Spartanburg, South Carolina - Media

Media

• Spartanburg's primary newspaper is the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, a member of the Halifax Media Group.
• The Spartanburg Journal is a weekly newspaper that is part of a Community Journal group that also has editions in Greenville and Anderson.
• The Spartan Weekly News is a weekly newspaper with offices located in downtown Spartanburg. The paper covers all of Spartanburg County with an emphasis on the city of Spartanburg, and its coverage focuses on items of community interest and well as news from around the upstate of South Carolina.
• The award-winning Hometown News Group has several newspapers throughout the county and upstate region: The Boiling Springs Sentry, The Blacksburg Times, The Inman Times, Spartanburg County News, The Chesnee Tribune, The Middle Tyger Times, The Whitmire News, The Woodruff News, and The Greer Citizen. Aside from local news and sports coverage, the newspapers offer free wedding and social announcements.
• Upstate Link magazine is a young reader (20s–30s) newsweekly in the Upstate of South Carolina, which includes Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson. The weekly publication began in January 2004. Link continues to be a print publication, but its website ceased operation in 2008. Its new website is run by Chicago-based Metromix.
• Root is a non-profit quarterly newspaper written, edited, designed, and published entirely by volunteers. The focus is on stories that convey an "uncommon kindness." Topics generally include animal and eco-advocacy, social justice, spirituality, and compassionate use of creative arts.

Spartanburg is part of the much greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson-Asheville DMA which is the nation's 35th largest and is served by the following major network television affiliates:

• WYFF 4 (NBC)
• WSPA 7 (CBS)- broadcasting from Spartanburg
• WLOS 13 (ABC)
• WHNS 21 (Fox)
• WMYA 40 (My Network TV)
• WYCW 62 (The CW Network)- broadcasting from Spartanburg