Winnipeg

==Local media==
{{Main|Media in Winnipeg}}
[[File:Cbcwinnipeg building2010.png|thumb|right|[[CBWT-DT|CBC Manitoba]] is one of five English-language television broadcasters in Winnipeg and [[CBWFT-DT|ICI Manitoba]] is the French-language station.]]

Winnipeg has two daily newspapers: the ''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'' and the ''[[Winnipeg Sun]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/free-press-rules-latest-readership-survey-228889651.html|date=23 October 2013|work=Winnipeg Free Press|title=Free Press rules latest readership survey|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305105543/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/free-press-rules-latest-readership-survey-228889651.html|archivedate=5 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also several ethnic weekly newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/8/16/r16-205-e.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107093413/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/8/16/r16-205-e.html|archivedate=7 January 2008|title=Canadian Ethnic Newspapers Currently Received|publisher=Collections Canada|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref>

Radio broadcasting in Winnipeg began in 1922;<ref name=MOIR15>{{cite book|first=Garry |last=Moir|title=On the Air: the golden age of Manitoba radio|publisher=Great Plains Publications|year= 2015|isbn=978-1-927855-26-3|pages=16&ndash;17}}</ref>  by 1923, government-owned [[CBW (AM)#History|CKY]] held a monopoly position that lasted until after the Second World War. Winnipeg is home to 33&nbsp;AM and FM radio stations, two of which are [[French language|French-language]] stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tunein.com/radio/Winnipeg-r100595/|title=Winnipeg Radio Stations|publisher=tunein|accessdate=5 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327015014/http://tunein.com/radio/Winnipeg-r100595/|archivedate=27 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[CBC Radio One]] and [[CBC Radio 2]] broadcast local and national programming in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/explore/facilities/mb/|title=Manitoba|publisher=CBC|accessdate=5 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114095051/http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/explore/facilities/mb/|archivedate=14 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Native Communications Inc|NCI]] is devoted to Indigenous programming.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncifm.com/about-us/|accessdate=5 March 2014|title=About us|publisher=NCI|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305094344/http://www.ncifm.com/about-us/|archivedate=5 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Television broadcasting in Winnipeg started in 1954. The federal government refused to license any private broadcaster until the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] had created a national network. In May 1954, [[CBWT]] went on the air broadcasting four hours daily.<ref name="A History v 1995">{{cite book|title=Manitoba 125&nbsp;– A History|volume=3|editor=Shilliday, Greg|publisher=Great Plains Publications|year=1995|isbn=0-9697804-1-9}}</ref> There are now five English-language stations and one French-language station based in Winnipeg. Additionally, some American network affiliates are available over-the-air.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/06/01/f-digital-tv-transition.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129120724/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2009/06/01/f-digital-tv-transition.html|archivedate=29 January 2013|title=Canadian over-the-air TV following U.S. down digital path|last=Bowman|first=John|date=12 June 2009|publisher=CBC}}</ref>