Editing Meridian, Mississippi (section)

==Media==
[[File:Meridian December 2018 29 (The Meridian Star).jpg|thumb|The headquarters of Meridian's only daily newspaper, ''[[The Meridian Star]]'']]
The only daily newspaper printed in the city is ''[[The Meridian Star]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Brown |first=Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S_xUkW_hl9UC&pg=PA140|title=Haunted Places in the American South|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2002|isbn=1-57806-477-5}}</ref> which has been in operation since 1898.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lauderdalecoms.com/themeridianstar.htm|title=Lauderdale Count – The Meridian Star|access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref> The paper was originally named ''The Evening Star'' but was renamed in 1915 and has been Meridian's only daily newspaper since 1921. With a daily circulation of about 12,000 in March 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newsform.asp|title=ACCESS ABC: eCirc for Newspapers|publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]]|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=August 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001095406/http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newsform.asp|archive-date=October 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> the paper serves Lauderdale County as well as adjacent portions of western Alabama and eastern Mississippi.

Although the ''Meridian Star'' is now the only newspaper printed in the city, there have been a few other historical newspapers. One such paper is the ''Memo Digest'', a ten to twenty page publication published during the 1970s. The Digest focused on issues relevant to the African-American population of the region, gathering a circulation of about 5,000 people.<ref name=newspapers>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Julius Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQ4JiuThqfAC&pg=PA93|title=The Black press in Mississippi, 1865–1985|year=1993|publisher=[[University Press of Florida]]|isbn=0-8130-1174-4|access-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref> Other newspapers in the city have included ''The Colored Messenger'',<ref>{{cite book |first1=James Philip |last1=Danky |first2=Maureen E. |last2=Hady |url=https://archive.org/details/africanamericanne00dank|page=[https://archive.org/details/africanamericanne00dank/page/163 163] |title=African-American newspapers and periodicals|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1998|isbn=0-674-00788-3|access-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref> ''The State'',<ref>{{cite book |author=Indiana Commissioner of Fisheries and Game|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwDOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA649|title=Biennial Report|year=1905|publisher=[[University of Michigan]]|access-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref> ''The Weekly Mercury'',<ref>{{cite book |author=United States Congress|author-link=United States Congress |publisher=[[Oxford University]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BqwFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA4-PA372|title=Reports of Committees |year=1884|access-date=July 21, 2009}}</ref> ''The Blade'', ''Weekly Echo'', ''Fair Play'', ''Headlight'', ''Meridian Morning Sun'', ''Teacher and Preacher'', and ''Clarion''.<ref name=newspapers/>

The city is the principal city in the Meridian, Mississippi [[Media market|Designated Market Area (DMA)]], which includes 72,180 households with televisions.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nielsen Media Research |url=http://www.tvb.org/rcentral/markettrack/us_hh_by_dma.asp |title=US TV Households by Market |date=September 21, 2009 |work=TVB.org |publisher=Television Bureau of Advertising |access-date=June 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612143136/http://www.tvb.org/rcentral/markettrack/US_HH_by_DMA.asp |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[WTOK-TV]] broadcasts as an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate from the city, headquartered at 815 23rd Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/callsign/query.hts?Form_Level=callsign&Call_Sign=WTOK|title=FCC Media Bureau – Call Sign Query|publisher=FCC|access-date=June 26, 2010}}</ref> WTOK operates two digital subchannels, [[WTOK-DT2]], a [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliate, and WTOK-DT3, Meridian's [[The CW Television Network|CW]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayou104.com/CW.html|title=CW/MyNetworkTV Stations|year=2007|access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> [[WMDN-TV]] is the market's CBS affiliate. [[WGBC|WGBC-TV]] is the affiliate network carrying both FOX (WGBC-DT1) and NBC (WGBC-DT2) programming. Both stations share studios and transmitter facilities on Crestview Circle in unincorporated [[Lauderdale County, Mississippi|Lauderdale County]], south of Meridian. Together, WGBC and WMDN are known as "The Meridian Family of Stations."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://waypoint-media.com/stations/|title=Stations {{!}} Waypoint-Media.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617150311/http://waypoint-media.com/stations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[WMAW-TV]] is the local affiliate of [[Mississippi Public Broadcasting]].<ref name=mpb>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpbonline.org/about_us/coverage/index.htm |title=Mississippi Public Broadcasting – Coverage Maps |publisher=Mississippi Public Broadcasting |access-date=June 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420024217/http://www.mpbonline.org/about_us/coverage/index.htm |archive-date=April 20, 2010 }}</ref>

The city is also the principal city in the Meridian [[Arbitron Radio Market]], which includes 64,500 people over the age of 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com/home/mm001050.asp|title=Arbitron Radio Market Rankings|publisher=[[Arbitron]]|access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> [[WUCL (FM)|WUCL]] (FM 105.7), headquartered at 3436 Highway 45 North,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiostationworld.com/search/address_info.asp?N=WJXM&L=MS&yp=30045|title=RadioStationWorld Address Information for WJXM|website=Radiostationworld.com|access-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> takes the largest share of ratings in the market at 14.8% in Fall 2009. In the same period, [[WZKS]] (FM 104.1) was second with 11.1%, and [[WMOX]] (AM 1010) was third with 7.4%.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/tlr/public/report.do |title=Arbitron Ratings Data |publisher=Arbitron |access-date=June 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526101343/http://www1.arbitron.com/tlr/public/report.do |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other popular stations in the market include [[WKZB (FM)|WKZB]] (FM 97.9), [[WOKK]] (FM 97.1), [[WEXR]] (FM 106.9), [[WYHL]] (AM 1450), and [[WJXM (FM)|WJXM]] (FM 95.1).<ref name=ratings/> Mississippi Public Broadcasting can be found on [[WMAW-FM]] (FM 88.1).<ref name=mpb/>