Phoenix Media
The first newspaper in Phoenix was the weekly Salt River Valley Herald, which later changed its name to the Phoenix Herald in 1880.
Today, the city is served by two major daily newspapers: The Arizona Republic (serving the greater metropolitan area) and The East Valley Tribune (serving primarily the cities of the East Valley). In addition, the city is also served by numerous free neighborhood papers and weeklies such as the Phoenix New Times, Arizona State University's The State Press, and the College Times. For 40 years, The Bachelor's Beat, a paid weekly newspaper, has covered local politics while selling ads for area strip clubs and escort services.
The Phoenix metro area is served by many local television stations, and is the fifteenth largest designated market area (DMA) in the U.S. with 1,596,950 homes (1.46% of the total U.S.). The major network television affiliates are KPNX 12 (NBC), KNXV 15 (ABC), KPHO 5 (CBS), KSAZ 10 (FOX), KUTP 45 (UPN), and KASW 61 (WB). Other major network television affiliates operating in the area include KAET 8 (PBS, operated by ASU), KPAZ 21 (TBN), KTVW 33 (Univision), KDRX 48 (Telemundo), and KPPX 51 (i, formerly PAX). KTVK 3 (3TV) and KAZT 27 are independent television stations operating in the metro area.
The radio airwaves in Phoenix cater to a wide variety of musical interests. See Arizona Radio for a comprehensive list. The area's rock stations include KDKB (FM) 93.3, KUPD (FM) 97.9, KPKX (FM) 98.7 (The Peak) and KSLX (FM) 100.7. Pop and hip-hop can be found on KKFR (FM) 92.3 (Power), KZZP (FM) 104.7 (Kiss) and KMXP (FM) 96.9 (Mix). There are two alternative rock stations: KZON (FM) 101.5 (The Zone) and KEDJ (FM) 103.9 (The Edge), two country stations: KNIX (FM) 102.5 and KMLE (FM) 107.9 (Camel Country 108) and two oldies stations: KOOL (FM) 94.5 and KAZG (AM) 1440. Rhythmic oldies are heard on KAJM (FM) 99.3 / 104.3 (Mega). Big-band, swing and standards play on KSAZ (AM) 580, KSAZ, KOY (AM) 1230 and KZLB (FM) 97.5. Jazz airs on NPR station KJZZ (FM) 91.5, while the style known as smooth jazz is on KYOT (FM) 95.5 (The Coyote). The area's adult contemporary station KESZ (FM) 99.9 has been known to play Christmas music during the holidays, as has classical station KBAQ (FM) 89.5. Christian stations operate at KLVA (FM) 105.5 and KXEG (AM) 1280. Radio Disney is at KMIK (AM) 1580. Phoenix is one of the few cities in the United States with a contemporary dance music station, KNRJ (FM) 92.7 / 101.1 (Energy), and it is home to the only known completely commercial-free rock music station in the United States. ,KCDX (FM) 103.1.
There are also several talk radio stations, mostly operating on the AM band: KFYI (AM) 550 (conservative talk), KTAR (AM) 620 (news), KMIA (AM) 720 (Spanish news), KDIR (AM) 740 (Spanish talk), KKNT (AM) 960 (The Patriot), KXXT (AM) 1010 (Air America Radio), KFNX (AM) 1100 (CNN), KMYL (AM) 1190, KOY (AM) 1230 (CNN), KXAM (AM) 1310 (CNN), KPXQ (AM) 1360, KFNN (AM) 1510 (finance), and KPHX (AM) 1480 (Comedy Radio). Sports news is available on KMVP (AM) 860 (ESPN), KGME (AM) 910, and KDUS (AM) 1060.
Due to the region's large Spanish-speaking population, there are also several Spanish radio stations, including KNAI (FM) 88.3 (La Campesina), KCOO (FM) 89.9 (Air 1), KOMR (FM) 100.3 / 106.3 (Amor), KLNZ (FM) 103.5 (Radio Tricolor), KDVA (FM) 106.9 / 107.1 (Super Estrella), KHOT (FM) 105.9 (La Nueva), KCKY (AM) 1150, KVIB (FM) 95.1 (Club) and KSUN (AM) 1400 (Radio Fiesta).