Media in Monterey County is a designated market area (DMA) ormedia market that includesprint media (newspapers andmagazines) andbroadcast media (radio andtelevision) inMonterey County, California.
It includes the cities ofMonterey andSalinas, as well as the towns in theSalinas Valley in theCentral Coast of California.
The Monterey-Salinas metropolitan statistical (or service) area (MSA) is served by a variety of local television stations, and is the 124th largest designated market area (DMA) in the U.S. with 222,900 homes. As of 2025:
The Monterey-Salinas area lost itsAmerican Broadcasting Company broadcast affiliate in 2000, whenKNTV was purchased, and then became the NBC station for the San Francisco Oakland San Jose metropolitan area.KNTV later moved its tower fromLoma Prieta Peak toSan Bruno Mountain, ceasing its coverage in Monterey. At that time, ABC reached an agreement with Comcast Cable to provide a slightly-customized feed ofSan Francisco ABC O&OKGO-TV for the Monterey area, branded simply asABC 7 and occasionally referred to by the mock call lettersAABC. On December 20, 2010, KSBW announced that they will carry ABC programming over on its second digital subchannel, which has already launched on April 18, 2011.
Radio stations Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz area of dominant influence (ADI) or continuous measurement market (CMM) that are in Monterey County.
List of Monterey CountyFMfrequency stations:
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