Louisiana Rebecca Wells – author, actor, and playwright, best known for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Joanne Lyles White – humanitarian, philanthropist; founder and first president of the Louisiana Speech League J. Robert Wooley – Louisiana insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2006, was reared in Alexandria, where his father was a principal at the Louisiana Special Education Center there. Media Newspapers Established March 17, 1883, The Alexandria Town Talk is a daily newspaper for Alexandria-Pineville and the thirteen parishes which comprise central Louisiana. The newspaper was owned by the family of the late Jane Wilson Smith and Joe D. Smith, Jr., until March 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers. In August 2000, the Gannett Company acquired the Central Newspapers properties, including The Town Talk. The name of the paper on its inaugural issue was the Alexandria Daily Town Talk. Although it has since been shorted to the current The Town Talk, it is still frequently referred to by long-time residents as the Daily Town Talk. Television Alexandria is served by local television stations KALB-TV (NBC / CBS), WNTZ (Fox), KLAX-TV (ABC), KLPA (PBS/LPB), and KBCA (The CW). KALB is the oldest television station in central Louisiana. Alexandria is the location of the pawn shop in the show Cajun Pawn Stars on the History Channel. Radio Local radio stations AM broadcasting KJMJ 580 – Religious KSYL 970 – News / Talk / Sports KDBS 1410 – ESPN Radio FM broadcasting KAYT 88.1 – Urban adult contemporary KLXA 89.9 – Christian contemporary / K-LOVE KLSA 90.7 – Public radio / Red River Radio KAPM 91.7 – American Family Radio KQID-FM 93.1 – Top 40/CHR KMXH 93.9 – Urban adult contemporary KZMZ 96.9 – Classic rock KKST 98.7 – Urban contemporary KRRV-FM 100.3 – Mainstream country KBCE 102.3 – Adult hits KLAA-FM 103.5 – Mainstream country KEZP 104.3 – Christian adult contemporary KBKK 105.5 – Classic country KEDG 106.9 – Adult contemporary Translate broadcasting K234CY 94.7 – Sports talk (translators to KDBS) K265FB 100.9 – Soft adult contemporary (translators to KQID-FM) K285HF 104.9 – News / Talk / Sports (translators to KSYL) Low-power broadcasting KZLC-LP 95.5 – Alternative Christian Digital broadcasting KLSA-HD1 KLSA-HD2 KLSA-HD3 KQID-HD1 KQID-HD2 KQID-HD3 KRRV-HD1 KRRV-HD2 KRRV-HD3 Parks and outdoor attractions Alexandria Zoological Park The Alexandria Zoological Park is a zoo first opened to the public in 1926. Owned by the City of Alexandria and operated by