Editing Whitesburg, Kentucky (section)

==Media==
Whitesburg's major newspaper is ''[[The Mountain Eagle (newspaper)|The Mountain Eagle]]''. Founded by Nehemiah Webb in 1907, the weekly paper has been owned by the Gish family of Letcher County since 1956. The ''Eagle'' has won numerous awards for its coverage of [[strip mining]] and its environmental effects, as well as [[education]], and [[political corruption]].<ref>[http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/600788.html E. Ky. newsman Tom Gish dead at 82] ''[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]''. Retrieved on November 21, 2008.</ref>

Whitesburg's oldest continuously operating radio station, [[WTCW]]-AM/[[WXKQ-FM]], is located {{convert|5|mi|0}} outside the city near the community of [[Mayking, Kentucky|Mayking]]. The license holder is T.C.W. Broadcasting, Inc. and is one of 18 radio stations owned and operated by Forcht Broadcasting, a [[Forcht Group of Kentucky]] company. The public radio station licensed for Whitesburg, [[WMMT (FM)|WMMT]], is located at [[Appalshop]] in downtown Whitesburg.