Media in Oklahoma City
Appearance
As of 2016, the
Oklahoma City
:
Newspapers and magazines
The major daily newspaper published in Oklahoma City is The Oklahoman, which has the largest circulation of the state's newspapers. There are also a number of regional and special-interest newspapers such as the Black Chronicle, the Oklahoma Gazette and The Journal Record.
Daily
Weekly
- Baptist Messenger
- Bethany Tribune
- Choctaw Times
- Black Chronicle
- The Capitol Hill Beacon
- El Latino American (Spanish)
- El Nacional (Spanish)
- OK VIETIMES (Vietnamese)
- Oklahoma Chinese Times (Chinese)
- The Oklahoma City Herald
- Oklahoma Gazette
- Sooner Catholic
Community
- Choctaw Sun
- Eastern Oklahoma County News (Harrah)
- The Edmond Sun
- Harrah Sun
- Jones Sun
- Luther Sun
- Midwest City Beacon
- Moore Monthly
- Nicoma Park Sun
- Spencer Sun
- The Vista (Edmond)
Business, legal, entertainment and other local periodicals
- Apartment Locator
- The Brides of Oklahoma
- The Campus (Oklahoma City University)
- The City Sentinel
- distinctly Oklahoma Magazine
- Durocher's Oklahoma City Business Report
- Edmond Life and Leisure
- Edmond Outlook
- EscapeOKC Magazine
- The Gayly Oklahoman
- Gossip Boy
- House & Home Magazine
- The Journal Record
- KeyOKC
- MetroFamily Magazine
- Moore Monthly
- Nuestra Comunidad Oklahoma (bilingual)
- OCU LAW Magazine (Oklahoma City University)
- OKC N Style Magazine
- okcBIZ
- Oklahoma Banker
- Oklahoma City Apartments
- Oklahoma City Friday
- Oklahoma City Guide
- Oklahoma City News
- Oklahoma Constitution
- Oklahoma County News
- Oklahoma Gazette
- Oklahoma Living
- Oklahoma News
- Oklahoma Senior Life News
- Oklahoma Today
- Oklahoma Woman Magazine
- Oklahoma's Nursing Times
- Outdoor Oklahoma
- Preview Magazine
- Pure Magazine
- 405 Magazine, formerly Slice Magazine[2]
- So6ix
- TalkOKC
- Tinker Take Off (Tinker Air Force Base)
- The Vista (University of Central Oklahoma)
- Universal Republic (online only)
- VYPE High School Sports Magazine
Defunct newspapers and publications
Digital media
TV
Oklahoma City, the
designated market area for television in the United States (as ranked by Nielsen Media Research);[5]
the DMA serves 34 counties in the northern, west-central and central portions of the state. The Oklahoma City area has 19 television stations, including 12 full-power and six low-power (analog or digital) stations:
Full-power
- 4 KFOR-TV Oklahoma City (NBC)
- 5 KOCO-TV Oklahoma City (ABC)
- 9 KWTV-DT Oklahoma City (CBS)
- 12 KWET-TV Cheyenne (PBS)
- 13 KETA-TV Oklahoma City (PBS)
- 14 KTBO-TV Oklahoma City (TBN)
- 25 KOKH-TV Oklahoma City (Fox)
- 30 KTUZ-TV Shawnee (Telemundo)
- 34 Independent)
- 35 KUOK Woodward (Univision)
- 43 KAUT-TV Oklahoma City (The CW)
- 46 Daystar)
- 52 KSBI Oklahoma City (MyNetworkTV)
- 62 KOPX-TV Oklahoma City (Ion Television)
Low-power
- 21 KUOT-CD Oklahoma City (3ABN)
- 22 KTOU-LD Oklahoma City (beIN Sports Xtra)
- 24 KOMI-CD Woodward (YTA TV)
- 31 independent)
- 36 KUOK-CD Oklahoma City (Univision)
- 45 Azteca America)
- 47 )
- 48 KUOC-LD Enid (Infomercials)
- 48 KOCY-LD Oklahoma City (Estrella TV)
Cable
Subscription television
The Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is primarily served by
AT&T U-verse for Internet Protocol television. Cox Communications parent Cox Enterprises was awarded the cable franchise rights to Oklahoma City proper by the Oklahoma City Council in February 1979, and commenced service in the city in April 1980. Until the latter system's dissolution in December 1983, cable service in the immediate Oklahoma City area was split between the main Cox Cable system and Pan Oklahoma Communications, a joint venture that was 80% owned by Cox Enterprises (the same equity stake it initially held with the western Oklahoma City Cox franchise) with the remaining 20% owned by seven majority stockholders and four minority stockholders based in the city. In 1984, Cox Communications acquired 10% of the remnant shares owned by the six local shareholders in Cox Cable of Oklahoma City, which expanded its service area into areas of northeastern Oklahoma City (located east of Western Avenue, the service delineation point for both systems) as well as the bordering unincorporated community of Forest Park that had previously been served by Pan Oklahoma.[6][7]
Gannett Company (as part of a $2.7-billion acquisition of its systems in Oklahoma, Kansas and North Carolina) in July 1999, with those systems formally being taken over by Cox on February 1, 2000.[8][9] AT&T U-verse rolled out its Internet Protocol television service to portions of Oklahoma City, Edmond, Moore and Norman in August 2007; U-verse would expand its service into additional suburban communities (including Midwest City, Mustang, Nichols Hills, The Village, Wheatland and Yukon) by the summer of 2008.[10][11][12]
From 1978 until 1984, Oklahoma City was also served by TV-Q Movie Systems, a
TBS) as well as, upon converting into a multichannel service in 1981, Nickelodeon. Antenna Vision was launched in 1990 as a 21-channel MMDS offering featuring broadcast stations, and a limited lineup of basic and premium channels from a transmitter atop the Liberty Bank Tower in downtown Oklahoma City (which had previously housed TV-Q and VEU's respective transmission facilities). Launched by Multimedia Cablevision, it made use of additional frequencies licensed to the service by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and reached a 12-mile (19 km) radius covering most of Oklahoma, northern Cleveland and eastern Canadian Counties; American Telecasting purchased Antenna Vision in 1994, folding the latter provider into its WanTV wireless cable service (which remained in operation until 2001).[13]
Oklahoma City also served as the pilot market for
SelecTV), offering a mix of unedited movies, music specials and sporting events – expanded to include affiliates in Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta
; VEU – which was dropped by KAUT in September 1982, in favor of offering a full-time schedule of syndicated and local entertainment programs available for free to the entire media market – ceased operations on its two other affiliates in September 1984, as cable television service expanded its reach throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta markets.
