This is a list of media publications and sources in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Newspapers, magazines and online news
editThe local daily newspaper in Louisville is The Courier-Journal, a property of the Gannett chain.
Local weekly newspapers include Business First of Louisville, Louisville Defender (African American paper published since 1933), Louisville Eccentric Observer (or LEO, a free alternative paper) and The Voice-Tribune.
Louisville Magazine, published monthly, highlights the city's culture and lifestyles.
Television
editLouisville 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 from Charter Communications (doing business as Spectrum). They provide standard and premium cable TV service, high-speed Internet access and digital telephone service.
Radio
editFM radio
editLouisville's radio broadcasting stations cater to a wide variety of musical and other interests.
AM radio
editCall letters | AM frequency | Type | Special notes |
---|---|---|---|
Information Channel | 530 | Information | |
WAKY | 620 | Classic Hits | simulcast on WAKY-FM/103.5, W261CO/100.1, and W292FS/106.3 |
WHBE | 680 | Sports | ESPN Radio affiliate |
WKRD | 790 | Sports | |
WHAS | 840 | News/Talk | |
WFIA | 900 | Christian | |
WGTK | 970 | News/Talk | |
WLCR | 1040 | Christian | EWTN Catholic radio |
WKJK | 1080 | Talk | |
WLLV | 1240 | Southern Gospel | |
WLOU | 1350 | Urban Oldies | simulcast on W297BV/104.7 |
WLRS | 1570 | News/Talk | |
NOAA Weather Radio[1] | 1610 | Weather | |
Trimarc Traffic Channel[2] | 1610 | Traffic | Louisville Metro traffic |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Weather Service". Forecast.weather.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
- ^ "Trimarc". Trimarc. Retrieved April 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., OCLC 3346757
- Kleber, John E., ed. (2001). "Television". The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 872–873. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. OCLC 247857447.
External links
edit- "US Newspaper Directory: Kentucky: Louisville". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.
- Radio-Locator