Media in Miami

MediainMiami,Florida,United States, includes newspapers, magazines, Internet-basedweb sites,radio, television, and cinema. Florida produces some of its own media, while some comes from outside the state for Floridianconsumption.

Print

See also:List of newspapers in Florida(includes Miami)

TheMiami Metropolisnewspaper began publication in May 1896, overseen initially by W.S. Graham and Wesley M. Featherby, and later by B.B. Tatum. In 1934, it became theMiami Daily News.TheHeraldnewspaper began in 1899, followed by theCentral NewsandMiami Weeklyin 1920.Tropic Magazinebegan in 1914.

The firstMiami Book Fairwas held in 1984.

Radio

See also:List of radio stations in Florida

The earliest radio stations in Miami wereWQAM(est. 1921) andWIOD(est. 1926).

AM

• 560WQAMMiami (Sports/CBS)
• 610WIODMiami (Conservative talk)
• 670WWFEMiami (Spanish conservative talk)
• 710WAQIMiami (Spanish conservative talk)
• 790WAXYMiami (Spanish conservative talk)
• 830WACCHialeah(Spanish religious)
• 880WXBNSweetwater(Black Information Network)
• 940WINZMiami (Sports/Fox)
• 980WTPAPompano Beach(Haitian Creole)
• 990WMYMMiami (Spanish conservative talk–WWFE)
• 1040WURNMiami (Spanish conservative talk)
• 1080WQOSCoral Gables(Relevant Radio)
• 1140WQBAMiami (Spanish sports/TUDN)
• 1170WAVSDavie(World ethnic)
• 1210WNMAMiami Springs(Spanish religious)
• 1260WSUAMiami (Spanish conservative talk)
• 1320WLQYHollywood(Haitian Creole)
• 1360WQVNNorth Miami(Haitian Creole)
• 1400WFLLFort Lauderdale (Brazilian Portuguesetalk)
• 1430WOIRHomestead(Spanish CCM)
• 1450WKATMiami (Spanish religious)
• 1470WWNNPompano Beach (Oldies/brokered)
• 1490WMBMMiami Beach (Urban gospel)
• 1520WEXYWilton Manors(Gospel/brokered)
• 1550WRHCCoral Gables (Spanish conservative talk–WWFE)
• 1580WSRFFort Lauderdale (Haitian Creole)
• 1700WJCCMiami Springs (World ethnic)

FM

(*) — indicates a non-commercial radio station.
([RDS]) — indicates a supported by theRadio Data System.

• 88.1WRGPHomestead(College/variety)*
• 88.3WGNKPennsuco(Spanish CCM)*
• 88.5WKPXSunrise(Educational/variety)*
• 88.9WDNAMiami (Jazz)*
• 89.7WMLVMiami (K-Love)*
• 90.3WYBPFort Lauderdale (BBN)*
• 90.5WVUMMiami (College/alternative/EDM)*
• 90.9WLFECutler Bay(Contemporary Christian)*
• 91.3WLRN-FMMiami (NPR)* [RDS]
• 91.9WMKLHammocks(Radio Maria)*
• 92.3WCMQ-FMHialeah(Bilingualsalsa/adult contemporary)
• 93.1WFEZMiami (Adult contemporary) [RDS]
• 93.9WMIA-FMMiami Beach(Hot AC) [RDS]
• 94.9WZTUMiami Beach (Spanish CHR) [RDS]
• 95.7WRMANorth Miami Beach (Cubatón)
• 96.5WPOWMiami (Contemporary hits) [RDS]
• 97.3WFLCMiami (Contemporary hits) [RDS]
• 98.3WRTO-FMGoulds(Tropical)
• 99.1WEDRMiami (Urban contemporary) [RDS]
• 99.9WKISBoca Raton (Country) [RDS]
• 100.7WHYI-FMFort Lauderdale (Contemporary hits) [RDS]
• 101.5WLYFMiami (Adult contemporary) [RDS]
• 102.7WMXJPompano Beach (Classic hits) [RDS]
• 103.5WMIBFort Lauderdale (Urban contemporary) [RDS]
• 104.3WSFSMiramar(Alternative rock) [RDS]
• 105.1WHQTCoral Gables (Urban AC) [RDS]
• 105.9WBGG-FMFort Lauderdale (Classic rock) [RDS]
• 106.7WXDJFort Lauderdale (Tropical)
• 107.1WURN-FMKey Largo (Spanish conservative talk)
• 107.5WAMR-FMMiami (Spanish AC/tropical)

Shortwave

• 9.955WRMIOkeechobee"Radio Miami International"

Defunct

• WFAB—Miami (1962–1977)
• WFAW—Miami (1922–1923)
• WMJX—Miami (1948–1981)

TV

See also:List of television stations in Florida

The Miami–Fort Lauderdale region is currently ranked by Nielsen Media Research as the 16th-largesttelevision marketin the United States.Affiliations listed below are the primarysubchannelof each respective station (displayed as x.1 viaPSIP). Additional networks/diginets are also available on many of the following stations' secondary subchannels (x.2 and up).

