Editing Madison, Wisconsin (section)

==Media==

===Print===
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Madison is home to an extensive and varied number of print publications, reflecting the city's role as the state capital and its diverse political, cultural and academic population. The ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]'' (weekday circulation: ~95,000; Sundays: ~155,000) is published in the mornings, while its sister publication, ''[[The Capital Times]]'' (Thursday supplement to the Journal) is published online daily, with two printed editions a week. Though jointly operated under the name [[Capital Newspapers]], the ''Journal'' is owned by the national chain [[Lee Enterprises]], and the ''Times'' is independently owned. ''Wisconsin State Journal'' is the descendant of the ''Wisconsin Express'', a paper founded in the Wisconsin Territory in 1839. ''The Capital Times'' was founded in 1917 by William T. Evjue, a business manager for the ''State Journal'' who disagreed with that paper's editorial criticisms of Wisconsin Republican Senator [[Robert M. La Follette, Sr.]] for his opposition to U.S. entry into [[World War I]].

The free weekly alternative newspaper ''[[Isthmus (newspaper)|Isthmus]]'' (weekly circulation: ~65,000) was founded in Madison in 1976. ''[[The Onion]]'', a satirical weekly, was founded in Madison in 1988 and published from there until it moved to New York in 2001. Two student newspapers are published during the academic year, ''[[The Daily Cardinal]]'' (Mon–Fri circulation: ~10,000) and ''[[The Badger Herald]]'' (Mon–Fri circulation: ~16,000). Other specialty print publications focus on local music, politics and sports, including ''The Capital City Hues'',<ref>''[http://capitalcityhues.com/ The Capital City Hues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104120952/http://www.capitalcityhues.com/ |date=November 4, 2015 }}''</ref><ref name="mpl">Madison Public Library. [http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/research/internetresources/news-and-media News and Media] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004115358/http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/research/internetresources/news-and-media |date=October 4, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="ct">Jordan S. Gaines. "[http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/madison-news-site-will-give-voice-to-communities-of-color/article_ff5046c3-72ff-5c5f-b271-b5a27d50181f.html Madison 365 news site will give voice to communities of color] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013184646/http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/madison-news-site-will-give-voice-to-communities-of-color/article_ff5046c3-72ff-5c5f-b271-b5a27d50181f.html |date=October 13, 2016 }}". ''The Capital Times'', July 20, 2015.</ref> ''The Madison Times'',<ref name="mpl" /><ref name="ct" /> ''Madison Magazine'', ''The Simpson Street Free Press'', ''Umoja Magazine'',<ref name="mpl" /><ref name="ct" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Umoja Magazine |url=http://www.umojamagazine.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116195600/http://www.umojamagazine.com/ |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=December 8, 2016 |website=Umojamagazine.com}}</ref><ref>Robyn Norton. "[http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/visual/on-view-a-mirror-image-the-village-reflects-on-itself/article_63ae282e-24cc-53b5-abf1-7cae6864475a.html On View | A Mirror Image: The Village Reflects on Itself] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002215915/http://host.madison.com/wsj/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/visual/on-view-a-mirror-image-the-village-reflects-on-itself/article_63ae282e-24cc-53b5-abf1-7cae6864475a.html |date=October 2, 2017 }}". ''Wisconsin State Journal'', June 14, 2015. "UMOJA Magazine celebrates 25 years"</ref> and fantasy-sports web site [[RotoWire.com]]. Local community blogs include [[Ann Althouse|Althouse]] and dane101.

Madison is associated with [["Fighting Bob" La Follette]] and the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1924)|Progressive movement]]. La Follette's magazine, ''[[The Progressive]]'', founded in 1909, is still published in Madison. It is a [[Far-left politics|far left-wing]] periodical that may be best known for the attempt of the U.S. government in 1979 to suppress one of its articles before publication. The magazine eventually prevailed in the landmark First Amendment case, ''[[United States v. The Progressive, Inc.]]'' During the 1970s, there were two radical weeklies published in Madison, known as ''TakeOver'' and ''Free for All'', as well as a Madison edition of the ''[[Bugle-American]]'' [[underground newspaper]].

===Radio===
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Madison has three large media companies that own the majority of the commercial radio stations within the market. These companies consist of [[iHeartMedia]], [[Entercom]] Communications, and [[Mid-West Family Broadcasting]] as well as other smaller broadcasters. Madison is home to Mid-West Family Broadcasting, which is an independently owned broadcasting company that originated and is headquartered in Madison. Mid-West Family owns radio stations throughout the state and the [[Midwest]].

Madison hosts two volunteer-operated and community-oriented radio stations, [[WORT]] and [[WSUM]]. WORT Community Radio (89.9 FM), founded in 1975, is one of the oldest volunteer-powered radio stations in the United States. A listener-sponsored community radio station, WORT offers locally produced diverse music and talk programming. WSUM (91.7 FM) is a free-form [[student radio]] station programmed and operated almost entirely by students.

Madison's [[Wisconsin Public Radio]] station, [[WHA (AM)|WHA]], was one of the first radio stations in the nation to begin broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PortalWisconsin |url=http://www.portalwisconsin.org/archives/9xm.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426190931/http://www.portalwisconsin.org/archives/9xm.cfm |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |access-date=May 2, 2019 |website=Portalwisconsin.org}}</ref> Public radio programs that originate at the WPR studios include ''[[Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?]]'', ''Zorba Pastor On Your Health'', ''[[To the Best of Our Knowledge]]'', ''Calling All Pets'', and the longest running radio program in America, ''[[Chapter a Day]]''.

[[WXJ-87]] is the [[NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards]] station on Madison's west side, with broadcasts originating from the [[National Weather Service]] in [[Sullivan, Wisconsin]].

===TV===
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Madison has six commercial stations, two public television stations and a religious station. The commercial stations consist of [[WISC-TV]] ([[CBS]]) and its [[MyNetworkTV]] subchannel, TVW; [[WMTV]] ([[NBC]]), with a [[CW+]] subchannel; [[WKOW-TV]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]); [[WMSN-TV]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]); [[WIFS (TV)|WIFS]] ([[Ion Television|Ion]]); and [[WZCK-LD]]/[[W23BW-D]] (various subchannel networks). [[WMWD-LD]] ([[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]]) also serves the area. Madison has two public television stations: [[WHA-TV]], which is owned by the [[University of Wisconsin–Extension]] and airs throughout the state with the exception of [[Milwaukee]], and cable's Madison City Channel, which is owned and operated by the City of Madison covering city governmental affairs.