Editing Sarasota County, Florida (section)

==Local media==

===Newspapers===
* ''North Port Sun'' – an edition of the Charlotte Sun newspapers
* ''[[Sarasota Herald Tribune]]'' – primarily serves Sarasota County for news, but also serves [[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]], [[Charlotte County, Florida|Charlotte]] and [[DeSoto County, Florida|DeSoto]] counties. Circulation is 110,817 daily and 132,185 on Sunday (2005 averages)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?CATEGORY=HELP11&template=ovr3|title=HeraldTribune.com - About Us: Fact Sheet - About Us: Fact Sheet - HeraldTribune.com<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=heraldtribune.com|access-date=March 18, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093649/http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?CATEGORY=HELP11&template=ovr3|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Also operates an online news portal, HeraldTribune.com
* ''Scene Magazine'', a civic, business and social publication serving Sarasota and [[Manatee County, Florida|Manatee]] counties.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Scene |work=Scene Magazine |url=http://www.scenesarasota.com/about.html |access-date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418020231/http://www.scenesarasota.com/about.html |archive-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Observer Media Group]] newspapers: ''[[East County Observer]]'', ''[[Longboat Observer]]'', ''[[Sarasota Observer]]'', ''[[Siesta Key Observer]]''<ref name=OMG>{{cite web|url=https://www.yourobserver.com/about-us|title=About Us|author=Observer Media Group|access-date=December 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222104842/https://www.yourobserver.com/about-us|archive-date=December 22, 2017}}</ref>
* ''The Sarasota News Leader'' – online weekly news
* ''Venice Gondolier Sun''
* ''Bradenton'' magazine
* ''SRQ'' magazine
* ''Sarasota Scene'' magazine

===Television===
Sarasota County is part of the [[Template:Tampa Bay TV|Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota]] [[Designated market area|DMA]], however the following stations have facilities located in the county:
* [[WWSB]] – a local [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate based in Sarasota, which serves as the primary ABC affiliate for Sarasota County and a Secondary ABC affiliate for the rest of the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota DMA
* [[WSNN-LD]] – local twenty-four-hour news station based in Sarasota
* Various government and local access channels. Access 19 (Local Government channel), Education Channel (School Board) and BLAB TV (local programming)

Television stations serving all or part of Sarasota County but located in [[St. Petersburg, Florida|Saint Petersburg]] or [[Tampa]] include: 
*[[WTVT]] - the local [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate based in Tampa
*[[WFLA-TV|WFLA]] - the local [[NBC]] affiliate based in Tampa
*[[WTSP]] - the local [[CBS]] affiliate based in St. Petersburg
*[[WFTS-TV|WFTS]] - the primary ABC affiliate for the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota DMA, based in St. Petersburg

===Radio===
* [[WCTQ]] – (92.1 and 103.1 Country)
* [[WSLR-LP]] – (96.5 Community Radio)
* [[WSDV]] - (103.9 Top-40)