Media in Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States - (KDKA 1020AM), the first non-commercial television station, the first "networked" television station, and "mid-western" newspaper. It is 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 long histories of Pulitzer Prizes and breaking in-depth investigative news stories on a national scale. Pittsburgh is home to an Independent Media Center that coordinates a weekly radio news program, a television news show, and a participatory news Web site.[citations needed] The alternative papers in the region include the Pittsburgh City Paper, the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, The New People, published weekly by the Thomas Merton Center, and the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the larger ethnic publications in the region. The Pitt News, a financially independent student-written and managed newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh, is closing in on its 100th year of publication.
[edit] Newspapers
- The Bulletin
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Founded in 1787
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Pittsburgh Catholic
- Pittsburgh Courier
- Pittsburgh Business Times
- Pittsburgh City Paper
- The Front Weekly
- The Duquesne Duke
- The Pitt News
- The Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh
- Pop City
- OutPub - Pittsburgh's gay and lesbian newspaper
[edit] Television
The Pittsburgh TV market is served by:
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[edit] Radio
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. WEAE 1250 AM provides sports radio to the tri-state area. On the FM dial, album-rock WDVE (102.5 DVE), modern rock WXDX (105.9 The X), rock WRKZ (93.7 K-Rock), adult contemporary WZPT (Star 100.7), pop and hip-hop WKST-FM (96.1 KissFM) and hip-hop and rap WAMO (106.7) provide the foundation of the popular music scene. FM talk radio is available in the Pittsburgh market at WPGB (104.7 FM NewsTalk) and the popular Kidd Chris Show on rock WRKZ (93.7 K-Rock). Pittsburgh is also home to three public radio stations: WDUQ, 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. The Radio Information Service, broadcasting on a subcarrier of WDUQ 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).
Outdoor advertising in the area is handled by Lamar Outdoor, who controls a majority of large posters and billboards in the region, while Clear Channel Outdoor concentrates on bus shelters (including Downtown Pittsburgh) and shopping centers in the area.
