This is a list of media outlets based in the city of San Diego. People in San Diego are also able to receive media from Tijuana, Mexico.
Other papers and news outlets published in the city include:
Neighborhood newspapers include:
Magazines published in San Diego include:
Online-only media in San Diego include:
San Diego is a principal city of the San Diego radio market. In its Fall 2013 ranking of radio markets by population, Arbitron ranked the San Diego market 17th in the United States. The market only covers San Diego County. [51]
The following is a list of radio stations which broadcast from and/or are licensed to San Diego:
Frequency | Callsign [52] | Format [53] | City of License | Notes | Ownership | |
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540 | XESURF | Spanish Christian | Tijuana, Baja California | "Radio Zion" | - | |
600 | KOGO | News/Talk | San Diego, California | Primary emergency-alert station | iHeartMedia | |
620 | XESS | Spanish Sports | Puerto Nuevo, Baja California | Silent | - | |
690 | XEWW | Spanish News/Talk | Tijuana, Baja California | "La Gigante" | Primer Sistema de Noticias | |
760 | KGB | Sports/Talk | San Diego, California | "San Diego Sports" | iHeartMedia | |
800 | XESPN | Spanish Adult Hits | Tijuana, Baja California | "Norte 800" | Esquina 32 Radio | |
860 | XEMO | Spanish Adult Hits | Tijuana, Baja California | "La Poderosa" | Grupo Uniradio | |
910 | KECR | Christian Talk | El Cajon, California | "Family Radio" | Family Stations | |
950 | XEKAM | Spanish News/Talk | Tijuana, Baja California | "Radio Formula" | Grupo Formula | |
1000 | KCEO | Catholic | Vista, California | - | IHR | |
1040 | KURS | Spanish Catholic | San Diego, California | "ESNE Radio" | - | |
1090 | XEPRS | Sports Talk | Tijuana, Baja California | - | - | |
1130 | KSDO | Spanish Christian | San Diego, California | - | - | |
1170 | KCBQ | News/Talk | San Diego, California | - | Salem Communications | |
1210 | KPRZ | Christian Talk | San Marcos, California | "K-Praise" | Salem Communications | |
1240 | KNSN | Christian Talk | San Diego, California | "K-BRITE" | Crawford Broadcasting | |
1270 | XEAZ-AM | Spanish AC | Tijuana, Baja California | "La Romantica" | Primer Sistema de Noticias | |
1310 | XEC-AM | Spanish News/Talk | Tijuana, Baja California | "Radio Enciso" | Primer Sistema de Noticias | |
1360 | KLSD | Progressive Talk | San Diego, California | "The Patriot" | iHeartMedia | |
1420 | XEXX | Regional Mexican | Tijuana, Baja California | "Radio Ranchito" | Radio Cadena Enciso | |
1450 | KFSD | Spanish/Catholic | Escondido, California | - | - | |
1470 | XERCN | Spanish and English Oldies | Tijuana, Baja California | "Rasa 1470" | Radio Cadena Enciso | |
1550 | XEBG | Estereo Baja | Tijuana, Baja California | |||
1630 | XEUT | Variety | Tijuana, Baja California|- | - | ||
1700 | XEPE | Spanish Sports | Tijuana, Baja California | "TUDN Radio" | Primer Sistema de Noticias | |
Frequency, MHz | Subchannel type | Callsign [54] /Subchannel name | Format [53] | City of License | Notes | Ownership |
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88.3 | Analog | KSDS | Jazz | San Diego, California | - | San Diego City College |
88.5 | Analog | XHKT-FM | News/talk/Spanish Regional Mexican | Tecate, Baja California | La Super KT | California Medios |
88.7 | Analog | XHITT | Freeform | Tijuana, Baja California | Radio Technological | - |
89.5 | Analog/HD1 | KPBS-FM | Public radio | San Diego, California | NPR | SDSU |
HD2 | Classical San Diego Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine | Classical music | Classical 24 | |||
HD3 | Groove Salad | Downtempo/chillout | SomaFM | |||
90.3 | Analog | XHITZ | Contemporary hit radio | Tijuana, Baja California | Z90 | Local Media San Diego |
90.7 | Analog | XHTIM | Regional Mexican | Tijuana, Baja California | La Mejor | MVS Communications |
91.1 | Analog | XETRA | Classic alternative | Tijuana, Baja California | 91X | Local Media San Diego |
91.7 | Analog | XHGLX | Spanish Contemporary | Tijuana, Baja California | Ponte EXA-FM | MVS Communications |
92.1 | Analog | KARJ | Worship music | Escondido, California | Air1 | Educational Media Foundation |
92.5 | Analog | XHRM | Rhythmic Adult Contemporary | Tijuana, Baja California | Magic 92.5 | Local Media San Diego |
93.3 | Analog/HD1 | KHTS | Rhythmic Contemporary | El Cajon, California | Channel 93.3 | iHeartMedia |
HD2 | Pride Radio | Dance | - | |||
