Kentucky News Connection

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62 ERSAR 62 26 NNIV Y MEDIA OUTLETS 62 Y A 62 PP 2323 62 A R S H A City Y E Map # Outlets 31 50 Annville 1 WANV-FM 41 20 41 41 52 43 41 41 52 Ashland 2 The Daily Independent 43 41 41 41 13 2 8 43 33 43 43 Barbourville 3 Barbourville Mountain Advocate, 17 17 8 43 61 7 40 43 43 43 43 58 61 61 WKKQ-FM, WYWY-AM 17 28 68 68 65 64 30 63 43 27 35 15 64 53 59 73 1 39 6565 Bardwell 4 Carlisle Weekly 76 36 44 72 29 53 59 59 38 56 36 55 42 6 75 38 12 42 Benton 5 WTRT-FM, WVHM-FM 24 54 22 2212 71 42 9 34 10 14 3 3 25 45 53 66 2121 16 34 51 71 Booneville 6 Booneville Sentinel 48 60 66 77 3 49 67 11 69 69 21 Boonville, IN 7 WEJK-AM 48 5 37 32 18 70 70 74 5 57 32 Brandenburg 8 Meade County Messenger, 78 57 47 5757 The News Standard 4 47 19 Brownsville 9 Edmonson News 46 Burnside 10 WSEK-FM City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets Calvert City 11 Lake News Henderson 30 WSON-AM Munfordville 56 WLOC-AM Campbellsville 12 WCKQ-FM, WTCO-AM Highland Heights 31 WNKU-FM Murray 57 WFGS-FM, WKMS-FM, WNBS- Campton 13 WCBJ-FM Hopkinsville 32 Kentucky New Era, WHOP-AM AM, WOFC-AM Corbin 14 Corbin This Week News Journal Nicholasville 58 WLTO-FM (Whitley Republican) Irvine 33 Citizen Voice & Times Owensboro 59 WKWC-FM, WSTO-FM, WVJS-AM Cromona 15 Letcher County Community Press Jamestown 34 WJKY-AM, WJRS-FM Paducah 60 Lone Oak News Edmonton 16 WHSX-FM Lancaster 35 WKYY-AM Paintsville 61 Paintsville Herald, WSIP-AM, WSIP- Evansville, IN 17 WABX-FM, WIKY-FM, WNIN-FM Lebanon 36 WLBN-AM, WLSK-FM FM Franklin 18 Franklin Favorite Ledbetter 37 WHMR-FM Lerose 39 WOCS-FM Parkersburg, WV 62 WADC-AM, WGGE-FM, WHBR- Fulton 19 Fulton Leader FM, WVNT-AM, Lewisport 40 WLME-FM Georgetown 20 Georgetown News-Graphic WXIL-FM Lexington 41 Business Lexington, La Voz, WBUL- Glasgow 21 Glasgow Daily Times, Philpot 63 WBIO-FM WCLU-AM, WOVO-FM FM, WKQQ-FM, WLAP-AM, WLKT-FM, Pikeville 64 Appalachian News Express, Greensburg 22 WAKY-AM, WGRK-FM WMXL-FM, WUKY-FM WDHR-FM Greenup 23 WLGC-AM, WLGC-FM London 42 WFTG-AM, WGWM-AM, WWEL- Prestonsburg 65 Floyd County Times, Greenville 24 WKYA-FM FM WDOC-AM, WQHY-FM Harlan 25 WHLN-AM Louisville 43 Aldia en America, WAMZ-FM, Princeton 66 WAVJ-FM, WPKY-AM Harrisburg, PA 26 WTKT-AM WHAS-AM, WKJK-AM, WKRD- Reidland 67 WZZL-FM Harrodsburg 27 Harrodsburg Herald AM, WKRD-FM, WQMF-FM, Richmond 68 The Madison County Advertiser, Hawesville 28 WKCM-AM WTFX-FM, WWKY-AM, WYBL- WCBR-AM FM, WZTR-FM Hazard 29 The Hazard Herald Russellville 69 News-Democrat Leader, WUBT- Mannsville 44 WVLC-FM FM Marion 45 WMJL-AM, WMJL-FM Scottsville 70 WLCK-AM, WVLE-FM Martin, TN 46 WCMT-AM Somerset 71 Commonwealth Journal, WKEQ- Mayfield 47 Mayfield Messenger, WYMC-AM FM Stanford 72 Interior Journal Kentucky News Connection produced 138 news Metropolis, IL 48 WMOK-AM, WREZ-AM Tell City, IN 73 WTCJ-AM stories, which ran approximately 5,100 times on Middlesboro 49 Middlesboro Daily News 103 radio stations and 32 print outlets for a total of Midway 50 WBTF-FM Tompkinsville 74 WKWY-FM 135 media outlets in Kentucky and border states. Monticello 51 WMKZ-FM Virgie 75 WZLK-FM Nationally, our stories were picked up by over 553 Morehead 52 WMKY-FM, WQXX-FM Whitesville 76 WXCM-FM outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites including Morganfield 53 WMSK-AM, WMSK-FM Whitley City 77 McCreary County Record our own -- publicnewsservice.org, which generated Morgantown 54 WLBQ-AM Wickliffe 78 WBCE-AM over 24,000 views, alone. Mount Vernon 55 The Banner Arizona News Connection Illinois News Connection Missouri News Service North Carolina News Service Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% Chicago 14% Fayetteville, AR 1% Chattanooga, TN 8% Additionally, 68 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Decatur 18% Joplin 41% Fayetteville 15% Dubuque, IA 21% Kansas City 20% Greensboro-Winston-Salem 17% Big Sky Connection Evansville, NUMBERIN OF 19% STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE*Marion-Carbondale, IL 1% Greenville-New Bern 6% Billings 39% LaSalle-Peru 2% Pittsburg, KS 18% Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 2% Totals 138 | 5,098 Great Falls 23% Marion-Carbondale 36% St. Louis 29% Knoxville, TN 1% STORYSTORY BREAKOUT BREAKOUT Kalispell-Flathead Valley 22% Peoria 4% Additionally, 133 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Myrtle Beach 2% BudgetBudget Policy Policy & & Priorities Priorities 6 |10 704 | 394 Raleigh-Durham, SC 49% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Children’sChildren’sQuad Issues Issues Cities 3% 3 | 7321 | 250 Citizenship/RepresentativeConsumer Democracy IssuesRockford 121% || 10261 Rocky Mount-Wilson 28% California News Service CriminalConsumerSt. JusticeLouis, Issues MO 2 |7% 232 10 | 405 Wilmington 49% Early ChildhoodAdditionalCriminally, 114Education stations Justice outside the major 6 markets | 248 aired the stories. Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bakersfield 22% 1 | 132 Nevada News Service Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 7 | 252 Education 2 | 222 Las Vegas 21% Chico 28% Education 3 | 111 Endangered Species & Wildlife 9 | 1,005 Fresno 5% Energy Policy 5 | 139 Reno 27% Energy Policy 8 | 912 Los Angeles 20% Environment 15 | 576 Additionally, 55 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Environment 18 | 2,052 Merced 19% Global Warming/Air Quality 1 | 20 EnvironmentalHealthIowa Justice Issues News 2 Service | 236 21 | 736 Oregon News Service Modesto 4% Housing/HomelessnessHealthCedar Issues Rapids 2 | 75 32% 16 | 2,748 Bend 57% We rely on a wider varietyMonterey-Salinas 19% HumanHuman Rights/Racial Rights/RacialDes Justice Justice Moines 11 | | 21 122 19% New Hampshire News Connection Boise, ID 3% Oxnard-Ventura 14% Immigrant Issues 2 | 79 of news sources than ever Public Lands/WildernessDubuque 41% 23 | 2,757 Augusta-Waterville, ME 3% Eugene-Springfield 38% Redding 6% Livable Wages/WorkingRural/Farming Families 15 | 58516 | 1,947 before. Traditional media still La Crosse, WI 2% Boston, MA 2% Las Vegas, NV 2% Riverside-San Bernardino 15% Media Reform 1 | 28 SocialLaSalle-Peru, Justice IL 2% 3 | 218 provide news and information Mental Health Concord (Lakes Region) 32% Medford-Ashland 51% Sacramento 20% Sustainable Agriculture 1 | 29 6 | 726 SeniorMason Issues City 8 | 334 36% Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 17% Portland 19% for a large majority of ourSan Diego 21% Water 1 | 123 SmokingQuad Prevention Cities, IL 4 | 141 36% Lewiston-Auburn, ME 8% Tri-Cities, WA 2% population and social mediaSan Francisco 19% Women’s Issues 2 | 256 SocialRochester, Justice MN 2% 4 | 71 Manchester 51% Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. San Jose 23% has transformed our ability Urban Planning/TransportationSioux City 1 | 26 12% Montpelier-Barre St. Johnsbury, VT 3% San Luis Obispo 5% Water 3 | 95 to discover new stories and Waterloo-Cedar Falls 47% Portland, ME 5% Prairie News Service Santa Barbara 39% Women’s Issues 2 | 73 Portsmouth-Dover 38% interact with our audience.Santa Maria-Lompo 12% AdditionallYouthy, 155Issues stations outside the 7 major | 349 markets aired the stories. Bismark 79% Additionally, 38 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Rosa 13% Fargo-Moorhead 49% Follow us on Twitter! Stockton 5% Grand Forks 45% Victor Valley 26% New Mexico News Connection Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. twitter.com/pns_ KNCKentucky Market NewsShare ConnectioinInformation KYVisalia-Tulare 4% Albuquerque 40% Bowling Green 15% Additionally, 98 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Fe Clarksville, TN 18% 32% Te nnessee News Service Waco, TX Like us on Facebook! Cookeville, TN 2% 3% Bowling Green, KY 5% Additionally, 45 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. facebook.com/ Evansville, IN 29% Chattanooga 41% Huntington-Ashland, WV 4% Clarksville 18% New York News Connection publicnewserviceColorado News Connection Lexington-Fayette 21% Cookeville 60% Albany-Schenectady-Troy 63% Cheyenne, WY 48% Louisville 22% Jackson, MS 3% Binghamton 37% Find us on Google+ andColorado Springs 29% Nashville< TN 7% Johnson City-Kingsport 51% Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28% Denver-Boulder 38% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 14% Jonesboro, AR 6% other networks! Danbury, CT 8% Fort Collins-Greeley 49% Additionally, 104 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Knoxville 25% Elmira-Corning 9% Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca 43% Additionally, 50 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% KNC Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Virginia News Connection Commonwealth News Service Morristown, NJ 15% Media