Editing Buffalo, New York (section)

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Buffalo, New York}}
[[File:The buffalo news building.jpg|thumb|left|''[[The Buffalo News]]'' headquarters]]
Buffalo's major daily newspaper is ''[[The Buffalo News]].'' Established in 1880 as the ''Buffalo Evening News,'' the newspaper is estimated to have a daily circulation of 35,000 (down from a high of 310,000).<ref name="i923">{{cite web | last=Heaney | first=Jim | title=Further decline at The Buffalo News | website=Investigative Post | date=October 10, 2023 | url=https://www.investigativepost.org/2023/10/09/further-decline-at-the-buffalo-news/ | access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref> The newspaper announced a pending sale of its building in February 2023, and the relocation of its printing operations to [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/buffalo-news-plans-to-close-downtown-production-facility-move-printing-to-cleveland/article_94ee0dca-b12c-11ed-a16a-73c8d722aade.html|title=Buffalo News plans to close downtown production facility, move printing to Cleveland|first=Mike|last=Petro|website=Buffalo News|date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/buffalo-news-plans-to-close-downtown-production-facility-move-printing-to-cleveland,242390|title=Buffalo News plans to close downtown production facility, move printing to Cleveland|first=Michael|last=Petro|website=Editor and Publisher|date=February 22, 2023 |access-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref> Other newspapers in the Buffalo area include the Black-focused ''[[Buffalo Criterion]]'' and ''Challenger Community News,'' ''The Record'' of Buffalo State University,<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://buffstaterecord.com/about/ |website=The Record |publisher=[[Buffalo State College]] |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227182557/https://buffstaterecord.com/about/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Spectrum (University at Buffalo)|The Spectrum]]'' of the University at Buffalo,<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.ubspectrum.com/page/about |website=The Spectrum |publisher=[[University at Buffalo]] |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517034116/https://www.ubspectrum.com/page/about |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[American City Business Journals|Buffalo Business First]].''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kicey |first1=Michael |title=Research Guides: Newspaper Research: Western New York News |url=https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/c.php?g=540390&p=3702822 |website=[[University at Buffalo]] Research Library (Lockwood) |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117161218/https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/c.php?g=540390&p=3702822 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Investigative Post'' is an online [[watchdog journalism|watchdog]] news organization founded by former ''Buffalo News'' reporter and [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer]] nominee Jim Heaney.<ref name="y297">{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Investigative Post | date=July 11, 2024 | url=https://www.investigativepost.org/about-us/ | access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref><ref name="p265">{{cite web | last=Pergament | first=Alan | title=Media Watch: Hate him if you want | website=buffalospree.com | date=May 14, 2012 | url=https://www.buffalospree.com/wny_life/city_buzz/media-watch-hate-him-if-you-want/article_98b894a9-87c8-55ad-80aa-482eee4c57dc.html | access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref>

Eighteen radio stations are licensed in Buffalo, including an FM station at Buffalo State College.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio stations in Buffalo, New York - Radio Lineup |url=https://www.radiolineup.com/locate/Buffalo-NY |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=www.radiolineup.com |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508055047/https://www.radiolineup.com/locate/Buffalo-NY |url-status=live}}</ref> Over ninety FM and AM radio signals can be received throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio Stations in Buffalo, New York. |url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Buffalo&state=NY |url-status=live |access-date=2021-05-08 |website=radio-locator.com |quote=There are 92 radio stations that may be within distant listening range of Buffalo, New York. |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113144733/http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Buffalo&state=NY}}</ref> Eight full-power television outlets serve the city. Major commercial stations include [[WGRZ]] 2 ([[NBC]]), [[WIVB-TV]] 4 ([[CBS]]) and its sister station [[WNLO (TV)|WNLO]] 23 ([[The CW|CW]] [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]), [[WKBW-TV]] 7 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), and [[WUTV]] 29 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], received in parts of Southern Ontario) and its sister station [[WNYO-TV]] 49 ([[MyNetworkTV]]). Buffalo's public television station is [[WNED-TV]] 17 ([[PBS]]); WNED has reported that most of the station's members live in the [[Greater Toronto Area]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Toronto Public Media's Commitment to Canada |url=https://www.wned.org/about/commitment-to-canada/ |website=[[WNED-TV]] |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en |quote=More than half of Buffalo Toronto Public Media's membership is Canadian. |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130200130/https://www.wned.org/about/commitment-to-canada/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen Media Research]], the Buffalo television market was the 51st largest in the United States {{As of|2020|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Nielsen Company |date=September 28, 2019 |title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates |url=https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/2019-20-dma-ranker.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=[[Nielsen Media Research|Nielsen]] |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204203838/https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/2019-20-dma-ranker.pdf}}</ref>

