Editing Cleveland (section)

== Media ==
{{See also|List of mass media in Cleveland}}

=== Print ===
Cleveland's primary daily newspaper is ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' and its associated online publication, ''Cleveland.com''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Plain Dealer |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=November 18, 2019 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/p/plain-dealer |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> Defunct major newspapers include the ''[[Cleveland Press]]'' and the ''[[Cleveland News]]''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Press |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-press |date=November 11, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland News |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-news |date=March 9, 2021 |access-date=June 7, 2023 }}</ref> Additional publications include ''[[Cleveland Magazine]]'', a regional culture magazine published monthly;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=About Us |magazine=Cleveland Magazine |url=https://clevelandmagazine.com/home/about-us |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> ''[[Crain Communications|Crain's Cleveland Business]]'', a weekly business newspaper;<ref>{{cite web |title=Crain's Cleveland Business |publisher=Crain's Cleveland Business |url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/ |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> and ''[[Cleveland Scene]]'', a free [[Alternative newspaper|alternative weekly]] paper which absorbed its competitor, the ''[[Cleveland Free Times]]'', in 2008.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Scene |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/scene |access-date=August 7, 2019 |date=May 12, 2018 }}</ref> The digital ''[[Belt Magazine]]'' was founded in Cleveland in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=About Us |magazine=Belt Magazine |url=https://beltmag.com/about-us/ |access-date=August 5, 2019 }}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine was published in Cleveland from 1925 to 1927.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Time |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/t/time |access-date=August 5, 2019 |date=May 12, 2018 }}</ref>

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 |caption1 = The [[Reserve Square]] building in Downtown Cleveland, home to the studios of Cleveland [[CBS]] affiliate [[WOIO]] and [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WUAB]]
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 |caption2 = The [[William Taylor & Son|Six Six Eight Building]] on Euclid Avenue – home base of [[iHeart Media]]'s Cleveland radio stations, including [[WTAM]], [[WARF]], [[WAKS]], [[WGAR-FM|WGAR]], [[WMMS]], [[WMJI]], and [[WHLK]]
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Several ethnic publications are based in Cleveland. These include the ''[[Call and Post]]'', a weekly newspaper that primarily serves the city's African American community;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Call & Post |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=May 22, 2018 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-call-post |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> the ''[[Cleveland Jewish News]]'', a weekly [[Jewish newspaper]];<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Jewish News |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-jewish-news |access-date=August 5, 2019 |date=May 11, 2018 }}</ref> the bi-weekly [[Russian-language]] ''Cleveland Russian Magazine'';<ref>{{cite web |title=Cleveland Russian Magazine |magazine=Cleveland Russian Magazine |url=https://www.clevelandrussianmagazine.com/ |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> the [[Chinese language|Mandarin]] ''Erie Chinese Journal'';<ref>{{cite magazine |title=About |magazine=Erie Chinese Journal |url=https://www.ecjnews.com/ABOUT_PAGE.htm |lang=zh |access-date=May 22, 2023 }}</ref> ''La Gazzetta Italiana'' in English and Italian;<ref>{{cite news |title=About Us |newspaper=La Gazzetta Italiana |url=https://www.lagazzettaitaliana.com/about-us |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> the ''Ohio Irish American News'';<ref>{{cite news |title=Ohio Irish American News |newspaper=Ohio Irish American News |url=https://ohioirishamericannews.com/ |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref> and the Spanish language ''Vocero Latino News''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vocero Latino News |newspaper=Vocero Latino News |url=http://vocerolatinonews.com/ |access-date=June 26, 2020 }}</ref>

=== TV ===
The Cleveland-area [[television market]] is served by 11 full power stations, including [[WKYC]] ([[NBC]]), [[WEWS-TV]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WJW (TV)|WJW]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[WDLI-TV]] ([[Bounce TV|Bounce]]), [[WOIO]] ([[CBS]]), [[WVPX-TV]] ([[Ion Television|Ion]]), [[WVIZ]] ([[PBS]]), [[WUAB]] ([[The CW|CW]]/[[Rock Entertainment Sports Network|RESN]]), [[WRLM (TV)|WRLM]] ([[Tri-State Christian Television|TCT]]), [[WBNX-TV]] (independent), and [[WQHS-DT]] ([[Univision]]). {{As of|2021|post=,}} the market, which includes the [[Akron]] and [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]] areas, was the 19th-largest in the country, as measured by [[Nielsen Media Research]].<ref>{{cite report |author1=Out of Home Advertising Association of America |author1-link=Out of Home Advertising Association of America |title=2021 Neilsen DMA Ratings |url=https://oaaa.org/Portals/0/Public%20PDFs/OAAA%202021%20NIELSEN%20DMA%20Rankings%20Report.pdf |website=OAAA |publisher=Out-of-Home Advertising Association of America |access-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023142631/https://oaaa.org/Portals/0/Public%20PDFs/OAAA%202021%20NIELSEN%20DMA%20Rankings%20Report.pdf |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |page=1 |date=2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', a nationally [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] daytime talk show, began in Cleveland in 1961 on KYW-TV (now WKYC),<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiner |first=Tim |title=Mike Douglas, TV Host and Pop Singer, Dies at 81 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/arts/television/12douglas.html |date=August 12, 2006 |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref> while ''[[The Morning Exchange]]'' on WEWS-TV served as the model for ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Livingston |first=Tommy |title=Fred Griffith, former host of The Morning Exchange, dies at 90 |publisher=WEWS-TV |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/fred-griffith-former-host-of-the-morning-exchange-dies-at-90 |date=July 19, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref> [[Tim Conway]] and [[Ernie Anderson]] first established themselves in Cleveland while working together at KYW-TV and later WJW-TV (now WJW). Anderson both created and performed as the immensely popular Cleveland horror host [[Ghoulardi]] on WJW-TV's ''Shock Theater'', and was later succeeded by the long-running [[Late night television|late night]] duo [[Big Chuck and Lil' John]].{{sfn|Feran|Heldenfels|1997|pp=135–136}} Another Anderson protégé – [[Ron Sweed]] – would become a popular Cleveland late night movie host in his own right as "The Ghoul".<ref>{{cite news |last=DeNatale |first=Dave "Dino" |title=Legendary Cleveland television personality Ron 'The Ghoul' Sweed passes away |publisher=WKYC |url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/legendary-cleveland-television-personality-ron-the-ghoul-sweed-passes-away/95-11d2ab9d-6553-4772-a44c-40ca1ddbcfb0 |date=April 2, 2019 |access-date=August 1, 2022 }}</ref>

