Newspapers and Magazines
The Charlotte Observer is Charlotte's major daily newspaper (morning). Also published in Charlotte is SportsBusiness Journal, a national tabloid-size glossy weekly that reports on the glitzy and the mundane of sports business. Other publications originating in the area include the weekly TheCharlotte Post, serving the African American community; the twice-weekly The Mecklenburg Times, featuring financial, legal, and realty news; Charlotte Business Journal; community weeklies such as The Leader; and several periodicals serving such industries as iron, chemistry, hosiery, and botany.
Television and Radio
Seven television stations broadcasting from Charlotte include three network affiliates (ABC, CBS, and NBC), a PBS affiliate, and three independent stations (Fox, UPN, and WB). Programming from independent and educational stations originating in neighboring cities is also available to Charlotte-area television viewers. Sixteen AM and FM radio stations in Charlotte broadcast a variety of offerings that include religious and sports programming as well as contemporary, rock and roll, gospel, and country music.
Media Information:Charlotte Observer, Knight-Ridder Inc., 600 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202; telephone (704)358-5000
Charlotte Online
Charlotte Center City Home Page. Available www.charlottecentercity.org
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Available www.charlottechamber.org
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Available www.cms.k12.nc.us
Charlotte Observer. Available www.charlotte.com/mld/observer
Charlotte Regional Partnership Home Page. Available www.charlotteusa.com/crp
City of Charlotte Home Page. Available www.charmeck.nc.us/living/home.htm
Historic Charlotte Home Page. Available www.historiccharlotte.com
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Available www.plcmc.org
Visit Charlotte (Charlotte Convention & Visitors Bureau). Available www.visitcharlotte.com or www.charlottecvb.org
Selected Bibliography
Claiborne, Jack, The Charlotte Observer: Its Time and Place, 1869–1986 (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1986)
Mayes, Doug, and Nancy Stanfield, Charlotte—Nothing Could Be Finer (Memphis, TN: Towery Publishing, 1996)
