St. Louis

==Media==
{{main|Media in St. Louis}}
[[File:St._Louis_Post-Dispatch_headquarters.JPG|thumb|The former ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' building in downtown St. Louis]]

[[Greater St. Louis]] commands the 19th-largest [[media market]] in the United States, a position roughly unchanged for over a decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/markets/market2.cgi|title=Nielsen Media 2010–2011 Local Market Estimates|date=October 1, 2010|work=Nielsen Media Research|publisher=Broadcast Employment Services|access-date=July 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828033056/http://tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/markets/market2.cgi|archive-date=August 28, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> All of the major U.S. television networks have affiliates in St. Louis, including [[KTVI]] 2 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[KMOV]] 4 ([[CBS]], with [[MyNetworkTV]] on DT2), [[KSDK]] 5 ([[NBC]]), [[KETC]] 9 ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]), [[KPLR-TV]] 11 ([[The CW]]), [[KNLC]] 24 ([[MeTV]]), [[KDNL]] 30 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WRBU]] 46 ([[Ion Television|Ion]]), and [[WPXS]] 51 [[Daystar Television Network]]. Among the area's most popular radio stations are [[KMOX]] (AM sports and talk, notable as the longtime flagship station for St. Louis Cardinals broadcasts), [[KLOU]] (FM oldies), [[WIL-FM]] (FM country), [[WARH]] (FM adult hits), and [[KSLZ]] (FM Top 40 mainstream).<ref name="arbitron">Arbitron (June 2011).</ref> St. Louis also supports [[public radio]]'s [[KWMU]], an [[NPR]] affiliate, and [[community radio]]'s [[KDHX]]. All-sports stations, such as [[KFNS (AM)|KFNS]] 590 AM "The Fan" and [[WXOS]] "101.1 ESPN" are also popular.  [[KSHE]] 95 FM "Real Rock Radio" has broadcast rock music since November 1967 - longer than any other radio station in the United States.

The ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' is the region's major newspaper. Others in the region include the ''[[Suburban Journals]]'', which serve parts of St. Louis County, while the primary [[alternative newspaper]] is the ''[[Riverfront Times]]''. Three weeklies serve the African-American community: the ''[[St. Louis Argus]]'', the ''[[St. Louis American]]'', and the ''[[St. Louis Sentinel]]''. ''[[St. Louis Magazine]]'', a monthly magazine, covers topics such as local history, cuisine, and lifestyles, while the weekly ''[[St. Louis Business Journal]]'' provides coverage of regional business news. St. Louis was served by an [[online newspaper]], the ''[[St. Louis Beacon]]'', but that publication merged with [[KWMU]] in 2013.<ref name="beacon">[https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/coverpage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720014459/http://stlbeacon.org/|date=July 20, 2013}}</ref>

Many books and movies have been written about St. Louis. A few of the most influential and prominent films are ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' and ''[[American Flyers]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tucker|first1=Justin|title=Top 10 Films Set (or Partially Set) in St. Louis|url=http://insidestl.com/top-10-films-set-or-partially-set-in-st-louis|website=Inside St. Louis|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508171915/http://insidestl.com/top-10-films-set-or-partially-set-in-st-louis|archive-date=May 8, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and novels include ''[[The Killing Dance]]'', ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis (novel)|Meet Me in St. Louis]]'', ''[[The Runaway Soul]]'', ''[[The Rose of Old St. Louis (novel)|The Rose of Old St. Louis]]'', and ''[[Circus of the Damned]]''.

As St. Louis was a prime location for immigrants to move to, much of the early social work depicting immigrant life was based on St. Louis, such as in the book ''[[The Immigrant in St. Louis (book)|The Immigrant in St. Louis]]''.