Editing Parkersburg, West Virginia (section)

==Media==
[[File:Bridges are dope (34933586781).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the Ohio River from Parkersburg]]
The ''Parkersburg News'' and ''Parkersburg Sentinel'' were the city's two major daily newspapers until they combined in 2009 to form one daily edition: ''[[The Parkersburg News and Sentinel]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsandsentinel.com/|title='Outstanding young man': Hayden Jones leads Waterford past Fairbanks, 34-21|website=newsandsentinel.com/}}</ref>''. The same company also publishes ''The Marietta Times'' and ''Graffiti'', West Virginia's alternative news magazine.

There are many radio stations broadcasting from Parkersburg, including 106.1 Z106 (WRZZ),102.1 The River (WRVB), U.S. 107 WNUS, MIX 100 (WDMX), V96.9 (WVVV), WXIL, Froggy 99.1, 103.1 The Bear, and WPKM 96.3 FM "the Beat" which is the college radio station of West Virginia University at Parkersburg.

[[WTAP]], the local [[NBC]] affiliate, is the main local television station. [[WIYE-LD]] (CBS) and [[WOVA-LD]] (Fox / CW+) are sister stations.