The following is a list of media outlets based in Manhattan, Kansas.
[17][18] After a series of efforts to secure a more high-powered signal for the university – including a brief cooperation with John R. Brinkley's notorious KFKB – Kansas State was granted a license for KSAC, which began broadcasting with 500 watts of power on December 1, 1924.
On March 9, 1932, the Federal Radio Commission granted Kansas State University a license to operate the television station W9XAK.
[24] Activity on the station peaked in 1933 and 1934, with original programs being produced three nights a week.
On October 28, 1939, the station broadcast the Homecoming football game in Manhattan between Kansas State and Nebraska, which was the second college football game ever televised.