Aurora: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The Beacon News is Aurora's daily newspaper, with a daily circulation of over 27,000. It is published by the Suburban Chicago Newspaper group of papers, owned by The Chicago Sun-Times.

Television and Radio

Aurora is home to Telefuture, a Spanish language UHF television station. Broadcasts from all major commercial networks and several independent and PBS stations in the Chicagoland area are received in Aurora. Four radio stations broadcast talk, rock and Spanish language programming from the city, and are supplemented by broadcasts from Chicago and closer Kane and DuPage county stations.

Media Information: The Beacon News, 101 South River Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506; telephone (630)844-5844

Aurora Online

Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.enjoyaurora.com

Aurora Downtown. Available www.auroradowntown.org

Aurora Economic Development Commission. Available www.aurora-il.org/aedc

Aurora Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Available www.ahcc-il.com

Aurora Historical Preservation Commission. Available www.aurora-il.org/HistoricPreservation/index.html

Aurora Public Library. Available www.aurora.lib.il.us

Aurora University. Available www.aurora.edu

The Beacon News. Available www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews

City of Aurora Home Page. Available www.aurora-il.org

East Aurora School District. Available www.d131.kane.k12.il.us

Fox Valley Park District. Available www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org

Greater Aurora Chamber of Commerce. Available www.aurorachamber.com

Indian Prairie School Disrict 204. Available www.ipsd.org

West Aurora School District. Available www.sd129.org

Selected Bibliography

Edwards, Jim and Wynette, Aurora: A Diverse People Build Their City (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishers, 1998)

Encyclopedia of Illinois (New York, Somerset Publishers, 1994)

Grossman, James R.; Keating, Ann Durkin; Reiff, Janice L. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004)

Keiser, John H. Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1997)