Media in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Charlotte, North Carolina is a U.S. city that serves as a hub for numerous media sources.

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[edit] Newspapers and other publications

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The Charlotte Observer, owned by the McClatchy Company of Sacramento, Calif., is the dominant newspaper in the region. Creative Loafing, is the dominant alternative weekly, owned by SouthComm Inc., parent company to Nashville Scene and Kansas City Pitch. Creative Loafing Tampa is also part of the chain. The Carolina Weekly newspaper group publishes several community weekly newspapers, including South Charlotte Weekly. Charlotte Post is the city's African-American newspaper and Q-Notes, a paper serving the LGBT communities of both North and South Carolina, has been based in Charlotte since its 1986 inception. The independent QCityMetro.com is an online news publication aimed at the city’s African-American market. In 2005 Uptown Magazine was formed to cover news, lifestyles and events of Charlotte's Center City. It ceased printing after its August 2010 issue, but created an iPad version in May 2011. "Charlotte" magazine, published by Morris Magazine Publishing, has been published for 40 years. There is also a business- and court-focused paper called The Mecklenburg Times, as well as Advance Publications' Charlotte Business Journal. In late 2007, a crime publication mostly in print, The Slammer, published by CorMedia, began publishing in the market.

Several online news publications serve the area, including Davidsonnews.net and CorneliusNews.net, serving suburban towns in the northern part of Mecklenburg County, north of the Charlotte city limits. CLTBlog.com provides a space for community members to post news and opinion.

[edit] Television

The Charlotte television market is the 25th largest for the 2011-12 period, according to Nielsen Media Research.[1] Broadcast television stations serving the market include:

Charlotte is home to three nationally and internationally available cable television networks:

(It was also the former home of the Inspiration Network (INSP), which is now Indian Land, South Carolina.)

The metro Charlotte area is also served locally by a regional 24-hour cable news channel, News 14 Carolina, available on Time Warner Cable.

[edit] Radio

The Charlotte radio market was the 33rd largest in the U.S. in 2006, according to Arbitron. Broadcast radio stations serving the market include, in order of format:

[edit] References

[2]

  1. ^ http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/tv/nielsen-2012-local-DMA-TV-penetration.pdf
  2. ^ North Carolina Press Association
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