Media in Des Moines, Iowa#Weekly and community
{{Short description|Overview of mass media in Des Moines, Iowa, United States}}
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As of 2021, the Des Moines metropolitan area is the 67th-largest media market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research, with 467,990 television households{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Nielsen_2014-2015_DMA_Ranks.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-12-19 |archive-date=2015-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726014254/http://www.tvb.org/media/file/Nielsen_2014-2015_DMA_Ranks.pdf |url-status=dead }} (0.4% of all U.S. homes). The following is a summary of broadcast and print media in Des Moines, Iowa:
Newspapers and magazines
=Daily=
The Des Moines Register serves as the metropolitan area's lone daily newspaper. Owned by the Gannett Company, the Register had a daily circulation of 86,982 and a Sunday circulation of 152,239, as of 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dmcityview.com/civic-skinny/2014/06/18/sunday-daily-register-circulation-continues-to-plummet-and-everything-you-want-to-know-about-ankeny-bowling/|title = Sunday, daily Register circulation continues to plummet. And everything you want to know about Ankeny bowling|date = 18 June 2014}}
=University=
- The Grand Views – Grand View University
- The Times Delphic– Drake University
- The Simpsonian– Simpson College
=Weekly and community=
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!align="center" colspan="6"|Weekly newspapers in the Des Moines metropolitan area | ||
| Name | Area of coverage | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index | eastern suburbs | |
| Bayard News Gazette | Bayard | |
| Carlisle Citizen | Carlisle | |
| Cityview | alternative weekly | |
| Dallas County News | Adel and Dallas County | |
| Des Moines Business Record | business news | |
| Earlham Advocate | Earlham | |
| Guthrie Center Times | Guthrie Center | |
| Guthrie County Vedette | Panora and Guthrie County | |
| Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune | Indianola | |
| Iowa Bystander | African-American community | |
| Northeast Dallas County Record | Woodward and Dallas County | |
| Perry Chief | Perry | |
| Stuart Herald | Stuart | |
| Winterset Madisonian | Winterset and Madison County |
Television
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| 5.1 | WOI-DT | ABC | 5.2 5.3 5.4 | True Crime Network Grit Cozi TV | Tegna Inc. | [http://www.weareiowa.com/] |
| 8.1 | KCCI | CBS | 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 | Me-TV MyNetworkTV/H&I Story Television Nosey | Hearst Television | [http://www.kcci.com] |
| 11.1 | KDIN | PBS | 11.2 11.3 11.4 | PBS Kids World Create | Iowa Public Television | [http://www.iptv.org] |
| 13.1 | WHO-DT | NBC | 13.2 13.3 13.4 | Rewind TV Antenna TV Court TV | Nexstar Media Group | [http://www.whotv.com] |
| 17.1 | KDSM-TV | FOX | 17.2 17.3 17.4 | Comet TV Charge! TBD | Sinclair Broadcast Group | [http://www.kdsm.com] |
| 19.1 | KDMI | TCT | 19.2 19.3 | Tri-State Christian Television | ||
| 23.1 | KCWI-TV | CW | 23.2 23.3 23.4 | HSN Bounce TV Quest | Tegna Inc. | [http://www.weareiowa.com/kcwi] |
| 39.1 | KFPX-TV | Ion | 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 | Court TV Laff Ion Mystery Defy TV TrueReal | E. W. Scripps Company |
Radio
References
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External links
- [http://www.desmoinesbroadcasting.com/ Des Moines Broadcasting]
- [http://www.inanews.com/ Iowa Newspaper Association]
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