Toledo: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The major daily newspaper in Toledo is The Blade. The Toledo Journal is a weekly African American newspaper. Several neighborhood newspapers, as well as scholarly, academic, and religious journals, and special-interest tabloids and magazines are also published in the city, including the Toledo Union Journal, a bimonthly labor newspaper.

Television and Radio

Toledo is the broadcast media center for northwestern Ohio and parts of southeastern Michigan. Television viewers receive programs from six stations—one public and five commercial—based in the city. Twelve AM and FM radio stations schedule a complete range of music, news, information, and public interest features; one broadcasts performances by local cultural groups.

Media Information: The Toledo Blade Company, 541 N. Superior Street, Toledo, OH 43660; telephone 1-800-724-6000

Toledo Online

The Blade. Available www.toledoblade.com

City of Toledo Home Page. Available www.ci.toledo.oh.us/Homepage.html

Greater Toledo Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.toledocvb.com

Regional Growth Partnership. Available www.rgp.org

Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce. Available www.toledochamber.com

Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. Available www.library.toledo.oh.us

Selected Bibliography

Geha, Joseph, Through and Through: Toledo Stories (Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1990)

Jones, Marnie, Holy Toledo: Religion and Politics in the Life of 'Golden Rule' Jones (University Press of Kentucky, 1998)

Toledo Museum of Art et al. Toledo Treasures: Selections from the Toledo Museum of Art (Hudson Hills Press, 1995)