Editing Nocturnals - RUST CITY (section)

==Media==
===Print===
The ''[[Traverse City Record-Eagle]]'' is northwest lower Michigan's [[newspaper of record]]. It is circulated in the thirteen counties surrounding the city and is the only newspaper in all of [[Northern Michigan]] to produce a Sunday edition. In December 2006 it was sold by [[Ottaway Newspapers Inc]]., the community newspaper subsidiary of [[Dow Jones & Company]] to Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CNHI).

Daily editions of the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', ''[[The Detroit News|Detroit News]]'', and ''[[Grand Rapids Press]]'' also are available on news stands throughout the region ([http://www.northernexpress.com/ Northern Express Weekly]) is the largest weekly newspaper in Northern Michigan, with distribution of up to 30,000 copies in 13 counties. It is owned and published by George Foster and Robert Downes. 

There is also an independent student bi-weekly newspaper called the White Pine Press at Northwestern Michigan College, with a circulation of 4,000.

At least two magazines are published in Traverse City, including ''[http://www.thirdeyemag.com/ Thirdeye Magazine]'', a bi-monthly periodical focusing on social and political issues as well as art, and ''Traverse'', published monthly with a focus on regional interests.

Village Press Inc. is based in Traverse City. It publishes the Home Shop Machinist, Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading, Just Labs, Poining Dog Journal, Retriever Journal and Twin and Turbine Magazines.

===Television===
Traverse City is the largest city in the Traverse City-Cadillac-Sault Ste. Marie [[Designated Market Area]], the largest television market in area east of the [[Mississippi River]]. Accordingly, most stations in this vast region are broadcast simultaneously on widely-spaced transmitters on separate channels.

Traverse City has two [[television station]]s licensed directly to the city: 
*Channel 7: [[WPBN|WPBN 7&4]] ([[NBC]]) (Simulcast on Channel 4, [[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]])
*Channel 29: [[WGTU|WGTU 29&8]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]) (Simulcast on Channel 8, [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]])
Additionally, WGTU operates a station carried on Northern Michigan [[cable television]] systems, but not transmitted over the air:
*Channel 61: [[WBVC-TV|WB61]] ([[The CW Television Network|The CW]])

The city also has a low power rebroadcast transmitter of [[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mount Pleasant]]'s [[Public Broadcasting System|PBS]] affiliate, [[WCMU-TV]], operating on channel 46 (W46AD). 

Stations licensed to nearby [[Cadillac, Michigan|Cadillac]] are considered local to Traverse City:
*Channel 9: [[WWTV|WWTV 9&10]] ([[CBS]]) (Simulcast on Channel 10, Sault Ste. Marie)
*Channel 33: [[WFQX|WFQX 33]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]])

Cable television service is provided within Traverse City and many outlying communities by [[Charter Communications Inc]].  [[Public access]] programming is provided on channel 2.

===Radio===
The Traverse City area is the primary target of nearby [[Interlochen Center for the Arts]]'s [[National Public Radio|NPR]] member station Interlochen Public Radio.<ref>{{cite web | title= NPR Stations in Traverse City, MI | work=NPR Find a Station | url=http://www.npr.org/stations/stations_results.php?sForm=city| accessdate=2006-03-27}}</ref> IPR is one of the largest and furthest-broadcasting stations with a town the size of Traverse City's as its base; it serves a large portion of Northwest Lower Michigan via two stations: <ref>{{cite web | title=Coverage Area| work=Interlochen Public Radio | url=http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/about_ipr/coverage_area | accessdate=2006-03-27}}</ref>
*IPR Music Radio (WIAA-FM 88.7)
*IPR News Radio (WICA-FM 91.5)

Northwestern Michigan College also boasts a volunteer community radio station, WNMC-FM 90.7. The station plays mostly jazz and blues during the day, swithcing to rock and electronic genres at night. The station manager is Eric Hines. Also on WNMC is the community radio program<ref>[http://radioanyway.org/ Radio Anyway]</ref> Radio Anyway, where individuals can produce there own stories and features.