Ann Arbor: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

The Ann Arbor News, which appears evenings Monday through Friday and on Saturday and Sunday mornings, is Ann Arbor's daily newspaper. The student newspaper is The Michigan Daily, published daily during the academic year. The Ann Arbor Observer is a monthly magazine offering features, profiles, historical articles, business items, restaurant reviews, and a listing of events and exhibits; it also publishes an annual City Guide.

Automobile Magazine, a popular magazine for automobile enthusiasts, is published monthly in Ann Arbor. Other special-interest magazines and scholarly journals cover such subjects as health care, Michigan history, religion, and Asian studies.

Television and Radio

Ann Arbor receives local affiliate television channels, including their national network feeds, broadcasting from surrounding cities such as Lansing and Detroit, plus PBS, and three independents. In addition, local access television is available from CTN on Channels 16-19 via Comcast Cable.

Four AM and FM radio stations based in Ann Arbor furnish diverse programming choices, including jazz, oldies, and middle-of-the-road music; news and information; sports; as well as National Public Radio broadcasting on the Michigan Radio network. Listeners also choose from stations in Detroit; Windsor, Ontario; and other cities.

Media Information: The Ann Arbor News, 340 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48106; telephone (734)994-6989; Ann Arbor Observer, 201 Catherine, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; telephone (313)769-3175

Ann Arbor Online

Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.annarbor.org

Ann Arbor District Library home page. Available www.annarbor.lib.mi.us

The Ann Arbor News. Available aa.mlive.com

Ann Arbor Public Schools. Available www.aps.k12.mi.us

City of Ann Arbor. Available www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us

Gerald R. Ford Library. Available redbud.lbjlib.utexas.edu/ford

Historical Society of Michigan. Available www.atl46.atl.msu.edu/hsm.html

The Michigan Daily. Available www.pub.umich.edu/daily

The University of Michigan home page. Available www.umich.edu

Washtenaw Development Council. Available www.wdcecondev.com

Selected Bibliography

Along the Huron: The Natural Communities of the Huron River Corridor in Ann Arbor, Michigan (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999)

University of Michigan Museum of Art, et al., From Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol: Portraits and Self-Portraits from the University of Michigan Museum of Art (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994)