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{{Short description|Mass media in Pittsburgh}}
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[[Pittsburgh]] is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA 1020AM]], the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, [[WQED (TV)|WQED 13]], the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, [[KDKA-TV|KDKA 2]], and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''.

==History==
Until 2016, Pittsburgh was one of the few mid-sized metropolitan areas in the U.S. with two major daily papers; both the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' and the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' have histories of breaking in-depth investigative news stories on a national scale. In 2016, the Tribune-Review moved to an all-digital format.

The Post-Gazette moved to publishing five print editions a week in 2018, three print editions a week in 2019, and two print editions a week in 2021.

The alternative papers in the region include the ''[[Pittsburgh City Paper]]'', the ''[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]]'', ''The New People'', which is published weekly by the [[Thomas Merton Center (Pittsburgh)|Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice]], the ''[[New Pittsburgh Courier]]'', which is one of the larger ethnic publications in the region, and [[Zajedničar]], the only Croatian-language newspaper that is currently published in the United States.

''[[The Pitt News]]'', a financially independent, student-produced newspaper of the [[University of Pittsburgh]], has operated for roughly a century. The [[University of Pittsburgh School of Law]] also hosts [[JURIST]], the world's only university-based legal news service.

==Newspapers==
This is a list of newspapers in Pittsburgh, including print and online.
[[File:Pittsburgh newspaper consolidation timeline.svg|right|250px|thumb|Pittsburgh 'major newspaper' consolidation timeline]]
*Major newspapers:
**''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]''
*Alternative newspapers:
**''[[Pittsburgh City Paper]]''
*Specialty newspapers:
**''The Bulletin''
**''[[The Citizen (Pittsburgh)]]'' (Est. 1976. Serving Northern Pittsburgh)
**''[[The Front Weekly]]''
**''[[Green Tree Times]]'' (western city neighborhoods and suburbs)<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Tree Times |url=http://www.pittsburghjuniortimes.com/ |website=Green Tree Times |access-date=23 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
**''[[NewPeople]]'' (Published by [[Thomas Merton Center (Pittsburgh)|Thomas Merton Center]])<ref>{{cite web |title=About NewPeople |url=https://newpeoplenewspaper.com/ |website=NewPeople |publisher=Thomas Merton Center |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
**''[[Northside Chronicle (Pittsburgh)|Northside Chronicle]]'' (northern city neighborhoods)<ref>{{cite web |title=About North Side Chronicle |url=https://www.thenorthsidechronicle.com/ |website=North Side Chronicle |publisher=The North Side Chronicle |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
**''[[Payday Report]]'' (labor and union)
**''[[Pittsburgh Business Times]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Catholic]]''
**''[[New Pittsburgh Courier]]'' (African-American community)
**''[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]]''
**''Pittsburgh Patrika'' (Est 1995. Indian population)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Patrika |url=http://www.pittsburghpatrika.com/ |website=Pittsburgh Patrika}}</ref>
**''[[Print (Pittsburgh)|Print]]'' (eastern city neighborhoods)<ref>{{cite web |title=Print |url=https://www.eastendprint.com/ |website=Print |publisher=East Enders LLC. |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
**''[[Sue Kerr|Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/meet-nominees-2022-glaad-media-award-outstanding-blog-awards |title=Meet the Nominees for the 2022 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Blog Awards |last=Ennis |first=Dawn |date=6 May 2022 |website=[[GLAAD]] |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>
**''[[The Pittsburgh Reporter]]''<ref name="next">{{cite news | last=Rotenstein | first=David | date=January 15, 2024 | title=The Reporter was an essential part of the South Side. So how did it go out of print? | url=https://nextpittsburgh.com/current-features/the-reporter-was-an-essential-part-of-the-south-side-so-how-did-it-go-out-of-print/ | work=NEXTPittsburgh | access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>
**''[[Zajedničar]]''
*Academic newspapers:
**''[[The Duquesne Duke]]''
**''[[The Pitt News]]''
**''[[The Tartan (Carnegie Mellon University)|The (CMU) Tartan]]''
**''[[University Times]]''
**''[[The Globe (student newspaper)|The (PPU) Globe]]''
*Online newspapers:
**''[[The Incline (website)|The Incline]]''
**''[[NEXTPittsburgh]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Current|Pittsburgh Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (PINJ)]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Conte |first=Andrew |title=On Media: Pittsburgh Current founder launches journalism nonprofit |url=https://nextpittsburgh.com/features/on-media-pittsburgh-current-founder-launches-journalism-nonprofit/ |website=NEXTPittsburgh |date=April 15, 2021 |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>
**''[[The Pittsburgh Independent]]
**''[[PublicSource]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publicsource.org/ |title=Home |website=publicsource.org}}</ref>
*Podcasts
**''[[City Cast Pittsburgh]]''

