Media in Des Moines, Iowa

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As of 2021, the Des Moines metropolitan area is the 67th-largest media market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research, with 467,990 television households [1] (0.4% of all U.S. homes). The following is a summary of broadcast and print media in Des Moines, Iowa:

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Newspapers and magazines

Daily

The Des Moines Register serves as the metropolitan area's lone daily newspaper. Owned by the Gannett Company, the Register had a daily circulation of 86,982 and a Sunday circulation of 152,239, as of 2014. [2]

University

Weekly and community

Weekly newspapers in the Des Moines metropolitan area
NameArea of coverageFocus
Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index eastern suburbs
Bayard News Gazette Bayard
Carlisle Citizen Carlisle
Cityview alternative weekly
Dallas County News Adel and Dallas County
Des Moines Business Recordbusiness news
Earlham Advocate Earlham
Guthrie Center Times Guthrie Center
Guthrie County Vedette Panora and Guthrie County
Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune Indianola
Iowa Bystander African-American community
Northeast Dallas County Record Woodward and Dallas County
Perry Chief Perry
Stuart Herald Stuart
Winterset Madisonian Winterset and Madison County

Television

ChannelCallsignNetworkSubchannelsOwnerWebsite
(Virtual/RF)ChannelProgramming
5.1 WOI-DT ABC 5.2
5.3
5.4		 True Crime Network
Grit
Cozi TV 		Tegna Inc.
8.1 KCCI CBS 8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5		 Me-TV
MyNetworkTV/H&I
Story Television
Nosey		 Hearst Television
11.1 KDIN PBS 11.2
11.3
11.4		 PBS Kids
World
Create 		Iowa Public Television
13.1 WHO-DT NBC 13.2
13.3
13.4		 Rewind TV
Antenna TV
Court TV 		Nexstar Media Group
17.1 KDSM-TV FOX 17.2
17.3
17.4		 Comet TV
Charge!
TBD 		Sinclair Broadcast Group
19.1 KDMI TCT 19.2
19.3		 Sonlife
TheGrio 		Tri-State Christian Television
23.1 KCWI-TV CW 23.2
23.3
23.4		 HSN
Bounce TV
Quest 		Tegna Inc.
39.1 KFPX-TV Ion 39.2
39.3
39.4
39.5
39.6		 Court TV
Laff
Ion Mystery
Defy TV
TrueReal 		E. W. Scripps Company

Radio

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Sunday, daily Register circulation continues to plummet. And everything you want to know about Ankeny bowling". June 18, 2014.
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