Lakeland, Florida

==Media==
{{see also|List of newspapers in Florida|List of radio stations in Florida|List of television stations in Florida}}
Polk County is within the Tampa Bay television market. [[Charter Spectrum]] is the cable television franchise serving Lakeland, which offers most television stations from the Tampa Bay market, as well as [[WFTV]], the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate from Orlando. [[WMOR-TV]], an [[Independent station (North America)|independent television station]], is licensed to Lakeland, with its studios in Tampa and its transmitter in [[Riverview, Florida|Riverview]].

Lakeland and Polk County are within its own radio market. Local radio stations include:
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* [[WLKF]] 1430 AM
* [[WONN]] 1230 AM
* [[WWAB]] 1330 AM
* [[WPCV]] 97.5 FM
* [[WWRZ]] 98.3 FM
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[[WLLD]] 94.1 FM is licensed to Lakeland, but has wider focus on the Tampa Bay area, with studios in [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]]. [[WKES]] 91.1 FM is also licensed to Lakeland as part of the statewide [[Moody Radio]] Florida network, with studios in [[Seminole, Florida|Seminole]], near St. Petersburg. Most major stations from Tampa Bay and a few from Orlando are also available.

Print media include ''[[The Ledger]]'', a local newspaper owned by [[Gannett]]. Patterson Jacobs Media Group publishes a magazine, ''The Lakelander''.

[https://www.lkldnow.com/ LkldNow] is a nonprofit digital news organization that covers Lakeland news.