According to Nielsen Media statistics for 2019–2020, the

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market area is the 54th largest Designated Market Area in the United States, with 555,630 TV households. Richmond is served by a variety of communication media:

Print media

Daily

The local daily

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in Richmond is the ''

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''.

Weekly

*''Style Weekly'

(

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) *''Chesterfield Observer'

Monthly / bi-monthly / quarterly

NORTH of the JAMES Magazine (monthly) *''Boomer Magazine'' (bi-monthly) *''Chesterfield Living'', ''West Ends Best'', ''Hanover Lifestyle'' (bi-monthly) *''Greater Richmond Grid Magazine'' (bi-monthly) *''OurHealth Richmond Magazine'' (bi-monthly) *''

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(monthly) *'' RVA Magazine

(quarterly) *''

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(monthly) *''Whurk'' (monthly)

News and newsmagazines

The '' Richmond Free Press

and the '' Richmond Voice'

are weekly newspapers that cover the news from a predominantly

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perspective. The only Hispanic magazine in the state, '' La Voz Hispana de Virginia'

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

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community of Richmond, but highlighting stories of general Jewish interest in Virginia. ''City Edition'' was a civic-minded newspaper that listed municipal and council related events, issues, and results, which stopped publication in October 2007

Richmond.com
' is 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

'' Richmond Guide'

is a quarterly that is targeted toward visitors. '' The Virginia Defender'

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. Richmond Planet Sat May 31 1902

Richmond's leading African American newspaper at the turn of the century was the ''

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'' which ran from 1883 to 1996 and was edited by John Mitchel, Jr. from 1884 until his death in 1929. Regional and county newspapers include the following: * '' The Amelia Bulletin Monitor'' for Amelia County, Virginiabr>
* '' Capital News Service at VCU'' for regional and national newsbr>
* The ''Chesterfield Observer'' for

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* The ''Goochland Courier'' for

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* The ''Goochland Gazette'' for

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* The ''Henrico Citizen'' for

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* ''The Hopewell News'' (defunct) for Hopewell, Virginiabr>
* ''Petersburg Progress-Index'' for Petersburg, Virginia

* '' RVA Magazine'

* '' Virginia Living'

is a glossy magazine published bi-monthly that covers Virginia events.

Student Operated

Many colleges and universities in Richmond have student operated new services including The Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Student Media, VUU, and University of Richmond. Examples of student operated media include VCU's '' The Commonwealth Times, Commonwealth Times''
VCU Capital News Service
an
VCU InSight
'
Ink
', ''Amendment'', ''Emanata'', and ''

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Television

Richmond is served by several television stations.

Broadcast

Richmond's over-the-air television stations: ** As of August, 2019, this station is indicated as Silent on the FCC's broadcast database.
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). Subchannels are cleared on cable systems through contractual agreements, and are generally in standard definition.

Cable

Comcast Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...

is the primary cable television provider for the Richmond area (Richmond city proper, Chesterfield, Henrico County) and the

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(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

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, then

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, 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.

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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 served by a variety of radio stations, serving a wide variety of musical and other interests.

AM

Several AM stations serve a variety of

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, and

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topics, including the following:

FM

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

HD Radio

Media corporations

Commercial radio ownership in Richmond is dominated by three companies: * Entercom (WRVA-AM, WRVQ, WTVR-FM, WBTJ, WRXL, WRNL-AM) * SummitMedia LLC (WKLR, WMXB, WJSR, WKHK) * Urban One (WCDX, WKJS, WKJX, WPZZ, WTPS-AM) Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation is the owner of several stations in Richmond (WCVE-TV, WCVE-FM, WWLB-FM, WBBT-FM, WCVW-TV), along with translators in

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, and another station in Northern Virginia, and is headquartered in Richmond.

Communication schools

Richmond is home to th
VCU School of Mass Communications
which was founded in 1978 and offers bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism, advertising and public relations. It is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The school house
Capital News ServiceVCU InSight
and th
VCU Create-A-thon

External links

2005 ''Mediaweek'' review of Richmond-Petersburg Media

* (Directory ceased in 2017) {{DEFAULTSORT:Media In Richmond, Virginia *

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