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Media in Miami

Media in Miami, Florida, United States, includes newspapers, magazines, Internet-based web sites, radio, television, and cinema. Florida produces some of its own media, while some comes from outside the state for Floridian consumption.

Print

The Miami Metropolis newspaper began publication in May 1896, overseen initially by W.S. Graham and Wesley M. Featherby, and later by B.B. Tatum. In 1934, it became the Miami Daily News. The Herald newspaper began in 1899, followed by the Central News and Miami Weekly in 1920. Tropic Magazine began in 1914.

The first Miami Book Fair was held in 1984.

Radio

The earliest radio stations in Miami were WQAM (est. 1923) and WIOD (est. 1926).

AM

FM

(*) — indicates a non-commercial radio station.<br>([RDS]) — indicates a supported by the Radio Data System.

Shortwave

Defunct

  • WFAB—Miami (1962–1977)
  • WFAW—Miami (1922–1923)
  • WMJX—Miami (1948–1981)

TV

The Miami–Fort Lauderdale region is currently ranked by Nielsen Media Research as the 16th-largest television market in the United States. Affiliations listed below are the primary subchannel of each respective station (displayed as x.1 via PSIP). Additional networks/diginets are also available on many of the following stations' secondary subchannels (x.2 and up).

Full-power

Low-power

(*) - indicates channel is a network owned-and-operated station

Streaming

Cable

Defunct

  • WDLP-CD—Pompano Beach (1992–2017)
  • WETV—Key West (1989–1990)
  • WGBS-TV—Miami (1953–1957)
  • WITV—Fort Lauderdale (1953–1958)
  • WPST-TV—Miami (1957–1961)

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

  • Nixon Smiley. Knights of the Fourth Estate: The Story of the Miami Herald. E.A. Seemann Publishing, 1974.
  • Roy M. Fisher. The Trial of the First Amendment: Miami Herald vs. Tornillo. Freedom of Information Center, 1975.
  • Nixon Smiley. The Miami Herald Front Pages, 1903–1983. H.N. Abrams, 1983.
  • Edna Buchanan. The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat. Random House, 1987.
  • Martin Merzer, ed. The Miami Herald Report: Democracy Held Hostage. St. Martin's Press, 2001.
  • Aurora Wallace. Newspapers and the Making of Modern America: A History. Greenwood Press, 2005. (Chapter 5: Florida in Chains: The Miami Herald and the Tampa Tribune)

External links

  • (Directory ceased in 2017)

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