Editing Charleston, West Virginia (section)

==Media==
{{see also|List of newspapers in West Virginia|List of radio stations in West Virginia|List of television stations in West Virginia}}

===Print===
Charleston's only major newspaper is the ''[[Charleston Gazette-Mail]]''. It was formerly two separate newspapers, the morning ''Charleston Gazette'' and afternoon ''[[Charleston Daily Mail]]''. The city's first newspaper was the ''Farmers' Repository'', first published in 1808.<ref name=LOC /> Other newspapers included the 1819 ''Spectator'' and 1872 ''[[Charleston Gazette-Mail|Kanawha Chronicle]]'', a precursor to the modern ''Gazette-Mail''.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1941}}<ref name=LOC />

===Radio===
Charleston has 11 radio stations (AM and FM) licensed in the city. Most of them are owned either by the [[West Virginia Radio Corporation]] or by the [[Bristol Broadcasting Company]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Call sign !! Frequency !! Format !! Description / Notes
|-
| [[WCHS (AM)|WCHS]]*
| 580 AM
| [[News radio|News]] / [[Talk radio|Talk]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.58wchs.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107160222/http://www.58wchs.com/|url-status=dead|title=58WCHS.COM|archive-date=January 7, 2007|website=www.58wchs.com|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>
| '''''58 WCHS'''''
|-
| [[WKAZ (AM)|WKAZ]]*
| 680 AM
| [[Oldies]]
| ''The Oldies format was formerly on [[WRVZ (FM)|107.3]]''.
|-
| [[WBES]]*
| 950 AM
| [[Sportstalk]]
|
|-
| [[WSWW (AM)|WSWW]]*
| 1490 AM
| [[Sports Radio|Sports]]
| '''''ESPN 1490'''''
|-
|[[WTSQ-LP]]
|88.1 FM
|[[Freeform radio|Freeform]]
|
|-
| [[WVPB (FM)|WVPB]]*
| 88.5 FM
| [[Public Radio]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvpublic.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605173034/http://www.wvpubcast.org/|url-status=dead|title=West Virginia Public Broadcasting|archive-date=June 5, 2009|website=www.wvpublic.org|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>
| NPR News, Classical Music, Mountain Stage, and other local and national programs.
|-
| [[WKVW]]
| 93.3 FM
| [[KLOVE]] [[Contemporary Christian]]
|
|-
| [[WXAF]]*
| 90.9 FM
| [[Religious]]
|
|-
| [[WZAC-FM]]
| 92.5 FM
| [[Classic Country]]
|
|-
| [[WYNL]]
| 94.5 FM
| [[Contemporary Christian]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wvtsam950.com/newdesign |title=Charleston's Supertalk 950 WVTS – Home |publisher=Wvtsam950.com |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=March 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213230644/http://www.wvtsam950.com/newdesign/ |archive-date=December 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| '''''New Life Ninety Four Five'''''
|-
| [[WKWS]]*
| 96.1 FM
| Classic Country
| 96.1 KWS
|-
| [[WQBE-FM]]*
| 97.5 FM
| [[Country music|Country]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wqbe.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108211823/http://www.wqbe.com/|url-status=dead|title=97.5 WQBE &#124; Twenty-Four Carrot Country|archive-date=January 8, 2007|website=97.5 WQBE|access-date=October 26, 2019}}</ref>
| '''''97.5 WQBE'''''. The [[Charleston WV metropolitan area|Charleston MSA]]'s #1 rated radio station, according to [[Arbitron]].
|-
| [[WCST-FM]]
| 98.7 FM
| Classic Rock
| '''''98.7 The Mountain'''''
|-
| [[WVAF]]*
| 99.9 FM
| [[Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://v100.fm/|title=V100 &#124; Better Music For A Better Workday &#124; Charleston, WV|website=V100 &#124; Better Music For A Better Workday &#124; Charleston, WV|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026152532/http://v100.fm/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| '''''V-100'''''
|-
| [[WMXE]]
| 100.9 FM
| [[Classic Hits]]<ref>[http://www.wmxe.net Homepage – Classic Hits 100.9 The Mix<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205045841/http://wmxe.net/ |date=December 5, 2006 }}</ref>
| '''''100.9 The Mix'''''
|-
| [[WVSR-FM]]*
| 102.7 FM
| [[Top 40 (radio format)|Top 40]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://electric102.com/wp/|title=Electric 102.7|website=Electric 102.7|access-date=October 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026152542/http://electric102.com/wp/|archive-date=October 26, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| '''''Electric 102.7'''''
|-
| [[WKLC-FM]]
| 105.1 FM
| [[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>[http://www.wklc.com Homepage – ROCK 105<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206154212/http://www.wklc.com/ |date=February 6, 2007 }}</ref>
| '''''Rock 105'''''
|-
| [[WRVZ (FM)|WRVZ]]
| 107.3 FM
| Hip Hop
| '''107.3 The Beat'''
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> ''represents radio stations that are licensed to the city of Charleston.''

===Television===
The Charleston–[[Huntington, West Virginia|Huntington]] TV market is the second-largest television market by area east of the Mississippi River and 64th-largest in terms of households in the U.S., serving counties in central West Virginia, eastern [[Kentucky]], and southern [[Ohio]]. There are four [[VHF]] and ten [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] television stations in the market. [[WSAZ-TV]] was the market's first station, going on air in 1949.<ref name=Alicoate1960>{{citation |title=Radio Annual and Television Year Book |oclc=10512206 |year=1960 |editor=Charles A. Alicoate |publisher= Radio Daily Corp. |location=New York |chapter=Television Stations: West Virginia |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/radio00radi#page/861/mode/2up }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Call sign !! Channel !! Description
|-
| style="width:15%;"| [[WSAZ-TV]]
| style="width:15%;"| 3
| style="width:70%;"| ([[NBC]]) / ([[MyNetworkTV]] on DT2)
|-
| [[WCHS-TV]]
| 8
| ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) / ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on DT2)
|-
| [[WVAH]]
| 11
| ([[Catchy Comedy]])
|-
| [[WOWK]]
| 13
| ([[CBS]])
|-
| [[WLPX]]
| 29
| ([[ION Television|ION]])
|-
| [[WQCW]]
| 30
| ([[The CW]])
|-
| [[WVPB-TV|WVPB]]
| 33
| ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]])
|-
| [[WTSF]]
| 61
| [[Ashland, Kentucky|Ashland]], Kentucky ([[Daystar Television Network|Daystar]])
|}