Media

By Deborah Laker

The pulse of Tulsa is captured by the city’s media outlets. Listening to classic hit stations during a commute, receiving mobile weather updates and reading reviews on downtown restaurants are some of the ways locals stay informed and entertained.

Tulsa World has been covering news, lifestyle and sports since 1905. This award-winning publication, located on 315 S. Boulder Ave. is the second-largest newspaper in Oklahoma. In 1997, Tulsa World became the first newspaper in North America to install state-of-art shaftless Wifag presses, capable of printing 70,000 copies per hour. A dedicated team of journalists is dedicated to informing and inspiring the Tulsa community with credible news stories.

The Oklahoma Eagle, La Semana del Sur, Greater Tulsa Reporter and other print newspapers provide community-specific news to a wide range of readerships. Since 1986, TulsaPeople Magazine has educated, informed, entertained and enlightened readers through its monthly publication. Broadcasting from the garage of an International Harvester dealership, The News 6 on signed on the air in October 1949, as Tulsa’s first television station. For more than 50 years, this CBS affiliate has offered its audience reports on current affairs, weather, lifestyle programming and livestreams of sporting events. ABC, NBC and FOX all have Tulsa affiliates. OETA is Tulsa’s local PBS station. Multiple stations also broadcast news and entertainment to Tulsa’s Spanish-speaking audience. On Oct. 19, 1947, the first Oklahoma FM station — 89.5 — began broadcasting and its call letters — KWGS — reflect the generosity of oilman William Grove Skelly. Today it is Public Radio Tulsa, which is a listener-supported service of the University of Tulsa and the local affiliate of National Public Radio. Its sister station, Classical 88.7 KWTU was the first station in Oklahoma to broadcast in digital HD radio. More than 30 AM and FM stations broadcast in Tulsa focusing on subject matter ranging from news and sports to urban, Top 40, country and gospel music. Over the past several years, multiple digital news options, such as the Black Wall Street Times and The Frontier, have been reporting local, regional and national news from their Tulsa newsrooms.

The KJRH (NBC) studios reside in the bustling Brookside neighborhood.