Baltimore 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.
[citation needed] The Baltimore television market includes the city and ten counties in northeastern Maryland.
[4] The following is a list of television stations licensed to and/or broadcasting from Baltimore, with network owned-and-operated stations highlighted in bold: Two other stations broadcasting from the greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area include: WMJF-CD, an Ion Television affiliate which transmits on Channel 39 (with additional subchannels) from Towson University campus in Towson, Maryland; (Baltimore County), and WQAW-LD, an Azteca affiliate broadcasting on Channel 69, (also with additional subchannels) in Lake Shore, Maryland (Anne Arundel County).
[5] Cable channels based in the Baltimore area include: