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==Media== {{See also|List of Defunct Newspapers of Hartford City, Indiana}} The first newspaper in Blackford County was ''The Hartford City Times'', started by Dr. John Moler in 1852. Moler ran a drug store and print shop, and the ''Times'' was mostly an advertiser.<ref>{{harvnb|Blackford County Historical Society (Ind.)|1986|p=51}}</ref> At least one source considers ''The Blackford County News'', which was started later in 1852, as the county's first newspaper—possibly because the ''Times'' was mostly for advertising.<ref>{{harvnb|Unlisted (Biographical and historical record...)|1887|pp=734–735}}</ref> ''The Montpelier Examiner'' was first published in 1879, and that newspaper is the predecessor of ''The Montpelier Herald.'' The county's first daily newspaper, the ''Evening News'', was started in 1894 by [[Edward Everett Cox]] in Hartford City. It was later renamed ''Hartford City News.'' After Cox's death in the 1930s, his family sold the ''Hartford City News'' to the owners of Hartford City's ''Times-Gazette,'' and the combined entity became the ''Hartford City News-Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1985 |title=Hartford City News-Times Centennial Tabloid |work=Hartford City Evening News |page=6}}</ref> It continued through the years under several owners. In the twenty-first century, the newspaper titled itself ''News-Times,'' and calls itself "Blackford County’s only daily newspaper".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hartford City News-Times |url=http://www.hartfordcitynewstimes.com |access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref> The two major television markets that reach Blackford County are Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47: Telecommunication |url=http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=d395ffe89c322bc8839a27768563f737;rgn=div6;view=text;node=47%3A4.0.1.1.4.4;idno=47;cc=ecfr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122101317/http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr%3Bsid%3Dd395ffe89c322bc8839a27768563f737%3Brgn%3Ddiv6%3Bview%3Dtext%3Bnode%3D47%3A4.0.1.1.4.4%3Bidno%3D47%3Bcc%3Decfr |archive-date=January 22, 2012 |access-date=July 5, 2011 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office}}</ref> Although a few lower-powered stations are located closer to Blackford County in cities such as Muncie, Marion, and Kokomo, these stations typically do not have a broadcast range that covers all of Blackford County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TV Query Results |url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?state=&call=&arn=&city=&chan=&cha2=69&serv=&type=3&facid=&list=1&dist=100&dlat2=40&mlat2=27&slat2=09&dlon2=85&mlon2=22&slon2=10&size=9 |access-date=July 5, 2011 |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]}}</ref> There are no AM radio stations based in Blackford County, although several adjacent AM signals are available, including from Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Muncie, and Marion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AM Query Results |url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?state=&call=&arn=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=3&facid=&class=&list=1&dist=100&dlat2=40&mlat2=27&slat2=09&NS=N&dlon2=85&mlon2=22&slon2=10&EW=W&size=9 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> Several adjacent FM radio signals are also available; there are also FM stations in Hartford City and Montpelier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FM Query Results |url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=&call=&city=&arn=&serv=FM&vac=3&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&facid=&class=&dkt=&list=1&dist=100&dlat2=40&mlat2=27&slat2=09&NS=N&dlon2=85&mlon2=22&slon2=10&EW=W&size=9 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Station Search Details – WMXQ |url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=122009 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Station Search Details – WJCO |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=70187 |access-date=July 15, 2011 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> Hartford City, Montpelier, and portions of the county's rural areas have internet access available.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Rural High Speed Internet Expands |url=http://www.blackfordcountygov.us/news.asp?id=160 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407121517/http://www.blackfordcountygov.us/news.asp?id=160 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |publisher=Blackford County |quote=While OIBW already offered wireless service in Hartford City and Montpelier, the addition of antenna sites at the Blackford County Security Center and the Highway Department brings in even larger areas of Harrison and Jackson townships.}}</ref>
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