Charlotte: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The Charlotte Observer is Charlotte's major daily newspaper (morning). Also published in Charlotte is SportsBusiness Journal, a national tabloid-size glossy weekly that reports on the glitzy and the mundane of sports business. Other publications originating in the area include the weekly The Charlotte Post, serving the African American community; the twice-weekly The Mecklenburg Times, featuring financial, legal, and realty news; Charlotte Business Journal; community weeklies such as The Leader; and several periodicals serving such industries as iron, chemistry, hosiery, and botany.

Television and Radio

Seven television stations broadcasting from Charlotte include three network affiliates (ABC, CBS, and NBC), a PBS affiliate, and three independent stations (Fox, UPN, and WB). Programming from independent and educational stations originating in neighboring cities is also available to Charlotte-area television viewers. Sixteen AM and FM radio stations in Charlotte broadcast a variety of offerings that include religious and sports programming as well as contemporary, rock and roll, gospel, and country music.

Media Information: Charlotte Observer, Knight-Ridder Inc., 600 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202; telephone (704)358-5000

Charlotte Online

Charlotte Center City Home Page. Available www.charlottecentercity.org

Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Available www.charlottechamber.org

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Available www.cms.k12.nc.us

Charlotte Observer. Available www.charlotte.com/mld/observer

Charlotte Regional Partnership Home Page. Available www.charlotteusa.com/crp

City of Charlotte Home Page. Available www.charmeck.nc.us/living/home.htm

Historic Charlotte Home Page. Available www.historiccharlotte.com

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Available www.plcmc.org

Visit Charlotte (Charlotte Convention & Visitors Bureau). Available www.visitcharlotte.com or www.charlottecvb.org

Selected Bibliography

Claiborne, Jack, The Charlotte Observer: Its Time and Place, 1869–1986 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1986)

Mayes, Doug, and Nancy Stanfield, Charlotte—Nothing Could Be Finer (Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, 1996)