Allentown: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Two daily newspapers are published in the Lehigh Valley: Allentown's The Morning Call is published Monday–Sunday, and Easton's The Times-Express, published Monday–Sunday. Also published in Allentown are the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal, a weekly publication, East Penn Press, a weekly local newspaper, and Allentown Times, which is also a weekly publication.

Television and Radio

Network broadcasts from Philadelphia supplement television coverage by an independent television station in the Lehigh Valley. Public television service features local and Public Broadcasting Service programs. Several cable companies also serve the area. More than 30 AM and FM radio stations, including a public radio station, offer a variety of programming; 11 of them broadcast from Allentown.

Media Information: The Morning Call, 101 N. 6th Street, Allentown, PA 18105; telephone (610)820-6500

Allentown Online

Allentown Public Library. Available www.allentownpl.org

Allentown School District. Available www.allentownsd.org

City of Allentown home page. Available www.allentownpa.org

Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.lehighvalleypa.org

Selected Bibliography

Hoffman, Richard, Half the House: A Memoir (New York: Harcourt-Brace, 1995)