Media in Baltimore
Although Baltimore is only a 45-minute drive northeast of Washington, D.C., it is a major media market in its own right. Its main newspaper, "The Baltimore Sun", was sold by its Baltimore owners in 1986 to the Times Mirror Company, which was bought by the Tribune Company in 2000. Baltimore is the 24th largest television market and 21st largest radio market in the country. 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: Other stations broadcasting from the greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area include: WMJF-CD, an Ion Television affiliate which transmits from Towson University in Towson, Maryland; and WQAW-LD, an Azteca affiliate in Lake Shore, Maryland. Cable channels based in the Baltimore area include: