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Birmingham is home to EWTN, the world`s largest Catholic media outlet and largest religious network of any kind broadcasting to approximately 118 1,000,000 homes world-wide.

Birmingham is part of the Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa television market, which is the nation`s 40th largest. The major television affiliates are WBRC 6 (FOX), WBIQ 10 (PBS), WVTM 13 (NBC), WTTO 21 (CW), WBMA 33/40 (ABC), WIAT 42 (CBS), WPXH 44 (ION), and WABM 68 (MyNetworkTV).

Birmingham is served by one daily newspaper, The Birmingham News (circulation 150,346). The Birmingham News` Wednesday edition features six sub regional sections named East, Hoover, North, Shelby, South, and West that cover news stories from those areas. The Birmingham Post-Herald, the city`s second daily, published its last issue in 2006. Other local publications include The North Jefferson News, The Leeds News, The Western Star (Bessemer) and The Hoover Gazette.

The Birmingham area is home to some of USA`s best schools. In 2005, the Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School in Irondale, an eastern suburb of Birmingham, was rated as the #1 high school in America by Newsweek, a national publication. The school remains among the nation`s Top 5 high schools. Mountain Brook High School placed 250 on the list. Other local schools that have been rated among USA`s best in various publications include Vestavia Hills High School and the Alabama School of Fine Arts located downtown. The metro area also has two highly regarded prep schools: The Altamont School, located in Birmingham proper, and Indian Springs School in N Shelby County near Pelham.

The Greater-Birmingham metropolitan area is home to numerous independent primary school systems. The area`s largest are the Jefferson County, Birmingham City, and Shelby County school systems.

The city of Birmingham is served by the Birmingham City Schools system. It is run by the Birmingham Board of Education with a current active enrollment of 30,500 in 67 schools: 11 high schools, 13 middle schools, 34 elementary schools, and 9 K-8 secondary schools.