This is a list of media based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
| Newspaper | Founded | Type |
|---|---|---|
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | 1829 | Daily |
| Philadelphia Tribune | 1884 | Bi-weekly |
| Philadelphia magazine | 1908 | Monthly |
| FunTimes magazine | 2010 | Digital |
| Philadelphia Daily News | 1925 | Daily |
| Main Line Today | - | Monthly |
| Grid Magazine | 2010 | Monthly |
| South Philly Review | 1947 | Weekly |
| University City Review | Weekly | |
| Northeast Times | 1934 | Weekly |
| Philadelphia Weekly | 1971 | Weekly |
| Philadelphia Gay News | 1976 | Weekly |
| AL DÍA | 1994 | Weekly |
| El Hispano | 1976 | Weekly |
| The Public Record | 1999 | Weekly |
| Brazilian News Week | 2000 | Weekly |
| Philadelphia Metro | 2000 | Daily |
| Philadelphia Business Journal | 1982 | Weekly |
| The Hawk | 1929 | Weekly |
| The Temple News | 1921 | Weekly |
| The Daily Pennsylvanian | 1885 | Daily |
| The Triangle | 1926 | Weekly |
| Philadelphia News | 1995 | Weekly |
| Impacto Latin Newspaper | 1998 | Weekly |
| The Jewish Exponent | 1887 | Weekly |
| The Philadelphia Evening Post | 2015 | Bi-monthly |
| Philadelphia RowHome Magazine | 2004 | Quarterly |
| DARLA Media — projectDARLA | 2014 | Weekly |
Former newspapers:
Network owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in bold.
| Television station | Affiliate | Founded | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| WDPN-TV | MeTV | 1988 | 2 |
| KYW-TV | CBS | 1941 | 3 |
| WPVI-TV | ABC | 1947 | 6 |
| WPSJ-CD | Azteca America | 1986 | 8 |
| WCAU | NBC | 1948 | 10 |
| WHYY-TV | PBS | 1957 | 12 |
| WPHL-TV | The CW | 1965 | 17 |
| WFPA-CD | UniMás | 1995 | 28 |
| WTXF-TV | Fox | 1965 | 29 |
| WPPT | PBS | 1990 | 35 |
| WELL-LD | Daystar | 1988 | 45 |
| WGTW-TV | Trinity Broadcasting Network | 1992 | 48 |
| WPSG-TV | Independent | 1981 | 57 |
| WPPX-TV | Ion Television | 1986 | 61 |
| WWSI-TV | Telemundo | 2001 | 62 |
| WUVP-DT | Univision | 1981 | 65 |
| NBC Sports Philadelphia+ | basic cable | 1996 | |
| NBC Sports Philadelphia | basic cable | 1997 | |
| Prism (former) | premium | 1977 | |
| AM radio station | Frequency (kHz) | Format | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| WFIL | 560 | Religious | 1922 |
| WTEL | 610 | Sports | 1922 |
| WURD | 900 | Talk | |
| WCHR | 920 | Religious | |
| WKDN | 950 | Religious | |
| WNTP | 990 | News/Talk | |
| KYW | 1060 | News | 1922 |
| WPHT | 1210 | Talk | 1922 |
| WHAT | 1340 | Spanish language music | 2007 |
| WDAS | 1480 | Sports | 2007 |
| WNWR | 1540 | News/Talk | |
| WEXP | 1600 | College | 1972 |
| FM radio stations | Frequency (MHz) | Format | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| WPEB | 88.1 | Variety | 1981 |
| WXPN | 88.5 | Adult Album Alternative, College, University of Pennsylvania | 1945 |
| WRDV | 89.3 | Oldies | 1980 |
| WRTI | 90.1 | Classical/Jazz | 1948 |
| WHYY | 90.9 | Public, NPR News/Talk | 1954 |
| WKDU | 91.7 | College, Drexel University | 1958 |
| WXTU | 92.5 | Country | 1984 |
| WMMR | 93.3 | Active Rock | 1942 |
| WIP-FM | 94.1 | Sports Talk | 1971 |
| WPST | 94.5 | CHR | 1965 |
| WBEN | 95.7 | Adult Hits | 2005 |
| WTDY-FM | 96.5 | CHR | 2003 |
| WPEN | 97.5 | Sports Talk | 2009 |
| WOGL | 98.1 | Classic Hits | 1987 |
| WUSL | 98.9 | Urban | 1975 |
| WRNB | 100.3 | Urban AC | 1940s |
| WBEB | 101.1 | Adult Contemporary | 1963 |
| WIOQ | 102.1 | CHR | 1989 |
| WMGK | 102.9 | Classic Rock | 1975 |
| WPHI-FM | 103.9 | All news | 1960 |
| WRFF | 104.5 | Alternative | 1965 |
| WDAS | 105.3 | Urban AC | 1959 |
| WUMR (FM) | 106.1 | Spanish CHR | 2022 |
| WKVP | 106.9 | Contemporary Christian | 2012 |
| WPPZ | 107.9 | Urban Oldies | 2005 |
| Site | Founded |
|---|---|
| PhillyVoice.com | 2015 |
| Philly.com | 1995 |
| Philadelphia Citizen | 2015 |
| Drink Philly | 2009 |
| Green Philly | 2008 |
| Geekadelphia | 2007 |
| Philadelphia News | 2010 |
| Philadelphia Public School Notebook | 1994 |
| Philly2night.com | 1999 |
| Philly2Philly.com | 2009 |
| Plan Philly | 2005 |
| Billy Penn | 2014 |
| Technical.ly | 2009 |
| West Philly Local | 2010 |
| Philadelphia Jewish Voice | 2005 |
| Philadelight | 2015 |
| MyNEWPhilly.com | 2015 |
| Philly Views | 2017 |
| Merion West | 2016 |
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The following is an alphabetical list of articles on people, places, and things related to Pennsylvania in the United States.