Movies shooting significant footage in Buffalo include ''[[Hide in Plain Sight]]'' (1980),<ref name="BN_BuffMov">{{cite web |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/buffalos-star-turn/article_c7cfb11d-973f-5d32-b596-a4e798e09cc2.html |url-access=limited |title=Buffalo's star turn |author=Simon, Jeff |date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927091820/http://www.buffalonews.com/buffaloaposs_star_turn.html |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=September 25, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]}}</ref> [[Tuck Everlasting (1981 film)|''Tuck Everlasting'']] (1981),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> [[Best Friends (1982 film)|''Best Friends'']] (1982),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> [[The Natural (film)|''The Natural'']] (1984),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> ''[[Vamping]]'' (1984),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'' (1995),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> ''[[Buffalo '66]]'' (1998),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> [[Manna from Heaven (film)|''Manna from Heaven'']] (2002),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> ''[[Bruce Almighty]] ''(2003),<ref name="WKBW_BuffMov">{{cite web |url=http://www.wkbw.com/news/marshall-isnt-the-first-movie-to-be-filmed-in-buffalo |title="Marshall" isn't the first movie to be filmed in Buffalo |author=Staff |date=May 23, 2016 |website=[[WKBW-TV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927225523/http://www.wkbw.com/news/marshall-isnt-the-first-movie-to-be-filmed-in-buffalo |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> [[The Savages (film)|''The Savages'']] (2007),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> Slime City Massacre (2010), ''[[Henry's Crime]]'' (2011),<ref name="BN_BuffMov" /> ''[[Sharknado 2: The Second One]]'' (2014),<ref name="WKBW_BuffMov" /> ''[[Killer Rack]] (2015), [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wivb.com/2015/04/15/buffalo-opens-up-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2-but-shuts-down-some-roads/ |title=Buffalo to be taken over by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for two weeks |last1=Belcher |first1=Mark |date=April 15, 2016 |website=[[WIVB-TV]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220163258/http://wivb.com/2015/04/15/buffalo-opens-up-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2-but-shuts-down-some-roads/ |archive-date=February 20, 2016 |access-date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> ''[[Marshall (film)|Marshall]]'' (2016),<ref name="WKBW_BuffMov" /> ''[[The American Side]]'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.wbfo.org/post/locally-shot-american-side-premiere-buffalo |title=Locally-shot 'The American Side' to premiere in Buffalo |last=Buckley |first=Eileen |website=[[WBFO]] |access-date=September 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002823/http://news.wbfo.org/post/locally-shot-american-side-premiere-buffalo |archive-date=September 23, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> ''[[The First Purge]]'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo/2018/01/the_first_purge_movie_poster_trump.html |title='The First Purge': New 'The Purge' movie filmed in WNY targets Trump with poster |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |website=NYup.com |publisher=[[Advance Publications]] |date=January 30, 2018 |access-date=March 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414105313/https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo/2018/01/the_first_purge_movie_poster_trump.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The True Adventures of Wolfboy]]'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruberto |first1=Toni |title=Buffalo is magical in 'True Adventures of Wolfboy' |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/movies/buffalo-is-magical-in-true-adventures-of-wolfboy/article_2adefa76-2442-11eb-af31-bbf290f8a363.html |url-access = limited |website=[[The Buffalo News]] |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en |date=November 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125204735/https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/movies/buffalo-is-magical-in-true-adventures-of-wolfboy/article_2adefa76-2442-11eb-af31-bbf290f8a363.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[A Quiet Place Part II]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruberto |first1=Toni |title=Could 'A Quiet Place 2' surpass 'The Natural' in Buffalo film history? |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/could-a-quiet-place-2-surpass-the-natural-in-buffalo-film-history/article_f2990cfe-6244-5c13-a40e-0a23701e25c5.html |url-access = limited |website=[[The Buffalo News]] |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=en |date=August 22, 2019 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204004237/https://buffalonews.com/news/local/could-a-quiet-place-2-surpass-the-natural-in-buffalo-film-history/article_f2990cfe-6244-5c13-a40e-0a23701e25c5.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Although higher Buffalo production costs led to some films being finished elsewhere, tax credits and other economic incentives have enabled new film studios and production facilities to open.<ref name="BN_filmcosts">{{cite web |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20130112/cityandregion/130119679/1153 |url-access=limited |title=Hopes for 'Draft Day' film may rest on financing |author=Pignataro, T. J. |date=January 12, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927082800/http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=%2F20130112%2Fcityandregion%2F130119679%2F1153 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=September 25, 2016 |newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]}}</ref> In 2021, several studio projects were in the planning stages.<ref name = "FilmStudios">{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Sunny |title=Hollywood in Western NY: Buffalo to get two new major motion picture film studios |url=https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo/2021/02/hollywood-in-western-ny-buffalo-to-get-two-new-major-motion-picture-film-studios.html |website=NYup.com |publisher=[[Advance Publications]] |access-date=5 June 2021 |language=en |date=2021-02-09 |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331125500/https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo/2021/02/hollywood-in-western-ny-buffalo-to-get-two-new-major-motion-picture-film-studios.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fink |first1=James |title=Buffalo Studios project delayed by Covid challenges |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/06/18/fall-start-likely-for-both-film-studios.html |url-access=limited |website=Buffalo Business First |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |access-date=18 June 2021 |date=June 18, 2021 |archive-date=June 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622041806/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/06/18/fall-start-likely-for-both-film-studios.html |url-status=live}}</ref>