San Antonio Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Media== {{Main|Media in San Antonio}} ===Print=== San Antonio has one major newspaper, the ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]'', which has served the area since 1865. The ''Express-News'' circulates as the largest newspaper service in [[South Texas]]. The [[Hearst Corporation]], which owned a second newspaper, the ''San Antonio Light'', purchased the ''Express-News'' from [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corp.]] in 1992 and shut down the ''Light'' after failing to find a buyer. Hearst, using the ''Express-News'' brand, also produces ''Conexión'', a weekly magazine written by an entirely Hispanic and Latin American staff with a Latino spin on weekly events. The [[San Antonio Current|San Antonio ''Current'']] is the free "alternative" paper published weekly with local political issues, art and music news, restaurant listings and reviews, and listings of events and nightlife around town. The ''San Antonio Business Journal'' covers general business news. ''La Prensa'', a bilingual publication, also has a long history in San Antonio. They closed their doors in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://therivardreport.com/la-prensa-de-san-antonio-closes-its-doors-after-29-years|title=''La Prensa de San Antonio'' Closes its Doors After 29 Years|website=Therivardreport.com|date=June 12, 2018}}</ref> ''Edible San Antonio,'' San Antonio's bimonthly food magazine, is published every eight weeks. The 64-page full-color magazine, distributed free across the city, is printed in soy ink on recycled paper and covers the city's food scene with an emphasis on local food and sustainability. The ''San Antonio River Walk Current'' covers general San Antonio news. The ''San Antonio Observer'' is the only [[African-American newspapers|African American newspaper]] in San Antonio since 1995 and the largest in South Texas.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} The ''San Antonio Report'', renamed in 2020 from the Rivard Report, is the city's only digital-only news publication.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nowlin|first=Sanford|title=San Antonio News Site Rivard Report Changes Name as Founder Looks to Scale Back His Role|url=https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/san-antonio-news-site-rivard-report-changes-name-as-founder-looks-to-scale-back-his-role/Content?oid=24225734|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=San Antonio Current|language=en}}</ref> Founded in 2011 by former Express-News editor Robert Rivard, it began as a blog but has since become a non-profit news source covering civic issues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://sanantonioreport.org/about-us-2/|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=San Antonio Report|language=en-US|archive-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217091133/https://sanantonioreport.org/about-us-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Radio=== About 50 radio stations can be heard in the San Antonio area; 30 of them are in the city proper. San Antonio is home to [[iHeartMedia]], the largest operator of radio stations in the U.S. Its flagship, [[WOAI (AM)|WOAI AM-1200]], is known for its local news operation, considered among the best in the country. It is a 50,000-watt clear channel station that reaches most of North America at night. The first radio station to broadcast in South Texas was [[KTSA|KTSA AM-550]] in 1922. The region's [[National Public Radio]] member is [[Texas Public Radio]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Texas Public Radio Stations And NPR Launch Collaborative Statewide Newsroom|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/759028569/texas-public-radio-stations-and-npr-launch-collaborative-statewide-newsroom|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=NPR.org|date=September 9, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> a group of three stations; KSTX 89.1 FM is NPR news/talk, KPAC 88.3 is a 24-hour classical music station, and KTXI 90.1 is a mix of NPR news/talk and classical music broadcast for the West Central Texas Hill Country. KSTX also broadcasts "Riverwalk Jazz", featuring Jim Cullum Jazz Band at The Landing, a fixture on the River Walk since 1963. KRTU 91.7 is a non-commercial radio station based at Trinity University.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About KRTU 91.7|url=https://krtu.trinity.edu/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209204228/https://krtu.trinity.edu/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 9, 2015|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=krtu.trinity.edu}}</ref> Unlike most other college radio stations in the U.S., the station plays jazz 17 hours a day and college rock/indie rock at night. College alternative station KSYM, 90.1 FM, is owned by the Alamo Community College District and operated by San Antonio College students; like KRTU, it plays the Third Coast music network during the day and alternative music at night. Most Latin American stations in the area play [[Regional styles of Mexican music|regional Mexican]], [[Tejano music|Tejano]] or contemporary pop. On January 12, 2006, [[Univision]]-owned [[KMYO|KMYO-FM]] "La Kalle 95.1" changed its format from Hispanic-Rhythmic Contemporary Hits to Spanish Oldies, then named "Recuerdo 95.1". On November 10, 2006, [[Univision]] flipped KLTO Tejano 97.7's format to [[reggaeton]] in an attempt to reintroduce the format to San Antonio. Then 97.7 was flipped again to feature a rock format. The station no longer broadcasts anything in English. While still owned by Univision, it broadcast music by artists such as [[Linkin Park]], before being sold to the [[Educational Media Foundation]] and flipping once again to [[Air1]]. 95.1 was then flipped back to the "La Kalle" format again after being flipped to feature a "95X" format. KLTO was acquired and is operated as a simulcast of [[KVBH|KVBH-FM]] Vibe 107.5. San Antonio radio is diversified, due to an influx of non-[[Tejano]] [[Latinos]], mostly from the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]], who serve in the city's various military bases, as well as immigrants from Mexico. Therefore, just like in the rest of the country, radio station conglomerates have been changing formats in San Antonio to reflect shifting [[demographics]]. ===Television=== [[File:Building for WOAI channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|WOAI-TV is San Antonio's NBC affiliate.]] Despite the relatively large size of both the city proper and the metropolitan area, San Antonio has always been a medium-sized market. It presently ranks 33rd in the United States, according to [[marketing research]] firm [[ACNielsen]].<ref>[http://www.nielsenmedia.com/DMAs.html ''Designated Market Areas''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517010320/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/DMAs.html |date=May 17, 2006}}, Nielsen Media Research.</ref> This is mainly because the nearby suburban and rural areas are not much larger than the city itself. San Antonio-based television stations include [[KCWX]] channel 2 ([[MyNetworkTV]]), [[WOAI-TV|WOAI]] channel 4 ([[NBC]], with [[The CW|CW]] on DT2), [[KENS]] channel 5 ([[CBS]]), [[KLRN]] channel 9 ([[PBS]]), [[KSAT-TV|KSAT]] channel 12 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[KNIC-DT]] channel 17 ([[UniMás]]), [[KABB]] channel 29 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]), KVDF-CD channel 31 ([[Azteca América]]), [[KMYS]] channel 35 ([[Dabl]]), [[KWEX-DT]] channel 41 ([[Univision]]) and [[KVDA]] channel 60 ([[Telemundo]]). The market is also home to three religious stations, three independent stations and one [[Internet radio|Internet-based station]] (210 TV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.210TV.com/|title=210 TV, San Antonio's First Internet Television Network|website=210tv.com}}</ref>). {{As of|2010}}, the San Antonio market has 65% [[cable TV]] penetration.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page