Helena: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Helena's local newspapers include the Independent-Record, a daily, and the Adit, a shopping weekly. Magazines published locally include Montana Magazine, a regional interest magazine, The Montana Catholic, and the Montana historical magazine, as well as the Montana Stockgrower, the Montana Food Distributor, Trial Trends and U.S. Toy Collector Magazine.

Television and Radio

One private television station broadcasts from Helena, and there is one local cable company. The city has four local FM radio stations and three AM stations. They feature adult contemporary, easy listening, country, classic rock, and news and talk formats.

Media Information: Independent-Record, PO Box 4249, Helena, MT 59604; telephone (406)447-4000

Helena Online

City of Helena. Available www.ci.helena.mt.us

Helena Chamber of Commerce. Available www.helena chamber.com/index.html

Helena Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available helenacvb.visitmt.com

Helena Public Schools. Available www.helena.k12.mt.us

Independent-Record. Available www.helenair.com

Lewis & Clark County Library. Available www.lewisandclark library.org

Montana Business Information Center. Available www.sba online.sba.gov/regions/states/mt/mtbics.html

Selected Bibliography

Evans, Nicholas, The Horse Whisperer (New York: Delacourte Press, 1995

Petrick, Paula Evans, No Step Backward: Women and Family on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier, Helena, MT: 1865-1900, (Helena, MT: Helena Montana Historical Society Press, 1987)

Rodgers, Joni, Crazy for Trying (Denver: MacMurray & Beck, 1999)