Media in Des Moines, Iowa

As of 2021, the Des Moines metropolitan area is the 67th-largest media market in the United States, as ranked by Nielsen Media Research, with 467,990 television households[1] (0.4% of all U.S. homes). The following is a summary of broadcast and print media in Des Moines, Iowa:

Newspapers and magazines

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Daily

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The Des Moines Register serves as the metropolitan area's lone daily newspaper. Owned by the Gannett Company, the Register had a daily circulation of 86,982 and a Sunday circulation of 152,239, as of 2014.[2]

University

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Weekly and community

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Weekly newspapers in the Des Moines metropolitan area
Name Area of coverage Focus
Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index eastern suburbs
Bayard News Gazette Bayard
Carlisle Citizen Carlisle
Cityview alternative weekly
Dallas County News Adel and Dallas County
Des Moines Business Record business news
Earlham Advocate Earlham
Guthrie Center Times Guthrie Center
Guthrie County Vedette Panora and Guthrie County
Indianola Record-Herald & Tribune Indianola
Iowa Bystander African-American community
Northeast Dallas County Record Woodward and Dallas County
Perry Chief Perry
Stuart Herald Stuart
Winterset Madisonian Winterset and Madison County

Television

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Channel Callsign Network Subchannels Owner Website
(Virtual/RF) Channel Programming
5.1 WOI-DT ABC 5.2
5.3
5.4
True Crime Network
Grit
Cozi TV
Tegna Inc. [1]
8.1 KCCI CBS 8.2
8.3
Me-TV
MyNetworkTV/H&I
Hearst Television [2]
11.1 KDIN PBS 11.2
11.3
11.4
PBS Kids
World
Create
Iowa Public Television [3]
13.1 WHO-DT NBC 13.2
13.3
13.4
Rewind TV
Antenna TV
Court TV
Nexstar Media Group [4]
17.1 KDSM-TV FOX 17.2
17.3
17.4
Comet TV
Charge!
TBD
Sinclair Broadcast Group [5]
19.1 KDMI TCT 19.2
19.3
Sonlife
TheGrio
Tri-State Christian Television
23.1 KCWI-TV CW 23.2
23.3
23.4
HSN
Bounce TV
Quest
Tegna Inc. [6]
39.1 KFPX-TV Ion 39.2
39.3
39.4
39.5
39.6
Court TV
Laff
Ion Mystery
Defy TV
TrueReal
E. W. Scripps Company

Radio

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2014-12-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Sunday, daily Register circulation continues to plummet. And everything you want to know about Ankeny bowling". 18 June 2014.
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