Square

As of 2008, the Washington Metropolitan Area was the 9th largest radio market in the United States with a Metro 12+ Population of 4,238,100.[6] The following is a list of radio stations serving the metro area:

AM

Frequency	Callsign[7]	Format[8]	City of license	Notes
540	WGOP	Adult Standards/MOR	Pocomoke City, Maryland	Broadcasts from Damascus, Maryland
570	WWRC	News/Talk	Bethesda, Maryland	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
630	WSBN	Sports	Washington, D.C.	-
730	WTNT	Spanish Adult Hits	Alexandria, Virginia	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
780	WAVA	Christian	Arlington, Virginia	-
900	WCLM	Spanish AC	Laurel, Maryland	-
950	WCTN	Spanish contemporary	Potomac, Maryland	-
980	WTEM	Sports	Washington, D.C.	ESPN Radio; Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
1030	WWGB	Spanish Religious	Indian Head, Maryland	Broadcasts from Suitland, Maryland
1050	WBQH	Regional Mexican	Silver Spring, Maryland	Broadcasts from Washington
1120	WUST	World ethnic	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Falls Church, Virginia
1160	WMET	Catholic religious programming	Gaithersburg, Maryland	Broadcasts from Silver Spring, Maryland
1220	WFAX	Religious Talk	Falls Church, Virginia	-
1260	WQOF	Relevant Radio	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
1310	WDCT	Korean	Fairfax, Virginia	-
1340	WYCB	Urban Gospel	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
1390	WZHF	News	Arlington, Virginia	Voice of Russia English language service; Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
1450	WOL	News/talk	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
1460	WKDV	Regional Mexican	Manassas, Virginia	-
1480	WPWC	Spanish Christian	Dumfries, Virginia	Broadcasts from Woodbridge, Virginia
1500	WFED	News/talk	Washington, D.C.	-
1540	WACA	Spanish contemporary	Wheaton, Maryland	-
1560	WKIK	Country	La Plata, Maryland	Broadcasts from Mechanicsville, Maryland
1580	WJFK	Spanish sports	Morningside, Maryland	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
1600	WLXE	Spanish	Rockville, Maryland	-

FM

Frequency	Callsign[9]	Format[8]	City of license	Notes
88.1	WMUC-FM	Freeform	College Park, Maryland	UMD college radio
88.5	WAMU	News/talk	Washington, D.C.	NPR
89.3	WPFW	Jazz	Washington, D.C.	Pacifica
90.1	WCSP-FM	News/talk	Washington, D.C.	C-SPAN
90.9	WETA	Classical	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Arlington, Virginia
91.9	WGTS	Contemporary Christian	Takoma Park, Maryland	-
92.7	WDCJ	Urban AC	Prince Frederick, Maryland	Repeater of WMMJ
93.9	WKYS	Urban contemporary	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
94.7	WIAD	Classic hits	Bethesda, Maryland	Broadcasts from Silver Spring, Maryland
95.5	WPGC-FM	Rhythmic CHR	Morningside, Maryland	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
96.3	WHUR-FM	Urban adult contemporary	Washington, D.C.	-
97.1	WASH-FM	Adult contemporary	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
98.7	WMZQ-FM	Country	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
99.1	WDCH-FM	Business news	Bowie, Maryland	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
99.5	WIHT	Pop CHR	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
100.3	WBIG-FM	Classic rock	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
101.1	WWDC	Alternative rock	Washington, D.C.	Broadcasts from Rockville, Maryland
102.3	WMMJ	Urban adult contemporary	Bethesda, Maryland	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
103.5	WTOP-FM	News	Washington, D.C.	-
104.1	WPRS-FM	Urban Gospel	Waldorf, Maryland	Broadcasts from Lanham, Maryland
105.1	WAVA-FM	Christian talk	Arlington, Virginia	-
105.9	WMAL-FM	News/talk	Woodbridge, Virginia	Broadcasts from Washington
106.7	WJFK-FM	Sports	Manassas, Virginia	Broadcasts from Washington, D.C.
107.3	WLVW	Contemporary Christian	Washington, D.C.	-
107.9	WLZL	Spanish tropical	Annapolis, Maryland	-

Radio CPR 97.5 FM is a popular pirate radio station that broadcasts in the area around Mount Pleasant, Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights in Washington. Additionally, most major radio stations from Baltimore, Maryland can be heard in the Washington metropolitan area. WINC 92.5 FM from Winchester, Virginia, can also be occasionally received in some sections of Northwest.

