Media in Richmond, Virginia

According to nielsenmedia.com statistics for 2011–2012, the Richmond, Virginia market area is the 57th largest Designated Market Area in the United States, with 559,390 households. Richmond is served by a variety of communication media:

Print media

Daily

The local daily newspaper in Richmond is the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

National Newspapers available for purchase include the Washington Post, the New York Times and USA Today at some hotels.

Monthly

Richmond Magazine bills itself as the official magazine for the capital of Virginia and the surrounding Central Virginia region. It is published monthly and reaches readers, not only in Central Virginia but also statewide. It is on more than 1,200 newsstands across Virginia, and the subscribers are paid-circulation customers.

Richmond magazine, trading as Target Communications, is a publishing company in Central Virginia. Along with publishing a monthly magazine, it produces the annual newcomer's Complete Sourcebook and a Corporate Relocation Guide used by the Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Richmond Partnership and many major corporations. In addition, Richmond Magazine publishes the Richmond Metropolitan and Convention Bureau's official Visitors Guide, with a print run of more than 300,000, and it publishes the annual Who's Who Directory of Richmond businesses for the Chamber of Commerce.

RVA Magazine is a full color publication which focuses on the cutting edge art, music, events, and culture of the area. It is published quarterly. RVA Magazine has also been involved in putting together and sponsoring cultural events including the Falling From Grace music festival, Halloweek (which included Richmond's first Halloween Parade by puppet theatre troupe All the Saints), and the Carytown NYE Bash (New Year's Eve street event which drew close to 20,000 people-a first of its kind for Richmond). It is free to the public, both in print form, and in multiple digital formats on their web page.

Boomer Magazine is a bi-monthly full-color magazine distributed free through grocery stores and doctor's offices. It was founded in 2007 by former Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Ray McAllister, and is published by Ross Publishing. As the name indicates, it is aimed at Richmond's "baby boomer" generation.

Greater Richmond Grid Magazine is a bi-monthly full-color magazine distributed free through various outlets including grocery stores and workout facilities. It was started in 2009 by Ted Randler (Palari Publishing) as a print vehicle to highlight the people, businesses, and events in the City of Richmond and its surrounding communities. Richmond Grid also features the active social media community in the Richmond area.

Alt weeklies

There are also several weekly, semi-weekly, and monthly publications. The largest is Style Weekly, owned by Landmark Communications, which also owns The Virginian-Pilot in Hampton Roads and was the former owner of The Weather Channel. Putative competitor Brick launched in September 2006, and folded in July 2010. Brick was what Style Weekly editor Jason Roop called a "faux alt weekly", as it was owned by Richmond Times-Dispatch publisher Media General. At one point, Brick was edited by Pete Humes [1], the former editor of defunct popular weekly alternative Punchline. Among the monthlies is RVA Magazine (launched in April 2005), which is a full color, high quality publication which focuses on the cutting edge art, music, events, and culture of the area. RVA Magazine has also been involved in putting together and sponsoring groundbreaking cultural events including the Falling From Grace music festival, Halloweek (which included Richmond's first Halloween Parade by puppet theatre troupe All the Saints), and the Carytown NYE Bash (New Year's Eve street event which drew close to 20,000 people-a first of its kind for Richmond).

News and newsmagazines

The Richmond Free Press[2] and the Richmond Voice [3] are weekly newspapers that cover the news from a predominantly African American perspective. The only Hispanic magazine in the state La Voz Hispana de Virginia [4] provides significant cultural and news content in both English and Spanish. There are also two major publications from the Jewish community of Richmond, published in English, The Reflector is the semi-weekly newspaper of the Jewish Federation of Richmond and Virginia Jewish Life (formerly, Virginia Jewish News) is an independent monthly magazine published by the Chabad community of Richmond, but highlighting stories of general Jewish interest in Virginia. City Edition was a civic-minded newspaper that lists municipal and council related events, issues, and results, and which stopped publication in October 2007. [5]. Richmond.com is also an online newsmagazine with a wide readership. Other local topical publications include Richmond Parents Magazine and V Magazine for Women, the voice of women in Richmond [6]. Richmond Guide[7] is a quarterly that is targeted toward visitors. The Virginia Defender[8] is a quarterly statewide community newspaper with a press run of 16,000 distributed through nearly 300 distribution sites in Richmond, plus 16 other Virginia cities and five counties.

