Phoenix, Arizona

==Media==
{{see also|List of radio stations in Arizona|List of films shot in Arizona}}
Phoenix's first newspaper was the weekly ''Salt River Valley Herald'', established in 1878, which would change its name the following year to the ''Phoenix Herald''. The paper would go through several additional name changes in its early years before finally settling on the ''Phoenix Herald'', which still exists today in an online form.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062081/ |title=About Salt River herald |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> Today, the city is served by one major daily newspaper: ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'', which along with its online entity, ''azcentral.com'', serves the greater metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/topic/e85b7e4c-ae59-4084-9af1-020df1406d1d/the-arizona-republic-online/ |title=The Arizona Republic Online |newspaper=The Arizona Republic |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ |title=East Valley Tribune |newspaper=The East Valley Tribune |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> The ''[[Jewish News of Greater Phoenix]]'' is an independent weekly newspaper established in 1948. In addition, the city is also served by numerous free neighborhood papers and alternative weeklies such as the ''[[Phoenix New Times]]''' the ''[[East Valley Tribune]]'', which primarily serves the cities of the East Valley; and Arizona State University's ''[[State Press|The State Press]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usnpl.com/aznews.php |title=Arizona Newspapers |publisher=USNPL |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>

The Phoenix metro area is served by many local television stations and is the largest [[designated market area]] (DMA) in the [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]], and the 12th largest in the U.S., with over 1.8 million homes (1.6% of the total U.S.).<ref name="nielsen">"[http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/us-television-households-increase-13-for-2007-2008-season-1385/nielsen-us-tv-2007-2008-top-50-dmajpg/ Nielsen Reports 1.3% increase in U.S. Television Households for the 2007–08 Season]." ''[[Nielsen Media Research]].'' (September 22, 2007) Retrieved on March 3, 2008.</ref> The major network television affiliates are [[KPHO-TV|KPHO]] 5 ([[CBS]]), [[Prescott, Arizona|Prescott]]-licensed [[KAZT-TV]] 7 ([[The CW]]), [[KAET]] 8 ([[PBS]], operated by Arizona State University), [[KSAZ-TV|KSAZ]] 10 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[KPNX]] 12 ([[NBC]]), [[KNXV-TV|KNXV]] 15 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), and [[KUTP]] 45 ([[MyNetworkTV]]). Other network television affiliates operating in the area include [[KPAZ-TV|KPAZ]] 21 ([[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]]), [[KTVW-DT]] 33 ([[Univision]]), [[KFPH-DT]] ([[UniMás]]), [[KTAZ]] 39 ([[Telemundo]]), and [[KPPX-TV]] 51 ([[ION Television|ION]]). [[KTVK]] 3 (3TV) and [[KASW]] 61 are independent television stations operating in the metro area. [[KSAZ-TV]], [[KUTP]], [[KPAZ-TV]], [[KTVW-DT]], [[KFPH-DT]], and [[KTAZ]] are network [[owned-and-operated station]]s.

Many major feature films and television programs have been filmed in the city. From the opening sequences in ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'',<ref name=pnt140519>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/10-movies-you-didnt-know-were-filmed-in-arizona-6559636 |website=Phoenix New Times |title=10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Filmed in Arizona |first=Heather |last=Hoch |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314220025/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/10-movies-you-didnt-know-were-filmed-in-arizona-6559636 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> to the night attack by the aliens in 1953's ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]'',<ref name=pnt110713>{{cite web|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/top-10-movies-shot-in-and-around-phoenix-6570061 |website=Phoenix New Times |title=Top 10 Movies Shot in (and around) Phoenix |first=Bryan Scott |last=Dugan |date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624072619/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/top-10-movies-shot-in-and-around-phoenix-6570061 |archive-date=June 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> to freeway scenes in ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'',<ref name=pnt140519 /> Phoenix has been the location for numerous major feature films. Other notable pictures filmed at least partially in Phoenix include ''[[Raising Arizona]]'', ''[[A Home at the End of the World (film)|A Home at the End of the World]]'',<ref name=pnt110713 /> ''[[Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'', ''[[Days of Thunder]]'', ''[[The Gauntlet (film)|The Gauntlet]]'', ''[[The Grifters (film)|The Grifters]]'', ''[[Waiting to Exhale]]'' and ''[[Bus Stop (1956 film)|Bus Stop]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/09/28/movies-made-arizona/16393461/ |newspaper=Arizona Republic |title=30 movies made in Arizona |date=September 29, 2014 |first1=Randy |last1=Cordova |first2=Bill |last2=Goodykoontz |first3=Kerry |last3=Lengel |first4=Barbara |last4=Vandenburgh |access-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140929233409/http://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/09/28/movies-made-arizona/16393461/ |archive-date=September 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The radio airwaves in Phoenix cater to a wide variety of musical and talk radio interests. Stations include classic rock formats of [[KOOL-FM]] and [[KSLX-FM]], to pop stations like [[KYOT]] and alternative stations like [[KDKB-FM]], to the talk radio of [[KFYI-AM]] and [[KKNT|KKNT-AM]], the pop and top 40 programming of [[KZZP-FM]] and [[KALV-FM]], and the country sounds of [[KMLE-FM]]. With its large Hispanic population there are numerous Spanish stations, such as [[KHOT-FM]] and [[KOMR-FM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb057 |publisher=Radio Online |title=#14 Phoenix |access-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023710/http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb057 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>