94.1 | Analog/HD1 | KMYI | Hot adult contemporary | San Diego, California | Star 94.1 | iHeartMedia |
HD2 | 600 KOGO | News/talk | KOGO simulcast | |||
94.5 | Analog | XHA | Regional Mexican | Tijuana, Baja California | La Invasora | Grupo Uniradio |
94.9 | Analog/HD1 | KBZT | Alternative rock | San Diego, California | ALT 94/9 | Audacy, Inc. |
HD3 | Glow | Dance | ||||
95.3 | Analog | XHHIT | Spanish Adult Hits | Tecate, Baja California | La Lupe | Multimedios Radio |
95.7 | Analog | KSSX | Urban Contemporary | Carlsbad, California | Jam'n 95.7 | iHeartMedia |
96.1 | Analog | KYDO | Worship music | Campo, California | Air 1 | EMF |
96.5 | Analog/HD1 | KYXY | Adult contemporary | San Diego, California | KyXy | Audacy, Inc. |
97.3 | Analog/HD1 | KWFN | Sports | San Diego, California | 97.3 The Fan | Audacy, Inc. |
HD3 | The Bet | Sports gambling | ||||
98.1 | Analog/HD1 | KXSN | Classic hits | San Diego, California | Sunny 98.1 | Audacy, Inc. |
HD3 | Channel Q | LGBTQ Talk/EDM | ||||
98.9 | Analog | XHMORE | Regional Mexican | Tijuana, Baja California | La Calurosa | Esquina 32 Radio |
99.3 | Analog | XHOCL | Spanish Adult Contemporary | Tijuana, Baja California | FM Globo | MVS Radio |
99.7 | Analog | XHTY | Regional Mexican | Tijuana, Baja California | La Invasora | Groupo Uni Radio |
100.1 | Analog | KKLJ | Spanish Christian | Julian, California | Radio Nueva Vida | EMF |
100.7 | Analog | KFBG | Adult hits | San Diego, California | 100.7 Big FM | Local Media San Diego |
101.5 | Analog/HD1 | KGB-FM | Classic rock | San Diego, California | - | iHeartMedia |
HD2 | - | Sports | KGB simulcast | |||
102.1 | Analog | KLVJ | Contemporary Christian | Encinitas, California | K-Love | EMF |
102.5 | Analog | XHUAN | Electronic Music | Tijuana, Baja California | Fusion FM | IMER |
102.9 | Analog | KLQV | Spanish Adult Contemporary | San Diego, California | Amor 102.9 | Univision Radio |
103.7 | Analog | KSON | Country music | San Diego, California | KSON 103.7 | Audacy, Inc. |
104.5 | Analog | XHLTN | Spanish Contemporary | Tijuana, Baja California | Radio Latina | Grupo Imagen |
104.9 | Analog | XHLNC | Regional Mexican | Tecate, Baja California | La Numero Uno | - |
105.3 | Analog/HD1 | KIOZ | Mainstream rock | San Diego, California | Rock 105.3 | iHeartMedia |
105.7 | Analog | XHPRS | Spanish Contemporary | Tecate, Baja California | Suave | Primer Sistema de Noticias |
106.5 | Analog | KLNV | Regional Mexican | San Diego, California | Que Buena | Univision Radio |
107.3 | Analog | XHFG | Spanish Contemporary | Tijuana, Baja California | Pulsar FM | Grupo Uniradio |
107.7 | Analog | XHRST | Spanish Adult Hits | Tijuana, Baja California | El Sol | MLC Media |
The San Diego television market only includes San Diego County. The city is the headquarters of the privately held Herring Networks, which owns the AWE Network and One America News Network cable channels.
The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to San Diego.
Pacific Beach is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south, Interstate 5 and Clairemont to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. While formerly largely populated by young people, surfers, and college students, because of rising property and rental costs the population is gradually becoming older and more affluent. "P.B.," as it is known as by local residents, is home to one of San Diego's more developed nightlife scenes, with a great variety of bars, eateries, and clothing stores located along Garnet Avenue and Mission Boulevard.
La Jolla is a hilly, seaside neighborhood within the city of San Diego, California, occupying 7 miles (11 km) of curving coastline along the Pacific Ocean. The population reported in the 2010 census was 46,781. The climate is mild, with an average daily temperature of 70.5 °F (21.4 °C).
The Bishop's School is an independent college preparatory Episcopal day school located in La Jolla, California. Bishop's is known for its reputation in academics, arts, and athletics, as well as its sizable endowment. The school offers courses for students in the sixth through twelfth grades and has an 8:1 student-teacher ratio.
The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868. Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, The San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune. The name changed to U-T San Diego in 2012 but was changed again to The San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015.
