Editing Springfield, Massachusetts (section)

==Media==

[[File:The Republican Building, Springfield, Massachusetts.jpg|thumb|Headquarters and printing facilities of ''[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|The Republican]]'']]

===Newspapers===

Springfield's largest local newspaper is ''[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|The Republican]]'', which has also previously been known as the ''Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican'', from when it merged with the ''Springfield Union''. Smaller papers such as ''The Reminder''<ref name="thereminder">{{cite news |title=Local News |url=https://www.thereminder.com/localnews/ |access-date=January 21, 2022 |work=The Reminder |publisher=Reminder Publications |date=October 1, 2009 |language=en |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121070231/https://www.thereminder.com/localnews/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the ''Valley Advocate'' also serve [[Pioneer Valley|Greater Springfield]].

Other newspapers serve specific communities of interest, such as ''El Pueblo Latino'' and ''[[El Sol Latino]]'', which serve the Hispanic community, as well as ''Unity First'' and the ''AfAm Point of View'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afampointofview.com/|title=AfAm Point of View|website=AfAm Point of View|access-date=July 12, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628064443/http://www.afampointofview.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> both of which serve the African-American community, and ''The Rainbow Times'', which serves Springfield's LGBT community.

===Television===

Springfield has a long history of broadcast television, including two of the oldest [[UHF]] television stations on the air today.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Channel (digital/virtual) !! Call sign !! Network !! Owner
|-
| 11/22 || |[[WWLP-TV|WWLP]] || [[NBC]]/[[The CW|CW]] (through [[The CW Plus]]) (DT2)<br />[[Ion Television]] (DT3) || [[Nexstar Media Group]]
|-
| 21/3.5 || [[WSHM-LD]] || [[CBS]] || [[Gray Television]]
|-
| 13/57 || [[WGBY]] || [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] || [[WGBH-TV|WGBH Educational Foundation]]<br /><small>Operated by New England Public Media</small>
|-
| 21/22 || [[WFXQ-CD]] || NBC++ || Nexstar Media Group
|-
| 34 || [[WTXX-LD]] || [[Independent station|Independent]] || Tyche Broadcasting
|-
| 40 || [[WGGB-TV|WGGB]] || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]/[[MyNetworkTV]] (DT2) || Gray Television
|-
| 43 || [[WUVN|WHTX-LP]] || [[Univision]] || [[Entravision Communications]]
|}

====Cable operators====

Springfield proper is serviced exclusively by [[Comcast]] cable. Springfield was formerly wired with a "dual plant" cable system from 1980 until 2001, requiring an A/B switch for each home to watch programming and complicating [[Videocassette recorder|VCR recordings]].

===Radio===
Springfield was home to the first commercially licensed radio station in the United States, and the oldest radio station of any kind in New England: [[WBZ (AM)|WBZ]], which broadcast live from Springfield's luxurious [[Hotel Kimball]] at 140 Chestnut Street (now the [[Kimball Towers Condominiums]]) before moving to Boston in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springfield375.org/|title=Springfield 375—Springfield's Official 375th Anniversary Celebration Site|date=July 21, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721031431/http://www.springfield375.org/|archive-date=July 21, 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Callsign]] !! Frequency !! City/town !! Network affiliation / owner !! Format
|-
| [[WFCR]] || align=right | 88.5 FM || Springfield<ref name="masslive4">{{cite web |author1=Jim Kinney |author2=The Republican |url=http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2011/05/public_radio_station_wfcr_plans_move_to.html |title=Public radio station WFCR-FM plans move from Amherst to Springfield |date=May 13, 2011 |publisher=masslive.com |access-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-date=October 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018043719/http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2011/05/public_radio_station_wfcr_plans_move_to.html |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] || [[Public Radio]]
|-
| [[WSKB]] || align=right | 89.5 FM || Westfield || [[Westfield State University]] || [[College Radio]]
|-
| [[WSCB]] || align=right | 89.9 FM || Springfield || [[Springfield College]] || [[College Radio]]
|-
| [[WTCC (FM)|WTCC]] || align=right | 90.7 FM || Springfield || [[Springfield Technical Community College]] || [[Public Radio]]
|-
| [[WAIC]] || align=right | 91.9 FM || Springfield || [[American International College]] || [[College Radio]]
|-
| [[WHYN-FM]] || align=right | 93.1 FM || Springfield || [[iHeartMedia]] || Hot Adult Contemporary ''([[Top 40 radio|Top 40]] on HD2)''
|-
| [[WMAS-FM]] || align=right | 94.7 FM || [[Enfield, Connecticut]] || [[Entercom]] || Adult contemporary ''([[Country music|Country]] on HD2)''
|-
| [[WLZX-FM]] || align=right | 99.3 FM || Northampton || Saga Communications of New England || "Everything That Rocks"
|-
| [[WLCQ-LP]] || align=right | 99.7 FM || Feeding Hills || Lighthouse Christian Center || Christian Rock/Pop Music, "The Q"
|-
| [[WRNX]] || align=right | 100.9 FM || Amherst || [[iHeartMedia]] || Country
|-
| [[WAQY]] || align=right | 102.1 FM || Springfield || Saga Communications of New England || [[Classic rock]]
|-
| [[WCCH]] || align=right | 103.5 FM || [[Holyoke, Massachusetts|Holyoke]] || [[Holyoke Community College]] || [[College Radio]]
|-
| [[WNEK-FM]] || align=right | 105.1 FM || Springfield || [[Western New England University]] || [[College Radio]]
|-
| [[WWEI]] || align=right | 105.5 FM || Easthampton/Springfield || [[Entercom]] || [[Sports radio|Sports Talk]]'' (simulcast of [[WEEI-FM]] in Boston)''
|-
| [[WEIB]] || align=right | 106.3 FM || [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]]/Springfield || Cutting Edge Broadcasting || [[Smooth Jazz]]
|-
| [[WHYN (AM)|WHYN]] || align=right | 560&nbsp;AM || Springfield || [[iHeartMedia]] || News/Talk
|-
| [[WNNZ (AM)|WNNZ]] || align=right | 640&nbsp;AM || Westfield || [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] || [[Public Radio]] ''(programmed by WFCR)''
|-
| [[WACE (AM)|WACE]] || align=right | 730&nbsp;AM || [[Chicopee, Massachusetts|Chicopee]] || Carter Broadcasting Corporation|| Religious
|-
| [[WARE]] || align=right | 1250&nbsp;AM || [[Ware, Massachusetts|Ware]] || Success Signal Broadcasting || [[Oldies]]
|-
| [[WACM (AM)|WACM]] || align=right | 1270&nbsp;AM || Springfield || Davidson Media Group || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|-
| [[WHLL]] || align=right | 1450&nbsp;AM || Springfield || [[Entercom]] || [[Sports Radio]] ([[CBS Sports Radio]] affiliate)
|-
| [[WSPR (AM)|WSPR]] || align=right | 1490&nbsp;AM || Springfield || [[Davidson Media Group]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|}