Birmingham is one of the few American cities that still have separately-owned competing daily newspapers. Birmingham's major daily newspaper is the Birmingham Post-Herald (afternoons). The Birmingham News publishes an afternoon edition and a combined edition with the Post-Herald on Saturdays. Other newspapers appeal to African Americans, college students, and various religious groups. Also published in Birmingham are the regional magazine Southern Living, a monthly focusing on homes, cuisine, gardens, and recreation; and Cooking Light, the country's number one healthy lifestyle magazine. Nearly twenty other magazines are published here.
Birmingham is served by eight television stations, of which four are affiliated with the major commercial networks and one with public broadcasting. Additional stations are available via cable. The city's 19AM and 16 FM radio stations broadcast a wide range of programs, from gospel, country/western, and inspirational to big band, classical, and rock.
Media Information: Birmingham Post-Herald, 2200 4th Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203; telephone (205)325-2344. Birmingham News, PO Box 2553, Birmingham, AL 35202; telephone (205)325-2444
Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel. Available www.touralabama.org
Alabama Development Office. Available www.ado.state.al.us
Alabama Live (entertainment listings and more). Available www.al.com
Birmingham News. Available www.al.com/news
Birmingham Post-Herald. Available www.postherald.com
Birmingham Public Library. Available www.bham.lib.al.us
Birmingham Public Schools. Available www.bhm.k12.al.us
City of Birmingham Home Page. Available www.informationbirmingham.com
City of Birmingham Office of Economic Development. Available www.informationbirmingham.com/economic.htm
Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.bcvb.org
Information about development opportunities, events, and amenities in City Center. Available www.yourcitycenter.com
Online CityGuide. Available www.onlinecityguide.com/al/birmingham
Dunnavant, Keith, Coach: The Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996)
Hemphill, Paul, Leaving Birmingham: Notes of a Native Son (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2000)
Jefferson County Historical Commission, ed., Birmingham and Jefferson County Alabama (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 1998)