This is a list of mass media in Rochester, New York, and its surrounding area.
Print media
Daily newspapers
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester's main daily newspaper, published since 1833 Insider magazine (owned by the Democrat and Chronicle) The Daily Record – legal, real estate, and business daily, has published Monday through Friday since 1908
Weekly and monthly publications
City Newspaper – free, monthly publication published since 1972 Genesee Valley Penny Saver – free, weekly magazine Rochester Business Journal – weekly business paper The Good Life Magazine – free bi-monthly publication Rochester Indymedia – grassroots, democratically run Independent Media Center Minority Reporter – free, weekly African-American newspaper La Voz – an associated monthly, bilingual newspaper for the area's Hispanic population The Empty Closet – free monthly LGBT magazine that has been published since 1971, making it the oldest LGBT publication in New York and one of the oldest in the United States The Catholic Courier – circulated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester since 1889
Student publications
The Campus Times (University of Rochester) The Monroe Doctrine (Monroe Community College) The Reporter (Rochester Institute of Technology) Gracies Dinnertime Theatre (run by students from Monroe Community College, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Rochester. 1995-2005, 2025-present. Publishes 30 issues/academic year)
Defunct newspapers Frederick Douglass' abolitionist newspaper The North Star was published in Rochester from 1847 to 1851 and merged with Gerrit Smith's Liberty Party Paper (based in Syracuse, New York) to form Frederick Douglass' Paper, which was published until 1860.David B. Chesebrough, Frederick Douglass; Oratory from Slavery, (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1998), 16-18.
The Rochester Daily Advertiser was published by Luther Tucker, its first issue being 25 October 1826. It was the first daily paper published west of Albany.
Rochester was served by the Rochester Post Express published by the Post Express Print Company from 1882 to 1923. In 1923 the paper merged with the Rochester News Corporation's Rochester Evening Journal to become Rochester Evening Journal and The Post Express and served the area from 1923 through 1937. Rochester's evening paper for many years was the Times-Union, which merged operations with the Democrat and Chronicle in 1992, going defunct five years later.
The Union and Advertiser, also known as the Daily Union and Advertiser, was published by Curtis, Butts & Co. from 1856 until at least 1886. For at least part of its history it was a daily. Several volumes are part of the Library of Congress' collection. It was succeeded in 1918 by the Rochester Times-Union.
New Women's Times (1975–1985) was a radical feminist newspaper that had reached a national readership by end of its publication. In 1981, it had a circulation of 25,000.
Freetime (1987–2016) was a free, weekly entertainment magazine.
About... time (1972–2002) was an African-American magazine.
The Rochester Patriot published 23 times a year from around 1972 until 1982.
The Jewish Ledger – weekly newspaper serving the Rochester area's Jewish community since 1924. Stopped publication in December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Monroe County Post – had different publications serving different parts of the Rochester area. Gannett discontinued the publications in 2020 as a cost-saving move.
Television, Cable and Radio
Television
Rochester is served by eight broadcast television stations: CBS: WROC-TV 8 (cable 8) NBC: WHEC-TV 10 (cable 10) ABC: WHAM 13 (cable 13) PBS: WXXI-TV 21 (cable 11) Fox: WUHF 31 (cable 7) MyNetworkTV: WBGT-CD 46 (cable 18) CW: WHAM-DT2 (13–2) (cable 16) Rochester Community TV (RCTV cable 15)
Cable Charter Communications provides Rochester with cable-fed internet service, digital and standard cable television, and Spectrum News 1 Rochester, a 24-hour local news channel.
Radio Rochester is served by a number of AM and FM radio stations:
FrequencyCall signFormatNotesAM 950WROCSports (WOS/WGR)Also heard on 95.7 W239BF in Rochester AM 990WDCX ReligiousAlso heard on 107.1 W296EF in Rochester AM 1040WYSLTalk radioLicensed to Avon and heard on 92.1 W221CL in Rochester AM 1180WHAMNews/TalkAlso heard on 96.1 W241DG in Rochester AM 1280WHTKSports (FSR)AM 1310WOKRClassic countryLicensed to Canandaigua and is heard on 95.5 W238DG in Canandaigua AM 1370WXXIpublic radioAlso heard on WXXI-FMAM 1420WACKFull-service (talk/classic hits) Licensed to Newark and heard on 96.9 W245DI in SodusAM 1460WHICCatholicAlso heard on 92.9 W225AR in Rochester AM 1600WRSBSpanish tropicalLicensed to Brockport and heard on 97.5 W248BH in Rochester FM 88.5WRUR-FMAAA/NPRFM 89.7WITRCampus radioLicensed to HenriettaFM 90.1WGMCJazz/EthnicLicensed to GreeceFM 90.5WBERAlternative radio FM 90.9WIRQAlternative FM 91.5WXXOClassicalFM 92.5 WBEE-FMCountryFM 93.3WFKLAdult hitsLicensed to FairportFM 94.1 WZNEAlternative rockLicensed to BrightonFM 95.1WAIOActive rockLicensed to Honeoye FallsFM 96.5WCMF-FMClassic rockFM 97.1WEPL-LPLatin music/TalkFM 97.9WPXY-FMCHR/Top 40FM 98.9WBZAAdult hitsFM 99.7WZXVChristian radioLicensed to PalmyraFM 100.5WDVICountryFM 100.9WXIR-LPVarietywww.1009wxir.comFM 101.3WRMM-FMAdult contemporaryFM 101.9W270BXChristian radioRelays WMHN 89.3 Webster (Mars Hill Network)FM 102.7 WLGZ-FMClassic hitsLicensed to Webster and heard on 105.5 W288CS HD2 in Rochester FM 103.5WUUFCountryLicensed to SodusFM 103.9WDKX Urban contemporaryFM 104.3WAYO-LPFree-formFM 104.9WKDLContemporary christian (K-Love)Licensed to BrockportFM 105.9WXXI-FMpublic radioFM 106.3WRFZ-LPCommunity radiowww.rochesterfreeradio.com FM 106.7WKGSRhythmic contemporary Licensed to IrondequoitFM 107.3WNBL1980s hitsLicensed to South Bristol
To see a complete list of radio stations in Rochester including the Rochester Metropolitan area, please see: (Rochester radio) Radio stations in Rochester, New York — World Radio Map
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