This is a list of
television and
radio stations along with a list of
media outlets. There is also, of course, a wide range of influential social media.
Contents
TV stations
The cable provider in Toronto is
Rogers Cable.
American network affiliates on Toronto cable are from
Buffalo, New York, including
WGRZ (
NBC),
WIVB (
CBS),
WKBW (
ABC),
WUTV (
Fox), and
WNED (
PBS). Digital cable subscribers can also watch
WNYO (
MyNetworkTV) and
WNLO (
The CW). Many of these stations can be seen over the air throughout the
Greater Toronto Area.
Most of Canada’s cable television networks also have national operations based in Toronto; for more information, see
List of Canadian television channels. See
Digital television in Canada for information relating to the transition to HDTV in Canada.
Radio
Toronto stations
Other stations
Numerous radio stations licensed to communities outside Toronto are also marketed toward the Toronto area. This includes one
American station.
Former stations
Please see former City of Toronto radio stations at the
Canadian Communications Foundation.
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Print
Newspapers
National dailies
Local dailies
Commuter dailies
Multicultural dailies
Alternative
Other alternative
Community
- Metroland Media Group is a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation which publishes the Toronto Star. Metroland publishes a series of neighbourhood papers three times a week. These newspapers cover neighbourhood issues not otherwise covered by the large dailies. They are distributed free of charge and have captured a large portion of the neighbourhood flyer market. Some of these newspapers are:
- Independent community newspapers include the Town Crier (Newspaper) and Post City Magazines chains, Beach Metro News, the Annex Gleaner, and the Vaughan Weekly newspaper.
Ethnic media
- Salam Toronto – Persian-English weekly paper
- Pakistan Post – Canada’s largest and Oldest South Asian newspaper.weekly covering community news relevant to those of South Asian origin. Entertainment, news from abroad, regular columns, fashion and special features are also included.
Student
Former newspapers
- For the newspapers of York see York, Upper Canada#Media
- The Globe – 1844 to 1936 (merged with The Mail and Empire to form The Globe and Mail)
- Grip – 1873 to 1894 (satirical newsweekly)
- The Leader – 1852 to 1878
- The Mail and Empire – 1895 to 1936 (merged with The Globe to form The Globe and Mail)
- The News – 1881 to 1919 (changed name to The Times in March 1919, which lasted until September of that year)
- The Sentinel – newspaper of the Orange Order
- Toronto Empire – 1887 to 1895 (merged with The Mail to form The Mail and Empire)
- The Toronto Mail – 1872 to 1895 (merged with The Empire to form The Mail and Empire)
- Toronto Telegram – 1876 to 1971 (much of the staff then formed the Toronto Sun)
- The Telegraph – 1866 to 1872
- Toronto Daily World – 1880 to 1921 (absorbed into The Mail and Empire)
Magazines
Book publishers
