Birmingham: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Birmingham is one of the few American cities that still have separately-owned competing daily newspapers. Birmingham's major daily newspaper is the Birmingham Post-Herald (afternoons). The Birmingham News publishes an afternoon edition and a combined edition with the Post-Herald on Saturdays. Other newspapers appeal to African Americans, college students, and various religious groups. Also published in Birmingham are the regional magazine Southern Living, a monthly focusing on homes, cuisine, gardens, and recreation; and Cooking Light, the country's number one healthy lifestyle magazine. Nearly twenty other magazines are published here.

Television and Radio

Birmingham is served by eight television stations, of which four are affiliated with the major commercial networks and one with public broadcasting. Additional stations are available via cable. The city's 19AM and 16 FM radio stations broadcast a wide range of programs, from gospel, country/western, and inspirational to big band, classical, and rock.

Media Information: Birmingham Post-Herald, 2200 4th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203; telephone (205)325-2344. Birmingham News, PO Box 2553, Birmingham, AL 35202; telephone (205)325-2444

Birmingham Online

Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel. Available www.touralabama.org

Alabama Development Office. Available www.ado.state.al.us

Alabama Live (entertainment listings and more). Available www.al.com

Birmingham News. Available www.al.com/news

Birmingham Post-Herald. Available www.postherald.com

Birmingham Public Library. Available www.bham.lib.al.us

Birmingham Public Schools. Available www.bhm.k12.al.us

City of Birmingham Home Page. Available www.informationbirmingham.com

City of Birmingham Office of Economic Development. Available www.informationbirmingham.com/economic.htm

Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.bcvb.org

Information about development opportunities, events, and amenities in City Center. Available www.yourcitycenter.com

Online CityGuide. Available www.onlinecityguide.com/al/birmingham

Selected Bibliography

Dunnavant, Keith, Coach: The Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996)

Hemphill, Paul, Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2000)

Jefferson County Historical Commission, ed., Birmingham and Jefferson County Alabama (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 1998)