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==Media== The [[Wyoming Valley|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area]] is the 55th largest U.S. television market.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Nielsen_2014-2015_DMA_Ranks.pdf |title=Nielsen Local Television Market Universe Estimates |publisher=Nielsen |access-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726014254/http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Nielsen_2014-2015_DMA_Ranks.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Local television stations<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Wilkes+Barre-Scranton |title=Wilkes Barre β Scranton Television Stations |publisher=Station Index |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-date=August 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830022850/http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Wilkes+Barre-Scranton |url-status=live }}</ref> include: * [[WNEP-TV]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate * [[WBRE-TV]] [[NBC]] affiliate * [[WYOU-TV]] [[CBS]] affiliate * [[WVIA-TV]] [[PBS]] member station * [[WOLF-TV]] [[Fox (television)|FOX]] affiliate * [[WQMY]] [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate * [[WSWB]] [[The CW]] affiliate * [[WQPX]] [[Ion Television]] owned-and-operated station Local [[public-access television]] and [[government-access television]] (ECTV) programming is aired on [[Comcast]] [[cable TV]] channels 19 and 21. Scranton hosts the headquarters of [[Times-Shamrock Communications]], which publishes the city's major newspaper, ''[[The Times-Tribune (Scranton)|The Times-Tribune]]'', a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning broadsheet daily founded in 1870. ''Times-Shamrock'' also publishes the'' Electric City'', a weekly entertainment tabloid, and ''[[The Citizens' Voice]]'', a daily tabloid based in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|Wilkes-Barre]]. ''[[Times Leader]]'' is a daily paper that primarily covers nearby Wilkes-Barre. The ''Times Leader'' also publishes ''Go Lackawanna'', a Sunday newspaper serving Scranton and surrounding municipalities, and the ''Weekender'' is a Wilkes-Barre-based entertainment tabloid with distribution in Scranton. ''[[The Aquinas]]'' is the weekly [[student newspaper]] of the [[University of Scranton]]. ''The Scranton Post'' is a weekly general interest broadsheet which bills itself as the city's first online newspaper. There are several other print publications with a more narrow focus, including the ''Union News,'' ''La Voz Latina,'' and ''Melanian News.'' The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre radio market is the 71st-largest in the nation, according to [[Arbitron]] rankings in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com/home/mm001050.asp |title=Arbitron Radio Market Rankings β Spring 2011 |publisher=Arbitron.com |date=October 14, 2009 |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-date=October 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016182624/http://arbitron.com/home/mm001050.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
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