The following is a list of

media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...

outlets for

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

Radio

Hamilton has seven FM stations and three AM

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...

stations. Two of the stations are operated by local post-secondary institutions, one is news/talk and one airs a comedy format. On September 19, 2007, the CBC organized a meeting in Hamilton at the

Hamilton Convention Centre The Hamilton Convention Centre is a full service convention, exhibition, and event facility located in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The convention centre was designed by local architect Trevor P. Garwood-Jones and was constructed in 1981 a ...

to discuss the idea of bringing a new

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

to the city, citing that "Hamilton was the largest, and most underrepresented city in the country in terms of media coverage." In early 2012, the CBC confirmed its final plans for a new local news service in Hamilton; see "web" section below for further details. * AM 820 -

CHAM Cham or CHAM may refer to: Ethnicities and languages *Chams, people in Vietnam and Cambodia **Cham language, the language of the Cham people ***Cham script *** Cham (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script *Cham Albania ...

, ("Funny 820"),

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

* AM 900 -

CHML CHML is a radio station, broadcasting at 900 AM in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. CHML's transmitter power is 50,000 watts using an eight-tower directional antenna array with a signal oriented largely west-northwest to east-southeast, covering the ...

, ("AM900 CHML"), news/

talk Talk may refer to: Communication * Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people * Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people * Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct ...

* AM 1150 -

CKOC CKOC (1150 AM) is a radio station in Hamilton, Ontario. Owned by Bell Media, it broadcasts a business news format. CKOC is a 50,000-watt, Class B station operating on a Regional (not clear-channel) broadcast frequency, with transmitters locate ...

, ("BNN Bloomberg Radio 1150")

Business news Business journalism is the part of journalism that tracks, records, analyzes and interprets the business, economic and financial activities and changes that take place in societies. Topics widely cover the entire purview of all commercial activ ...

* FM 93.3 -

CFMU CFMU-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 93.3 FM in Hamilton, Ontario. It is a campus/community radio station owned and operated by the McMaster Students Union at McMaster University. History CFMU began as a project of the McM ...

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...

* FM 94.7 - CHKX, ("KX 94.7"),

country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while ...

* FM 95.3 - CING, ("Energy 95.3"),

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

* FM 101.5 - CIOI, ("Indi 101.5"), Mohawk College

* FM 102.9 - CKLH, ("Bounce 102.9"), adult hits * FM 107.9 - CJXY, ("Y108"), active rock (licensed to

Burlington Burlington may refer to: Places Canada Geography * Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador * Burlington, Nova Scotia * Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington" * Burlington, Prince Edward Island * Burlington Bay, no ...

but marketed toward Hamilton) Most of

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

's radio stations also cover Hamilton. To see a list of defunct radio stations in Hamilton, see Canadian Communications Foundation.

Television

Hamilton is part of the

television market A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also incl ...

and receives most broadcast television from Toronto.

CHCH Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River ...

is the only television whose studios and operations are based out of Hamilton, and provides local programming. CITS is an owned & operated of the

Yes TV Yes TV (stylized as yes TV) is an independently owned Canadian nonprofit and CRTC-licensed religious broadcasting television system in Canada. It consists of three conventional over-the-air television stations (located in the Greater Toronto Area ...

system, but does not air any local programming, and is based out of neighboring

. CBC Television (

CBLT-DT CBLT-DT (channel 5) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the English-language service of CBC Television. It is part of a twinstick with Ici Radio-Canada Télé outlet CBLFT-DT (channel 25). Bo ...

City A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

(

CITY-DT CITY-DT (channel 57) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television outlets CFMT-DT (cha ...

), Radio-Canada Télé ( CBLFT-DT) and

TVOntario TVO Media Education Group (often abbreviated as TVO and stylized on-air as tvo) is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario ...

(CICA-DT) are received directly from the networks' Toronto transmitters on the

CN Tower The CN Tower (french: Tour CN) is a concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built on the former Railway Lands, it was completed in 1976. Its name "CN" referred to Canadian National, the railway c ...

. CBC once had an affiliate in Hamilton, as CHCH was affiliated with the network from its sign on in 1954, until 1961.

Global Global means of or referring to a globe and may also refer to: Entertainment * ''Global'' (Paul van Dyk album), 2003 * ''Global'' (Bunji Garlin album), 2007 * ''Global'' (Humanoid album), 1989 * ''Global'' (Todd Rundgren album), 2015 * Bruno ...

can be received from

CIII-DT CIII-DT (channel 41) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, CIII-DT maintains studios at 81 Barber Gree ...

Broadcast relay station A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater ( two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tr ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, or the station's Toronto transmitter on the CN Tower; CTV service may be received either from

CFTO-DT CFTO-DT (channel 9) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the CTV Television Network. It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside Barrie-based CTV 2 outlet CKVR-DT, channel ...

