Media in Great Smoky Mtns. NP

Media

The region's major newspaper is the daily Asheville Citizen-Times. In the eastern end of the mountains, many people also get the Charlotte Observer or other newspapers from the Piedmont. Most mountain towns have a small weekly newspaper, and Waynesville has a newspaper, the Mountaineer, that is published three times a week.

The dominant television station in the mountains is WLOS-TV, an ABC affiliate. The area is also served by TV stations in Greenville and Spartanburg, SC. WCQS Radio in Asheville (it plays classical music) and WNCW in Rutherford-Spindale (eclectic mix of country and popular music) are the region's two public radio stations.

Asheville, as the mountain region's cultural center, has a number of local and chain bookstores, but there are good independent bookshops in many mountain towns. The largest chain bookstore in the region is Barnes & Noble in Asheville. If you love bookstores, don't miss Malaprop's, the largest and best indepedent bookstore in the mountains, and one of the best in the entire South.

Contacts

Asheville Citizen-Times (14 O. Henry Ave., Asheville. 828/252-5611. www.citizen-times.com). Barnes & Noble (89 S. Tunnel Rd., Asheville. 828/296-9330). Malaprop's Bookstore/Café (55 Haywood St., Asheville. 828/254-6734. www.malaprops.com). Mountaineer (Main St., Waynesville. 828/452-0661. www.themountaineer.com). Smoky Mountain News (629 W. Main St., Sylva. 828/452-4251. www.smokymountainnews.com). WCQS Radio (73 Broadway, Asheville. 828/253-6875 or 800/768-6698. www.wcqs.org). WNCW Radio (Box 804, , Spindale. 828/287-8080. www.wncw.org). WLOS-TV (110 Technology Dr., Asheville. 828/684-1340. www.wlos.com).