==Magazines and journals==
*Variety:
**''[[LOCALPittsburgh Magazine]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Magazine]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Parent]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us|url=https://www.pittsburghparent.com/about-us/ |website=Pittsburgh Parent Magazine |publisher=Honey Hill Publishing |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
**''[[Pittsburgh Quarterly]]''
**''[[Table Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=About - Table Magazine|url=https://www.tablemagazine.com/about-1 |website=Table Magazine |publisher=Table Magazine, LLC. |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>
**''[[WHIRL Magazine]]''
*Academic:
**''Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture'' (digital journal)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/|title=Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture|website=contemporaneity.pitt.edu|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref> 
**''[[Creative Nonfiction (magazine)|Creative Nonfiction]]'' [[Creative Nonfiction (magazine)|(magazine)]]
**''[[Hot Metal Bridge (journal)|Hot Metal Bridge]]''
**''[[Journal of Law and Commerce]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy]]''
**''[[Pittsburgh Tax Review]]''
**''[[City of Asylum#Sampsonia Way Magazine|Sampsonia Way Magazine]]''
**''[[Three Rivers Review]]''
**''[[University of Pittsburgh Law Review]]''
*Promotional/Alumni
**Carlow University Magazine ([[Carlow University]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlow University Magazine |url=https://www.carlow.edu/news/carlow-university-magazine/ |website=Carlow University Magazine |publisher=Carlow University |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
**Connected ([[La Roche University]])<ref>{{cite web |title=La Roche Magazine |url=https://www.laroche.edu/magazine/ |website=Connected - The La Roche University Magazine |publisher=La Roche University |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
**Pitt Magazine ([[University of Pittsburgh]])<ref>{{cite web |title=About Pitt Magazine |url=https://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/about-pitt-magazine |website=Pitt Magazine |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
**Pitt Med (University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences)<ref>{{cite web |title=About Pitt Med |url=https://www.pittmed.health.pitt.edu/about-pitt-med |website=Pitt Med |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>
**The Point ([[Point Park University]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Point |url=https://www.pointpark.edu/thepoint/archives/index |website=The Point Archives |publisher=Point Park University |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>

==Television==
The Pittsburgh TV market is currently ranked as the 23rd largest in the [[United States]] by Nielsen.<ref>http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/tv/nielsen-2012-local-DMA-TV-penetration.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>  It has recently gained distinction as one of the most competitive.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65407/pittsburgh-tv-news-is-a-tight-3way-race Pittsburgh TV News Is A Tight 3-Way Race]. TVNewsCheck.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref> (In the listing below the table, network [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O's]] are denoted in '''bold'''.) The market is served by:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Channel
!Call Sign
!Network
!Since
![[Digital subchannel]]
!Digital Subchannel
!Owner
|-
|2
|'''[[KDKA-TV|KDKA]]'''
|[[CBS]]
| 1949 <br />(Jan. 11)
| [[Start TV]]
| 
|[[CBS Television Stations|CBS]]
|-
|4
|[[WTAE-TV|WTAE]]
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|1958 <br /> (Sept. 14)
|[[Cozi TV]]
| --
|[[Hearst Television|Hearst]]
|-
|11
|[[WPXI]]
|[[NBC]]
|1957 <br /> (Sept. 1)
|[[Me-TV]]
| --
|[[Cox Media Group|Cox Media]]
|-
|13
|[[WQED (TV)|WQED]]
|[[PBS]]
| 1954 <br /> (Apr. 1)
| Create
| Neighborhood
| 
|-
|16
| WEPA-CD
| [[Cozi TV]]
| 1989 <br /> (Feb. 28)
| [[Movies!]]
|
|OTA Broadcasting
|-
|19
|[[WPKD-TV]]
|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]]
| 1953 <br /> (Oct. 15)
| 
| 
|[[CBS Television Stations|CBS]]
|-
|22
|[[WPNT]]
|[[The CW Television Network|The CW]] (primary)<br />[[MyNetworkTV]] (secondary)
| 1978 <br /> (Sept. 26)
| 
| 
|[[Sinclair Broadcast Group|Sinclair]]
|-
|31
|WIIC-LD
|
| 1989 <br /> (Aug. 29)
|
|
| Abacus Television
|-
|39
|[[WBYD-CD]]
| [[Jewelry Television|JTV]]
| 1990 <br /> (Jul. 25)
|
|
|Perez Broadcasting
|-
|38
|'''[[WINP-TV|WINP]]'''
|[[Ion Television|ION]]
| 1953 <br />(Aug. 31)
|[[Bounce TV]]
|[[Court TV]]
|[[Ion Media Networks|Ion Media]]
|-
|50
|'''[[WPCB-TV|WPCB]]'''
|[[Cornerstone Television|Cornerstone]]
|1979 <br />(Apr. 15)
|
|
|[[Cornerstone Television|Cornerstone]]
|-
|53
|[[WPGH-TV|WPGH]]
|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| 1953 <br />(July 14)
| [[ZUUS Country|ZUUSCountry]]
| 
|[[Sinclair Broadcast Group|Sinclair]]
|}
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* [[Very high frequency|VHF]]:
** '''[[KDKA-TV|KDKA 2]]''' ([[CBS]])
** [[WTAE-TV|WTAE 4]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
** [[WPXI|WPXI 11]] ([[NBC]])
** [[WQED (TV)|WQED 13]] ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]])
*** This PBS member station is a major contributor to national media as the source for ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'', ''[[National Geographic Explorer]]'', ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)|Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', and ''[[Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood]]''.

