Seattle, Washington supports a multitude of media, from long-established newspapers, television and radio stations to a continually evolving panoply of smaller local art, culture, neighborhood and political publications, filmmaking and, most recently, Internet media development. As of the fall of 2009, Seattle has the 20th[1] largest newspaper, the 13th largest radio[2] and television[3] market in the United States. The Seattle media market also serves Puget Sound and Western Washington.
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Seattle's major daily newspaper is the Seattle Times. The local Blethen family owns 50.5% of the Times,[4] the other 49.5% being owned by the McClatchy Company.[5] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (now online only) is owned by the Hearst Corporation.[6] The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce covers economic news, and The Daily of the University of Washington, the University of Washington's school paper, is published during the school year.
The most prominent weeklies are the Seattle Weekly and The Stranger. Both consider themselves alternative papers. The Stranger, founded in 1992, is locally owned and has a younger and hipper readership. The Seattle Weekly, founded in 1976, has a longstanding reputation for in-depth coverage of the arts and local politics. It was purchased in 2000 by Village Voice Media, which in turn was acquired in 2005 by New Times Media. New Times Media has decreased the Weekly's emphasis on politics.[7][8] Other weekly papers are the Seattle Gay News and Real Change, an activist paper sold by homeless and low-income people. The Puget Sound Business Journal covers the local economy. The Rocket, a long-running weekly paper devoted to the music scene, stopped publishing in 2000.
Seattle is also home to several ethnic newspapers. Among these are the African American papers The Facts and the Seattle Medium; the Asian American papers the Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle Chinese Post, and the International Examiner; and the JTNews (formerly the Jewish Transcript). There are also numerous neighborhood newspapers, such as the Seattle Sun and Star, the West Seattle Herald, the Ballard News-Tribune, North Seattle Journal, and the papers of the Pacific Publishing Company, which include the Queen Anne News, Magnolia News, North Seattle Herald-Outlook, Capitol Hill Times, Beacon Hill News & South District Journal, and the Madison Park Times.
Two locally owned magazines for parents, ParentMap Newsmagazine and Seattle's Child, are published monthly. The multiethnic glossy Colors NW publishes a companion Colors NW video podcast. Seattle Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan, local lifestyle magazines, are published monthly. Northwest Woman Magazine is a regional bimonthly publication for the Northwest woman.
The Seattle-based online magazines Worldchanging and Grist.org were two of the "Top Green Websites" in 2007, according to Time.[9]
The Seattle television market is the 13th largest in the United States;[10] and additional viewers from British Columbia, Canada (Vancouver and its surrounding area on broadcast and cable).
Seattle is served by numerous television stations. The major network affiliates are KOMO 4 (ABC), KING 5 (NBC), KIRO 7 (CBS), KCTS 9 (PBS) and KCPQ 13 (Fox), which are also seen across Canada via digital cable and satellite providers. Also broadcasting in English are KSTW 11 (The CW), KONG 16 (Independent), KTBW 20 (TBN), KMYQ 22 (MyNetworkTV), KBTC 28 (PBS), KVOS 12, KWPX 33 (ION).[11] Most of these can be seen in Canada via digital cable or satellite. There are also two Spanish-language stations: KUNS 51 (Univision) and KHCV 45 (Azteca America).
Cable networks based out of the area include FSN Northwest, NWCN, ResearchChannel, Seattle Channel, & UWTV.
Seattle cable viewers also receive CBUT 2 (CBC) from Vancouver, British Columbia, often as cable channel 99.
| Channel | Call Sign | Network | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | KOMO | ABC | Fisher Broadcasting |
| 5 | KING | NBC | Belo Corporation |
| 7 | KIRO | CBS | Bonneville International |
| 9 | KCTS | PBS | KCTS Television |
| 11 | KSTW | The CW | CBS Corporation |
| 12 | KVOS | Independent | Newport Television |
| 13 | KCPQ | Fox | Tribune Broadcasting |
| 16 | KONG | Independent | Belo Corporation |
| 20 | KTBW | TBN | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| 22 | KMYQ | MyNetworkTV | Tribune Broadcasting |
| 22 | KCTV | Independent | King County, Washington |
| 22 | PSETV | Independent | Puget Sound Educational Service District |
| 23 | SSCTV | Independent | Seattle Community College District |
| 26 | KBTC | PBS | Bates Technical College |
| 28 | KBTC | PBS | Bates Technical College |
| 33 | KWPX | ION | ION Media Networks |
| 42 | KWDK | Daystar Television Network | Daystar Television Network |
| 45 | KHCV | Azteca America | North Pacific International Television, Inc. |
| 55 | KUNS | Univision | Fisher Communications |
| Cable Network | Owner |
|---|---|
| FSN Northwest | DirecTV Sports Networks |
| NWCN | Belo Corporation |
| ResearchChannel | ResearchChannel |
| SCAN TV | SCAN TV |
| Seattle Channel | City of Seattle |
| UWTV | University of Washington |
Seattle has the thirteenth largest radio market in the United States,[2] though this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences. The radio market stretches across Puget Sound and Western Washington. The Seattle PI ran an article[12] in February 2010 about the start of the radio industry in Seattle.
There are also two National Public Radio member stations in the Seattle market:
Other public radio stations in the area include:
Many Seattle radio stations are also available through internet radio, with KEXP being the first radio station to offer real-time playlists, broadcast uncompressed CD quality music over the internet 24 hours a day, and offer internet archives of its shows (Podcasts).[13]
On the Internet Seattle is covered by Seattle Indymedia[14], a co-op started in 1999 that has since spread to many cities around the world, and by numerous blogs including Seattlest[15] Seattle Metroblogging,[16] SeattleArt.org,[17] and The Stranger's blog, Slog.[18] Recent entries into the mix are Crosscut,[19] started by Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster, Publicola.net & Seattle Post Globe.
The hyperlocal news scene in the city has seen an exponential growth this past decade. This has been lead in the area by sites such as westseattleblog.com[20] and myballard.com[21], but also old media companies such as KOMO[22]. There's a pair of articles here[23] and here[24] covering the ad scene for hyperlocal in January 2010.
The background to Seattle's extensive coverage on the Internet is the city's history of flourishing alternative media, ranging from small presses to low power FM radio broadcasting. The independent, volunteer-run KRAB-FM radio, a high powered station that operated on 107.7 MHz in the regular broadcast band, influenced a generation of listeners during the 1960s and 1970s. Later, before Internet radio became practical, a number of very low power, microradio FM stations broadcast on the few FM frequencies not allocated to high power stations. Currently, FCC deliberations and rulings about Internet radio are followed not only by Internet entrepreneurs, but also by those Seattleites who produced and listened to local radio as well as by those who produce and read the numerous local print publications.
A number of movies have been set or filmed in the Seattle area (although many were actually filmed in Vancouver), including:
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   | Seattlest - Seattlest: Seattle News, Food, Arts & Events |
| | Joint Operation Agreement - The Seattle Times Company - Joint Operating Agreement |
| | Overview of The Seattle Times - The Seattle Times Company - Overview |
| | A new history at Seattle Weekly - A new history at Seattle Weekly |
| | At KEXP, technology and music embrace - Business & Technology | At KEXP, technology and music embrace | Seattle Times Newspaper |
| | Rumble in the weekly-newspaper jungle - Rumble in the weekly-newspaper jungle |
| | Seattle-Area TV & Radio Stations and Their Formats - Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle-Area TV & Radio Stations and Their Formats |
| | Crosscut - Crosscut - News of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest |
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