Wilmington: Communications

Newspapers and Magazines

One Wilmington-based daily newspaper, The News Journal, serves the state of Delaware. Other Wilmington publications include: Delaware Today, a general-interest monthly magazine; Big Shout Magazine, featuring entertainment information; The Dialog, published by the Catholic Press of Wilmington; Delaware Medical Journal ; and Out & About, an entertainment monthly.

Television and Radio

Two television stations originate in Wilmington, one of which is an educational affiliate of the Public Broadcasting System. Comcast Cable provides cable television service to greater Wilmington. Wilmington viewers receive most programs from stations located in Philadelphia and other cities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The same is true of radio broadcasts; the city is home to four AM stations and three FM stations, but is considered part of a market that also encompasses eastern Pennsylvania (including Philadelphia) and northern New Jersey.

Media Information: The News Journal, 950 West Basin Road, New Castle, DE 19720; telephone (302)324-2500 or (800)235-9100

Wilmington Online

Brandywine School District. Available www.bsd.k12.de.us

Christina School District. Available www.christina.k12.de.us

City of Wilmington home page. Available www.ci.wilmington.de.us

Delaware Office of Economic Development. Available www.state.de.us/dedo

Delaware Online. Available www.delawareonline.com

New Castle County Economic Development Council. Available http://www.nccedc.com

New Castle County Online. Available www.newcastle comag.com

New Castle County VoTech. Available www.k12.de.us/nccvotech

Red Clay Consolidated School District. Available www.redclay.k12.de.us

School district statistics. Available www.doe.state.de.us/edstats/Menu/EdStats.htm

Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau. Available www.wilmcvb.org

Wilmington Public Library. Available www.wilmlib.org

Selected Bibliography

Hoffecker, Carol E., Corporate Capital: Wilmington in the Twentieth Century. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983)

Lincoln, Anna T., Wilmington, Delaware: Three Centuries under Four Flags, 1609-1937 (Kennikat Press, 1977)

Thompson, Priscilla, and Sally O'Byrne, Wilmington's Waterfront (Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 1999)