Greensboro: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Greensboro's major daily (morning) newspaper is the News & Record. Several weekly or biweekly newspapers are published in Greensboro, including Carolina Peacemaker, for the African American community, and The North Carolina Christian Advocate. Several magazines and journals are published in Greensboro, including Elegant Bride, Carolina Gardener, two in-flight magazines, and other literary, collegiate, and children's publications.

Television and Radio

Four commercial television stations broadcast from Greensboro. Several other stations are based in nearby towns and serve viewers in the entire metropolitan region. Additional stations are available via cable. As for radio, 11 stations offering entertainment that ranges from eclectic, top 40 and classical music to news and talk shows broadcast to area listeners.

Media Information: News & Record, Landmark Communications, PO Box 20848, Greensboro, NC 27420-0848; telephone (336)274-5476; toll-free (800)553-6880

Greensboro Online

City of Greensboro home page. Available www.ci.greens boro.nc.us

County of Guilford home page. Avaiilable www.co.guilford.nc.us

The Depot (Piedmont Triad, NC). Available www.thedepot.com

Downtown Greensboro. Available www.downtowngreensboro.net

Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.greensboronc.org

Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. Available www.greensboro.org

Greensboro Historical Museum. Available www.greensborohistory.org

Guilford County Public Schools. Available www.guilford.k12.nc.us

News and Record. Available www.news-record.com

Selected Bibliography

Redding, Sarah and Sherry Roberts, eds., Greensboro: A Portrait of Progress (Montgomery, Ala.: Community Communications, 1998)

Thompson, Deanna, L., and Sherry Roberts, Greensboro: A New American Metropolis: A Contemporary Portrait of Greensboro, North Carolina (Greensboro: Community Communications, 1991)

Wolff, Miles, Lunch at the 5 & 10 (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1990)