Editing Philadelphia (section)

==Media==
{{See also|Media in Philadelphia}}

===Newspapers===
Philadelphia's two major [[Newspaper|daily newspapers]] are ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', first published in 1829—the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the country—and the ''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'', first published in 1925.<ref name="Pressa">{{cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Gerry |url=http://www.phillyppa.com/inquirer.html |title=The History of the Philadelphia Inquirer |publisher=Philadelphia Press Association |access-date=May 27, 2006 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331032233/http://www.phillyppa.com/inquirer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Daily News'' has been published as an edition of the ''Inquirer'' since 2009.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Dave |last=Davies |date=March 2, 2009 |title=Daily News to be labeled edition of Inquirer; no change to content, staff |website=Philly.com }}</ref> Recent owners of the ''Inquirer'' and ''Daily News'' have included [[Knight Ridder]], [[The McClatchy Company]], and [[Philadelphia Media Holdings]], with the latter organization declaring bankruptcy in 2010.<ref name="Philadelphia Newspapers Sold Yet Again">{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303816504577319640194855170 |title=Philadelphia Newspapers Sold Yet Again |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=April 2, 2012 |access-date=April 30, 2015 |author=Launder, William |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429150059/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303816504577319640194855170 |url-status=live }}</ref> After two years of financial struggle, the newspapers were sold to [[Interstate General Media]] in 2012.<ref name="Philadelphia Newspapers Sold Yet Again" /> The two newspapers had a combined daily circulation of 306,831 and a Sunday circulation of 477,313 {{as of|2013|alt=in 2013}}, the 18th-largest circulation in the country, and their collective website, Philly.com,<ref>[http://www.philly.com/ ''philly.com''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813051316/http://www.philly.com/ |date=August 13, 2011 }}. Philadelphia Media Network (Digital), LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> was ranked 13th in popularity among online U.S. newspapers by [[Alexa Internet]] the same year.<ref name="circulation">{{cite web |url=http://www.burrellesluce.com/sites/default/files/Top_Media_June_2013_FNL%281%29.pdf |title=2013 Top Media Outlets: Newspapers, Blogs, Consumer Magazines, Social Networks, Websites, and Broadcast Media |publisher=BurrellesLuce |date=June 2013 |access-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104161511/http://www.burrellesluce.com/sites/default/files/Top_Media_June_2013_FNL%281%29.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Smaller publications include the ''[[Philadelphia Tribune]]'' published five days each week for the [[African Americans|African-American]] community;<ref>[http://www.phillytrib.com/ ''Philadelphia Tribune''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202071702/http://www.phillytrib.com/ |date=December 2, 2018 }}. ''phillytrib.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> ''[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]]'' magazine, a monthly regional magazine;<ref>[http://www.phillymag.com/ ''Philadelphia'' magazine] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208160659/http://www.phillymag.com/ |date=February 8, 2017 }}. ''phillymag.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> ''[[Philadelphia Weekly]]'', a weekly alternative newspaper;<ref>[http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/ ''Philadelphia Weekly''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507223429/http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/ |date=May 7, 2006 }}. ''philadelphiaweekly.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> ''[[Philadelphia Gay News]]'', a weekly newspaper for the [[LGBT]] community;<ref>[http://www.epgn.com/ ''Philadelphia Gay News''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227060529/http://www.epgn.com/ |date=December 27, 2017 }}. ''epgn.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> ''[[The Jewish Exponent]]'', a weekly newspaper for the Jewish community;<ref>[http://jewishexponent.com/ ''The Jewish Exponent'']. ''jewishexponent.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> ''[[Al Día (Philadelphia)|Al Día]]'', a weekly newspaper for the [[Latinos|Latino]] community;<ref>[http://aldianews.com/ ''Al Día''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919175654/http://aldianews.com/ |date=September 19, 2014 }}. ''aldianews.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> and ''[[Philadelphia Metro]]'', a free daily newspaper.<ref>[https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/philadelphia ''Philadelphia Metro'']. ''metro.us''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref>

Student-run newspapers include the [[University of Pennsylvania]]'s ''[[The Daily Pennsylvanian]]'',<ref>[http://www.thedp.com/ ''The Daily Pennsylvanian'']. ''thedp.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> [[Temple University]]'s ''[[The Temple News]]'',<ref>[http://temple-news.com/ ''The Temple News'']. ''temple-news.com''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref> and [[Drexel University]]'s ''[[The Triangle (newspaper)|The Triangle]]''.<ref>[https://thetriangle.org/ ''The Triangle''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918152229/https://thetriangle.org/ |date=September 18, 2017 }}. ''thetriangle.org''. Retrieved December 29, 2017.</ref>

===Radio===
The first experimental radio license was issued in Philadelphia in August 1912 to [[Saint Joseph's University|St. Joseph's College]]. The first [[commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] radio stations began broadcasting in 1922: first [[WTEL (AM)|WIP]], then owned by [[Gimbels]] department store, followed by [[WFIL]], then owned by [[Strawbridge's|Strawbridge & Clothier]] department store, and [[WOO (Philadelphia)|WOO]], a defunct station owned by [[Wanamaker's]] department store, as well as [[WPHT|WCAU]] and [[WDAS (AM)|WDAS]].<ref name="Media">{{Cite journal |first=Todd |last=Bishop |date=January 7, 2000 |title=The Media: One revolution after another |journal=Philadelphia Business Journal |url=http://philadelphia.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2000/01/10/story3.html }}</ref>

