Cleveland: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Cleveland's major daily newspaper is the Plain Dealer, which is also Ohio's largest daily newspaper. Numerous community newspapers, including the Call & Post, an African American community newspaper, also circulate in the city. Cleveland Magazine, for readers in the Cleveland metropolitan area, features articles on politics and urban and suburban contemporary living and events. Northern Ohio LIVE, a monthly magazine describing entertainment opportunities, and Crain's Cleveland Business are also published there. The award-winning Cleveland Scene is an alternative magazine published weekly.

About 80 specialized magazines and trade, professional, and scholarly journals are published in Cleveland on such subjects as explosives engineering, local history, fraternal organizations, lawn care, ethnic culture, business and economics, religion, medicine, welding and metal production, food service, and building trades.

Television and Radio

Cleveland is the broadcast media center for northeastern Ohio. Greater Cleveland television viewers tune into programming scheduled by five stations based there. A dozen AM and FM radio stations broadcast a wide range of listening choices, from religious and inspirational features to news and talk shows to all major musical genres.

Media Information: Plain Dealer, 1801 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114; telephone (216)999-6000. Cleveland Magazine, 1422 Euclid Ave., Ste. 730, Cleveland, OH 44115; telephone (216)771-2833; fax (216)781-6318. Northern Ohio LIVE, 11320 Juniper Rd., Cleveland, OH 44106; telephone (216)721-1800; email info@livepub.com

Cleveland Online

City of Cleveland Home Page. Available www.city.cleveland.oh.us

Cleveland Municipal School District. Available www.cmsdnet.net

Cleveland Public Library. Available www.cpl.org

Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland. Available www.travelcleveland.com

Greater Cleveland Partnership. Available www.clevelandgrowth.com

Plain Dealer. Available www.plaindealer.com

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Available www.rockhall.com

Selected Bibliography

Chapman, Edmund H., Cleveland, Village to Metropolis: A Case Study of Problems of Urban Development in Nineteenth-Century America (Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1964)

Grubb, Davis, The Night of the Hunter (New York: Harper & Row, 1953)

Grubb, Davis, Oh Beulah Land: A Novel (New York: Viking, 1956)

Jones, Jennie, Cleveland: A Celebration in Color (2nd ed., Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Stock Images, 1987)

Miller, Carl H., Breweries of Cleveland (Schnitzelbank Press, 1998)

Phillips, Kimberley L., Alabama North: African-American Migrants, Community, and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-45 (The Working Class in American History) (University of Illinois Press, 2000)

Schneider, Russell, The Boys of the Summer of '48 (Sports Publishing Inc., 1998)