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.
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 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
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)