Editing Albany, Oregon (section)

==Media==

===Newspaper===
[[File:Albany Democrat-Herald building.JPG|thumb|''Democrat-Herald'' offices on Lyon Street]]

The primary media outlet is the daily newspaper ''[[Albany Democrat-Herald]]''<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.democratherald.com/ | title= Albany Democrat-Herald | newspaper= Albany Democrat-Herald | access-date= 2010-07-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100707053352/http://democratherald.com/| archive-date= 2010-07-07| url-status= live}}</ref> which is owned and published by [[Lee Enterprises]]. The ''Democrat-Herald'' started as a political tool for one of Oregon's first senators.<ref name="lee.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.lee.net/walk/visit/albany.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222042323/http://www.lee.net/walk/visit/albany.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-22 |title=Albany Democrat-Herald |access-date=2010-07-08 }}</ref> The ''Democrat-Herald'' traces its origin to the ''Albany Democrat'' newspaper, founded by [[Delazon Smith]] in 1859. Lee Enterprises also publishes the ''Mid-Valley Times'', the Sunday version of the paper.

===Radio===
Albany has eight different radio stations that are either broadcast or have offices within Albany and many others that serve the area. the FM stations are, 107.9FM [[KHPE]] that uses the tagline (HOPE-FM) which is a Christian contemporary music radio station,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hope1079.com/section/view/our_station/56/ |title=KHPE |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329064830/http://www.hope1079.com/section/view/our_station/56/ |archive-date=March 29, 2010 }}</ref> and 99.9FM [[KRKT-FM]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krkt.com/pages/inner/contact |title=KRKT |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111044441/http://www.krkt.com/pages/inner/contact |archive-date=November 11, 2009 }}</ref> a country radio station that both broadcast from Albany. There is also 101.5FM [[KFLY]], which is based out of [[Eugene, Oregon]], but maintains an office in the Albany area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kflyfm.com/pages/contests?contestID=304 |title=KFLY |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211195527/http://kflyfm.com/pages/contests?contestID=304 |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref>

Along with the FM stations there are five AM stations. 790 AM [[KWIL]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.kwil790.com/ | title= KWIL | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> is the AM version of KHPE (107.9FM). The others range from adult standard such as [[KSHO]] (920 AM),<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ksho.net/ | title= KSHO| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100708154543/http://www.ksho.net/| archive-date= 2010-07-08| url-status= live}}</ref> comedy radio and Seattle Mariners baseball games [[KTHH]] (990 AM),<ref>{{cite web | url= https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-radio.aspx | title= Oregon Radio Stations | work= Oregon Blue Book | publisher= Oregon Secretary of State | access-date= 2018-10-23 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035249/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-radio.aspx | archive-date= 2018-10-24 | url-status= dead }}</ref> to sports [[KEJO]] (1240 AM),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kejoam.com/?pg=672 |title=KEJO |access-date=2021-02-12 }}</ref> and [[KGAL]] (1580 AM)<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.kgal.com/ | title= KGAL| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527231106/http://www.kgal.com/| archive-date= 2010-05-27| url-status= live}}</ref> the local news and talk radio station.