According to Nielsen Media statistics for 2015–2016, the Richmond, Virginia market area is the 56th largest Designated Market Area in the United States, with 549,730 TV households. Richmond is served by a variety of communication media:
Print media
Daily
The local daily newspaper in Richmond is the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Weekly
Style Weekly (alternative weekly) Chesterfield Observer
Monthly / bi-monthly / quarterly
NORTH of the JAMES Magazine (monthly) Boomer Magazine (bi-monthly) Chesterfield Living, West Ends Best, Hanover Lifestyle (bi-monthly) Greater Richmond Grid Magazine (bi-monthly) OurHealth Richmond Magazine (bi-monthly) Richmond Magazine (monthly) RVA Magazine (quarterly) Virginia Business (monthly) Whurk (monthly)
News and newsmagazines
The Richmond Free Press and the Richmond Voice are weekly newspapers that cover the news from a predominantly African American perspective. The only Hispanic magazine in the state, La Voz Hispana de Virginia provides significant cultural and news content in both English and Spanish. There are also two major publications from the Jewish community of Richmond, published in English; The Reflector is the semi-weekly newspaper of the Jewish Federation of Richmond and Virginia Jewish Life (formerly Virginia Jewish News) is an independent monthly magazine published by the Chabad community of Richmond, but highlighting stories of general Jewish interest in Virginia. City Edition was a civic-minded newspaper that listed municipal and council related events, issues, and results, which stopped publication in October 2007. . Richmond.com is an online newsmagazine with a wide readership. Other local topical publications include Richmond Parents Magazine and V Magazine for Women. the voice of women in Richmond. Richmond Guide is a quarterly that is targeted toward visitors. The Virginia Defender is a quarterly statewide community newspaper with a press run of 16,000 distributed through nearly 300 distribution sites in Richmond, plus 16 other Virginia cities and five counties.
Richmond's leading African American newspaper at the turn of the century was the Richmond Planet which ran from 1883 to 1996 and was edited by John Mitchel, Jr. from 1884 until his death in 1929.
Regional and county newspapers include the following: The Amelia Bulletin Monitor for Amelia County, Virginia Capital News Service at VCU for regional and national news The Chesterfield Observer for Chesterfield County, Virginia The Goochland Courier for Goochland County, Virginia The Goochland Gazette for Goochland County, Virginia The Henrico Citizen for Henrico County, Virginia The Hopewell News (defunct) for Hopewell, Virginia Petersburg Progress-Index for Petersburg, Virginia RVA Magazine Virginia Living is a glossy magazine published bi-monthly that covers Virginia events.
Student Operated
Many colleges and universities in Richmond have student operated new services including The Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Student Media, VUU, and University of Richmond. Examples of student operated media include VCU's Commonwealth Times, VCU Capital News Service and VCU InSight ','Ink, Amendment, Emanata, and Poictesme''.
Television
Richmond is served by several television stations.
Broadcast
Richmond's over-the-air television stations:
** As of August, 2019, this station is indicated as Silent on the FCC's broadcast database.
Repack refers to the impending reallocation of channel assignments following FCC Auctions 1001/1002, which is designed to sell unused TV spectrum to wireless service operators. Richmond-area stations will begin testing in January 2020, and will have to move to their new channels by March 13, 2020.
Primary station signals air on 2-3 channels per cable system (usually one in standard definition and 1–2 in high definition). Subchannels are cleared on cable systems through contractual agreements, and are generally in standard definition.