# Media in Baltimore

Baltimore is a major media market, even though the city is only a 45-minute drive northeast of Washington, D.C.
The city's primary daily newspaper, The Baltimore Sun, and other Baltimore-area affiliated newspapers are property of David Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, who owns more than 200 television stations, including Fox 45. Baltimore is the 24th largest television market and 21st largest radio market in the country.

## Newspapers

* Baltimore Afro-American
* Baltimore Beat
* Baltimore Business Journal
* Baltimore Jewish Times
* Baltimore Out Loud
* The Baltimore Sun
* The Daily Record
* The UB Post
* The Towerlight
* The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

### Digital newspapers

* Baltimore Banner
* Baltimore Brew
* Baltimore Fishbowl
* The Real News Network
* Technical.ly Baltimore
* Wide Angle Youth Media

### Defunct newspapers

* Baltimore Banner (1965; restarted digitally 2022 )
* Baltimore City Paper (1977–2017)
* The Baltimore Examiner (2006–2009)
* Baltimore Daily Commercial (1865–1867)
* The Baltimore Guide
* Baltimore Morning Herald
* Baltimore News-American
* Baltimore Wecker
* The Catholic Mirror
* Gay Life (1979–2016)
* Herald of Freedom and Torch Light
* Telegraf

## Television

The Baltimore television market includes the city and ten counties in northeastern Maryland. Due to Baltimore's proximity to Washington, D.C., local viewers can also receive the signal of most television stations broadcasting in the Washington television market.
The following is a list of television stations licensed to and/or broadcasting from Baltimore, with network owned-and-operated stations highlighted in bold:
| Display Channel | Network | Callsign | City of License | Notes |
| 2.1 | ABC | WMAR-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from Towson, Maryland |
| 2.2 | Grit TV | WMAR-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from Towson, Maryland |
| 2.3 | Bounce TV | WMAR-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from Towson, Maryland |
| 2.4 | Court TV Mystery | WMAR-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from Towson, Maryland |
| 2.5 | Court TV | WMAR-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from Towson, Maryland |
| 2.6 | | WMAR-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from Towson, Maryland |
| 2.7 | Scripps News |
| 11.1 | NBC | WBAL-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 11.2 | Me-TV | WBAL-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 11.4 | TheGrio.tv | WBAL-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 13.1 | CBS | WJZ-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 13.2 | Start TV | WJZ-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 13.3 | Dabl | WJZ-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 13.4 | Fave TV | WJZ-TV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 13.5 | Catchy Comedy |
| 13.6 | Movies! |
| 24.1 | TBD | WUTB | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 45.1 | FOX | WBFF | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 45.2 | MyNetworkTV | WBFF | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 45.4 | Charge! | WBFF | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 54.1 | CW | WNUV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 54.2 | Antenna TV | WNUV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 54.3 | Comet | WNUV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 54.4 | Stadium | WNUV | Baltimore, Maryland | – |
| 67.1 | PBS | WMPB | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from studios in Owings Mills, Maryland |
| 67.2 | MPT2 | WMPB | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from studios in Owings Mills, Maryland |
| 67.3 | PBS Kids | WMPB | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from studios in Owings Mills, Maryland |
| 67.4 | NHK World | WMPB | Baltimore, Maryland | Broadcasts from studios in Owings Mills, Maryland |
Two other stations broadcasting from the greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area include:
WMJF-CD, an Ion Television affiliate which transmits on Channel 39 (with additional subchannels) from Towson University campus in Towson, Maryland; (Baltimore County), and
WQAW-LD, a ShopHQ affiliate broadcasting on Channel 69, (also with additional subchannels) in Lake Shore, Maryland (Anne Arundel County).
Cable channels based in the Baltimore area include:
* Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
* Public, educational, and government access (PEG) channels
* Public-access television, channel 75
* Educational-access television, channel 76
* Government-access television (GATV), channel 25

## Radio

* WBAL
* WBJC
* WEAA
* WERQ
* WIYY
* WJZ
* WJZ-FM
* WLIF
* WLOY
* WNST
* WPOC
* WQSR
* WRBS
* WWIN (AM)
* WWIN-FM
* WWMX
* WYPR
* WCAO
* WCBM
* WZBA
* WZFT

## Magazines

* Baltimore magazine
* Baltimore SmartCEO
* Inside Lacrosse
* Grub Street (literary magazine)
* 32 Poems
* Welter
* Smartish Pace
* Where What When
* The Wine Advocate
* B Woman

### Defunct magazines

* Baltimore Saturday Visiter
* The Portico
* The Accountant and Advertiser
* Rural Gentleman and Ladies' Companion
* The Southern Review
* Dirty Linen