Windansea Beach is a stretch of coastline located in the La Jolla community of San Diego, California. The neighborhood adjacent to the beach is named Windansea after the beach. It is named after the 1909 oceanfront Strand Hotel that was renamed "Windansea" Hotel in 1919 after the owner Arthur Snell ran a "naming contest". The Windansea Hotel which was located on Neptune Avenue between Playa del Sur and Playa del Norte burned down in 1943. Geographically, it is defined by the beachfront extending north of Palomar Avenue and south of Westbourne Street.
Tribune Publishing Company is an American newspaper print and online media publishing company. The company, which was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May 2021, has a portfolio that includes the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, the Orlando Sentinel, South Florida's Sun-Sentinel, The Virginian-Pilot, the Hartford Courant, additional titles in Pennsylvania and Virginia, syndication operations, and websites. It also publishes several local newspapers in its metropolitan regions, which are organized in subsidiary groups.
Voice of San Diego is a nonprofit news organization focused on issues affecting San Diego County, California.
University City (UC) is a community in San Diego, California, located in the northwestern portion of the city next to the University of California, San Diego. The area was originally intended to serve as housing for the faculty of the university, hence the name.
Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the United States, KDKA 1020AM, the first community-sponsored television station in the United States, WQED 13, the first "networked" television station and the first station in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, KDKA 2, and the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The culture of San Diego, California, is influenced heavily by American and Mexican cultures due to its position as a border town, its large Hispanic population, and its history as part of Spanish America and Mexico. San Diego's longtime association with the U.S. military also contributes to its culture. Present-day culture includes many historical and tourist attractions, a thriving musical and theatrical scene, numerous notable special events, a varied cuisine, and a reputation as one of America's premier centers of craft brewing.
MinnPost is a nonprofit online newspaper in Minneapolis, founded in 2007, with a focus on Minnesota news.
San Diego CityBeat was an alternative weekly newspaper in San Diego, California that focused on local progressive politics, arts, and music. It was published every Wednesday and distributed around San Diego county, although with a focus on the city of San Diego itself, with a weekly circulation of 49,750.
The Los Angeles Business Journal, established in 1979, is a weekly newspaper and online news source in Los Angeles, California, which provides coverage of local business news. According to the Journal's website, it has a weekly print circulation of about 24,000 and over 40,000 unique monthly website visitors. It is published each Monday.
Surf Diva is recognized internationally as Southern California’s original all-women's surf school.
California Watch, part of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, began producing stories in 2009. The official launch of the California Watch website took place in January 2010. The team was best known for producing well researched and widely distributed investigative stories on topics of interest to Californians. In small ways, the newsroom pioneered in the digital space, including listing the names of editors and copy editors at the bottom of each story, custom-editing stories for multiple partners, developing unique methods to engage with audiences and distributing the same essential investigative stories to newsrooms across the state. It worked with many news outlets, including newspapers throughout the state, all of the ABC television affiliates in California, KQED radio and television and dozens of websites. The Center for Investigative Reporting created California Watch with $3.5 million in seed funding. The team won several industry awards for its public interest reporting, including the George Polk Award in 2012. In addition to numerous awards won for its investigative reports, the California Watch website also won an Online Journalism Award in the general excellence category from the Online News Association in its first year of existence.
MNG Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Digital First Media and MediaNews Group, is a Denver, Colorado, United States-based newspaper publisher owned by Alden Global Capital. As of May 2021, it owns over 100 newspapers and 200 assorted other publications.
The San Diego International Film Festival is an independent film festival in San Diego, California, produced by the nonprofit San Diego Film Foundation. The main event has traditionally been held annually in autumn at venues in the Gaslamp Quarter, La Jolla, and Balboa Park.
The California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC) is a freely-available, archive of digitized California newspapers; it is accessible through the project's website. The collection contains over six million pages from over forty-two million articles. The project is part of the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR) at the University of California Riverside.
Douglas Frederick Manchester is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the former chairman of Manchester Financial Group, past chairman and publisher of The San Diego Union-Tribune, and an unsuccessful nominee to become United States Ambassador to the Bahamas. Manchester, who prefers to be called "Papa Doug", has built some of the tallest hotels and office buildings in San Diego, including the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina and the Manchester Grand Hyatt, and is credited as a driving force behind the development of the San Diego Convention Center. Manchester also built the triple 5-star Grand Del Mar Resort & Spa, which was sold to Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in 2015, and he maintains a minority ownership. Manchester also built the Torrey Executive Centre, Manchester Financial Building, Whitetail Lodge and Golf Club, Fairmont Austin and is currently building the Manchester Pacific Gateway.
This is a list of protests that took place in San Diego County, California, following the murder of George Floyd that took place on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. These events were created to fight for justice for George Floyd and other Black community members who suffer from police brutality. These demonstrations resulted in a number of policy changes, namely the ban of the cartoid neck restraints use in San Diego County and a city-wide independent review board that would review police practices.
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