Grand Rapids, Michigan

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Grand Rapids, Michigan}}

The ''[[Grand Rapids Press]]'' is a daily newspaper, while [[Advance Newspapers]] publishes a group of weekly papers that provide community-based news. [[Gemini Media]] is a niche, regional publishing company that produces the weekly newspaper ''[[Grand Rapids Business Journal]]''; the magazines ''Grand Rapids Magazine'', ''Grand Rapids Family'' and ''Michigan Blue''; and several other quarterly and annual business-to-business publications. ''[[El Vocero Hispano]]'' publishes West Michigan's largest [[Spanish language]] newspaper for the Latino community.<ref name=":23">{{cite news |date=28 September 2022 |title=El Vocero newspaper serves Spanish speakers for decades |work=[[WOODTV]] |url=https://www.woodtv.com/hidden-history/hispanic-heritage-month/el-vocero-newspaper-serves-spanish-speakers-for-decades/ |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref> Two free monthly entertainment guides are distributed: ''REVUE,''<ref>{{cite web |title = Revuewm.com |url = http://revuewm.com/ |access-date = August 21, 2017 |publisher = Revuewm.com |archive-date = August 22, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170822023204/http://revuewm.com/ |url-status = live }}</ref> which covers music and the arts, and ''RECOIL,'' which covers music and offers ''[[The Onion|Onion]]''-style satire. ''[[The Rapidian]]'' is an online-based citizen journalism project funded by grants from the [[Knight Foundation]] and local community foundations.<ref name="Rapidian">{{cite web |title = About |url = http://therapidian.org/about |access-date = October 1, 2010 |website = The Rapidian |archive-date = July 28, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728100351/http://therapidian.org/about |url-status = live }}</ref> It is reprinted or cited by other local media outlets.<ref name="Rapidian Reprinted">{{cite web |title = The Rapidian Dev Blog |url = http://blog.therapidian.org/post/1216398132/grpress-first-citizen-journalists-chronicle |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728100255/http://blog.therapidian.org/post/1216398132/grpress-first-citizen-journalists-chronicle |archive-date = July 28, 2011 |access-date = October 1, 2010 |website = GR Press First Citizen Journalist Chronicle }}</ref>

Grand Rapids, combined with nearby Kalamazoo and [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]], was ranked in 2019 as the 45th-largest television market in the U.S. by [[Nielsen Media Research]].<ref name="Nielsen">{{cite web |year = 2019 |title = Local Television Market Universe Estimates |url = https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/2019-20-dma-ranker.pdf |access-date = January 24, 2020 |publisher = [[Nielsen Media Research]] |archive-date = December 4, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201204203838/https://www.nielsen.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/09/2019-20-dma-ranker.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>  The market is served by stations affiliated with major American networks including: [[WLLA]] (channel 64, Independent), [[WOOD-TV]] (channel 8, [[NBC]]), [[WOTV]] (channel 41, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[The CW]] on DT2), [[WZZM-TV]] (channel 13, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WXMI]] (channel 17, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[WXSP-CD]] (channel 15, [[MyNetworkTV]]) and Kalamazoo-based [[WWMT]] (channel 3, [[CBS]]), along with surrounding stations based from Muskegon and Battle Creek. [[WGVU-TV]] is the area's [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] member station.

The Grand Rapids area is served by 16 [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]]s and 28 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] stations.<ref name="Radio">{{cite web |year = 2008 |title = Michigan: Radio Broadcasting Stations |url = http://radiostationworld.com/locations/United_States_of_America/Michigan/radio.asp?m=gra |access-date = August 21, 2017 |website = RadioStationWorld |archive-date = January 29, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160129022345/http://radiostationworld.com/locations/United_States_of_America/Michigan/radio.asp?m=gra |url-status = live }}</ref>