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This is an overview of media in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Newspapers

Vancouver has two major English-language daily newspapers, The Vancouver Sun (a broadsheet) and The Province (a tabloid). Both are published by CanWest MediaWorks Publications, a division of CanWest Global Communications. There are also two national newspapers distributed in the city: The Globe and Mail, which began distribution of a "national edition" into B.C. in 1983, and in more recent years launched a three-page B.C. news section in an effort to increase its readership in the city. The National Post, also owned by CanWest, entered city markets only in the last few years but has very little British Columbia content.

Vancouver has three Chinese-language daily newspapers, Ming Pao, Sing Tao and World Journal. Ming Pao and Sing Tao cater to a Cantonese-speaking readership whereas World Journal targets Mandarin speakers.

Vancouver is home to many business publications.

• BC Business Mag (monthly)
• Business Edge Vancouver (weekly)
• Business In Vancouver (weekly)
• Journal of Commerce BC (daily)
• Make It Business (monthly)
• Western Investor (monthly)

Two free daily newspapers, 24 Hours and Metro are published in the city from Monday to Friday. Both contain a small number of local news stories and 24 Hours occasionally breaks news stories. Neither is long-established and both tend to concentrate on celebrity news and gossip.

The Georgia Straight is a weekly "alternative" newspaper, though in addition to left-leaning news and opinion it also features upscale advertising for products such as condominiums and has lifestyle articles on topics such as health and style. Its most extensive sections are focused on entertainment and music features and listings. The Georgia Straight began as a counterculture newspaper in the 1960s, full of controversial politics and occasional "obscene" cartoons and pictures, including the hippie classic comic Harold Hedd. During this period "the Straight's" owner and publisher, Dan MacLeod, was repeatedly harassed by the city and its anti-hippie mayor Tom Campbell. MacLeod's offices were repeatedly raided and he was beaten by police.^{[citation needed]} During the 1970s MacLeod converted the publication to a much more entertainment-oriented publication, avoiding political content until the mid-1980s.

The Post Group Multimedia publishes 3 weekly newspapers: The Asian Pacific Post (Chinese), South Asian Post (Indo-Canadian), and The Filipino Post, for the three largest immigrant communities in the Lower Mainland.

The Express is the title used for an occasional union-published newspaper published by the press unions when they are on strike.

Neighbourhood papers

The Vancouver Courier, a free community newspaper, is distributed to most households in the city every Wednesday and Friday. The WE, a free weekly paper that used to be distributed primarily in the city's West End neighbourhood, has recently been trying to compete with the Georgia Straight as a weekly alternative newspaper for the entire city covering civic news and opinion (it does not try to compete with the Straight's exhaustive entertainment coverage and listings).

Radio

There are three main news radio stations in Vancouver: CBC Radio One, CKNW and News1130. There are several other talk, information, and sports stations, primarily on the AM band, and a variety of music stations, mostly on FM.

In addition, there are four campus and community licensed radio stations in the Vancouver market. CJSF-FM (SFU's Burnaby campus), CITR-FM (UBC's main campus), and CFML (BCIT's Burnaby campus) are staffed by students from their respective schools. CFRO (Vancouver Coop Radio) is located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. CJSF, CITR, and CFRO are members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association.

In addition, both KARI (AM) from Blaine, Washington (AM 550) and KWPZ from Lynden, Washington (FM 106.5) are usually considered part of the Vancouver radio market; KARI and KWPZ both maintain offices in Vancouver.

• Vancouver Radio Museum

Television

Vancouver is the second largest television production centre in North America after Los Angeles ^[1].

Global BC is the most popular evening newscast in the city by a wide margin, though CTV British Columbia, currently a distant second in the ratings, has aggressively been trying to increase its market share — including the recent purchase of a news helicopter known as 'Chopper 9'. In 2006 Global BC launched the Global One traffic helicopter for live traffic updates and breaking news. CBC also has local newscasts though they are far back in the ratings.^{[citation needed]}

Vancouver and most of the Lower Mainland are served by Shaw Cable.

American network affiliates on Vancouver cable are from Seattle, Washington including KOMO (ABC), KING (NBC), KIRO (CBS), KCTS (PBS), KSTW (The CW), and KCPQ (FOX). Many of these stations can be seen over the air in Vancouver.

Magazines

• Vancouver Magazine, a lifestyle magazine with some news features, publishes 10 times a year.
• Bridge magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine produced by 18-35 year-old college and university students.

Online media

• The Tyee, alternative news site
• BC Buzz with Dave Michael Garg, online TV & magazine outlet focused on the environment
• (604)818.com, online Chinese and English local news blog

Media ownership

Vancouver has some of the most concentrated media ownership in all of Canada. The Vancouver Sun, The Province, the National Post, Global BC, and 12 community newspapers are all owned by Canwest. Partly in response to that concentration, a group of journalists — many of them ex-Sun employees — started up an online news publication, The Tyee, that posts news and opinion pieces on a nearly daily basis.

References

1. ^ "Vancouver Film Industry". Canada.com. http://www.vancouver.com/movies/hollywood_north/vancouver_film_industry_overview/index.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-24. 

See also

• Hollywood North

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