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==Media== The local newspaper is ''[[The Courier (Houma, Louisiana)|The Courier]]'', founded in 1878 as ''Le Courrier de Houma'' by the French-born Lafayette Bernard Filhucan Bazet. He first published it in four-page, half-French half-English editions. Sold to [[The New York Times Company]] in 1980, it is now part of GateHouse Media.<ref>[http://www.houmatoday.com/article/99999999/SERVICES02/212030001 "About the Courier"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011044456/http://www.houmatoday.com/article/99999999/SERVICES02/212030001 |date=2007-10-11 }}, ''The Courier'' online edition (September 30. 2004); retrieved October 19, 2007.</ref> The ''Houma Times'' is located in Houma. The newspaper is a weekly publication with a website updated daily. It serves the Terrebonne, Lafourche, and St. Mary parishes. In 2014, Houma-based Rushing Media merged with Guidry Group, Inc., which had owned the publication since its inception in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.houmatimes.com/news/rushing-media-buys-t-pt-gumbo-entertainment-guide/article_cec20af0-2d60-11e4-97af-001a4bcf887a.html |title=Rushing Media buys T-PT, Gumbo Entertainment Guide | News |website=Houmatimes.com |date=2014-08-26 |access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref> The area's only local broadcast TV station, [[KFOL-CD]], is located in Houma. KFOL, also known as HTV, produces a weeknight newscast, followed by local phone calls and guests. Other shows include ''Sportsman's Paradise'' and ''One on One''. KFOL broadcasts in digital on channel 30.1. The statewide TV network [[LCN-TV]] produces original Louisiana programming which showcases Louisiana's entertainment, culture, talent and industry. LCN-TV is delivered to all media distributors. Debuted in 2007, LCN-TV continues to produce Louisiana TV shows for the U.S.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} The following radio stations are located in the Houma-Thibodaux metropolitan area, though several stations licensed to Houma also serve New Orleans and cover all of southeastern Louisiana: {{Houma Radio}}
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