WFMZ-TV is an independent television station in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Locally-based Maranatha Broadcasting Company owns both WFMZ-TV and Wilmington, Delaware–licensed MeTV affiliate WDPN-TV. Both stations share studios on East Rock Road on South Mountain in Allentown, where WFMZ-TV's transmitter is located. WFMZ-TV also maintains a secondary studio in the PPL Center sports arena in Center City Allentown and a newsroom on Court Street in Reading.
WTXF-TV is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet. Owned and operated by the Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains studios on Market Street in Center City and a primary transmitter on the Roxborough tower farm, with a secondary transmitter in Allentown.
WPSG, branded Philly 57, is an independent television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the CBS News and Stations group alongside CBS outlet KYW-TV. The two stations share studios on Hamilton Street north of Center City Philadelphia; WPSG's transmitter is located in the city's Roxborough section.
WSAN is a commercial radio station licensed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is owned by iHeartMedia and serves the Lehigh Valley radio market. It broadcasts an oldies radio format, with its studios and offices in the iHeart Broadcasting Center in Whitehall Township. It is the oldest station in the Lehigh Valley.
WCUR is the student radio station at West Chester University (WCU) in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. It serves a limited area around the campus and airs a freeform format, with students producing and airing their own shows.
WPHT is a commercial radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station broadcasts a talk radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its transmitter and broadcast tower are in Moorestown, New Jersey. The radio studios are in Audacy's corporate headquarters in Center City Philadelphia.
Carpenter station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Located at 201 Carpenter Lane, it serves the Chestnut Hill West Line.
Michael Andrew Smerconish is an American radio host and television presenter, political commentator, newspaper columnist, author, and lawyer. A self-described "lifelong Republican" and former GOP administration appointee, he left the Republican party during the presidency of Barack Obama. He broadcasts The Michael Smerconish Program weekdays at 9:00 a.m. ET on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel (124), and hosts the CNN and CNN International program Smerconish at 9:00 a.m. ET on Saturdays. He was formerly a Sunday newspaper columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Smerconish has written seven books: six non-fiction works and one novel. He is also of counsel to the Philadelphia law firm of Kline & Specter.
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WNWR is a commercial radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format and is owned by Wilkins Broadcasting, LLC. Program hosts include Jim Daly, John MacArthur, Greg Laurie and Charles Capps. The studios are at 200 Monument Road, Suite 6, in Bala Cynwyd.
WEEU is a commercial radio station in Reading, Pennsylvania. It has a news/talk radio format and is owned by Treese Media Group, LLC, led by John and Kristine Treese.
WJFP is a commercial radio station broadcasting a conservative talk format. It is licensed to Chester, Pennsylvania, and serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The station is owned by John Fredericks, with the license held by Disruptor Radio, LLC. Fredericks hosts a syndicated weekday morning talk show and also owns three stations in Virginia. Other syndicated shows on WJFP include "The War Room with Steve Bannon," "The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey" and "Red Eye Radio."
The Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network is a network of 21 radio stations in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey that air Major League Baseball games of the Philadelphia Phillies. The lead announcers are Scott Franzke with play-by-play and Larry Andersen with color commentary. The flagship station is WIP-FM 94.1 in Philadelphia. The broadcasts were discontinued on the former AM flagship station WPHT 1210 in 2016.
Triangle Publications Inc. was an American media group based first in Philadelphia, and later in Radnor, Pennsylvania. It was a privately held corporation, with the majority of its stock owned by Walter Annenberg and his sisters. Its holdings consisted of newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. After nearly two decades of divestiture, it was folded into News Corporation in 1988.
The Pottstown station, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal of the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit system. It is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
