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Television shows, who provides them? The large local station is KCAL- 9. The major television network affiliates in Los Angeles and Orange County are as follows: 
- ABC-7
- CBS- 2
- FOX- 11
- NBC- 4
- PBS- 28
- PUN- 13
- WB- 5
Cable Television is centered in the City of Los Angeles, who houses the Information Technology Agency, 213-485-2751, www.lacity.org, that helps direct you to your cable company. Many cable companies now offer digital telephone and high-speed internet service as well, all of which can be bundled together with your cable service.
- Adelphi Communications,
- Cox Communications
- Comcast
- Shortest Communications
- Time Warner Communications
Radio stations come in handy when maddening daily commutes have many tubing in for up-to-the-minute traffic reports. AM stations 980 and 1070 give frequent and regular traffic repost (every 6 minutes for 1070 and “on the one’s,” 9:01, 9:11, for 980) Most of the following stations can be received in both Los Angeles and Orange County:
- AM
- KABC 790 TALK RADIO
- KFI 640 TALK/SPORTS
- KSPN 710 SPORTS
- KFWB 980 NEWS
- KLAC 570 STANDARDS
- KNX 1070 NEWS
- KDIS 1110 RADIO DISNEY
- KTLK 1150 PROGRESSIVE TALK RADIO
- KMPC 1540 SPORTS
- FM
- KBIG 104.3 ADULT CONTEMPORARY
- KCBS 93.1 OLDIES
- KHHT 92.3 RHYTHM $ BLUES OLDIES
- KIIS 102.7 TOP 40
- KLOS 95.5 ALBUM ORIENTED ROCK
- KMZT 105.1 CLASSICAL
- KOST 103.5 ADULT CONTEMPORARY
- KROQ 106.7 ROCK
- KRTH 101.1 OLDIES
- KTWV 94.7 SMOOTH JAZZ
- KYSR 98.7 MODERN ADULT CONTEMPORARY
- KZLA 93.9 COUNTRY
Newspapers and Magazines that are neighborhood publications, and focus on community issues include:
- Arcadia Weekly, 626-294-1090
- Argonaut, 310-822-1629, www.argonautnewspaper.com
- Beverly Hills Courier, 310-278-1322
- Brentwood News, 310-873-0226, www.brentwoodnews.com
- Burbank Leader, 818-843-8700
- Culver City News, 310-313-6727, www.culvercityonline.com
- Daily Breeze, 310-540-5511, www.dailybreeze.com (Torrance)
- Downtown Gazette, 562-433-2000, www.gazettes.com (Long Beach)
- Downtown News, 213-481-1448, www.losangelesdowntown.com
- Glendale News Press, 818-241-4141
- Hollywood Independent, 323-556-5720, www.laindependent.com
- Malibu Times, 310-456-5507, www.malibutimes.com
- Pasadena Weekly, 626-795-0149, www.pasadenaweekly.com
- Santa Monica Outlook, 310-829-0411
- Signal, 661-259-1234, www.the-signal.com (Santa Clarita)
- Tolucan Times, 818-762-2171, www.tolucantimes.com (Toluca Lake)
- Vanguard News, 805-269-2030, www.vanguardnews.com (Acton)
- Westside Weekly, 310-314-1297
Citywide Publications include:
- Los Angeles Times, 888-565-2323, www.latimes.com; primary newspaper in LA, it publishes a separate but smaller edition for the Valley. Its Sunday edition (available as early as Saturday morning at convenience stores and newsstands) makes for hefty weekend reading.
- Daily News, 818-713-3000, www.dailynews.com; based in the Valley and competitor to the Times.
- LA Weekly, 323-465-9909, www.laweekly.com; this alternative paper is what many residents of LA turn to for information on movies, clubs, and fun in Los Angeles. Their provocative personal ads are also a good source of entertainment. The paper is free for the taking at newsstands, supermarkets, coffeehouses, convenience stores, etc. If you want a home-delivered subscription, you’ll have to pay.
- Los Angeles Magazine, 800-876-5222, nice glossy spread covering the hip and happening in the LA scene, some fashion and food are also covered.
- Orange County Register, 877-496-7344, www.ocregister.com; the major daily in Orange County.
- OC Weekly, 714-550-5900, www.ocweekly.com; the Orange County counterpart to the LA Weekly.
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