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==Media== {{Main|Media in Atlanta}} The primary network-affiliated television stations in Atlanta are [[WXIA-TV]] 11 ([[NBC]]), [[WGCL-TV]] 46 ([[CBS]]), [[WSB-TV]] 2 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), and [[WAGA-TV]] 5 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]). Other major commercial stations include [[WPXA-TV]] 14 ([[Ion Television|Ion]]), [[WPCH-TV]] 17 ([[Independent station (North America)|Ind.]]), [[WUVG-DT|WUVG-TV]] 34 ([[Univision]]/[[UniMás]]), [[WUPA]] 69 ([[The CW|CW]]), and [[WATL]] 36 ([[MyNetworkTV]]). WPXA-TV, WUVG-TV, WAGA-TV and WUPA are network [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]]'s. The Atlanta metropolitan area is served by two public television stations (both [[PBS]] member stations), and two public radio stations. [[WGTV]] 8 is the flagship station of the statewide [[Georgia Public Broadcasting|Georgia Public Television]] network, while [[WABE-TV]] is owned by [[Atlanta Public Schools]]. Georgia Public Radio is listener-funded and comprises one [[NPR]] member station, [[WABE (FM)|WABE]], a classical music station also operated by Atlanta Public Schools. The second public radio, listener-funded [[NPR]] member station is [[WCLK]], a jazz music station owned and operated by [[Clark Atlanta University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jazzedmagazine.com/news/the-inaugural-jazz-music-awards-celebrating-the-spirit-of-jazz-is-set-for-october-2022-in-atlanta/|title = The Inaugural Jazz Music Awards: Celebrating the Spirit of Jazz is Set for October 2022 in Atlanta|date = November 12, 2021}}</ref> Atlanta is served by ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'', its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of a 1950 merger between ''The Atlanta Journal'' and ''The Atlanta Constitution'', with staff consolidation occurring in 1982 and separate publication of the morning ''Constitution'' and afternoon ''Journal'' ceasing in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1807 |title=New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=Georgiaencyclopedia.org |access-date=July 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121190020/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1807 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Alternative weekly]] newspapers include ''[[Creative Loafing (Atlanta)|Creative Loafing]]'', which has a weekly print circulation of 80,000. ''[[Atlanta Daily World]]'' is the oldest [[black newspaper]] in Atlanta and one of the earliest and most influential black newspapers in American history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/atlanta-daily-world/ |title=Atlanta Daily World - New Georgia Encyclopedia |publisher=Georgiaencyclopedia.org |date=2009-12-18 |accessdate=2022-05-11}}</ref> ''[[Atlanta (magazine)|Atlanta]]'' magazine is a monthly general-interest magazine based in and covering Atlanta.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/about-us/ |title=About Us |publisher=Atlanta Magazine |date= |accessdate=2022-05-15}}</ref>
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