El Paso: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

El Paso's major daily newspaper is the El Paso Times. The Prospector is a weekly newspaper published by the University of Texas at El Paso. Twin Plant News, a magazine covering manufacturing and business in Mexico, is published in El Paso, as well as NOVA Quarterly, a quarterly magazine published by the University of Texas at El Paso.

Television and Radio

El Paso is served by eight television stations, of which four are affiliated with the major commercial networks, two with public broadcasting, and one with Spanish-language Univision. The city's five AM and eight FM radio stations broadcast a variety of programs, including sports, talk, religious, country, rock, and Hispanic programming.

Media Information: El Paso Times, PO Box 20, El Paso, TX 79999; telephone (800)351-1677

El Paso Online

City of El Paso. Available www.ci.el-paso.tx.us

County of El Paso. Available www.co.el-paso.tx.us

El Paso: A Guestlife Destination Guide. Available www.guestlife.com/elpaso

El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.elpasocvb.com

El Paso Independent School District. Available www.episd.org

El Paso International Airport. Available www.elpasointernationalairport.com/index.htm

El Paso Public Library. Available www.elpasotexas.gov/library

El Paso Scene. Available wwwcene.com

El Paso Times. Available www.elpasotimes.com

Fort Bliss. Available www.bliss.army.mil

Texas State Historical Association. Available www.tsha.utexas.edu

University of Texas at El Paso. Available www.utep.edu

Selected Bibliography

Metz, Leon C., City at the Pass: An Illustrated History of El Paso (Woodland Hills, California: Windsor, 1980)

Sonnichsen, C.L., Pass of the North: Four Centuries on the Rio Grande (2 vols., El Paso: Texas Western Press, 1968, 1980)

Timmons, W.H. ed., Four Centuries at the Pass ( El Paso: Guynes Printing, 1980)