St. Petersburg: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The Pulitzer Prize-winning St. Petersburg Times, a morning paper, is frequently ranked as one of the top ten newspapers in the country. Pinellas County also has its own edition of the Tampa Tribune. Florida Trend magazine, a monthly publication circulated statewide, focuses on business and finance in the state.

Television and Radio

Two television stations broadcast from St. Petersburg, an independent station and the CBS affiliate. Six other stations operate from Tampa and Clearwater, including network affiliates, two public stations, and the nationwide Home Shopping Network. Cable television is available to residential subscribers. Four FM and four AM radio stations are based in St. Petersburg, with other stations serving the area from Tampa, Clearwater, and Sarasota.

Media Information: St. Petersburg Times, 490 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701; telephone (727)893-8111. Tampa Tribune, (Pinellas Edition), PO Box 191, Tampa, FL 33601; telephone (813)259-7711

St. Petersburg Online

City of St. Petersburg home page. Available www.ci.saint-petersburg.fl.us or www.stpete.org

Economic Development Department, City of St. Petersburg. Available http://stpeteshines.stpete.org

Pinellas County Schools. Available www.pinellas.k12.fl.us

St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce. Available www.stpete.com

St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.floridasbeach.com

St. Petersburg Museum of History. Available www.stpetemuseumofhistory.org

St. Petersburg Public Library System. Available http://st-petersburg-library.org

St. Petersburg Times. Available www.sptimes.com

Tampa Tribune. Available www.tampatrib.com

Selected Bibliography

Arsenault, Raymond, St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888–1950 (Norfolk: University Press of Florida, 1996)

Ayers, R. Wayne, St. Petersburg: The Sunshine City (Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001)

Rooks, Sandra W., St. Petersburg Florida (Black America Series) (Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2003)