Media in Louisville, Kentucky
This is alist ofmediapublications and sources inLouisville, Kentucky.
Newspapers, magazines and online news
[edit]The local dailynewspaperin Louisville isThe Courier-Journal,a property of the Gannett chain.
Local weekly newspapers includeBusiness First of Louisville,Louisville Defender(African American paper published since 1933),Louisville Eccentric Observer(orLEO,a freealternative paper) andThe Voice-Tribune.
Louisville Magazine,published monthly, highlights the city's culture and lifestyles.
Television
[edit]Louisville is also well served by television. Louisville's television stations include:
Call letters | Channel | Network affiliation |
---|---|---|
WAVE | 3 (Cable 6) | (NBC) |
WHAS | 11 (Cable 4) | (ABC) |
WKPC | 15 (Cable 13) | (PBS/KET1) |
WBNA | 21 (Cable 21) | (Ind) |
WMYO-CD | 24 (Cable 138) | (Laff) |
MetroTV | 25 (Cable Only) | Louisville Metro affairs |
WLKY | 32 (Cable 5) | (CBS) |
WDRB | 41 (Cable 9) | (FOX) |
WBKI WBKI-3 |
58 (Cable 7) 58.3 (Cable 10) |
(CW) (MyNetworkTV) |
WKMJ | 68 (Cable 15) | (PBS/KET2) |
The only cable service available in Louisville is fromCharter Communications(doing business as Spectrum). They provide standard and premiumcable TVservice,high-speed Internet accessand digitaltelephoneservice.
Radio
[edit]FM radio
[edit]Louisville's radio broadcasting stations cater to a wide variety of musical and other interests.
AM radio
[edit]Call letters | AM frequency | Type | Special notes |
---|---|---|---|
Information Channel | 530 | Information | |
WAKY | 620 | Classic Hits | simulcastonWAKY-FM/103.5, W261CO/100.1, and W292FS/106.3 |
WHBE | 680 | Sports | ESPN Radioaffiliate |
WKRD | 790 | Sports | |
WHAS | 840 | News/Talk | |
WFIA | 900 | Christian | |
WGTK | 970 | News/Talk | |
WLCR | 1040 | Christian | EWTNCatholic radio |
WKJK | 1080 | Talk | |
WLLV | 1240 | Southern Gospel | |
WLOU | 1350 | Urban Oldies | simulcaston W297BV/104.7 |
WLRS | 1570 | News/Talk | |
NOAA Weather Radio[1] | 1610 | Weather | |
Trimarc Traffic Channel[2] | 1610 | Traffic | Louisville Metro traffic |
See also
[edit]- List of newspapers in Kentucky
- List of radio stations in Kentucky
- List of television stations in Kentucky
- Media ofcitiesin Kentucky:Bowling Green,Lexington
References
[edit]- ^"National Weather Service".Forecast.weather.gov.RetrievedApril 1,2017.
- ^"Trimarc".Trimarc.RetrievedApril 1,2017.
Bibliography
[edit]- J. Stoddard Johnston (1896),"Newspaper Press of Louisville",Memorial history of Louisville from its first settlement to the year 1896,Chicago: American Biographical Pub. Co.,OCLC3346757
- Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Television".The Encyclopedia of Louisville.Lexington, Kentucky:University Press of Kentucky.pp. 872–873.ISBN0-8131-2100-0.OCLC247857447.
External links
[edit]- "US Newspaper Directory: Kentucky: Louisville".Chronicling America.Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
- Radio-Locator