Editing Spokane, Washington (section)

==Media==
{{See also|Category:Mass media in Spokane, Washington}}
[[File:Review Tower Spokane.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=The Spokesman-Review building|The Review Building]]

===Print===
Newspaper service in Spokane is provided by its only major daily newspaper, ''[[The Spokesman-Review]]'', which has a daily circulation of 76,291 and Sunday circulation of 95,939.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 26, 2010 |title=U.S. newspaper circulation falls 8.7 percent |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2011707170_newspapercirc27.html?prmid=related_stories_section |access-date=October 13, 2014 |newspaper=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Spokesman-Review |url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711051803/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ |archive-date=July 11, 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref> ''The Spokesman-Review'' was formed from the merger of the ''Spokane Falls Review'' (1883–1894) and the ''Spokesman'' (1890–1893) in 1893 and was first published under the present name on June 29, 1894.<ref>Dyar (1952), pp. 1–658</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kershner |first=Jim |date=May 19, 2007 |title=Bumpy beginning, but quite a ride |url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/125/125yr-story.asp |access-date=December 7, 2014 |work=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> It later absorbed the competing afternoon paper ''The [[Spokane Daily Chronicle]]'', a significant newspaper that existed from 1881 until 1982 and returned in 2021.<ref name="S-R">{{cite web |last=Kershner |first=Jim |date=September 26, 2012 |title=The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) |url=http://historylink.org/File/10153 |access-date=October 25, 2016 |work=Essay 10153 |publisher=HistoryLink}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=1890–1982 |others=Library of Congress |title=About Spokane daily chronicle. (Spokane, Wash.) 1890–1982 |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072020/ |access-date=May 5, 2018 |publisher=Chronicle Pub. Co. |lccn=sn86072020 |oclc=14374699 |location=Spokane, Wash.}}</ref>{{ref|Spokesman|[j]}} More specialized publications include the weekly [[alternative newspaper]] ''[[Inlander (newspaper)|Inlander]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Dean |date=May 8, 2020 |title=Why journalists at The Inlander didn't jump for joy when a federal loan saved their jobs |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/why-journalists-at-the-inlander-didnt-jump-for-joy-when-a-federal-loan-saved-their-jobs/ |access-date=July 5, 2020 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> the bi-weekly ''[[Spokane Journal of Business]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Walters |first=Daniel |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Spokane is attracting a handful of new employers, all poised for growth |url=https://www.inlander.com/spokane/spokane-is-attracting-a-handful-of-new-employers-all-poised-for-growth/Content?oid=18372676 |access-date=June 29, 2020 |work=Inlander}}</ref> and the student-run ''[[The Gonzaga Bulletin|Gonzaga Bulletin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sun |first=Rachel |date=March 21, 2018 |title=Student journalists get freedom to publish |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/21/student-journalists-get-freedom-to-publish/ |access-date=June 29, 2020 |work=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> Monthly publications include ''The Black Lens'', an African American community newspaper,<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Jared |date=February 10, 2020 |title=Black Lens monthly newspaper celebrates 5 years of sharpening Spokane's perception of racism in the community |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/feb/10/black-lens-newspaper-celebrates-5-years-of-sharpen/ |access-date=June 29, 2020 |work=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> a newspaper for parents, ''[[Kids Newspaper]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Rachel |date=January 10, 2018 |title=Education notebook: Lake Spokane teacher receives award |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jan/10/education-notebook-lake-spokane-teacher-receives-a/ |access-date=June 29, 2020 |work=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref> and a home and lifestyle magazine, ''Spokane Coeur d'Alene Living''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Edelen |first=Amy |date=August 8, 2019 |title=Bozzi Media purchases Nostalgia Magazine |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/08/bozzi-media-purchases-nostalgia-magazine/ |access-date=June 29, 2020 |work=The Spokesman-Review}}</ref>

===Radio===
According to [[Arbitron]], Spokane is the 94th-largest radio market in the U.S., with 532,100 listeners aged 12 and over.<ref>{{cite web |date=Fall 2013 |title=Market Survey Schedule & Population Rankings: Fall 2013 |url=http://www.arbitron.com/downloads/fa13_market_survey_schedule_poprankings.pdf |access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> There are 28 AM and FM radio stations broadcast in the city. The five most listened-to stations are [[KKZX|KKZX-FM]] (classic rock), [[KQNT|KQNT-AM]] (news/talk), [[KXLY-FM]] (country), [[KISC|KISC-FM]] (adult contemporary),[[KZBD|KZBD-FM]] (Contemporary Hit Radio), and [[KZZU-FM]] ([[Hot Adult Contemporary|Hot AC]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=#94 Spokane: Summer P2 Arbitrends |url=http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb177 |access-date=October 11, 2014 |publisher=Radio Online}}</ref> Spokane's primary sources of non-commercial and community radio include Spokane's [[National Public Radio|NPR]]-affiliate station [[KPBX-FM]] and [[KYRS]], a full-power community radio station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spokane Public Radio |url=http://spokanepublicradio.org |access-date=October 11, 2014 |publisher=Spokane Public Radio}}</ref>

===Television===
Spokane is the 73rd-largest television market in the U.S., accounting for 0.366% of the total TV households in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 27, 2014 |title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates |url=http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Nielsen_2014-2015_DMA_Ranks.pdf |access-date=October 10, 2014 |publisher=Nielsen Media Research, Inc.}}</ref> The city has six television stations, representing the major commercial networks and public television.<ref name="TV">{{cite web |title=Station Index |url=http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Spokane |access-date=December 7, 2014 |publisher=Station Index}}</ref> Spokane is the television broadcast center for much of eastern Washington (except the [[Yakima, Washington|Yakima]] and [[Tri-Cities, Washington|Tri-Cities]] area), northern Idaho, northwestern Montana, northeastern Oregon, and parts of southern Canada (by [[list of United States television stations available in Canada#Shaw Broadcast Services / nationwide coverage|cable television]]). Spokane receives broadcasts in the [[Pacific Time Zone]], with weekday prime time beginning at 8 pm. Montana and Alberta, Canada are in the [[Mountain Time Zone]] and receive Spokane broadcasts one hour later by their local time. The major network television affiliates include [[KREM (TV)]] 2 ([[CBS]]), [[KXLY-TV]] 4 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[KHQ-TV]] 6 ([[NBC]]; Spokane's first television station, on air on December 20, 1952), [[KAYU-TV|KAYU]] 28 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]), [[KSKN]] 22 ([[The CW]]), [[KSPS-TV]] 7 ([[PBS]]), and [[Idaho Public Television|KCDT-TV]] 26 (PBS; operating out of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho).<ref name="TV" />