=== Radio ===
Cleveland is directly served by 29 full power [[AM broadcasting|AM]] and [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio stations, 21 of which are licensed to the city. Music [[radio broadcasting|stations]] – which are frequently the highest-rated in the market – include [[WQAL]] ([[hot adult contemporary]]), [[WDOK]] ([[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]), [[WKLV-FM]] ([[Christian contemporary]] - [[K-Love]]), [[WAKS]] ([[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]]), [[WHLK]] ([[adult hits]]), [[WMJI]] ([[classic hits]]), [[WMMS]] ([[active rock]]/[[hot talk]]), [[WNCX]] ([[classic rock]]), [[WNWV]] ([[alternative rock]]), [[WGAR-FM]] ([[Country music|country]]), [[WZAK]] ([[urban adult contemporary]]), [[WENZ]] ([[mainstream urban]]), [[WCLV]] (classical), and [[WJMO]] ([[Latin music|Spanish]]/[[Tropical music|Tropical]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Classical Pick: Radio Days |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2010/07/quick-pick-15.html |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=March 14, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="radio">{{cite web |title=Cleveland Radio Stations |publisher=Radio Station World |url=http://radiostationworld.com/locations/united_states_of_america/ohio/cleveland/radio_stations/ |access-date=May 19, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ratings: #34 Cleveland |publisher=Radio Online |year=2019 |url=https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 }}</ref> WMMS also serves as the FM flagship for the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] and the [[Cleveland Guardians]], while WNCX is an FM flagship for the [[Cleveland Browns]].

[[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|talk]] stations include [[WHK (AM)|WHK]], [[WTAM]], and [[WERE]]. During the [[Golden Age of Radio]], WHK was the first radio station to broadcast in Ohio, and one of the first in the country.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=WHK |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date=June 22, 2021 |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/whk |access-date=May 22, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of the Pioneer Broadcast Service Stations |publisher=United States Early Radio History |url=https://earlyradiohistory.us/pion622.htm#list |access-date=May 22, 2023 }}</ref> WTAM is the AM [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cleveland Guardians.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broadcast |work=Cleveland Cavaliers |publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC |year=2023 |url=https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/broadcast |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guardians Radio Affiliates |work=Cleveland Guardians |publisher=MLB Advanced Media, LP |year=2023 |url=https://www.mlb.com/guardians/fans/radio-affiliates |access-date=August 8, 2023 }}</ref> Sports stations include [[WKNR]] ([[ESPN Radio|ESPN]]), [[WARF]] ([[Fox Sports Radio|Fox]]) and [[WKRK-FM]] ([[Infinity Sports Network|Infinity]]), with WKNR and WKRK-FM serving as co-flagship stations for the Cleveland Browns, and WARF airing the Cleveland Monsters and – though primarily an English language station – Spanish broadcasts of Cleveland Guardians home games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yarborough |first=Chuck |title=WKRK FM/92.3 The Fan replaces rock with sports talk |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2011/09/wkrk_fm923_the_fan_replaces_ro.html |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=September 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Grossi |first=Tony |title=ESPN 850 WKNR is the new radio home of the Cleveland Browns |work=ESPNCleveland.com |publisher=ESPN |url=http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=17&post_id=15161 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510235931/http://espncleveland.com/common/more.php?m=49&action=blog&r=17&post_id=15161 |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Press Release |title=Browns Enter into Groundbreaking Radio Partnership With ESPN 850 WKNR And CBS Radio's 92.3 The Fan And 98.5 WNCX |work=Cleveland.CBSLocal.com |publisher=[[CBS Radio]] |url=http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2013/03/28/browns-enter-into-groundbreaking-radio-partnership-with-espn-850-wknr-and-cbs-radios-92-3-the-fan-and-98-5-wncx/ |date=March 28, 2013 |access-date=March 28, 2013 }}</ref> [[Religious broadcasting|Religious]] stations include [[WCCD]], [[WHKW]], [[WCCR (AM)|WCCR]], and [[WCRF-FM|WCRF]].

As the regional [[NPR]] affiliate, [[WKSU]] serves all of Northeast Ohio (including both the Cleveland and Akron markets).<ref>{{cite news |title=Northeast Ohio NPR programming shifts from WCPN to WKSU, classical music now on 90.3 FM |newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal |url=https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2022/03/28/monday-northeast-ohio-npr-programming-shifts-wcpn-wksu/7195070001/ |date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=May 19, 2023 }}</ref> [[Campus radio|College]] stations include [[WBWC]] ([[Baldwin Wallace]]), [[WCSB (FM)|WCSB]] (Cleveland State), [[WJCU]] ([[John Carroll University|John Carroll]]), and [[WRUW-FM]] (Case Western Reserve).<ref name="radio" />