Fort Worth, Texas

== Media ==
{{see also|List of newspapers in Texas|List of radio stations in Texas|List of television stations in Texas}}
[[File:KXASstudioofficeslocation.jpg|thumb|Location of studios and offices for KXAS (as well as KXTX), in Fort Worth, just south of DFW Airport]]

Fort Worth and Dallas share the same [[media market]]. The city's magazine is ''Fort Worth, Texas Magazine'', which publishes information about Fort Worth events, social activity, fashion, dining, and culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fwtx.com/ |title=FWTX.com |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302125503/http://www.fwtx.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Fort Worth June 2016 20 (Star-Telegram Building).jpg|thumb|upright|Headquarters of the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'']]

Fort Worth has one major daily newspaper, ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]'', founded in 1906 as ''Fort Worth Star''. It dominates the western half of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' dominates the east.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 2023, the publication's print circulation was 43,342.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Texas Newspaper Directory |url=https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503044946/https://publisher.etype.services/The-Texas-Newspaper-Directory/e-paper-regular-edition/EEA520B114811333 |archive-date=2023-05-03 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Texas Press Association}}</ref>

[[File:FirstWBAP-KXASstudiosandoffices.jpg|thumb|KXAS studios and offices (as well as those of co-owned KXTX-TV, and for a time those of radio stations WBAP (AM) and KSCS-FM) were located in this building east of downtown Fort Worth on Barnett Street.]]

The ''[[Fort Worth Weekly]]'' is an alternative weekly newspaper for the Fort Worth metropolitan division. The newspaper had an approximate circulation of 47,000 in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=A New Day For the Dallas Weekly |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2015/september/new-day-for-dallas-weekly-african-american-newspaper/ |access-date=January 16, 2017 |website=D Magazine |date=August 24, 2015 |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202012312/https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2015/september/new-day-for-dallas-weekly-african-american-newspaper/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Fort Worth Weekly'' published and features, among many things, news reporting, cultural event guides, movie reviews, and editorials. Additionally, ''Fort Worth Business Press'' is a weekly publication that chronicles news in the Fort Worth business community.

The ''[[Fort Worth Report]]'' is a daily nonprofit news organization covering local government, business, education and arts in Tarrant County.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fort Worth Report {{!}} Non-Partisan, Nonprofit News|url=http://fortworthreport.org/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Fort Worth Report|language=en-US|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123011346/https://fortworthreport.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> The nonprofit organization, founded by local business leaders and former ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' publisher Wes Turner,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nishimura |first=Scott |date=2021-02-05 |title=Seeding a Nonprofit Newspaper in Fort Worth |url=https://fortworthinc.com/api/content/29c5c07e-67e6-11eb-859e-1244d5f7c7c6/ |access-date=2022-01-23 |website=Fort Worth Inc. |language=en-us |archive-date=July 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710110805/https://fortworthinc.com/news/seeding-a-nonprofit-newspaper-in-fort-worth/ |url-status=live }}</ref> announced its intentions in February 2021 and officially launched the newsroom in April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Launching a news nonprofit in Fort Worth, Chris Cobler doesn't want to "repeat the mistakes of the past" |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/launching-a-news-nonprofit-in-fort-worth-chris-cobler-doesnt-want-to-repeat-the-mistakes-of-the-past/ |access-date=2022-01-23 |website=Nieman Lab |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123011341/https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/launching-a-news-nonprofit-in-fort-worth-chris-cobler-doesnt-want-to-repeat-the-mistakes-of-the-past/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fort Worth Report Set to Launch This Spring |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/fort-worth-report-set-to-launch-this-spring,190854 |access-date=2022-01-23 |website=Editor and Publisher |date=April 19, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123011341/https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/fort-worth-report-set-to-launch-this-spring,190854 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''Fort Worth Press'' was a daily newspaper, published weekday afternoons and on Sundays from 1921 until 1975. It was owned by the [[E. W. Scripps Company]] and published under the then-prominent Scripps-Howard Lighthouse logo. The paper reportedly last made money in the early 1950s. Scripps Howard stayed with the paper until mid-1975. Circulation had dwindled to fewer than 30,000 daily, just more than 10% of that of the ''Fort Worth Star Telegram''. The name ''Fort Worth Press'' was resurrected briefly in a new ''Fort Worth Press'' paper operated by then-former publisher Bill McAda and briefer still by William Dean Singleton, then-owner of the weekly ''Azle (Texas) News'', now owner of the Media Central news group. The ''Fort Worth Press'' operated from offices and presses at 500 Jones Street in Downtown Fort Worth.<ref>{{cite web |title=MAYBORN, WARD CARLTON |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma88 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |publisher=The Handbook of Texas Online |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112101807/http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fma88 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Television stations shared with Dallas include ([[owned-and-operated station]]s of their affiliated networks are highlighted in '''bold''') [[KDFW|'''KDFW 4''']] ([[Fox News|Fox]]), '''[[KXAS-TV|KXAS 5]]''' ([[NBC]]), [[WFAA]] 8 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), '''[[KTVT|KTVT 11]]''' ([[CBS]]), '''[[KERA-TV|KERA 13]]''' ([[PBS]]), [[KTXA|KTXA 21]] (Independent), '''[[KDFI|KDFI 27]]''' ([[MyNetworkTV|MNTV]]), '''[[KDAF|KDAF 33]]''' ([[The CW|CW]]), and [[K07AAD-D]] (HC2 Holdings).

