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==Media== {{see also|List of newspapers in Mississippi|List of radio stations in Mississippi|List of television stations in Mississippi}} Headquartered in Gulfport,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 22, 2015 |title=About Us |url=https://www.sunherald.com/customer-service/about-us/article36101082.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301012026/https://www.sunherald.com/customer-service/about-us/article36101082.html |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |access-date=July 19, 2023 |website=[[The Sun Herald]]}}</ref> ''[[The Sun Herald]]'' is the local [[newspaper]] for Gulfport, Biloxi, and other Gulf Coast cities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biloxi-Gulfport |url=https://www.mspress.org/page/43 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Mississippi Press Association}}</ref> The paper won the 2006 [[Pulitzer Prize]] in journalism for its Katrina coverage.<ref>{{cite web |title='Our Tsunami's: The Sun Herald's Pulitzer Prize-Winning, post-Katrina Coverage |url=http://media.sunherald.com/katrina/ |access-date=December 30, 2022 |publisher=The Sun Herald}}</ref> There are six [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio stations licensed in Gulfport: W209CF 89.7, WA0Y 91.7 ([[American Family Radio]]), [[WGBL]] 96.7, [[WGCM-FM]] 102.3, WAIP-LP 103.9, and [[WLGF]] 107.1 ([[K-Love]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=FM Query Broadcast Station Search |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/fm-query |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=[[FCC]] |language=en}}</ref> There are also three [[AM broadcasting|AM]] radio stations licensed in Gulfport, all with FM translators: [[WQFX (AM)|WQFX]] 1130 (W254DJ 98.7), [[WGCM (AM)|WGCM]] 1240 (W265DH 100.9), and [[WROA]] 1390 (W261CU 100.1).<ref>{{Cite web |title=AM Query Broadcast Station Search |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/am-query |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=[[FCC]] |language=en}}</ref> It is also served by two television stations, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WLOX]] and [[CBS]] affiliate [[WLOX-DT2]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=WLOX History |url=https://www.wlox.com/about-us/wlox-history/ |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=[[WLOX]] |language=en}}</ref> as well as the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WXXV]] on 25.1, [[NBC]] affiliate on 25.2, [[CW+]] affiliate on 25.3, and [[Defy TV]] affiliate on 25.4.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stations for Biloxi, Mississippi |url=https://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_market&mktid=196 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=[[RabbitEars]]}}</ref> WLOX won the [[Peabody Award]] for its Hurricane Katrina coverage.<ref>{{cite web |title=WLOX-TV Wins Prestigious Peabody Award For Hurricane Katrina Coverage |url=http://www.wlox.com/story/4730097/wlox-tv-wins-prestigious-peabody-award-for-hurricane-katrina-coverage |access-date=2017-05-02 |website=WLOX.com}}</ref> Movies and TV series filmed in Gulfport include the 2016 film ''[[Precious Cargo (film)|Precious Cargo]],<ref>{{cite web |title=WATCH: Gulfport locations featured prominently in 'Precious Cargo' trailer |url=https://www.wlox.com/story/31305754/watch-gulfport-locations-featured-prominently-in-precious-cargo-trailer/ |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>'' the 2017 TV movie ''Christmas in Mississippi,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gulf Coast is backdrop for Lifetime movie 'Christmas In Mississippi' |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/article_f8662bb1-bfd3-5568-a3e3-4c38b738a5fa. |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>'' the 2015 TV series ''[[The Astronaut Wives Club]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Gulfport businesses excited about premiere of Astronaut Wives Club |url=https://www.wlox.com/story/29356155/gulfport-businesses-excited-about-premiere-of-astronaut-wives-club/https |access-date=8 October 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>'' and other productions.
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