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==Media== [[File:FEMA - 31867 - A newspaper reporter interviews a FEMA Public Information Officer.jpg|thumb|''News and Eagle'' reporter Robert Barron interviews FEMA's Charles Henderson following the 2007 Kingfisher flood.]] The ''[[Enid News & Eagle]]'' is the city's daily newspaper. Historically, the city had 28 newspapers. The ''Enid Eagle'' began publication on September 22, 1893. The ''Enid Daily Wave'' (later the ''Enid Morning News'') began on December 11, 1893. In February 1923, the papers were combined to form the Enid Publishing Company.<ref>Rockwell, Stella, ed., ''Garfield County, Oklahoma, 1907β1982'', Vol. II, Garfield Historical Society, Josten's Publishing Company, Topeka, Kansas. 1982., pp. 922β923, 1059β1060</ref> Enid once had two local broadcast television stations. [[Public-access television]] station, PEGASYS, was founded in 1986.<ref name="enidpegasys">{{cite news |title=Enid PEGASYS issue is about transfer of power |url=https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/enid-s-pegasys-issue-is-about-transfer-of-power/article_87a47076-57de-5c25-b82e-cfd87fe7b998.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112170320/https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/enid-s-pegasys-issue-is-about-transfer-of-power/article_87a47076-57de-5c25-b82e-cfd87fe7b998.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-01-12 |access-date=12 January 2023 |agency=Enid News & Eagle |date=9 January 2014}}</ref> PEGASYS broadcast on cable channels 11 and 12, and 19. PEGASYS was managed by a non-profit, and aired largely volunteer produced community programming.<ref name="enidpegasys" /> In 2014 the city of Enid renamed it the Enid Television Network (ETN) and upgraded its broadcast equipment.<ref name="etnlightyears">{{cite news |last1=Denwalt |first1=Dale |title=Enid Television Network 'jumped light years ahead' |url=https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/enid-television-network-jumped-light-years-ahead/article_c98c3c84-7d03-11e4-a663-b3e61206454b.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112165756/https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/enid-television-network-jumped-light-years-ahead/article_c98c3c84-7d03-11e4-a663-b3e61206454b.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-01-12 |access-date=12 January 2023 |agency=Enid News & Eagle |date=6 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="pegasysetn">{{cite news |last1=Denwalt |first1=Dale |title=PEGASYS now is Enid Television Network |url=https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/pegasys-now-is-enid-television-network/article_9c4e6975-6f5b-5457-ad34-19d2942d77d1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112163943/https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/pegasys-now-is-enid-television-network/article_9c4e6975-6f5b-5457-ad34-19d2942d77d1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2023-01-12 |access-date=12 January 2023 |agency=Enid News & Eagle |date=25 February 2014}}</ref> On December 31, 2019, ETN ceased its cable television broadcasts and transitioned to online streaming.<ref name="enidtelevision">{{cite web |title=City of Enid announces New Direction of Enid Television Network |url=https://www.enid.org/Home/Components/News/News/8746/ |website=Enid.org |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> [[KXOK-LD]], which briefly locally produced programming from Oakwood Mall in the early 2000s,<ref name="OklahomanKXOK2">{{cite news |last1=Greiner |first1=John |title=Largent takes Guatemalan mission trip |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/08/04/largent-takes-guatemalan-mission-trip/62085366007/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |agency=The Daily Oklahoman |date=4 August 2002}}</ref><ref name="KXOKOklahoman">{{cite news |title=Gubernatorial debates to air |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/07/31/gubernatorial-debates-to-air/62085932007/ |access-date=12 January 2023 |agency=The Daily Oklahoman |date=31 July 2002}}</ref> is currently a [[Retro TV]] affiliate. Historically, Enid was home to television station KGEO, an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate from July 2, 1954, to 1958 when it moved its transmitter to [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]. The station is now [[KOCO-TV]]. [[KQOB]] 96.9 FM broadcasts in a classic hits format. Stations [[KNID (FM)|KNID]] 107.1 FM and [[KOFM (FM)|KOFM]] 103.1 FM specialize in country music. [[KKRD]] 91.1 FM and [[K226BR]] 93.1 FM are devoted to religious content. [[KCRC (AM)|KCRC]] 1390 AM broadcast sports games. [[KGWA]] 960 AM and [[KZLS (AM)|KZLS]] 1640 AM is a talk radio station, and [[KXLS]] 95.7 FM plays various musical genres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheradio.net/cities/enid_ok.aspx|title=Radio Stations in Enid OK|last=dvprez|website=www.ontheradio.net}}</ref>
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