News & media
Schuylkill County's currently operating news outlets — daily and weekly newspapers, online news sites, and local radio. The county's historic newspapers and stations are catalogued separately under History; regional outlets based in neighboring counties are listed at the foot of this page.
Newspapers & online news
- Citizen-Standard — Weekly newspaper, Valley View
Sample News Group - Coal Region Canary — Online news site, Countywide (Schuylkill County)
- Republican-Herald — Daily newspaper, Pottsville
MediaNews Group / Alden Global Capital (since 2023) - Skook News — Online news site, Ashland
Skook News Media LLC - South Schuylkill News — Weekly newspaper, Schuylkill Haven
Reading Eagle (MediaNews Group / Alden Global Capital) - The Shenandoah Sentinel — Online news site, Shenandoah
Kaylee Lindenmuth (founder/editor)
Radio
- WAVT-FM (T-102) — FM radio station, Pottsville
Pottsville Broadcasting Co. - WMGH-FM (Magic 105.5) — FM radio station, Tamaqua
CC Broadcasting LLC - WPPA (1360 AM) — AM radio station, Pottsville
Pottsville Broadcasting Co. (Tidmore family)
Regional & out-of-county outlets
These outlets cover Schuylkill County but are based in neighboring counties, so they are listed here as link-outs rather than as county entities.
- Standard-Speaker — Hazleton, Luzerne County
Daily; covers northern Schuylkill County. MediaNews Group / Alden Global Capital. - Times News — Lehighton, Carbon County
Daily; carries a dedicated Tamaqua/Schuylkill section. Pencor Services. - The News-Item — Shamokin, Northumberland County
Daily; covers the western and northern edge of the county. Sample News Group. - WNEP-TV 16 — Scranton (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton DMA)
ABC; covers most of the county via the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton DMA. - 28/22 News (WBRE/WYOU) — Wilkes-Barre (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton DMA)
NBC/CBS regional TV news (rebranded from PA Homepage in 2025). - WFMZ-TV 69 News — Allentown
Carries a dedicated Poconos-Coal/Schuylkill section. - Blue Ridge — BRCTV-13 — Palmerton, Carbon County
Local-origination cable news/sports reaching parts of the county. Pencor Services.