Little Rock: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Little Rock has one major daily newspaper, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, a morning paper that is circulated statewide. The weekly publication Arkansas Times is a general lifestyle newspaper aiming to educate readers about life in Arkansas, and the Arkansas Business News serves readers on a weekly basis. Several magazines are also based in the city; most serve specific business or religious interests.

Television and Radio

Seven television stations—five network affiliates, one public, and one independent—broadcast from Little Rock. Twenty radio stations serve listeners in the area with a wide variety of formats.

Media Information: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 121 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, AR 72201; telephone (501)378-3400

Little Rock Online

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Available www.ardemgaz.com

Arkansas Department of Economic Development. Available www.1800arkansas.com

Arkansas History Commission. Available www.ark-ives.com

Little Rock City Hall. Available www.accesslittlerock.org

Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.littlerock.com

Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. Available www.littlerockchamber.com

Little Rock School District. Available www.lrsd.org

University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Available www.ualr.edu

William J. Clinton Presidential Center. Available www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org

Selected Bibliography

Beals, Melba, Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High (New York: Pocket Books, 1995)

Kirk, John A., Redefining the Color Line: Black Activism in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1940–1970 (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2002)

Worthen, Bill, Little Rock: One from the Heart, Urban Tapestry Series(Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, 1996)