Editing Akron, Ohio (section)

==Media==
[[File:Former Akron Beacon Journal Building.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Former ''Akron Beacon Journal'' headquarters]]

===Print===
Akron was served in print by the daily ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]],'' formerly the flagship newspaper of the Knight Newspapers chain; the weekly "The Akron Reporter"; and the weekly ''West Side Leader'' newspapers and the monthly magazine ''Akron Life''. ''The Buchtelite'' newspaper is published by the [[University of Akron]].<ref name="urlwww.buchtelite.com"/>

===TV===
Akron is part of the [[Greater Cleveland|Cleveland-Akron-Canton]] TV market, the 18th largest market in the U.S.<ref name="Local Television Market Universe Estimates Comparisons of 2008-09 and 2009-10 Market Ranks"/> Within the market, [[WEAO (TV)|WEAO]] ([[PBS]]), [[WVPX]] ([[ION Television|ION]]), and [[WBNX-TV]] ([[Independent station (North America)|independent]]) are licensed to Akron. WEAO serves Akron specifically, while WBNX and WVPX identify as "Akron/Cleveland", serving the entire market. Akron has no native news broadcast, having lost its only news station when the former WAKC became WVPX in 1996. WVPX and Cleveland's [[WKYC]] later provided a joint news program, which was cancelled in 2005.<ref name="Akron news release"/><ref name="Newscast off air, on cable."/>

===Radio===
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Though it is part of a combined TV market with Cleveland, Akron is its own radio market, with 12 stations directly serving it, including music stations  [[WQMX]] 94.9 (Country), [[WONE-FM|WONE]] 97.5 (Classic rock), [[WKDD]] 98.1 (Contemporary Hits), and [[WAKR]] 1590/93.5 ([[Soft AC]]/[[full service radio|Full service]]).

[[WHLO]] 640 and [[WNIR-FM]] 100.1 feature news/talk formats, while [[WCUE]] 1150 and [[WKJA]] 91.9 air religious programming.

As the regional [[NPR]] [[Network affiliate|affiliate]], [[WKSU]] 89.7 serves all of Northeast Ohio (including both the Cleveland and Akron markets).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2022/03/28/monday-northeast-ohio-npr-programming-shifts-wcpn-wksu/7195070001/|title=Northeast Ohio NPR programming shifts from WCPN to WKSU, classical music now on 90.3 FM|website=Akron Beacon Journal}}</ref> College and school run stations include [[WZIP]] 88.1 (Top 40 – [[University of Akron]]), [[WSTB]] 88.9 (Alternative – Streetsboro City Schools), and [[WAPS-FM|WAPS]] 91.3 ([[Album Adult Alternative|AAA]] – [[Akron Public Schools]])

===Film and television===
Akron has served as the setting for several [[Major film studio|major studio]] and [[Independent film|independent]] films. Inducted into the [[National Film Registry]], ''[[Dance, Girl, Dance]]'' (1940), tells the story of two dancers from Akron who go to New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/dance-girl-dance-lucys-ball-of-fun-on-dvd/ |title=Dance, Girl, Dance – Lucy's Ball of Fun on DVD – Movies, Reviews and More |publisher=Screenhead.com |access-date=January 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201181232/http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/dance-girl-dance-lucys-ball-of-fun-on-dvd/ |archive-date=December 1, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Dance, Girl, Dance"/> ''[[My Name is Bill W.]]'' (1989) tells the true story of [[Bill W.|Bill Wilson]] who co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]], which held its first meetings at the [[Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens]] and has over two million members today.<ref name="Creed"/> The program's connection to the Saint Thomas Hospital is alluded to in an episode of the television series ''[[Prison Break]]'' (2005), where [[Michael Scofield]] talks to [[Sara Tancredi]] on the phone while there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/prisonbreak/season2/prisonbreak-215.htm |title=Prison Break &#124; Episode 2–15 Transcript &#124; The Message |publisher=Twiztv.com |date=January 29, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102070411/http://twiztv.com/scripts/prisonbreak/season2/prisonbreak-215.htm| archive-date= January 2, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The Akron Armory is used as a venue for a female wrestling team in ''[[...All the Marbles]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywood.com/movie/All_the_Marbles/226160 |title=All the Marbles 1981 &#124; Movie Trailer, Reviews, Photos, Cast |work=Hollywood.com |access-date=January 19, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429043147/http://www.hollywood.com/movie/All_the_Marbles/226160 |archive-date=April 29, 2010  }}</ref> ''[[More than a Game]]'' (2009) documents [[National Basketball Association]] player [[LeBron James]] and his [[St. Vincent – St. Mary High School]] high school basketball team's journey.<ref>{{cite news |author=A. O. Scott |author-link=A. O. Scott |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/movies/02more.html |title=Movie Review – More Than a Game – Akron's Little Dribblers Who Became Big Shots |work=The New York Times |date=October 2, 2009 |access-date=January 19, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006023113/http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/movies/02more.html |archive-date=October 6, 2009  }}</ref> In [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]'s music video to ''[[Forever (Drake song)|Forever]]'' (2009) off the [[More than a Game (soundtrack)|''More than a Game'' soundtrack]] (2009), the iconic [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]]'s logo on top the company's theater is shown. The city has been frequently portrayed in media, from "Hell on Earth" in the television series ''I'm In Hell'' (2007),<ref name="Jason Biggs Interview, Over Her Dead Body - MoviesOnline"/> to the whereabouts of a holy woman in ''The Virgin of Akron, Ohio'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/the-virgin-of-akron-ohio/show/40719/castcrew |title=The Virgin of Akron, Ohio Television show – The Virgin of Akron, Ohio TV Show – Yahoo! TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |access-date=March 26, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615054745/http://tv.yahoo.com/the-virgin-of-akron-ohio/show/40719/castcrew |archive-date=June 15, 2011  }}</ref> Henry Spivey of ''[[My Own Worst Enemy (TV series)|My Own Worst Enemy]]'' (2008), travels to Akron through the series many times.<ref name="TV Detail: My Own Worst Enemy reviewSeries Premiere :: TV :: Reviews :: Paste"/> [[George Costanza]] in an episode of ''[[The Comeback (Seinfeld)|Seinfeld]]'' (1989), flies to Akron and has a meeting at [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company|Firestone]].<ref name="The Heldenfiles, Seinfeld Bus Rolling to Cleveland, ''Akron Beacon Journal'', Wednesday, August 13, 2008"/> ''[[M.Y.O.B. (TV series)|M.Y.O.B.]]'' (2008) is centered on an Akron runaway girl named Riley Veatch.<ref name="M.Y.O.B. on"/> Jake Foley of ''[[Jake 2.0]]'' (2003), [[List of Rugrats characters|Pickles family]] of the ''[[Rugrats]]'' (1991), and J.Reid of ''[[In Too Deep (1999 film)|In Too Deep]]'' (1999), and Avery Barkley of Nashville (2016) are also from the city. Akron was also in the spotlight on the television show [[Criminal Minds]] "Compromising Positions" (2010) Season 6, Episode 4. The 2015 film ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' is set in Akron, [[List of films shot in Toronto|filmed in Toronto]] with [[Staging (theatre, film, television)|staging]] to signify Akron.