The Mining Journal is distributed over a wide area, in part because Marquette is the largest city for a considerable radius in any direction.

The Journal can be found in 14 of the 15 Upper Peninsula counties on weekends; distribution on other days is limited because of budget reductions.

The Mining Journal either maintains bureaus in many of the cities of the U.P., or shares news coverage with other Ogden-owned papers.

First known as WBEO, AM 1320 began broadcasting in 1931, later changing its call sign to WDMJ on November 15, 1939;[3] DMJ standing for Daily Mining Journal.

The TV station was sold to the Post corporation, owners of WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1964, who changed the calls to WLUC-TV.