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* [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]]:
** WEPA-CD 16 
** [[WPKD-TV|WPKD-TV 19]] ([[Independent station (North America)|Independent]])
** [[WPNT|WPNT 22]] ([[The CW Television Network|The CW]]/[[MyNetworkTV]])
** WIIC-LD 31
** [[WBYD-CD|WBYD-CD 39]]
** '''[[WINP-TV|WINP 38]]''' ([[Ion Television|Ion]])
** '''[[WPCB|WPCB 40]]''' ([[Cornerstone Television|Cornerstone]])
** [[WPGH-TV|WPGH 53]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]])
** [[WOSC-CD|WOSC 61]] ([[Rewind TV|Rewind]])

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*[[Cable television]] stations:
**[[Pittsburgh Panthers#Pitt Panthers Television|Pitt Panthers TV]]
**[[Pittsburgh Cable News Channel]]
**[[SportsNet Pittsburgh]]

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*[[Digital television]] stations:
**[[KNNP-TV]]
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==Radio==
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Pittsburgh radio has long been dominated by KDKA 1020 AM. However, as of early 2006 the station is no longer No. 1 in the ratings. [[KQV]] 1410 AM, now an all-news outlet, was Pittsburgh's dominant Top 40 station throughout the 1960s. On the [[frequency modulation|FM]] dial, album-rock [[WDVE]] (102.5 DVE), modern rock [[WXDX]] (105.9 The X), adult contemporary [[WBZZ]] (Star 100.7), pop and hip-hop [[WKST-FM]] (96.1 KissFM) and Pittsburgh Sports Talk on (93.7 The Fan) [[KDKA-FM]] FM talk radio is available in the Pittsburgh market at [[WPGB]] (104.7 FM NewsTalk). Pittsburgh is also home to three public radio stations: [[WESA (FM)|WESA]], the local [[NPR]] station; [[WQED-FM]], a listener-supported commercial-free classical music station; and [[WYEP]] 91.3FM, the nation's third-largest independent "adult album alternative" (AAA) station, which hosts the locally produced environmental radio show ''The Allegheny Front'' and also carries some NPR programming. The [[Radio Information Service]], broadcasting on a [[subcarrier]] of WESA provides special programming for the blind and print impaired. Additionally, Pittsburgh hosts the non-commercial radio stations [[WRCT]] (affiliated with [[Carnegie Mellon University]]) and [[WPTS]] (affiliated with the [[University of Pittsburgh]]).

* {{see also|List of radio stations in Pittsburgh|List of famous people from Pittsburgh}}
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==DMA==
{{see also|Pittsburgh Media Market}}
In 2010, Nielsen will continue to rank Pittsburgh as the 23rd largest television [[Media market|Designated Market Area]] (DMA) in the country, with 1,154,950 households.  That is a drop from Nielsen's 2009 estimate of 1,156,460.  Despite the decline in households, Pittsburgh still has 22,090 more households than the next closest television DMA which is Charlotte, NC.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/2009-2010-dma-ranks.pdf |title=Nielsen 2009-2010 Local Television Market Universe Estimates. |access-date=2009-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317170600/http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/2009-2010-dma-ranks.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/1149-million-us-television-homes-estimated-for-2009-2010-season/ |title=114.9 Million U.S. Television Homes Estimated for 2009-2010 Season |access-date=2009-08-28 }}</ref>

In 2004 [[Pittsburgh]] was the 24th largest DMA in the U.S. as ranked by population, with a population of 2,881,200.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/mediakit/pdfs/Pittsburgh_DMA-MSA.ppt.pdf |title=Pittsburgh. A top 25 metro. |access-date=2007-01-20 | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> Pittsburgh's DMA covers a land area of {{convert|10083|sqmi|km2|sigfig=4}} in three states.

Other definitions of the "[[Pittsburgh Metro Area|Pittsburgh region]]" extend into Ohio border counties with some sources including several Ohio counties and as far south & west as the Kentucky border and north into the extreme southwest of New York State.

The Pittsburgh DMA includes the following counties:

Pennsylvania counties:
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*[[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny]]
*[[Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong]]
*[[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver]]
*[[Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler]]
*[[Clarion County, Pennsylvania|Clarion]]
*[[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette]]
*[[Forest County, Pennsylvania|Forest]]
*[[Greene County, Pennsylvania|Greene]]
*[[Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Indiana]]
*[[Lawrence County, Pennsylvania|Lawrence]]
*[[Venango County, Pennsylvania|Venango]]
*[[Washington County, Pennsylvania|Washington]]
*[[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland]]
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West Virginia counties:
*[[Monongalia County, West Virginia|Monongalia]]
*[[Preston County, West Virginia|Preston]]

Maryland counties:
*[[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://radiomap.us/us-pa/pittsburgh.htm Pittsburgh, PA on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)]

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