Albany: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Albany readers are served by The Times Union, which is published every morning. Albany's Business Review is a weekly business publication serving the Capital Region of New York. Several special interest newspapers and magazines are also published in the city, including The Evangelist and Metroland. Locally published periodicals cover such topics as library science, law, business, employment, film literature, the food industry, organizational management, criminal justice, institutional research, dentistry, and pharmacy.

Television and Radio

Five television stations, including four network affiliates and one independent, broadcast from Albany area. The Albany area is served by more than 40 AM and FM radio stations—7 of which originate within the city—that feature a wide range of programming, including broadcasts from several area colleges.

Media Information: Times Union, Box 15000, News Plaza, Albany, NY 12211; telephone (518)454-5694

Albany Online

Albany City School District. Available www.albanyschools.org

Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce. Available www.ac-chamber.org

Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.albany.org

Albany County Department of Economic Development. Available www.albanycounty.com

Albany County Department of Health. Available www.albanycounty.com/departments/health

Capital District Regional Planning Commission. Available www.cdrpc.org

City of Albany home page. Available www.albanyny.org

The Times Union. Available www.timesunion.com

Selected Bibliography

Kennedy, William, O Albany! Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics . . . (New York: Viking Press; Albany, N.Y.: Washington Park Press, 1983)

Killips, Tom, New York's Capital District 1978-2003 (Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia, 2004)

McEneny, John J., Robert W. Arnold, and Dennis Holzman, Albany: Capital City on the Hudson (Sun Valley, CA: American Historical Press, 1998)