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Newspapers:
EDGE-OF-AREA:
Staunton - The News Leader
Waynesboro - The News-Virginian
Fredericksburg - Free Lance-Star
Greene Co. - Greene Co. Record
Culpeper - The Star-Exponent
Fluvanna Co. - Fluvanna Review
FARTHER BUT BEEFY ONLINE:
Lexington - The News-Gazette
Lynchburg -The News & Advance
Roanoke -The Roanoke Times
Newport News -The Daily Press
Norfolk -The Virginian-Pilot
Washington Post
Washington Times
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Style Weekly - Richmond
MORE VIRGINIA DAILIES
Bristol Herald-Courier
Winchester Star
Martinsville Bulletin
Potomac News
Danville Register & Bee
Virginian Review
EDGE-OF-AREA PAPERS WITHOUT MUCH ONLINE BEEF:
Fluvanna Co. - The Fluvanna Review
Louisa Co. - The Central Virginian
Nelson Co. - Nelson County Times
Madison Co. - Madison Eagle
Harrisonburg - The Daily News-Record
Culpeper - The Culpeper Times (weekly)
Buckingham - Buckingham Beacon (monthly)
Scottsville area - The Rural Virginian
Nelson County Life - monthly look into Nelson County life
NON-DAILIES
Hanover Herald-Progress
Leesburg Today
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Washington Business Journal
Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg
Fauquier Citizen
Fauquier Times-Democrat
Farmville Herald
Falls Church News-Press
Rappahannock Record
Wytheville Enterprise
Coalfield Progress
Hopewell News
What's up with
local media?
A woman is flirting with out-of-towners in downtown's venerable C&O restaurant, and one of the male visitors asks, "What do you do for fun around here?" "I read," replies the would-be party girl. What do you expect in a town that has a book festival? She didn't get a date, but this cautionary tale illustrates why, despite a downward trend in daily newspaper readers, Charlottesville claims the highest number per capita in the country, and the New York Times, Washington Post and Richmond Times-Dispatch can all be delivered to your door.
Lifestyle magazines are big in this area: the upscale Central Virginian lifestyle, the upscale fisherman's lifestyle-- or the latest addition, the upscale Nelson County lifestyle.
News racks multiply in public spaces for the dailies and the dozen or so free papers, and regulation on the Downtown Mall is imminent.
Fortunately, the bright red Hook boxes stand out in the crowd.
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Local blogs:
CIVICS
• cvillenews.com - aka 'Waldo's site'
• The Hook Music - local music
• Bill Emory - with amazing pix
• Loper.org - local politics
• Fluvanna Online - Fluco stuff
• Rick Sincere - libertarianism
• School Matters - from a Boardie
• topix.net - aggregator
• Augusta Free Press - Valley news
REAL ESTATE
• Charlottesville Tomorrow - growth
• Real Central VA
• WorthMoreOrLess
• TheBubbleBlog
BLOGGY BLOGS (ranked)
• The Book of Joe - fun new products
• Andrew Hersey - me & my pix
• BKMarcus - lowercase liberty
• Outskirts - some 40ish guy
• Dave McNair - a Hook dude
---all the blogs in Charlottesville
POLITICS
Waldo Jaquith
Bacon's Rebellion
Raising Kaine
Calling All Wingnuts
SW Virginia Law
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Jennifer's Charlottesville
Virginia News Source - "reality"
---all the political blogs in Virginia
Local newspapers
The Hook
Charlotteville's most award-winning weekly. Founded in 2002. Published Thursdays. 295-8700
C-ville Weekly
Sorta like the Hook, only it contains more special sections, blanket coverage of LiveArts, and is home to "The Rant." Published Tuesdays. 817-2749
The Daily Progress
Charlottesville's only daily is owned by struggling Media General. 978-7200
Cavalier Daily
The University of Virginia's student-published newspaper claims to be the oldest daily-- at least when school is in session-- in town, and its website is one of the better local sources of archived news. 924-1083
ARTS/TOURIST/NICHE PUBLICATIONS
Blue Ridge Outdoors
This all-outdoors, all-the-time monthly celebrates hiking, biking, running, climbing, and paddling in Virginia and nearby states. 817-2755
Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune
Charlottesville's oldest black newspaper dates from 1950. Published every Thursday. Once only available by subscription, it's now at selected newsstands. 979-0373
Charlottesville Guide
A tourist guide. 817-2000
Charlottesville Arts & Entertainment
A monthly tourist guide with excellent maps. 295-9004
Echo
Charlottesville's oldest new-age monthly is the best source to find a feng shui consultant or go shaman shopping. 295-3407
In the Kitchen
Charlottesville's food monthly claims an eye-popping 24,000 readers here and in Lynchburg. Food and wine news, plus a meal planner with menus and recipes to see you through the month. 973-5501
Keswick Life
Monthly tabloid that documents a sumptuous world most of us can only imagine. 296-8032
Nelson County Life
"Your source for everything Nelson." Started in April 2005 by recently wed former TV reporters, the monthly eschews hard news and doesn't mind if you call its stories "fluff." 361-0104
Real Estate Weekly
If there's a housing bubble, you won't know it from flipping through these pages. Published every Wednesday. 817-9330
Scottsville Monthly
Tales of the River City. 591-1000
INTERNET ONLY
Cvillenews.com
Local news, meta-news, and commentary hosted by Virginia Tech alum/ wunderkind Waldo Jaquith. Join the fun and sniping. Links to other media.
