Media in Rochester, New York

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This is a list of media serving Rochester, New York, and its surrounding area.

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Daily newspapers

Weekly and monthly publications


Student publications

Defunct newspapers

Frederick Douglass' abolitionist newspaper The North Star was published in Rochester from 1847 to 1851 and merged with Gerrit Smith's Liberty Party Paper (based in Syracuse, New York) to form Frederick Douglass' Paper, which was published until 1860. [12]

Rochester was served by the Rochester Post Express published by the Post Express Print Company from 1882 to 1923. [13] In 1923 the paper merged with the Rochester News Corporation's Rochester Evening Journal [14] to become Rochester Evening Journal and The Post Express and served the area from 1923 through 1937. [15] Rochester's evening paper for many years was the Times-Union , which merged operations with the Democrat and Chronicle in 1992, going defunct five years later.

New Women's Times (1975–1985) was a radical feminist newspaper that had reached a national readership by end of its publication. In 1981, it had a circulation of 25,000. [16]

Freetime (1987–2016) was a free, weekly entertainment magazine. [17]

About... time (1972–2002) was an African-American magazine. [18] [19]

The Rochester Patriot published 23 times a year from around 1972 until 1982.

The Jewish Ledger – weekly newspaper serving the Rochester area's Jewish community since 1924. Stopped publication in December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Monroe County Post – had different publications serving different parts of the Rochester area. Gannett discontinued the publications in 2020 as a cost-saving move.

Television, Cable and Radio

Television

The television broadcast towers at Pinnacle Hill PinnacleHillTransmissionTowers.jpg
The television broadcast towers at Pinnacle Hill

Rochester is served by eight broadcast television stations:

Cable

Charter Communications provides Rochester with cable-fed internet service, digital and standard cable television, and Spectrum News 1 Rochester, a 24-hour local news channel.

Radio

Rochester is served by a number of AM and FM radio stations:

FrequencyCall signFormatNotes
AM 950 WROC Sports (ISN)Also heard on 95.7 W239BF in Rochester
AM 990 WDCX Religious Also heard on 107.1 W296EF in Rochester
AM 1040 WYSL Talk radio Licensed to Avon and heard on 92.1 W221CL in Rochester
AM 1180 WHAM News/Talk Also heard on 96.1 W241DG in Rochester
AM 1280 WHTK Sports (FSR)
AM 1310 WOKR Classic country Licensed to Canandaigua and is heard on 95.5 W238DG in Canandaigua
AM 1370 WXXI public radio
AM 1420 WACK Full-service (talk/classic hits)Licensed to Newark and heard on 96.9 W245DI in Sodus
AM 1460 WHIC Catholic Also heard on 92.9 W225AR in Rochester
AM 1600 WRSB Spanish tropical Licensed to Brockport and heard on 97.5 W248BH in Rochester
FM 88.5 WRUR-FM AAA/NPR
FM 89.7 WITR Campus radio Licensed to Henrietta
FM 90.1 WGMC Jazz/Ethnic Licensed to Greece
FM 90.5 WBER Alternative radio
FM 90.9 WIRQ Alternative
FM 91.5 WXXO Classical
FM 92.5 WBEE-FM Country
FM 93.3 WFKL Adult hits Licensed to Fairport
FM 94.1 WZNE Alternative rock Licensed to Brighton
FM 95.1 WAIO Hot talk/Active rock Licensed to Honeoye Falls
FM 96.5 WCMF-FM Classic rock
FM 97.1 WEPL-LP Latin music/Talk
FM 97.9 WPXY-FM CHR/Top 40
FM 98.9 WBZA Adult hits
FM 99.7 WZXV Christian radio Licensed to Palmyra
FM 100.5 WDVI Country
FM 100.9 WXIR-LP Variety www.1009wxir.com
FM 101.3 WRMM-FM Adult contemporary
FM 101.9W270BX Christian radio Relays WMHN 89.3 Webster (Mars Hill Network)
FM 102.7 WLGZ-FM Classic hits Licensed to Webster and heard on 105.5 W288CS HD2 in Rochester
FM 103.5 WUUF Country Licensed to Sodus
FM 103.9 WDKX Urban contemporary
FM 104.3 WAYO-LP Free-form
FM 104.9 WKDL Contemporary christian (K-Love)Licensed to Brockport
FM 105.9 WXXI-FM public radio
FM 106.3 WRFZ-LP Community radio www.rochesterfreeradio.com
FM 106.7 WKGS Rhythmic contemporary Licensed to Irondequoit
FM 107.3 WNBL 1980s hits Licensed to South Bristol

To see a complete list of radio stations in Rochester including the Rochester Metropolitan area, please see: (Rochester radio) [20]

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  10. ↑ "Clubs & Organizations". Monroe Community College. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
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  12. ↑ David B. Chesebrough, Frederick Douglass; Oratory from Slavery, (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1998), 16-18.
  13. ↑ "About The post express. (Rochester, N.Y.) 1882–1923". Library of Congress . Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  14. ↑ "About Rochester evening journal. (Rochester, N.Y.) 19??-1923". Library of Congress . Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  15. ↑ "About Rochester journal and the post express. (Rochester, N.Y.) 1923-193?". Library of Congress . Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  16. ↑ Endres, Kathleen L.; Lueck, Therese L. (1996). Women's Periodicals in the United States: Social and Political Issues. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 237–242. ISBN   9780313286322.
  17. ↑ "Freetime mag shuts down". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  18. ↑ "Brief history of about...time Magazine". Archived from the original on April 23, 1998. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  19. ↑ "about...time". Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  20. ↑ Radio stations in Rochester, New York — World Radio Map
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