Houston

==Media==
{{further|List of newspapers in Houston|List of television stations in Texas|List of radio stations in Texas|Magazines in Houston|List of films featured in Houston}}
[[File:HoustonPostHQ.JPG|thumb|The current ''Houston Chronicle'' headquarters, formerly the ''Houston Post'' headquarters]]
The primary network-affiliated television stations are [[KPRC-TV]] channel 2 ([[NBC]]), [[KHOU]] channel 11 ([[CBS]]), [[KTRK-TV]] channel 13 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[KTXH]] channel 20 ([[MyNetworkTV]]), [[KRIV (TV)|KRIV]] channel 26 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[KIAH]] channel 39 ([[The CW]]), [[KXLN-DT]] channel 45 ([[Univision]]), [[KTMD-TV]] channel 47 ([[Telemundo]]), [[KPXB-TV]] channel 49 ([[Ion Television]]), [[KYAZ]] channel 51 ([[MeTV]]) and [[KFTH-DT]] channel 67 ([[UniMás]]). KTRK-TV, KTXH, KRIV, KTXH, KIAH, KXLN-DT, KTMD-TV, KPXB-TV, KYAZ and KFTH-DT operate as [[owned-and-operated station]]s of their networks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nbcunow.com/local-media/telemundo-station-group |title=Telemundo Station Group, part of the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division }}{{dead link|date=April 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area is served by one public television station and two public radio stations. [[KUHT]] channel 8 (''Houston Public Media'') is a [[Public Broadcast Service|PBS]] member station and is the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-funded and comprises one [[NPR]] member station, [[KUHF]] (''News 88.7''). The University of Houston System owns and holds broadcasting licenses to KUHT and KUHF. The stations broadcast from the Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting on the campus of the University of Houston. Houston additionally is served by the [[Pacifica Foundation]] public radio station [[KPFT]].

Houston and its metropolitan area are served by the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'', its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution. [[Hearst Communications]], which owns and operates the ''Houston Chronicle'', bought the assets of the ''[[Houston Post]]''—its long-time rival and main competition—when ''Houston Post'' ceased operations in 1995. The ''Houston Post'' was owned by the family of former Lieutenant Governor [[Bill Hobby]] of Houston. The only other major publication to serve the city is the ''[[Houston Press]]''—which was a free alternative weekly newspaper before the destruction caused by [[Hurricane Harvey]] resulted in the publication switching to an online-only format on November 2, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-houston-press-shutters-its-print-operation-9931298 |title=Houston Press Shutters Its Print Operation |newspaper=Houston Press |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313005143/http://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-houston-press-shutters-its-print-operation-9931298 |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other notable publications include ''[[Houston Forward Times]]'', ''[[OutSmart]]'', and ''[[La Voz de Houston]]''. ''Houston Forward Times'' is one of the largest [[African-American newspapers|black-owned newspapers]] in the metropolitan area and owned by Forward Times Publishing Company.<ref>Allen, Carol M. "What Came Before" (Chapter 1). In: Allen, Carol M. (editor). ''Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story'' (Lexington Studies in Political Communication). [[Lexington Books]], February 5, 2009. {{ISBN|0739138294}}, 9780739138298, p. 23.</ref> ''La Voz de Houston'' is the ''Houston Chronicle''<nowiki/>'s Spanish-language newspaper and the largest in the area.