Editing Philadelphia (section)

===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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