Media
There are four radio stations that originate from Sarnia, although other stations rebroadcast their signal there, notably CKTI-FM, a First Nations produced station from Kettle Point.
- 1070 AM — CHOK, country/news/sports
- 99.9 FM — CFGX-FM 99.9 The Fox, adult contemporary
- 103.9 FM — CHOK-1 (rebroadcaster of CHOK AM)
- 106.3 FM — CHKS, active rock
Sarnia does not have any network television stations of its own, although the city does have a community channel, TVCogeco, on Cogeco, along with several rebroadcast stations from Detroit, Windsor, and London, Ontario.
Sarnia has a dedicated Sports only website - Sarniasports.com. This News and Information website has been in operation since 1999 and is a pioneer in local internet media being the first local media website to report sports. http://www.sarniasports.com
The city's main daily newspaper is the Sarnia Observer, owned by Osprey Media, a division of Sun Media, itself a division of Quebecor. The community publications Sarnia This Week, Lambton County Smart Shopper and Business Trends are owned by Bowes Publishing. The monthly business oriented newspaper First Monday is owned by Huron Web Printing and Graphics. Lambton Shield Publishing has been in operation since November 2010 and runs an on-line only news website, lambtonshield.com, delivering local news and services to the Sarnia-Lambton area.
There are two magazines currently published in Sarnia, Business Trends and Report on Industry. Business Trends is distributed through City Hall and Report on Industry is sent to executives in surrounding businesses. One may also view Report on Industry articles online . Fix Magazine, an arts publication, was formerly published monthly in Sarnia but its website indicates it is on hiatus and "under construction" .
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
“The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.”
—Michel de Certeau (1925–1986)
“The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognises neither pity nor pitilessness.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)