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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the region's major daily newspaper. Founded by Joseph Pulitzer in the 1800s, the paper was owned by Pulitzer Publishing until 2005, when the company was acquired by Lee Enterprises. The company also owns the Suburban Journals, a collection of local newspapers. The daily Belleville News-Democrat, serves many Illinois communities in the St. Louis Metro Area.

The St. Louis Business Journal, published weekly on Fridays, covers the region's business news.

In 1900, St. Louis had at least five daily newspapers: the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the St. Louis Republic in the morning, and the Post-Dispatch and Star-Chronicle in the afternoon, as well as the German-language Westlische Post. One by one, these papers folded or consolidated. The Post-Dispatch bought out its remaining afternoon competitor, the Star-Times, in 1951. Until the mid-1980s, the morning Globe-Democrat, which was editorially more conservative than the Post-Dispatch, served as the Post's main rival. Although the Post-Dispatch and the Globe-Democrat maintained a joint-operating agreement for years, the Globe-Democrat folded shortly after the Post-Dispatch switched from afternoon to morning publication.

The city's main alternative weekly publications include the Evening Whirl and the Riverfront Times. African-American weeklies include the St. Louis Argus (est. 1912), the St. Louis American (est. 1928), and the St. Louis Sentinel (est. 1969). A variety of glossy monthly and quarterly publications cover topics such as local history, cuisine, and lifestyles. St. Louis is also home to the last remaining metropolitan journalism review, the St. Louis Journalism Review, based at Webster University in the suburb of Webster Groves.

The St. Louis metro area is served by a wide variety of local television stations, and is the twenty-first largest designated market area (DMA) in the U.S., with 1,222,380 homes (1.11% of the total U.S.). The major network television affiliates are KMOV 4 (CBS), KDNL 30 (ABC), KSDK 5 (NBC), KTVI 2 (Fox), KPLR 11 (WB), and WRBU 46 (UPN). There is also a Public Broadcasting Service station at KETC 9. In September of 2006, KPLR became the St. Louis Tribune Broadcasting O&O station for the new The CW Television Network, a joint venture between CBS and Time-Warner.

The region's radio airwaves offer a variety of locally produced programming. KMOX (1120 AM), which pioneered the call-in talk radio format in the 1960s, retains significant regional influence due to its 50,000-watt clear-channel signal and an unusually active newsroom operation. Public radio station KWMU (90.7 FM), an NPR affiliate, also provides extensive, locally produced programming treating social issues, politics, and the arts. St. Louis is one of only a handful of U.S. cities to have its own independent community radio station, KDHX (88.1 FM), which features a wide range of music and talk from local residents. Washington University' college radio station, KWUR (90.3 FM), also provides community broadcasting and an eclectic mix of underground music.

Newspapers

Newspapers serving the St. Louis Area

Daily: Alton Telegraph • Belleville News-Democrat • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Weekly: Morning Sentinel • Riverfront Times • St. Louis American • St. Louis Argus • St. Louis Business Journal • St. Louis Jewish Light • St. Louis Sentinel • Suburban Journals • West End Word

Bi-Weekly: The Vital Voice

Monthly: The Confluence

College: The Alestle • The Current • The Journal • Student Life • The University News

Irregularly Published: Mid Rivers Newsmagazine • West Newsmagazine

Television

TV Stations in and around St. Louis (Nielsen DMA #21)
KTVI 2 (Fox) • KMOV 4 (CBS) • KSDK 5 (NBC) • KPTN-LP 7 (HSN) • WSIU 8 (PBS) • KETC 9 (PBS) • KPLR 11 (The CW) • KFVS 12 (CBS) • WPXS 13 (I) • K22HG 22 (TBN) • KNLC 24 (FamilyNet) • KEFN 28 (EWTN) • W29CI 29 (3ABN) • KDNL 30 (ABC) • WRBU 46 (MNTV) • W50CH 50 (REL) • KUMO 51 (RTN) • KDTL 64 (DS)

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Radio

FM

FM radio stations in the St. Louis Area (Arbitron #20)

By frequency: 88.1 • 89.1 • 89.7 • 89.9 • 90.3 • 90.7 • 91.5 • 92.3 • 93.3 • 93.7 • 94.7 • 95.5 • 96.3 • 97.1 • 97.5 • 98.1 • 98.5 • 99.1 • 99.9 • 100.3 • 100.7 • 101.1 • 102.5 • 103.3 • 104.1 • 104.5 • 104.9 • 105.7 • 106.5 • 107.7

By callsign: KATZ • KYMC • KCLC • KDHX • KEZK • KFAV • KFNS-FM • KFTK • KFUO • KIHT • KLOU • KMJM • KNSX • KPNT • KSD • KSHE • KSIV • KSLQ • KSLZ • KTJJ • KWMU • KWUR • KYKY • WARH • WDLJ • WFUN • WHHL • WIL • WLCA • WMVN

AM

AM radio stations in the St. Louis Area (Arbitron #20)

By Frequency: 550 • 590 • 630 • 690 • 770 • 850 • 880 • 920 • 1010 • 1080 • 1120 • 1190 • 1260 • 1320 • 1380 • 1400 • 1430 • 1460 • 1490 • 1570 • 1600