Regional and County Newspapers include the following:

• The Goochland Courier for Goochland County, Virginia
• The Chesterfield Observer for Chesterfield County, Virginia [9]
• The Herald Progress for Hanover County, Virginia [10]
• The Henrico Citizen for Henrico County, Virginia [11]
• The Goochland Gazette for Goochland County, Virginia [12]
• The Hopewell News for Hopewell, Virginia [13]
• Petersburg Progress-Index for Petersburg, Virginia[14]
• Virginia Living [15] is a glossy magazine published bi-monthly that covers Virginia events.
• RVA Magazine [16]
• The Amelia Bulletin Monitor for Amelia County, Virginia [17]

Student

VCU, VUU, and University of Richmond have student-run newspapers, including VCU's Commonwealth Times, Ink, Amendment, Comicality, and Poictesme.

Television

Richmond is also served by several television stations.

Broadcast

Richmond's over-the-air television stations:

Analog	Digital	PSIP	Cable	Callsign	Licensed To	Primary Network(s)	Digital Subchannel(s)	Ownership	Website
n/a	25	6	9	WTVR	Richmond	CBS	6.2 - Antenna TV 6.3 - Xtra Weather	Local TV LLC	http://www.wtvr.com
n/a	22	8	8/10†	WRIC	Petersburg	ABC	8.2 - Live Well Network	Young Broadcasting	http://www.wric.com
n/a	12	12	12	WWBT	Richmond	NBC	12.2 - Me-TV	Raycom Media	http://www.nbc12.com
17	14*	n/a	n/a	WXOB	Richmond	Religious Independent	n/a	KM Broadcasting	none
n/a	42	23	23	WCVE	Richmond	PBS	23.2 - WCVE Create 23.3 - MHz Worldview	Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	http://www.ideastations.org/tv
n/a	26	35	11	WRLH	Richmond	Fox	35.2 - MyNetworkTV/ThisTV	Sinclair Broadcast Group	http://www.foxrichmond.com http://www.mytvrichmond.com
39	28*	n/a	n/a	W39CO	Richmond	TBN	n/a	National Minority TV	http://www.tbn.org
n/a	45	45	71	WZTD	Richmond	Telemundo	n/a	ZGS Communications	http://www.holaciudad.com
48	48**	n/a	n/a	WRID	Richmond	Daystar	n/a	Word of God Fellowship (Daystar)	http://www.daystar.com
n/a	44	57	24	WCVW	Richmond	PBS	none	Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	http://www.ideastations.org/tv
n/a	47	65	13	WUPV	Ashland	CW	65.2 - Bounce TV	Southeastern Media Holdings operated by Raycom Media	http://www.cwrichmond.tv

* These low-power stations have construction permits to move to new digital channels in the near future.
** These low-power stations will flash-cut to digital in the near future.
† WRIC is generally carried on cable 8 north of the James River, and cable 10 south of the James.

Cable

Comcast is the primary cable television provider for the Richmond area (Richmond city proper, Chesterfield, Henrico County) and the Tri-Cities (area includes Petersburg, Colonial Heights, Hopewell and the counties of Dinwiddie and Prince George). In the city and Henrico County, it is the successor to the franchise originally held by Continental Cablevision, then MediaOne, then AT&T Broadband, before Comcast acquired AT&T Broadband. In Chesterfield, it is the successor to the franchise originally held by Storer Cable. In the nearby Tri-Cities area, it is the successor to the franchise originally held by Sammons Communications, then Marcus Cable, then Tele-Media, then Adelphia, before Comcast acquired Adelphia.

Verizon now offers television through its fiber-optic system, FiOS TV, in Richmond City and Henrico and Chesterfield Counties and is currently expanding its services farther into the outlying Richmond area.

Radio

The metropolitan area is also served by a variety of radio stations, serving a wide variety of musical and other interests.

AM

There are also several AM stations serving a variety of music, talk, and sports topics, including the following:

