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==Media== The City of Newport News operates two local government [[Public, educational, and government access|PEG Channels]], [http://newportnewsva.cvp.swagit.com/ Newport News Television] (NNTV) and NNTV2. NNTV airs on cable channels [[Cox Communications|Cox]] 48 & [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]] 19 while NNTV2 is on [[Cox Communications|Cox]] 46 & [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]] 18. [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KywRA_qLJ7azvKm_Ectxw NNTV] also operates a [[YouTube]] channel of their programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KywRA_qLJ7azvKm_Ectxw|title=Newport News TV|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref> Residents of Newport News can find programs highlighting local events and various things to do around the city. NNTV airs the City Council Meetings and Planning Commission Meetings live for the public to view while NNTV2 is a bulletin board channel that displays slides for various city events and essential information for residents. NNTV also produces the local Crimeline reports with officers from the Newport News Police Department. Newport News is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads [[designated market area]] (DMA) is the 43rd 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 2006β2007 Season"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705100549/http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.55dc65b4a7d5adff3f65936147a062a0/?vgnextoid=6573d3b8b0c3d010VgnVCM100000ac0a260aRCRD|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 ([[Independent station|Independent]]), [[WTVZ]] 33 ([[MyNetworkTV]]), [[WVBT]] 43 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], with [[The CW|CW]] on DT2), and [[WPXV]] 49 ([[ION Television]]) and The [[Public Broadcasting Service]] member station is [[WHRO-TV]] 15. Newport News's daily newspaper is the ''[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]''. Other papers include the ''[[Port Folio Weekly]]'', the ''[[New Journal and Guide]]'', the ''[[Hampton Roads Business Journal]]'', and the James River Journal. [[Christopher Newport University]] publishes its own newspaper, ''The Captain's Log''.<ref name="Hampton Roads News Links">{{cite web | url = http://www.abyznewslinks.com/unitevann.htm | title = Hampton Roads News Links | access-date = August 6, 2007 | publisher = abyznewslinks.com }}</ref> Hampton Roads Magazine serves as a bi-monthly regional magazine for Newport News and the [[Hampton Roads]] area.<ref name="Hampton Roads Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrmag.com|title=Hampton Roads Magazine|access-date=August 6, 2007|publisher=Hampton Roads Magazine|archive-date=September 28, 2007|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. Newport News 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=August 6, 2007}}</ref>
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