Radio
As of September 2011, Oklahoma City is the 48th largest radio market in the United States, according to
Arbitron.[14]
The following is a list of radio stations serving the Oklahoma City area:
AM
- 640 KWPN Oklahoma City (Sports)
- 800 KQCV Oklahoma City (Religious/Bott)*
- 890 KTLR Oklahoma City (Christian)
- 930 WKY Oklahoma City (Sports)
- 1000 KTOK Oklahoma City (Talk)
- 1140 KRMP Oklahoma City (Urban AC)
- 1220 KTLV Midwest City (Gospel)
- 1340 KGHM Oklahoma City (Sports)
- 1400 KREF Norman (Sports)
- 1460 KZUE El Reno (Spanish/variety)
- 1520 KOKC Oklahoma City (Talk)
- 1560 KEBC Del City (Sports)
FM
- 88.1 Inspirational)*
- 88.5 )*
- 88.9 KYLV Oklahoma City (K-Love)*
- 89.3 KSSO Norman (Gospel)*
- 90.1 KUCO Edmond (Classical)*
- 90.9 KOKF Edmond (Air1)*
- 91.7 KOSU Stillwater (NPR/modern rock)*
- 92.5 KOMA Oklahoma City (Classic hits)
- 93.3 KJKE Newcastle (Classic country)
- 93.7 KSPI-FM Stillwater (Hot AC)
- 94.7 KOKQ Oklahoma City (Classic rock)
- 95.1 KQCV-FM Shawnee (Religious/Bott)*
- 96.1 KXXY-FM Oklahoma City (Classic country)
- 96.9 KQOB Enid (Conservative talk)
- 97.3 KKNG-FM Blanchard (Catholic/EWTN)
- 98.1 WWLS-FM The Village (Sports)
- 98.9 KYIS Oklahoma City (Hot AC)
- 99.7 KWFF Mustang (Country)
- 100.5 KATT-FM Oklahoma City (Rock)
- 101.9 KTST Oklahoma City (Country)
- 102.7 KJYO Oklahoma City (Contemporary hit radio)
- 103.5 Mainstream urban)
- 104.1 KMGL Oklahoma City (Adult contemporary)
- 104.9 KKWD Bethany (Adult hits)
- 105.3 KINB Kingfisher (Sports)
- 105.7 )*
- 106.3 KGOU Norman (NPR/jazz)*
- 106.7 KTUZ-FM Okarche (Spanish/variety)
- 107.7 KRXO-FM Oklahoma City (Sports)
LPFM
- 93.9 KWDW-LP Oklahoma City (Spanish religious)*
- 97.5 KCYI-LP Edmond (Smooth jazz)*
- 97.7 KRGU-LP Midwest City (Spanish Catholic)*
- 99.3 KHDD-LP Oklahoma City (Spanish Catholic)*
- 99.3 KZUC-LP Edmond (Adult album alternative)*
- 100.9 KSMJ-LP Edmond (Catholic)*
- 101.3 KPCG-LP Edmond (Catholic)*
(*) - indicates a non-commercial station.
See also
- Oklahoma media
- List of newspapers in Oklahoma
- List of radio stations in Oklahoma
- List of television stations in Oklahoma
- Media of
References
- ^ 2011-12 DMA Ranks - Nielsen
- ^ "About 405 Magazine". 405 Magazine. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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- ^ "Finding the Lost Ogle - 405 Magazine - December 2013 - Oklahoma City". www.405magazine.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ U.S. Local TV Market Rankings
- The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Cable TV changes approved". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. February 22, 1983. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Denton, Jon (July 28, 1999). "Cox to Buy Multimedia Cable TV". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Bracht, Mel (February 1, 2000). "Cox viewers to see more local programs". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Stafford, Jim (April 6, 2007). "AT&T chief sets TV debut in city". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Stafford, Jim (August 7, 2007). "Neighborhoods get scoop on AT&T's U-verse service". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "AT&T's U-verse TV sees expansion". Edmond Life & Leisure. August 14, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Chavez, Tim (May 16, 1990). "Microwave TV Service to Begin Antenna Vision Seen as Alternative to Cable". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Publishing Company. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ Arbitron Radio Market Rankings: Fall 2011