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The following media outlets serve the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Magazines
Newspapers
The Kansas City Star is the city's primary newspaper, published daily.
Other papers published in the city include:
Television
Kansas City is the second largest television media market in the state of Missouri after St. Louis, and, as ranked by population by Arbitron, the 31st largest market in the United States.
The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to Kansas City, Missouri.
According to Arbitron, the following counties are in Kansas City's DMA:
Kansas – Anderson, Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte
Missouri – Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Pettis, Platte, Ray, Saline, Worth
Much of the Kansas City area is served by both Time Warner Cable and Google Fiber, with some Kansas and Missouri suburbs served by Comcast. Sections of South Kansas City and some Kansas suburbs are also served by Surewest. Additionally, parts of western Wyandotte County are served by Sunflower Broadband-based out of Lawrence, Kansas.
Local cable-only channels include Metro Sports, operated by Time Warner.
Radio
Kansas City is the 32nd largest radio market (as determined by Arbitron). Several radio stations cover the Kansas City area, including:
FM radio
1 KCKC switches to an all-holiday format during the months of November and December.
2 KMJK has applied to change their city of license to North Kansas City, Missouri.
Sports coverage
Related Article: Kansas City Sports
Time Warner Cable subscribers receive local sports programming from Metro Sports (Channel 1310 HD, 30 SD), which includes a nightly sportscast, Chiefs, Royals, college, and high school talk shows, postgame coverage of Chiefs games, and high school and college game coverage.