WOL 1450 AM, WKYS 93.9 FM, and WMMJ 102.3 are owned by Washington's Radio One, the largest African American media conglomerate in the country. It was founded by Cathy Hughes, a prominent figure in Washington radio since her days at Howard University's WHUR. Local news radio includes WAMU (88.5 FM), the largest publicly supported station, which broadcasts from American University and features programming from NPR and the BBC, as well as local shows like that of DC talk show host Kojo Nnamdi. WTOP is another all-news broadcast radio station serving the metro area, owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

NPR, XM Satellite Radio, and Voice of America, the U.S. government's international broadcasting service, are headquartered in Washington.

Internet media

Washington has over 60 online news outlets, in addition to websites run by the major print and broadcast media outlets.[5] Washington ranks first out of the nation's largest designated market areas in household possession of a computer (82.9% of adults in the metro area) and Internet access (80% of adults online in the last 30 days).[10] For news consumption, the city's major mainstream print and broadcast outlets command the most page views online, as well: WashingtonPost.com leads the pack with 10.6 million readers, an audience that extends beyond the metro region to include visitors from across the country.[5] These mainstream outlets use their websites for various purposes. WashingtonPost.com, for example, features 107 blogs, including a section of the site called "All Opinions Are Local,"[11] which republishes selected content from area bloggers. Other types of partnerships include TV broadcaster WUSA's pairing with Metromix,[12] an online entertainment guide that caters to a younger audience than those who tune into the station's news broadcasts.[5]

Blogs—whether hyperlocal, citywide, or regional—also play a significant role in DC's media environment. JDLand[13] was among the early tranche of hyperlocal blogs to gain traction in Washington. Founded by Jacqueline Dupree in 2003, it covers developments in her neighborhood of Near Southeast and averages one to two posts per day.[5] DCist,[14] a member of the Gothamist blog network, has the largest readership of any local blog in DC, with 1.7 million page views per month. The blog averages 15–20 posts per day and contains a mix of commentary, reader submissions, original reporting, and republished news. It covers a variety of neighborhoods across the District.[5] "Prince of Petworth" is another blog with a well-developed following; it was founded in 2006 and has since expanded from its focus on the Northwest DC neighborhood of Petworth to include 34 neighborhoods across the city.[5] In Southeast Washington, the leading blog is "And Now, Anacostia," which commands approximately 5,000 page views per month.[5] Sites which focus on the arts, like Brightest Young Things[15] and Jukebox DC,[16] have been an integral part of DC's vibrant and growing music, entertainment and cultural scenes.

A joint TV-online venture, TBD,[17] launched in August 2010 under the ownership of Allbritton Communications, which also owns Politico and broadcasters WJLA and News Channel 8, now rebranded as TBD TV. General Manager Jim Brady founded TBD after leaving WashingtonPost.com, and founding editor Erik Wemple came by way of local alt-weekly The Washington City Paper.[18] TBD covers the entire metro region and includes a section on its homepage for news personalized to a user's zip code. One of the site's main features is its "Community Network," [19] which brings together the work of local bloggers.

See also

• Media in Baltimore

References

1. Kristine Gloria and Kara Hadge, "An Information Community Case Study: Washington, DC," Washington, DC: New America Foundation, 2010, https://web.archive.org/web/20130909224854/http://mediapolicy.newamerica.net/publications/policy/an_information_community_case_study_washington_dc. Internet Archive snapshot captured September 9, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015.
2. "The Washington Examiner local news team says goodbye after eight years". Retrieved 2016-08-04.
3. "MediaDC | Audience and Readership". influence.mediadc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
4. "Local Television Market Universe Estimates" (PDF). Nielsen. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
5. Kristine Gloria and Kara Hadge, "An Information Community Case Study: Washington, DC," Washington, DC: New America Foundation, 2010, https://web.archive.org/web/20130909224854/http://mediapolicy.newamerica.net/publications/policy/an_information_community_case_study_washington_dc. Internet Archive snapshot captured September 9, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015.
6. "Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Fall 2008". Arbitron. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
7. "AMQ AM Radio Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
8. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
9. "FMQ FM Radio Database Query". Federal Communications Commission. Archived from the original on August 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
10. Washington Post Media, Market Book, p. 7, http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/_res/files/managed/2010%20Market%20Book.pdf. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
11. "All Opinions Are Local"
12. "Chicago Entertainment, Events & Restaurants | Metromix Chicago". chicago.metromix.com.
13. "JDLand.com - Near Southeast DC". JDLand.com.
14. "DCist: News, Food, Arts, Events in DC". DCist. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010.
15. "BYT // Brightest Young Things // Home". BYT // Brightest Young Things.
16. "JUKEBOX:DC - Music and Culture". JUKEBOX:DC.
17. "TBD - Live". TBD: What’s Next.
18. "Washington City Paper". Washington City Paper.
19. "TBD - Home". TBD: What’s Next.

External links

• Washington, D.C. on American radio map (Radiomap.us)