Loper.org
Host of the city's oldest website, Dem George Loper indulges his interests in politics, bird watching and go-karts. Discourse is civil, perhaps because people sign their names to their remarks-- and because Loper's archives are awesome.
MAGAZINES
Albemarle
This mag adorns the tonier coffee tables in Charlottesville and features lifestyles of the local rich, if not famous. Published bimonthly. Available at newsstands or by subscription for $20. 817-2000
AlbemarleFamily Living
AlbemarleFamily has grown during its seven years from a black-and-white quarterly to a slick, award-winning monthly. In fact, we had to move it from niche publications to our magazine section, it's so glossy. And its website has always been the place to go to figure out what to do with those darn kids. 984-4713
Virginia Sportsman
These folks like to fish and hunt, and they're well educated and well-heeled, according to its website. Subscriptions for this 80-page glossy are $25 for six issues, and it's available in Barnes and Noble. 971-1199
Virginia Living This bimonthly statewide publication knocks readers' socks off with its bold splashes of color on each glossy cover and stories celebrating the vibrant lives in the Commonwealth-- many in our neck of the woods. 804-343-0778
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Multimedia:
MISC. PHOTOS
• Flickr pix tagged 'Charlottesville'
PODCASTING
• C'ville Podcasting Network
• UVA Podcasting
UVA SPORTS
• TheSabre - locally based
• Cavs Corner - part of rivals.com
COMMERCIAL RADIO
WWWV-FM 97.5, ("3WV") rock
WCYK-FM 99.7, (" Your Country")
WINA-AM 1070, local news/sports/talk
WQMZ-FM 95.1, (" Z-95") light rock
WUVA-FM 92.7, ("Kiss") UVA student-run
WHTE-FM 101.9, (" Hot 101.9") contemporary hits
WZGN-FM 102.3, 94.1, (" Generations") oldies, classic rock
WWTJ-FM 107.5, ("Tom @ 107.5"), adult hits
WCNR-FM 106.1 ("The Corner"), alt-rock
WKAV-AM 1400, sports
WCHV-AM 1260, talk
WVAX AM 1450, Progressive Talk Radio
Charlottesville lost its last homegrown commercial radio empire in the fall of '04 when Eure Communications sold its three radio stations-- 3WV, Z-95, WINA, and the frequency that would become WCNR-- to Michigan-based Saga Communications. Monticello Media has owned the other six since buying them from Clear Channel in 2007. WUVA Kiss is independently owned. Listeners, of course, just want their tunes.
Non-Commercial radio
WNRN-FM 91.9, Acoustic Sunrise and more at "New Rock Now"
WTJU-FM 91.1, Eclectic deejays bring in their CDs and vinyl
WMRA-FM 103.5, NPR from Harrisonburg
WVTF-FM 89.3 & 88.5, NPR from Roanoke
Radio IQ 89.7 & 91.5, BBC news and NPR talk
Commercial television
Depending on where you live, you can get everything-- or nothing. Comcast has the local cable franchise. You know you're really in the country when you can pick up only two channels without a satellite dish.
Long a one-horse television town dominated by NBC29, Charlottesville is still adjusting to gaining three new stations and now having one for each major network. Gray Television moved into town in a big way and began broadcasting on WCAV Channel 19 (CBS) and WVAW Channel 16 (ABC) late in 2004. A FOX station, WAHU Channel 27, hit the airwaves in June 2005, and in late 2006, Grey added classics channel My C'ville TV. Last time we checked, Charlottesville was number 181 in the 210 Nielsen designated market areas in the United States, sandwiched between Alexandria, LA, and Jonesboro, AK-- with approximately 70,000 television households.
Commercial stations:
NBC29 (WVIR broadcast 29, cable 4)
WAHU Fox 27
CBS19 (WCAV broadcast 19, cable 6)
ABC16 (WVAW broadcast 16, cable 3) (broadcast 55, cable 9)
My C'ville TV (cable 2)
Non-Commercial television
Yeah, an artsy town like Charlottesville has two public television stations, each claiming to be Charlottesville's own-- but neither is based here.
WHTJ PBS
WVPT PBS (broadcast 50, cable 11) Harrisonburg-based PBS station (broadcast 41) Richmond-based PBS station (though they do have a station on the Downtown Mall)
Public access television
Comcast Cable channels 13 and 14 provide, respectively, public and education access. Watch government in action on Charlottesville TV 10, which broadcasts City Council meetings.
Some news television stations
Richmond - WWBT-12 (NBC)
Richmond - WRIC-8 (ABC)
Richmond - WTVR-6 (CBS)
Lynchburg - WSET-13 (ABC)
Harrisonburg - WHSV-3 (ABC)
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