Tampa: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Tampa's major daily newspaper is The Tampa Tribune, a morning publication. Residents also read the St. Petersburg Times. Tampa's magazine that focuses on lifestyles, local events, shopping, dining, books, films, and entertainment is Tampa Bay Magazine.

Television and Radio

Tampa has eight television stations, six commercial and two public. Other stations serve the area from the nearby towns of Largo and St. Petersburg. Additional stations are available via cable. Twelve AM and FM radio stations are based in Tampa, ten commercial and two public. Approximately forty other radio stations serve the metropolitan area from nearby locations.

Media Information: The Tampa Tribune, 200 S. Parker St., Box 191, Tampa, FL 33601; telephone (813)259-7711; email readerservice@tampatrib.com

Tampa Online

Central Florida Development Council. Available www.cfdc.org

City of Tampa home page. Available www.ci.tampa.fl.us

Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Available www.tampachamber.com

Hillsborough County Public Schools. Available apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us

Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.gotampa.com

Tampa Bay Library Consortium. Available snoopy.tblc.lib.fl.us

Tampa Tribune. Available www.tampatrib.com

Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System. Available www.thpl.org

Selected Bibliography

Miller, Bill and Mary Fallon Miller, Tampa Triangle Dead Zone (St. Petersburg, Fla.: Ticket to Adventure, c1997)