Media
The Pikes Peak region is like a lot of the US: Newspapers are struggling; news comes from national and online sources; and local radio competes with satellite, the Internet, and personal devices like iPods. Living locally doesn’t mean hearing or seeing locally anymore!
The one daily paper, The Gazette, gets some competition from bigger papers out of the region—notably The Denver Post and the Wall Street Journal. For TV, it’s not about what stations, the question is what cable provider. There’s Comcast, DirectTV, and Dish network. Each location—even by subdivision—might mean something else. Confusing? You said it!
For radio, we have a lot of country and Christian stations. But more than what kind of station, we have a very revolving environment. One day a station might be rock, and then the next week it’s country. You can never be sure, but people have adapted. Put it this way—our media scene is a lot like family. We might not always like it, but we live with it.
1. Colorado Springs Business Journal
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Media
Telephone: (719) 634-5905
Address: 31 E. Platte Ave., Suite 300
Description: The Business Journal, as it’s called locally, is a business-to-business publication that focuses on the biggest sectors of the local economy, from tourism to defense contractors to health care. The weekly print publication has been around for more than 20 years, and an online edition is updated daily with breaking news. Subscribers also receive a daily e-mail on important stories. The audience is mainly CEOs, business owners, and professionals in both the for-profit and nonprofit industries. Through its entire media, the Business Journal reaches about 50,000 people per week.
2. Colorado Springs Independent
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Media
Telephone: (719) 577-4545
Address: 235 S. Nevada Ave.
Description: The Independent is an alternative weekly paper that covers news, culture, and entertainment, many times through insightful, in-depth features. The 36,000-circulation paper can be picked up for free at hundreds of locations around town, such as restaurants, health clubs, and libraries. Opinionated, whimsical, and forward-thinking, the paper has been published in the region since 1993. Its biggest issues of the year cover the popular Best of Colorado Springs contests for everything from restaurants to nail salons. One recent year saw more than 8,500 people vote.
3. Kktv Cbs Ch. 11
City: Colorado Springs, CO
Category: Media
Telephone: (719) 634-2844
Address: 3100 N. Nevada Ave.