=== Radio stations ===
Over 33 radio stations operate in and around Fort Worth, with many different formats.

==== AM ====
On the AM dial, like in all other markets, political talk radio is prevalent, with [[WBAP (AM)|WBAP]] 820, [[KLIF (AM)|KLIF]] 570, [[KSKY]] 660, [[KFJZ]] 870, [[KRLD (AM)|KRLD]] 1080 the [[American conservatism|conservative]] talk stations serving Fort Worth and [[KMNY]] 1360 the sole [[American progressivism|progressive]] talk station serving the city. [[KFXR (AM)|KFXR]] 1190 is a [[news/talk]]/[[classic country]] station. [[Sports talk]] can be found on [[KTCK (AM)|KTCK]] 1310 ("The Ticket"). WBAP, a 50,000-watt clear-channel station which can be heard over much of the country at night, was a long-successful [[country music]] station before converting to its current talk format.

Several religious stations are also on AM in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; [[KHVN]] 970 and [[KGGR]] 1040 are the local [[urban gospel]] stations, [[KEXB (AM)|KEXB]] 1440 carries Catholic talk programming from [[Relevant Radio]], and [[KKGM]] 1630 has a [[Southern gospel]] format.

Fort Worth's Spanish-speaking population is served by many stations on AM:
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* [[KAMM (AM)|KAMM]] 1540
* [[KDFT]] 540
* [[KHFX (AM)|KHFX]] 1140
* [[KFLC]] 1270
* [[KTNO (AM)|KTNO]] 620
* [[KNGO]] 1480
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A few mixed [[Asian languages|Asian language]] stations serve Fort Worth:
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* [[KHSE]] 700
* [[KKDA (AM)|KKDA]] 730
* [[KTXV]] 890
* [[KVTT]] 1110
* [[KZEE]] 1220
* [[KCLE]] 1460
* [[KRVA (AM)|KRVA]] 1600
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==== FM ====
[[KLNO]] is a commercial radio station licensed to Fort Worth. Long-time Fort Worth resident [[Marcos A. Rodriguez]] operated Dallas-Fort Worth radio stations KLTY and KESS on [[KLNO|94.1 FM]]. A wide variety of commercial formats, mostly music, are on the FM dial in Fort Worth.

Noncommercial stations serve the city fairly well. Three college stations can be heard - [[KTCU-FM|KTCU]] 88.7, [[KCBI]] 90.9, and [[KNTU]] 88.1, with a variety of programming. Also, the local [[National Public Radio|NPR]] station is [[KERA (FM)|KERA]] 90.1, along with [[community radio]] station [[KNON]] 89.3. Downtown Fort Worth also hosts the Texas Country radio station [[KFWR]] 95.9 The Ranch.

==== Internet radio stations and shows ====
When local radio station KOAI 107.5 FM, now [[KMVK]], dropped its [[smooth jazz]] format, fans set up smoothjazz1075.com, an internet radio station, to broadcast smooth jazz for disgruntled fans.