{{As of|2018}}, the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] lists 28 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] and 11 [[AM broadcasting|AM]] stations for Philadelphia.<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?size=12&state=PA&city=PHILADELPHIA&freq=87.9&fre2=107.9&list=1&ns=N&ew=W "FM Query Results"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180115040214/https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?size=12&state=PA&city=PHILADELPHIA&freq=87.9&fre2=107.9&list=1&ns=N&ew=W archive]). [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=&arn=&state=PA&city=Philadelphia&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=0&facid=&class=&list=1&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W "AM Query Results"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180115040313/https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?size=12&state=PA&city=PHILADELPHIA&freq=530&fre2=1700&list=1&ns=N&ew=W archive]). [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]. Retrieved January 14, 2018.</ref> As of December 2017, the ten highest-rated stations in Philadelphia were [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] [[WBEB|WBEB-FM]] (101.1), [[Sports radio|sports talk]] [[WIP-FM]] (94.1), [[classic rock]] [[WMGK|WMGK-FM]] (102.9), [[urban adult contemporary]] [[WDAS-FM]] (105.3), [[classic hits]] [[WOGL|WOGL-FM]] (98.1), [[album-oriented rock]] [[WMMR|WMMR-FM]] (93.3), [[country music]] [[WXTU|WXTU-FM]] (92.5), [[All-news radio|all-news]] [[KYW (AM)|KYW-AM]] (1060), [[talk radio]] [[WHYY-FM]] (90.9), and urban adult contemporary [[WRNB|WRNB-FM]] (100.3).<ref>[https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb007 "#9 Philadelphia PA"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20180115043734/https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb007 archive]). ''radio-online.com''. Radio Online. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref><ref>Venta, Lance (October 6, 2016). [https://radioinsight.com/headlines/108592/wrnb-drops-old-school-100-3-branding/ "WRNB Drops Old School 100.3 Branding "]. ''radioinsight.com''. RadioBB Networks. Retrieved January 15, 2018. "...the station's playlist had shifted back towards Urban AC."</ref> Philadelphia is served by three non-commercial [[public broadcasting|public radio]] stations: WHYY-FM ([[NPR]]),<ref>[https://whyy.org/radio-podcasts/ "WHYY Radio & Podcasts"] ''whyy.org''. WHYY Inc. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref> [[WRTI|WRTI-FM]] (classical and jazz),<ref>[http://wrti.org/ "WRTI 90.1 Your Classical and Jazz Source"] ''wrti.org''. WRTI-FM / Temple University. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref> and [[WXPN|WXPN-FM]] (adult alternative music).<ref>[http://www.xpn.org/ "WXPN 88.5 FM :: Public Radio from the University of Pennsylvania"]. ''xpn.org''. WXPN-FM / The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved January 18, 2018.</ref>
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===Television===
In the 1930s, [[KYW-TV|W3XE]], an experimental station owned by [[Philco]], launched as Philadelphia's first television station. In 1939, the station became the nation's first [[NBC]]'s first affiliate, and later became [[KYW-TV]], the Philadelphia television market's [[CBS]] affiliate. In 1952, WFIL, later renamed [[WPVI-TV|WPVI]], premiered the television show ''Bandstand'', which later became the nationally broadcast ''[[American Bandstand]]'' hosted by [[Dick Clark]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ogden |first=Christopher |year=1999 |title=Legacy: A Biography of Moses and Walter Annenberg |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |isbn=0-316-63379-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/legacybiographyo00ogde }}</ref> In the 1960s, [[WCAU|WCAU-TV]], WFIL-TV, and [[WHYY-TV]] were founded.<ref name="Media" />

Each of the nation's commercial networks has an affiliate in Philadelphia: [[KYW-TV]] 3 (CBS), [[WPVI-TV]] 6 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WCAU]] 10 (NBC), [[WPHL-TV]] 17 ([[The CW]] with [[MyNetworkTV]] on DT2), [[WFPA-CD]] 28 ([[UniMás]]), [[WTXF-TV]] 29 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[WPSG]] 57 (Independent), [[WWSI]] 62 ([[Telemundo]]), and [[WUVP-DT]] 65 ([[Univision]]). The region is served also by [[public broadcasting]] stations [[WPPT (TV)|WPPT-TV]] in Philadelphia, [[WHYY-TV]] in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] and Philadelphia, [[WLVT-TV]] in the [[Lehigh Valley]], and [[NJTV]] in [[New Jersey]].<ref name=TVstations>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvb.org/Public/MarketsStations/Markets/MarketProfile.aspx?@IP_IDENTITY_MCID=0000022835 |title=Market Name: Philadelphia, PA |website=tvb.org |publisher=Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc. |access-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181221/https://www.tvb.org/Public/MarketsStations/Markets/MarketProfile.aspx?@IP_IDENTITY_MCID=0000022835 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since September 2024, Philadelphia is the nation's largest television market where at least one of the six English networks are shown at a station not owned by a particular network's associated parent company. The major Spanish language networks are Univision ([[WUVP-DT]]), UniMás ([[WFPA-CD]]), and [[Telemundo]] ([[WWSI|WWSI-TV]]).<ref name=TVstations/>

As of 2023, the Philadelphia [[media market]] is the [[List of television stations in North America by media market|fifth-largest]] in North America with over 7.8 million viewers<ref>[https://www.statista.com/statistics/791926/leading-tv-markets-united-states/ "Leading TV markets in the United States in 2022/2023, by number of viewers"], [[Statista]]</ref>
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