Albuquerque: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Albuquerque is served by two daily newspapers, the morning Albuquerque Journal and the evening Albuquerque Tribune, and by the weekly newspapers New Mexico Business Weekly, which covers business media, and El Hispano News, a Spanish-language newspaper. Magazines published there include abqARTS, New Mexico Business Journal, and New Mexico Woman.

Television and Radio

Ten television stations, including affiliates for the major commercial networks and public television, serve metropolitan Albuquerque. Cable television is available by subscription. Approximately 40 AM and FM radio stations broadcast to Albuquerque-area listeners, offering a wide variety of programming, including Spanish- and Navajo-language features. Albuquerque Public Schools operates an instructional radio station that features educational programming as well as jazz and Latin music.

Media Information: Albuquerque Journal, 7777 Jefferson Street NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109; Newsroom telephone (505)823-3800. Albuquerque Tribune, PO Drawer T, Albuquerque, NM, 87103; telephone (505)823-7777

Albuquerque Online

Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.abqcvb.org

Albuquerque Journal. Available www.abqjournal.com

Albuquerque Public Schools. Available www.aps.edu/aps

Albuquerque Tribune. Available www.abqtrib.com

Bernalillo County home page. Available www.bernco.gov

City of Albuquerque home page. Available www.cabq.gov

Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. Available www.gacc.org

New Mexico Department of Labor. Available www.dol.state.nm.us

Rio Grande Valley Library System. Available www.cabq.gov/rgvls

Selected Bibliography

Anaya, Rudolfo A., Alburquerque (Albuquerque: U. of New Mexico Press, 1992)

Chilton, Lance, et al., A New Guide to the Colorful State (University of New Mexico Press, 1984)

Simmons, Mark, Albuquerque: A Narrative History (University of New Mexico Press, 1982)