Newport: Communications
Newport: Communications
Newspapers and Magazines
The Newport Daily News is published Monday through Friday evenings and Saturday morning. The Newport Mercury, a community newspaper, is published weekly and provides subscribers with a summary of local events, news and sports, as does Newport This Week. The monthly Newport Traveler serves residents and tourists in southern New England. Magazines published in Newport include Cruising World, Sailing World Magazine, and The Yacht, all marketed to the resident and visiting watercraft afficianados. The Newport Navalog is a weekly newspaper serving the local Navy community.
Television and Radio
Radio and television programming on Aquidneck Island is largely provided by way of Providence, Rhode Island and larger municipalities in Massachusetts. Television viewers in Newport are served by three major networks, a public television station, and a cable franchise. The Newport Musical Arts Association operates a low-power FM radio station that broadcasts a diverse mix of music and programming, including jazz, blues, ska and funk. Another local FM station focuses on swing music, while its AM affiliate provides news and talk radio to Newport residents.
Media Information: The Newport Daily News, 101 Malbone Rd., PO Box 420, Newport, RI 02840; telephone (401)849-3300
Newport Online
City of Newport. Available www.cityofnewport.com
Newport County Chamber of Commerce. Available www.newportchamber.com
Newport County Convention &Visitors Bureau. Available www.gonewport.com
Newport Public Library. Available www.newportlibraryri.org
Newport Public Schools. Available http://newportrischools.org
Rhode Island Convention Center. Available www.riconvention.com
Rhode Island Economic Development. Available www.riedc.com
Rhode Island Tourism Division. Available www.visitrhodeisland.com
Selected Bibliography
Amory, Thomas C., Siege of Newport (Cambridge, Mass: J. Wilson and Son, 1888)
Cahoone, Sara S., Sketches of Newport and its Vicinity: With Notices Respecting the History, Settlement and Geography of Rhode Island (New York: J. S. Taylor, 1842)
Dow, Charles H., Newport: The City by the Sea. Four Epochs in Her History. An Age of Shadowy Tradition (Newport: J. P. Sanborn, 1880)
O'Connor, Richard, The Golden Summers: An Antic History of Newport (New York: Putnam, 1974)
Sirkis, Nancy, Newport Pleasures and Palaces (New York: Viking, 1963)
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