Full-power

• 2WPBTMiami (PBS)
• 4WFOR-TVMiami (CBS)*
• 6WTVJMiami (NBC)*
• 7WSVNMiami (Fox)
• 8WGEN-TVKey West(Estrella TV)*
• 10WPLGMiami (ABC)
• 17WLRN-TVMiami (PBS)
• 22WSBS-TVKey West (Mega TV)*
• 23WLTV-DTMiami (Univision)*
• 33WBFS-TVMiami (Independent)
• 35WPXM-TVMiami (Ion Television)*
• 39WSFL-TVMiami (The CW)
• 42WXEL-TVBoynton Beach(PBS)
• 45WHFT-TVHollywood(TBN)*
• 51WSCVFort Lauderdale(Telemundo)*
• 63WBEC-TVBoca Raton(Educational independent)
• 69WAMI-DTHollywood (UniMás)*

Low-power

• 3WMDF-LDMiami (Independent)
• 8WGEN-LDMiami (Estrella TV)*
• 8WVFW-LDMiami (Estrella TV)*
• 11 WTXI-LD Miami (Infomercials)
• 13WURH-CDMiami (The Health Channel)
• 16W16CC-DMiami (Infomercials)
• 18 WDFL-LD Miami (Anuncios)
• 22WSBS-CDMiami (Mega TV)*
• 24 WDGT-LD Miami (CTNi)
• 28 WYMI-LDSummerland Key(Religious)
• 38WBEH-CDMiami (Daystar)
• 41WJAN-CDMiami (América TeVé)
• 43 W03BU-D Miami (Religious)
• 48WFUN-LDMiami (América TeVé)
• 53 WLMF-LD Miami (LATV)
• 54WEYS-LDMiami (Almavision)

(*) - indicates channel is a networkowned-and-operated station.

Streaming

• CBS News Miami
• NBC South Florida News
• Local 10+

Cable

• Bally Sports Florida
• Bally Sports Sun
• Telemiami

Defunct

• WDLP-CD—Pompano Beach(1992–2017)
• WETV—Key West (1989–1990)
• WGBS-TV—Miami (1953–1957)
• WITV—Fort Lauderdale (1953–1958)
• WPST-TV—Miami (1957–1961)

See also

• Florida § Media
• Fort Lauderdale, Florida § Media and culture
• Gainesville, Florida § Media
• Media in Jacksonville, Florida
• Media in Key West, Florida
• Lakeland, Florida § Media
• Orlando, Florida § Media
• St. Petersburg, Florida § Media
• Tallahassee, Florida § Media
• Media in the Tampa Bay Area
• List of municipalities in Florida
• Category:Spanish-language mass media in Florida

Bibliography

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• Roy M. Fisher. The Trial of the First Amendment: Miami Herald vs. Tornillo. Freedom of Information Center, 1975.
• Paul G. Ashdown (1980). "WTVJ's Miami Crime War: A Television Crusade".Florida Historical Quarterly.58(4): 427–437.JSTOR30140494.
• Nixon Smiley. The Miami Herald Front Pages, 1903–1983. H.N. Abrams, 1983.
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• Edna Buchanan.The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat. Random House, 1987.
• "Spanish-Language TV Called Biased",New York Times,July 24, 1989
• Gonzalo R. Soruco (1996). "Media in Miami".Cubans and the Mass Media in South Florida.University Press of Florida. pp. 34–53.ISBN978-0-8130-1379-4.
• Doug Walker (1999), "Media's Role in Immigrant Adaptation: How First-year Haitians in Miami Use the Media",Journalism & Communication Monographs,vol. 1,Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• Martin Merzer, ed. The Miami Herald Report: Democracy Held Hostage. St. Martin's Press, 2001.
• John Sinclair(2003). "Hollywood of Latin America: Miami as Regional Center in Television Trade".Television & New Media.4.doi:10.1177/1527476403254159.S2CID145538531.
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• Aurora Wallace. Newspapers and the Making of Modern America: A History. Greenwood Press, 2005. (Chapter 5: Florida in Chains: The Miami Herald and the Tampa Tribune)
• Gonzalo Soruco; Juliet Pinto (2010). "Mass Media Use Among South Florida Hispanics: An Intercultural Typology".Florida Communication Journal.38.Florida Communication Association.ISSN1050-3366.

External links

• "Florida: Localities: Miami: News and Media".DMOZ.AOL.(Directory ceased in 2017)
• "Market Profile: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL".Television Bureau of Advertising, Inc.
• "US Newspaper Directory: Florida: Miami".Chronicling America.Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
• University of Miami; University of Florida."Cuban Exile Newspapers at the University of Miami"– viaDigital Library of the Caribbean.

Images

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  Miami Metropolisnewspaper, 1896