Louisville, Kentucky

==Media==

{{Main|Media in Louisville, Kentucky}}

Louisville's [[newspaper]] of record is ''[[The Courier-Journal]]''. The alternative paper is the progressive [[alternative weekly|alt-weekly]] ''[[Louisville Eccentric Observer]]'' (commonly called 'LEO'), which was founded by [[Kentucky's 3rd congressional district|3rd district]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[John Yarmuth]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]).

[[WAVE (TV)|WAVE 3]], an [[NBC]] [[network affiliate|affiliate]], was Kentucky's first TV station. Another prominent TV station is [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WHAS-TV|WHAS 11]], formerly owned by the [[:Category:Bingham family|Bingham family]] (who also owned ''[[Courier Journal|The Courier-Journal]]''), which hosts the regionally notable annual fundraiser, the [[WHAS Crusade for Children]]. [[CBS]] affiliate [[WLKY|WLKY 32]] and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WDRB|WDRB 41]] (along with its dual [[The CW]]/[[MyNetworkTV]] affiliated sister station [[WBKI (TV)|WBKI 58]]) round out the major television stations in the city.

The most popular [[radio station]]s are [[WGZB-FM]] and [[WHAS (AM)|84 WHAS]] 840 AM.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://tlr.nielsen.com/tlr/public/market.do?method=loadAllMarket | publisher = Nielsen | work = Nielsen Topline Ratings For Subscribing Radio Stations | title = Louisville, KY, AHQ Share For Persons 12+, Mon-Sun 6am-mid | date = January 8, 2019 | access-date = March 12, 2019 | archive-date = December 6, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181206220238/https://tlr.nielsen.com/tlr/public/market.do?method=loadAllMarket | url-status = live }}</ref> The latter was designated by the FCC as a [[clear-channel station]], and was formerly owned by the Binghams (now [[iHeartMedia]]), and is a [[talk radio]] station that also broadcasts regional sports.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}