Baltimore, Maryland, is a major media market, even though the city is only a 45-minute drive northeast of Washington, D.C.
The city's primary daily newspaper, The Baltimore Sun, and other Baltimore-area affiliated newspapers are property of David Smith, executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, who owns more than 200 television stations, including Fox 45. Baltimore is the 24th largest television market and 21st largest radio market in the country.[citation needed]
The Baltimore television market includes the city and ten counties in northeastern Maryland. Due to Baltimore's proximity to Washington, D.C., local viewers can also receive the signal of most television stations broadcasting in the Washington television market.
The following television stations are licensed to, and broadcast from, Baltimore:
The market is also served by two low-power stations: WMJF-CD (channel 39) from the Towson University campus in Towson, and WQAW-LD (channel 69) in Lake Shore.
Cable channels based in the Baltimore area include:
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