Editing Manhattan, Kansas (section)

==Media==
[[File:Seven Dolors Catholic Church Manhattan Kansas.jpg|thumb|upright|Seven Dolors Catholic Church, added to the U.S. Register of Historic Places in 1995]]
{{main|Media in Manhattan, Kansas}}

''[[The Manhattan Mercury]]'' is the city's main newspaper, published six days a week.<ref>{{cite web | title = Manhattan Mercury | publisher = Mondo Times | url = http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/16/928/2402 | access-date = December 16, 2011}}</ref> Other newspapers published in the city include:  the alternative weekly ''The Hype Weekly'' which focuses on events, arts, and culture in the area; the weekly ''Manhattan Free Press''; the agriculture-oriented ''Grass & Grain''; and the K-State university newspaper, the ''[[Kansas State Collegian]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Manhattan Kansas local news media | publisher = Mondo Times | url = http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/16/928 | access-date = December 16, 2011}}</ref> Manhattan has had at least one newspaper published for the town continuously since ''The Kansas Express'' published its first edition on May 21, 1859.<ref name=Frontier/>

Manhattan is a center of broadcast media for the surrounding area. One AM and ten FM radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city.<ref name=Radio>{{cite web | title = Radio Stations in Manhattan, Kansas | publisher = Radio-Locator | url = http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Manhattan&state=KS&x=0&y=0 | access-date = December 16, 2011}}</ref> Manhattan lies within the [[Media in Topeka, Kansas|Topeka, Kansas, television market]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Topeka, Kansas (TV market map) | publisher = EchoStar Knowledge Base | url = http://dishuser.org/TVMarkets/City%20Maps/Topeka.gif | access-date = November 18, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111015190527/http://dishuser.org/TVMarkets/City%20Maps/Topeka.gif | archive-date = October 15, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and six stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city including: a translator of [[KTWU]], the [[PBS]] member station in [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]; K-State's station [[KKSU-LD]]; two [[EICB TV|GCN]] translators; and two independent stations.<ref>{{cite web | title = TVQ TV Database Query | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | url = http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html | access-date = November 18, 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022231/http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html | archive-date = May 8, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About Video Production Services | publisher = [[Kansas State University]] | url = http://www.k-state.edu/video/ | access-date = November 18, 2011}}</ref>

The first television station in Kansas was W9XAK in Manhattan, licensed to broadcast by the [[Federal Radio Commission]] on March 9, 1932.<ref name=W9XAK>{{cite web | title = Early Television Stations: W9XAK – Manhattan, Kansas | publisher = Early Television Museum | url = http://www.earlytelevision.org/w9xak.html | access-date = February 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = A U.S. Television Chronology: 1875–1970| url = http://claytwhitehead.com/ctwlibrary/Box%20070/003_Timelines%20%5B2%20of%202%5D.pdf | access-date = February 24, 2014}}</ref>