Editing Tennessee (section)

==Media==
{{see also|List of television stations in Tennessee|List of newspapers in Tennessee|List of radio stations in Tennessee}}
[[File:Tennessean office.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Offices of ''The Tennessean'', a newspaper in Nashville|Offices of ''[[The Tennessean]]'' in Nashville]]

Tennessee is home to more than 120 newspapers. The most-circulated paid newspapers in the state include ''[[The Tennessean]]'' in Nashville, ''[[The Commercial Appeal]]'' in Memphis, the ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]'', the ''[[Chattanooga Times Free Press]]'', and ''[[The Leaf-Chronicle]]'' in Clarksville, ''[[The Jackson Sun]]'', and ''[[The Daily News Journal]]'' in Murfreesboro. All of these except the ''Times Free Press'' are owned by [[Gannett]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|title=Gannett has now bought all but one of Tennessee's major newspapers|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/oct/07/gannett-nears-deal-own-all-one-major-tennessee-newspaper/329289/|work=Chattanooga Times Free Press|date=October 7, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2021}}</ref>

Six [[List of United States television markets|television media markets]]—Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Tri-Cities, and Jackson—are based in Tennessee. The Nashville market is the third-largest in the [[Upland South]] and the ninth-largest in the southeastern United States, according to [[Nielsen Media Research]]. Small sections of the Huntsville, Alabama and [[Paducah, Kentucky]]-[[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]-[[Harrisburg, Illinois]] markets also extend into the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediatracks.com/resources/nielsen-dma-rankings-2021/|title=2021 Designated Market Area Rankings|date=November 19, 2020|website=MediaTracks Communications}}</ref> Tennessee has 43 full-power and 41 [[low-power broadcasting|low-power]] television stations<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stationindex.com/tv/by-state/tn|title=Television Stations By State - Tennessee|author=<!--Not stated-->|publisher=Station Index|access-date=April 24, 2021}}</ref> and more than 450 [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC)-licensed radio stations. The ''[[Grand Ole Opry]]'', based in Nashville, is the longest-running radio show in the country, having broadcast continuously since 1925.<ref name="entertainment.howstuffworks.com"/>