Wichita: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

Wichita's daily newspaper is the morning Wichita Eagle. The Wichita Business Journal is the city's weekly business newspaper. Special-interest newspapers and magazines published in Wichita focus on a variety of topics, such as business and economics, aging, antiques and art collectibles, aviation for farmers, shopping news, and community affairs. Feist Publications, publisher of Yellow Book directories, maintains an office in Wichita, and ASR Philanthropic Publishing, producer of books, newsletters, and brochures for fundraising and philanthropic organizations, are headquartered there. Other publications produced in the city include Wichita Family Magazine, Wichita Kids Newspaper, and Wichita Register Magazine.

Television and Radio

Six television stations are based in Wichita; cable service is available. Eleven AM and FM radio stations serve the Wichita metropolitan area with music, news, information, and public interest features.

Media Information: Wichita Eagle, 825 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS 67201; telephone (316)268-6000

Wichita Online

City of Wichita home page. Available www.wichitagov.org

Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available www.visitwichita.com

Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition. Available www.gwedc.org

Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce. Available www.wichitakansas.org

Wichita Business Journal. Available wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita

Wichita Eagle. Available www.kansas.com/mld/kansas

Wichita Public Library. Available www.wichita.lib.ks.us

Wichita Public Schools. Available www.usd259.com

Selected Bibliography

Beattie, Robert, Nightmare in Wichita: The Hunt for the BTK Strangler (New York, NY: New American Library, 2005)

Price, Jay M., Wichita's Legacy of Flight (Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing, 2003)

Tanner, Beccy, Bear Grease, Builders and Bandits: The Men and Women of Wichita's Past (Wichita, KS: Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing, 1991)