Media in San Diego

The San Diego Union-Tribune Building, 2018

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.

Print

Newspapers

• The San Diego Union-Tribune is the city's primary newspaper, published daily. ^[1] The Union-Tribune was formed in 1992 through a merger of the San Diego Union (established 1868) and the San Diego Evening Tribune (established 1881). ^[2] The newspapers hald been under common ownership since 1901. ^[3] The Evening-Tribune was the evening paper, while the Union was the morning paper; the Union-Tribune is a morning paper. ^[3] As of 2015, the Union-Tribune had won four Pulitzer Prizes and was the oldest company in continuous operation in San Diego. ^[4] In 2015, Tribune Publishing, which operates the Los Angeles Times and other major U.S. daily newspapers, purchased the newspaper in an $85 million deal. ^[4] The purchase ended 146 years of private local ownership for the paper. ^[4]

Other papers and news outlets published in the city include:

• La Prensa San Diego ^[5]
• San Diego Daily Transcript
• San Diego City Beat
• The San Diego Reader is the largest alternative weekly in the city. Founded in 1972, the paper was headquartered in Little Italy before moving to Golden Hill in 2012. ^[6]
• San Diego Business Journal
• The Southern Cross, the newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego

Neighborhood newspapers include:

• Beach & Bay Press (Pacific Beach, Mission Beach and Mission Bay), published every other week ^[7]
• Carmel Valley News ^[8]
• The Clairemont Times ^[9]
• The Coronado Times Newspaper
• La Jolla Light ^[10]
• La Jolla Village News, published every other week ^[11]
• Mission Times Courier
• Peninsula Beacon (Ocean Beach and Point Loma), published every other week ^[12]
• Presidio Sentinel ^[13]
• Rancho Bernardo News Journal ^[14]
• San Diego Downtown News, published monthly ^[15]
• San Diego Uptown News (Bankers Hill, Balboa Park, Golden Hill, Hillcrest, Kensington, Mission Hills, Normal Heights, North Park, Old Town, South Park, Talmadge, University Heights), published monthly ^[16]

Magazines

Magazines published in San Diego include:

• Edible San Diego ^[17]
• Ranch & Coast ^[18]
• San Diego Family ^[19]
• San Diego Magazine
• San Diego Troubadour ^[20]

Online

Online-only media in San Diego include:

• Fresh Brewed Tech, a local tech news website ^[21]
• Patch , a national network of local news sites, operates in San Diego
• San Diego Story, an arts review website ^[22]
• The Times of San Diego is a web-based news outlet founded in 2014 ^{[23] [24]} that features local news daily for the city and surrounding area. ^{[25] [26]} It has earned acclaim as a small business with a booming readership. ^{[27] [28]} Currently the site reaches over 1 million unique users every month, according to its published reports. The audience is young, with readers aged 18 to 44 constituting the largest segment. Nearly 60 percent of reading sessions are from Southern California. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, the site reported 1.53 million unique users. ^[29] The Times of San Diego differs from other recent local-media startups in providing full daily coverage of news in a large metro area, rather than infrequent in-depth articles. It differs in this regard from Voice of San Diego, a 15-year-old startup, and has passed that website in audience size. The Times of San Diego's contributing editors have been featured on local radio programs and have led training sessions for local journalists. ^{[30] [31] [32]} The Times of San Diego has been named "best news site" four years in row by the San Diego Press Club, and the site's editors took home 23 other awards in 2019. ^{[33] [34]} The site received a grant from Google in June 2020 to expand coverage of the local impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[35]
• Voice of San Diego (Voiceofsandiego.org) is a non-profit news outlet in San Diego that reports on the city. ^[36] A Web-only local outlet, Voice of San Diego was founded in 2005, ^[37] it was one of a number of such publications that emerged around that time in responsive to cutbacks in traditional local print newspapers. ^{[38] [39] [40]} The site is known for both its news coverage and local investigative reporting. ^{[37] [40] [41]} The website is partially funded by grants, but is financed primarily on a paid membership model. In 2016, Voice of San Diego launched the News Revenue Hub, a pilot project aimed at helping other nonprofit news organizations adopt its model. Members of the pilot include Honolulu Civil Beat , InsideClimate News , The Lens, and New Jersey Spotlight. ^{[42] [43] [44]} It has won a variety of local journalism awards from the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (for reports exposing corruption at San Diego Unified School District) ^[45] and from the San Diego Press Club. ^{[46] [47]}
• inewsource, a nonprofit newsroom ^[48]
• Vanguard Culture, a nonprofit arts and culture website ^[49]
• Water News Network, a specialized newsroom operated by the San Diego County Water Authority. ^[50]

Radio

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:

AM

Frequency	Callsign [52]	Format [53]	City of License	Notes	Ownership
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	Spanish Catholic	Tijuana, Baja California	"Monte Maria Radio"	-
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

FM

Frequency, MHz	Subchannel type	Callsign [54] /Subchannel name	Format [53]	City of License	Notes	Ownership
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

Television

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.

Display Channel	Callsign [55]	Network [56]	City of License	Notes
1.1	XHJK-TDT	Azteca Uno	Tijuana, Baja California
1.2		ADN 40	Tijuana, Baja California
3.1	XHCTTI-TDT	Imagen Televisión	Tijuana, Baja California	-
6.1	XETV-TDT	Canal 5	Tijuana, Baja California	-
8.1	KFMB-TV (Cable 8)	CBS	San Diego, California	-
8.2		MyNetwork TV
8.3		Grit
8.4		True Crime
8.5		Quest
8.6		Twist
10.1	KGTV (Cable 10)	ABC	San Diego, California
10.2		Bounce TV		-
10.3		Laff
10.4		Ion Mystery
11.1	XHCPDE-TDT	Canal Once	Tijuana, Baja California	-
12.1	XEWT	Televisa	Tijuana, Baja California	-
15.1	KPBS (Cable 11)	PBS	San Diego, California
15.2		KPBS 2
15.3		Create
15.4		PBS Kids
16.1	XETV-TDT	Nu9ve	Tijuana, Baja California
17.1	KBNT-CD	Univision	San Diego, California
19.1	XHUAA-TDT	Las Estrellas	Tijuana, Baja California
19.2		XEW-TDT	Mexico City, DF
21.1	XHTIT	Azteca 7	Tijuana, Baja California	-
21.2		XHIMT
26.1	KVSD	Daystar	San Diego, California	-
33.1	XHAS-TDT	Canal 33	Tijuana, Baja California	-
33.2		Blank
36.1	KDTF-LD	UniMás	San Diego, California	-
39.1	KNSD (Cable 7)	NBC	San Diego, California	-
39.2		Cozi TV
39.3		LX
45.1	XHBJ	Canal 45 PSN	Tijuana, Baja California	-
48.1	KUAN-LD	Telemundo	Poway/San Diego, California	-
48.2		TeleXitos
49.1	XHDTV-TDT	Milenio Televisión	Tecate, Baja California	-
51.1	KUSI (Cable 9)	The CW	San Diego, California	-
51.2		Rewind TV
69.1	KSWB (Cable 5)	Fox	San Diego, California	-
69.2		Antenna TV
69.3		Court TV
69.4		Ion Television

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