(Toronto) or

CKCO-DT CKCO-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Part of the CTV Television Network, it is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside London-based CTV 2 station CFPL-DT, although the two stations mainta ...

( Kitchener), with both stations available on most local cable systems.

CTV Two CTV 2 is a Canadian English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The system consists of four terrestrial owned-and-operated television stations (O&Os) in Ontario, one in British Columbia and two regional ...

is provided over-the-air by a local rebroadcaster, due to the distance of the

CKVR-DT CKVR-DT (channel 3) is a television station in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the CTV 2 system. It is owned and operated by Bell Media alongside Toronto-based CTV outlet CFTO-DT, channel 9 (although the two st ...

main transmitter in

Barrie Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically ...

from Hamilton. Television stations based in Hamilton include: In addition, many of the

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

TV stations reach Hamilton over the air and some are carried on local cable. Cable service in Hamilton is divided up between two different cable companies: Cogeco and Rogers Cable (the former third independent company,

Source Cable Source Cable (formerly known as Southmount Cable Limited) is one of three main cable television service providers for the city of Hamilton, Ontario. The other two are Rogers Cable (in the former Mountain Cablevision / Shaw territory) and Cog ...

, is now a Rogers subsidiary). Each system holds a monopoly in a specific part of Hamilton.

Print

Newspapers

*''Hamilton Community News'' - formerly known as ''Brabant Newspapers, publishes weekly editions for ''Mountain News'', ''Ancaster News'', ''Dundas Star'', and ''Stoney Creek News'' (now owned by

Metroland Media Group Metroland Media Group (also known as Community Brands) is a Canadian mass media publisher and distributor which primarily operates in Southern Ontario. A division of the publishing conglomerate Torstar Corporation, Metroland publishes more than 7 ...

) *''

Hamilton Spectator ''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Hami ...

'' - the city's main daily newspaper; established in 1846; has a daily circulation over 100,000 and over 300,000 weekly readers; owned by

, a division of

Torstar Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes daily and community newspapers. In addition to the ''Toronto Star'', its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Ni ...

*''Flamborough Review'' - weekly

community paper Community paper is a term used by publishers, advertisers and readers to describe a range of publications that share a common service to their local community and commerce. Their predominant medium being newsprint, often free and published at regul ...

; owned by

*''Presencia Latina'' - monthly Spanish-language community paper *'' Le Régional'' - weekly French-language community paper

Other publications

*''Biz Magazine'' - published by Town Media *''Coffee News'' - Ancaster edition *''Coffee News'' - Dundas/Westdale edition *''Coffee News'' - Waterdown edition *''Greater Hamilton Musician Annual'' - a printed compilation of local music news *''Gusto Magazine'' - free monthly independent wellness magazine for Hamilton Ontario; creator Amy Bonin *''H Magazine'' *''Hamilton Arts & Letters'' - online magazine published by Samizdat Press *''Hamilton Magazine'' - published by Town Media, a division of Sun Media *''Mayday Magazine''- a publication of the Sky Dragon Centre *''The Sachem and Glanbrook Gazette'' *''Unpack Magazine'' - print and online magazine published by the Immigrant Women's Centre *''Urbanicity'' - published by Martinus Geleynse; creator Reg Beaudry *''

View Magazine ''VIEW'' is a free magazine located in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan ...

'' - local entertainment weekly

Web

In 2012, the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...

announced its plans for a new local news service in Hamilton."CBC announces location of Hamilton service"
. ''Broadcaster'', February 8, 2012. With the Hamilton area already within the broadcast range of

CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

and CBC Television's services in

, it was not financially or technically feasible for the public broadcaster to launch new conventional radio or television stations in Hamilton; accordingly, the corporation has developed a new model, with Hamilton as its test project, to launch a local digital service that would be accessible on the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

and telecommunications devices such as tablets and

smartphone A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, whic ...

s. The project, CBC Hamilton, launched in May 2012. Local

website A website (also written as a web site) is a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server. Examples of notable websites are Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Wi ...

s include: * Greater Hamilton Musician - news for musicians and the music trade in Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville and Brantford; reviews, interviews * Hamilton Scores! - Hamilton amateur sports news * Hamilton Tigers - dedicated to bringing the NHL back to Hamilton * Hamilton Music Awards - annual music awards for bands and artists from the Hamilton region * Here Magazine - dedicated to local news, mostly arts based * Urbanicity - daily news articles specializing in openings & closures of local spots * Raise the Hammer - dedicated to sustainable urban revitalization * Software Hamilton - covers local tech and startups * THEZine Arts & Events E-Blasts - online arts, entertainment and business promotion covering Hamilton and the Golden Horseshoe regions

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