Frequency	Callsign	Licensed To	Nickname	Format	Owner	Web site
590	WLES	Bon Air	The Truth	Religious	Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting	http://www.wles590.com
800	WSVS	Crewe	Virginia's Country Legend	Classic Country / Sports	Gee Communications	http://www.wsvsam.com
820	WGGM	Chester	Amen 97.7 FM & 820 AM	Religious	Delmarva Educational Association	http://www.amen820.com
910	WRNL	Richmond	Sports Radio 910	Sports radio	Clear Channel	http://www.sportsradio910.com
950	WXGI	Richmond	ESPN 950	ESPN Radio	Red Zebra Broadcasting	http://www.espn950am.com
990	WLEE	Richmond	Newstalk 990	News/Talk	Davidson Media Group	http://www.wlee990.am
1140	WRVA	Richmond	Newsradio 1140 WRVA	News/Talk (50,000 watts)	Clear Channel	http://www.wrva.com
1240	WTPS	Petersburg	Newstalk 1240 The People's Station	Urban Talk/Classic Soul	Radio One	http://www.urbanpetersburg.com
1290	WDZY	Colonial Heights	Radio Disney	Children's radio	Walt Disney Company	http://radio.disney.go.com/music/yourstation/richmond/index.html
1320	WVNZ	Richmond	La Selecta	Spanish	Davidson Media Group	http://www.selecta1320.com
1340	WHAP	Hopewell	Fox Sports Radio 1340	Sports/Variety/Talk	PT Brown Broadcasting	http://www.sportsradio1340.info/
1380	WBTK	Richmond	Radio Poder	Hispanic Religion	Mt. Rich Media	http://www.wbtk.com/
1430	WHAN	Ashland	Your Hometown Voice	Lifestyle Talk/Bluegrass	Fifth Estate	http://www.whanradio.com
1450	WCLM	Highland Springs	Heart & Soul Of Richmond	Urban Oldies/Religion/Variety	World Media	http://www.wclmradioonline.com
1480	WTOX	Glen Allen	La Gran-D	Spanish	Davidson Media Group	http://www.lagrand1480.com
1540	WREJ	Richmond	Rejoice Radio	Gospel	Davidson Media Group	http://www.rejoice1540.com
1590	WFTH	Richmond	The Light	Gospel	Tri-City Christian Radio	none
1620	WPQE514	n/a	Highway Advisory	Road Condition Reports	Commonwealth Of Virginia	none

FM

On the FM dial, some of the popular music stations include the following:

Frequency	Callsign	Licensed To	Nickname	Format	Owner	Web site
88.9	WCVE-FM	Richmond	Community Idea Stations	Public Radio	Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation	http://ideastations.org
89.7 88.1	WAUQ-FM WRIH-FM	Charles City Richmond	American Family Radio	Religious	American Family	http://www.afr.net
90.1	WDCE-FM	Richmond	90.1 FM	Student-run Alternative Music	University Of Richmond	http://www.wdce.org
90.1	WKYV-FM	Colonial Heights	K-LOVE	Contemporary Christian	Educational Media Foundation	http://www.klove.com
90.5 102.5 102.7	WJYJ-FM	Fredericksburg Richmond Petersburg	Virginia's Positive Hits	Christian and gospel	Positive Alternative Radio	http://www.wper.org
91.1	WHCE-FM	Highland Springs	Mix 91	Henrico County Student-run Contemporary Music	County Of Henrico	http://www.mix91.com
91.3	WVST-FM	Petersburg	The Source	R&B/Urban/Jazz/Public affairs/Sports	Virginia State University	http://www.vsu.edu/pages/112.asp
91.7	KAWZ	Lakeside	CSN International	Christian	Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls (Translator for KAWZ-FM/Twin Falls, ID)	http://www.csnradio.org
92.1	WCDX-FM	Mechanicsville	iPower 92	Mainstream Urban	Radio One	http://www.ipower921.com
92.5	WVTF-FM	Richmond	Radio IQ	NPR/BBC Talk (Translator for WTVW-FM/Charlottesville)	Virginia Tech Foundation	http://www.radioiq.org
93.1	WLFV-FM	Ettrick	93.1 The Wolf	Country music	Main Line Broadcasting	http://www.931thewolf.com
93.5	WBBC-FM	Blackstone	Bobcat Country	Country / Sports	Denbar Communications	http://www.bobcatcountryradio.com
93.7	WCFC-LP	Richmond		Christian	Crusade for Christ Temple Church of God in Christ	http://www.cfcfamily.org/
94.5	WRVQ-FM	Richmond	Q94	Top 40/CHR	Clear Channel	http://www.q94radio.com
94.9 104.1 106.9	WRVL	Richmond Petersburg Midlothian	Victory FM	Christian	Liberty University (Translator for WRVL-FM/Lynchburg)	http://www.victoryfm.net
95.3	WKHK-FM	Colonial Heights	K95	Country music	Summit Media	http://www.k95country.com
96.1	W295BF	Midlothian	96.1 The Planet	Classic rock	Clear Channel	http://www.961theplanet.com
96.5	WKLR-FM	Fort Lee	Rock 96.5	Rock	Summit Media	http://www.965klr.com
96.9	WWUZ-FM	Bowling Green	96-9 The Rock	Classic rock*	Star Publishing Co.	http://www.969therock.com
97.1	WPAR	Crewe	Spirit FM	Christian	Positive Alternative Radio (Translator for WPAR-FM/Salem)	http://www.spiritfm.com
97.3	WRIR-LP	Richmond	Richmond Indie Radio	Specialty Music Programs & Community focused programming	Virginia Center For The Public Press	http://www.wrir.org/
97.7	WGGM	Bellwood	Amen 97.7 FM & 820 AM	Religious	Delmarva Educational Association (Translator for WGGM/Chester)	http://www.amen820.com
98.1	WTVR-FM	Richmond	Lite 98	Soft Adult Contemporary	Clear Channel	http://www.lite98.com
98.9	WWLB-FM	Midlothian	98.9 Liberty	Variety Hits	Main Line Broadcasting	http://www.989liberty.com
99.3 105.7	WKJS-FM WKJM-FM	Petersburg Richmond	105.7 & 99.3 Kiss FM	Urban Adult Contemporary	Radio One	http://www.kissrichmond.com
99.9	WYFJ-FM	Ashland	FM 100	Christian and gospel	BBN	http://www.bbnradio.org
100.5	WZEZ-FM	Goochland	The Truth	Christian Talk	Delmarva Educational Association (Relay of WLES-AM/Bon Air)	http://www.wles590.com
100.9	WHTI-FM	Lakeside	Hot 100.9	Top 40/CHR	Summit Media	http://www.hot1009.com
102.1	WRXL-FM	Richmond	XL102	Modern Rock	Clear Channel	http://www.1021thex.com
102.9	WHAN	Ashland	Your Hometown Voice	Lifestyle Talk/Bluegrass (Translator for WHAN-AM/Ashland)	Fifth Estate	http://www.whanradio.com
103.1	WNRN-FM	Midlothian	Modern Rock, No Commercials	Modern Rock (Translator for WNRN-FM/Charlottesville)	Stu-Comm	http://www.wnrn.org
103.7	WURV-FM	Richmond	103-7 the River	Alternative Adult Contemporary	Summit Media	http://1037river.com
104.7	WPZZ-FM	Crewe	Praise 104.7	Urban Gospel	Radio One	http://www.praise1047.com
106.5	WBTJ-FM	Richmond	106.5 The Beat	Mainstream Urban	Clear Channel	http://www.1065thebeat.com
106.9	WAFX-FM	Suffolk	106.9 The Fox	Classic Rock	Saga	http://www.1069thefox.com
107.3 100.3	WBBT-FM WARV-FM	Powhatan Petersburg	Big Oldies 107.3	Oldies	Main Line Broadcasting	http://www.bigoldies1073.com