Print Outlets Altoona 20% 32 Total Baltimore, MD 2% Boston 13% Radio Stations 103 Nassau-Suffolk 32% Outlet Atlantic City, NJ 2% Charlottesville 61% Cape Cod 16% 136 New York City 26% Binghamton, NY 9% Frederick, MD 7% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Types Newburgh-Middletown 10% Online — Stories live onErie 100s of 11%news/bloggers/advocacy sites Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC 1% New Bedford-Fall River 20% Olean 37% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-Waynesborro, MD 1% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Johnstown 5% Harrisonburg 60% Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Lancaster 39% Johnson City-Kingsport, TN 5% Springfield 35% Stamford-Norwalk, CT 17% Pittsburgh 25% Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 14% Worcester 26% Syracuse 51% Reading 25% Richmond 28% Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.Public News ServiceSunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg Kentucky 26%News Connection Utica-Rome 23% Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% 888.891.9416 • fax 208.247.1830 Trenton, NJ 9% 800.931.1861 Watertown 9% [email protected] [email protected] Additionally, 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Wheeling, WV 2% Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Connecticut News Service www.publicnewsservice.orgWilkes Barre-Scranton 27% Bridgeport Washington News Service 9% Williamsport 19% Danbury 19% Wilmington, DE 13% Seattle-Tacoma 11% Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Northern Rockies News Services 2% York 27% Spokane 34% Hartford-New Britain 18% Additionally, 62 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bend, OR 10% Tri-Cities 36% New Haven 19% Boise 57% Yakima 28% New London 23% Spokane, WA 46% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Additionally, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 52 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Virginia News Service Beckley 50% Maine News Service Ohio News Connection Charleston 35% Florida News Connection Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 20% Augusta-Watervile 2% Akron 21% Brunswick, GA 8% Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD 4% Bangor 59% Canton 29% Daytona Beach 19% Huntington-Ashland 54% Portsmouth-Dover 2% Charleston 1% Dothan, AL Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% 4% Additionally, 11 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Cincinnati 62% Fort Myers-Naples Parkersburg-Marietta 43% 6% Cleveland 29% Pittsburgh, PA 2% Fort Pierce-Vero Beach 14% Columbus 31% Wheeling 42% Fort Walton Beach 12% Dayton 44% Gainsville-Oscala 16% Additionally, 61stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Michigan News Connection Huntington-Ashland, WV 5% Jacksonville 30% Lima 47% Battle Creek 53% Lakeland-Winter Haven 24% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 17% Wisconsin News Connection Melbourne-Titusville Detroit 31% 22% Toledo 32% Appleton-Oshkosh 30% Miami-Fort Lauderdale Flint 10% 11% Wheeling, WV 36% Dubuque, IA 5% Mobile, AL Grand Rapids 32% 5% Youngstown-Warren 49% Duluth-Superior, MN 24% Orlando Kalamazoo 38% 19% Additionally, 80 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Eau Claire 68% Panama City Muskegon 16% 31% Green Bay 35% Pensacola South Bend, IN 19% 22% La Crosse 42% Sarasota-Bradenton Toledo, OH 2% 31% Madison 29% Sebring Traverse City-Petoskey 45% 10% Milwaukee-Racine 21% Tallahassee Additionally, 140 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 13% Sheboygan 9% Tampa-St.Petersburg 29% Wausau-Stevens Point 8% The Florida Keys 46% Additionally, 67 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 17% Additionally, 56 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Minnesota News Connection Wyoming News Service Duluth-Superior, MI 57% Casper 97% Fargo-Morehead, ND 51% Greater Dakota News Service Cheyenne 48% Grand Forks, ND 31% Fort Collins-Greeley, CO 2% La Crosse, WI 3% La Crosse, WI 5% Rapid City, SD 34% Rapid City 69% Mankato-New Ulm 29% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 157 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Mason City, IA 21% Minneapolis-St. Paul 22% Rochester 24% St. Cloud 31% Additionally, 182 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.

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