Cedar Rapids: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The major daily newspaper in Cedar Rapids is the Cedar Rapids Gazette, a locally owned morning paper. Also published in the city is Iowa Farmer Today, a weekly agricultural newspaper; Iowa Pork Today, an agricultural magazine published monthly; and Buildings, a monthly magazine about facilities construction and management. The Fraternal Herald ( Bratrsky Vestnik ) is a monthly benefit society magazine.

Television and Radio

NBC, CBS, and ABC television affiliates broadcast from Cedar Rapids, and cable service is available. Eleven AM and FM radio stations schedule musical, special interest, nostalgia, news, and public affairs programming.

Media Information: Cedar Rapids Gazette, 500 Third Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406; telephone (319)398-8333

Cedar Rapids Online

Cedar Rapids Community Schools. Available www.cr.k12.ia.us

Cedar Rapids Downtown District. Available www.downtowncr.org

Cedar Rapids Gazette online. Available www.gazetteonline.com

Cedar Rapids Public Library. Available www.crlibrary.org

Chamber of Commerce. Available www.cedarrapids.org

City and area information. Available www.fyiowa.com

Convention and Visitor Information. Available www.cedar-rapids.com

Priority One Economic Development Department. Available www.priority1.com

Selected Bibliography

Engle, Paul. A Lucky American Childhood (Singular Lives) (University of Iowa Press, 1996)