Internet Media

While electronic is a new category of media, several outlets compete for online readership. A number of neighborhood news sites have come online in 2007.

• "AllNightRVA.com" [18]
• RichmondBizSense.com [19]
• DowntownShortPump.com [20]
• RichmondGrid.com [21]
• RVANews.com [22]
• Richmond.com [23]
• Onewayrichmond.com
• TalkRVA.com [24]
• Richmond City Watch [25]
• RVA blogs[26]
• Church Hill People's News [27]
• West of the Boulevard News [28]
• Carver & Jackson Ward News [29]
• Fan District Hub [30]
• North Richmond News [31]
• Hills and Heights [32]
• Near West End News [33]
• richmond.indymedia.org indymedia
• River City Rapids [34]
• Onion-like satire site Tobacco Avenue [35]
• Punchline Magazine comedy site, now defunct underground culture newspaper [36]
• richmond.craigslist.com Craigslist
• community.livejournal.com/rva LiveJournal
• Myspace (richmond! group) MySpace
• www.richmondliberty.org
• South Richmond News [37]
• RVA Magazine (http://Rvamag.com)
• Virginia Christmas News [38]
• {Spyed} (http://spyedrichmond.com)

Media Corporations

Radio ownership in Richmond is concentrated among six companies:

• Clear Channel -- ( WRVA-AM, WRVQ, WTVR-FM, WBTJ, WRXL, WRNL-AM )
• Summit Media -- (WKLR, WMXB, WDYL, WKHK)
• Radio One -- ( WCDX, WKJS, WKJX, WPZZ, WTPS-AM )
• Davidson Media Group -- ( WNVZ, WLEE, WREJ, WTOX )
• Main Line Broadcasting -- ( WWLB, WBBT, WARV, WLFV )
• Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting -- ( WLES, WZEZ, WGGM-AM )

Two other media corporations are based in Richmond and own a substantial number of stations in Richmond and around the country:

• Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation,is the owner of several stations in Richmond, ( WCVE-TV, WCVE-FM, WCVW-TV ),along with translators in Charlottesville, and another station in Northern Virginia, and is headquartered in Richmond.
• Media General has its corporate headquarters in Richmond and formerly owned The Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper.

External links

• Richmond Media - A Richmond, VA media company specializing in web design and broadband video
• 2005 Mediaweek review of Richmond-Petersburg Media
• www.nielsenmedia.com DMA rankings