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== Media == <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Iowa City Press Citizen Bldg.jpg|thumb|450px|right|{{center|[[Bas-relief]], old [[Iowa City Press-Citizen|Press-Citizen]] newspaper building}}]] --> {{See also|Media in Cedar Rapids, Iowa}} Three radio stations are based out of the University of Iowa. Two have become part of the statewide [[Iowa Public Radio]] network: [[WSUI]] 910 AM, a [[National Public Radio]] affiliate and originator of some Iowa Public Radio news and talk programming; and [[KSUI]] 91.7 FM, which broadcasts classical music and concerts by Iowa classical orchestras, opera companies, and other artists, as well as interviews. [[KCCK-FM]] is Iowa's only Jazz station and affiliated with Public Radio International. [[KRUI-FM|KRUI]] 89.7 FM is the university's student-run radio station. [[iHeartMedia]] owns two of the Iowa City area's commercial radio stations: [[KXIC]] 800 AM, a [[talk radio|news/talk]] station, and [[KKRQ]] 100.7 FM, a [[classic rock]] station.<ref>{{cite web |author=Clear Channel Communications |title=Radio: Station Search |url=http://www.clearchannel.com/Radio/StationSearch.aspx?RadioSearch=Iowa%20City |access-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161753/http://www.clearchannel.com/Radio/StationSearch.aspx?RadioSearch=Iowa%20City |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[KCJJ]] 1630 AM is an independently owned, 10,000-watt station that broadcasts a mixture of [[talk radio]] and Hot AC music programming along with area high school football and basketball games and NASCAR racing. Another Iowa City-licensed station, [[KRNA]] 94.1 FM, now broadcasts from [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]] and is operated by [[Cumulus Media]]. Radio signals from other cities, including Cedar Rapids and the [[Quad Cities]], also reach the Iowa City area.<ref>{{cite web|author=Northpine.com |title=Dial Guides |url=http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/dials/iowacity.html |access-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> Iowa City and Johnson County are part of the Cedar Rapids-[[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]]-Iowa City-[[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]] [[media market]], which was ranked 87th by [[Nielsen Media Research]] for the 2007β2008 TV season.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nielsen Media Research |title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates |url=http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/nmr_static/docs/2007-2008_DMA_Ranks.xls |access-date=January 13, 2008 |format=XLS |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200433/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/nmr_static/docs/2007-2008_DMA_Ranks.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two television stations, [[Iowa Public Television|KIIN]] channel 12 ([[PBS]]) and [[KWKB]] channel 20 ([[Court TV Mystery]]), are [[city of license|licensed]] to Iowa City.<ref>{{cite web|author=Northpine.com |title=Iowa TV markets |url=http://www.northpine.com/broadcast/ia/tvmarkets.html |access-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> [[KCRG-TV]] 9, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate in Cedar Rapids, maintains a news bureau at [[Old Capitol Mall]] in downtown Iowa City.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=KCRG-TV |title=Contact Us |url=http://www.kcrg.com/contactus |access-date=January 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101094710/http://www.kcrg.com/contactus |archive-date=January 1, 2008 }}</ref> [[Mediacom]], a local cable television franchisee, provides channel space for seven [[Public, educational, and government access]] (PEG) cable TV channels in Iowa City: City Channel 4, Infovision (channel 5), [[Kirkwood Community College|Kirkwood]] Television Services (channel 11), Public Access Television (channel 18), the [[Iowa City Public Library]] Channel (channel 20), and the [[Iowa City Community School District]]'s channel 21.<ref>{{cite web |author=City of Iowa City |title=City Channel 4: Local Channel Lineup |url=http://www.citychannel4.com/franchise/channel_lineup.html |access-date=February 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030619/http://www.citychannel4.com/franchise/channel_lineup.html |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two daily newspapers are published in Iowa City. The ''[[Iowa City Press-Citizen]]'', owned by [[Gannett]], publishes six days a week with Gannett's ''[[The Des Moines Register|Des Moines Sunday Register]]'' standing in as a Sunday edition. ''[[The Daily Iowan]]'', an independent newspaper based at the University of Iowa, publishes Monday through Friday while classes are in session. In addition, ''[[The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)|The Gazette]]'' of Cedar Rapids maintains a news bureau in Iowa City. ''Little Village'' is an independent alt-weekly magazine covering Iowa City and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Little Village marks 15 years of celebrating Iowa City culture |url=https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2016/07/28/little-village-marks-15-years-celebrating-iowa-city-culture/87660208/ |newspaper=Iowa City Press-Citizen |access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
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