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Harpo Studios, home of talk show host Oprah Winfrey

Chicagoland (the Chicago area) commands the third-largest media market in the United States and the largest inland market.^[1]^{[not in citation given]} All of the major U.S. television networks have subsidiaries in Chicago. WGN-TV, which is owned by the Tribune Company, is carried (with some programming differences) as "WGN America" on cable and satellite nationwide. Hollinger International is also headquartered in Chicago who, along with the Tribune Company, are some the largest owners of daily newspapers in the world.

[edit] Newspapers

There are two major daily newspapers published in Chicago, The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. The former has the larger circulation. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), Southtown Star, the Chicago Defender, Third Coast Press and the Chicago Reader.

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[edit] Business, legal, entertainment and other local periodicals

Bar Fly
Chicago Computer Guide
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
Chicago Educator
Chicago Free Press [1]
Chicago Journal of International Law
Chicago Life [2]
Chicago magazine
Chicago Parent [3]
Chicago Reporter
Chicagoland Golf
Chicagoland Tails Pet Magazine
Crain's Chicago Business
HollywoodChicago.com [hollywoodchicago.com]
NewCity Chicago [4]
Outlines
PerformInk
Time Out Chicago [5]
UR Chicago Magazine [6]
Windy City Times

[edit] Defunct Newspapers

[edit] Radio stations

According to Arbitron, Chicago is America's third largest radio market, trailing New York and Los Angeles. The names listed below are the actual registered names with Arbitron and are considered the commonly accepted names for each station.

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WIND - 560 - Conservative Talk
WSCR - 670 - The Score Sports Radio
WGN - 720 - News/Talk 720
WBBM - 780 - Newsradio 780
WCPT - 820 - Chicago's Progressive Talk
WAIT - 850 - CNN Radio
WLS - 890 - Newstalk 890
WMVP - 1000 - Chicago ESPN Radio 1000
WRDZ - 1300 - Radio Disney
WGRB - 1390 - Inspiration 1390
WVON - 1690 - The Talk of Chicago

[edit] FM

WCRX - 88.1 - Columbia College Chicago- Chicago's Underground
WHPK - 88.5 - University of Chicago and South Side community radio
WLUW - 88.7 - Independent Community Radio
WNUR - 89.3 - Northwestern University Radio - Chicago's Sound Experiment
WRHS - 89.7 - Ridgewood High School
WBEZ - 91.5 - Chicago Public Radio
WDEK - 92.5 - Nine FM
WKIE - 92.7 - Nine FM
WXRT - 93.1 - Chicago's Finest Rock
WVIX - 93.5 - Viva
WLIT - 93.9 - The Lite
WLS-FM - 94.7 - Chicago's True Oldies Channel
WNUA - 95.5 - Latin Pop
WBBM-FM - 96.3 - B-96
WSSR - 96.7 - Star 96.7
WDRV - 97.1 - The Drive
WLUP - 97.9 - The Loop
WFMT - 98.7 - Chicago's Fine Arts Station
WUSN - 99.5 - US99 America's Country
WRZA - 99.9 - Nine FM
WILV - 100.3 - LOVEfm
WKQX - 101.1 - The Alternative Q101
WTMX - 101.9 - The Mix
WVAZ - 102.7 - Today's R&B & Old School V103
WKSC-FM - 103.5 - 103.5 Kiss FM
WJMK - 104.3 - JACK-FM
WOJO - 105.1 - La Que Buena 105.1
WCFS-FM - 105.9 - Fresh 105.9
WSRB - 106.3 - Soul 106.3
WGCI-FM - 107.5 - 107.5 #1 For Hip-Hop & R & B
WLEY - 107.9 - La Ley 107.9

[edit] Television stations

WBBM 2 (CBS)
WMAQ 5 (NBC)
- 5.1 WMAQ-DT
- 5.2 NBC Plus
- 5.3 Universal Sports
WLS 7 (ABC)
- 5.1 WLS-DT
- 5.2 Live Well HD Network
- 5.3 ABC7 News Now
WGN 9 (CW)
- 9.1 WGN-DT
- 9.2 LATV
WTTW 11 (PBS)
- 11.1 WTTW-HD
- 11.2 WTTW Prime
- 11.3 Create
- 11.4 V-me
WYCC 20 (PBS)
- 20.1 WYCC-HD
- 20.2 WYCC-SD
- 20.3 MHZ
WWME 23 (Independent station)
WCIU 26 (Independent station)
WFLD 32 (FOX)
WEDE-CA 34 (FamilyNet)
WWTO 35 (TBN)
- 35.1 WWTO-DT
- 35.2 The Church Channel
- 35.3 JCTV
- 35.4 TBN Enlace USA
- 35.5 Smile of a Child
WCPX 38 (ION)
- 38.1 WCPX-DT
- 38.2 qubo
- 38.3 ION Life
- 38.4 Worship
WOCH 41 (KBS)
WSNS 44 (TEL)
WMEU 48 (Independent station)
WPWR 50 (MyNetworkTV)
WXFT 60 (Telefutura)
WJYS 62 (Independent station)
WGBO 66 (UNI)

Local independent cable channels:

Chicagoland Television (CLTV)
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Chicago Access Network Television
WGN America

[edit] Blogs

While many different blogs published from Chicago could be included here those listed below have received high traffic scores from Alexa^{[citation needed]} and/or have garnered critical praise^{[citation needed]} and are therefore notable.

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ Nielsen Media - DMA Listing (September 24, 2005).

[edit] External links

[0] Nielsen Media - DMA Listing (September 24, 2005).

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