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==Media== Chesapeake's daily newspaper is ''[[The Virginian-Pilot]]''. Other papers include the ''[[Port Folio Weekly]]'', the ''[[New Journal and Guide]]'', and the ''[[Hampton Roads Business Journal]]''.<ref name="Hampton Roads News Links">{{cite web | url = http://www.abyznewslinks.com/unitevavb.htm | title = Hampton Roads News Links | access-date = 2007-08-06 | publisher = abyznewslinks.com }}</ref> ''Hampton Roads Magazine'' serves as a bi-monthly regional magazine for Chesapeake and the [[Hampton Roads]] area.<ref name="Hampton Roads Magazine">{{cite web | url = http://www.hrmag.com | title = Hampton Roads Magazine | access-date = 2007-08-06 | publisher = Hampton Roads Magazine | archive-date = 2007-09-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928171054/http://www.hrmag.com/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> ''Hampton Roads Times'' serves as an online magazine for all the Hampton Roads cities and counties. Chesapeake is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the [[Hampton Roads]] area.<ref name="Hampton Roads Radio Links">{{cite web | url = http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/Norfolk_VA.aspx | title = Hampton Roads Radio Links | access-date = 2007-08-06 | publisher = ontheradio.net | archive-date = August 5, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070805002934/http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/Norfolk_VA.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref> Chesapeake is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads [[designated market area]] (DMA) is the 42nd largest in the U.S. with 712,790 homes (0.64% of the total U.S.).<ref name="nielsen">Holmes, Gary. "[http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=6573d3b8b0c3d010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD# Nielsen Reports 1.1% increase in U.S. Television Households for the 2006-2007 Season] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705100549/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=6573d3b8b0c3d010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD%23 |date=July 5, 2009 }}." ''[[Nielsen Media Research]].'' September 23, 2006. Retrieved on September 28, 2007.</ref> The major network television affiliates are [[WTKR-TV]] 3 ([[Columbia Broadcasting Service|CBS]]), [[WAVY]] 10 ([[NBC]]), [[WVEC-TV]] 13 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WGNT]] 27 ([[The CW Television Network|CW]]), [[WTVZ]] 33 ([[MyNetworkTV]]), [[WVBT]] 43 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), and [[WPXV]] 49 ([[ION Television]]). The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] station is [[WHRO-TV]] 15. Chesapeake residents also can receive independent stations, such as [[WSKY-TV|WSKY]] broadcasting on channel 4 from the Outer Banks of North Carolina and [[WGBS-LD]] broadcasting on channel 11 from [[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]]. Chesapeake is served by [[Cox Communications]] which provides [[LNC 5]], a local 24-hour [[United States cable news|cable news]] television network.
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