Media
Virginia Beach's daily newspaper is the Virginian-Pilot. Alternative papers include Veer and the New Journal and Guide. Inside Business focuses on local business news.
Virginia Wesleyan College publishes its own newspaper, The Marlin Chronicle.
Hampton Roads Magazine serves as a bi-monthly regional magazine for Virginia Beach and the Hampton Roads area.
Hampton Roads Times (HamptonRoadsTimes.com) serves as an online magazine for all the Hampton Roads cities and counties.
Virginia Beach is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Roads area.
Virginia Beach 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.). The major network television affiliates are WTKR-TV 3 (CBS), WAVY 10 (NBC), WVEC-TV 13 (ABC), WTPC-TV 21 (Trinity Broadcasting Network), WGNT 27 (CW), WTVZ 33 (MyNetworkTV), WVBT 43 (Fox), and WPXV 49 (ION Television). The Public Broadcasting Service station is WHRO-TV 15. Virginia Beach residents also can receive independent station WSKY broadcasting on channel 4 from Camden County, North Carolina. Some can also receive PBS affiliate WUND 2 (UNC-TV), Home Shopping Network affiliate W14DC-D from Portsmouth, Daystar Network religious television station WVAD-LD TV 25 from Chesapeake and RTV affiliate WGBS-LD broadcasting on channel 7 from Hampton. Virginia Beach is served by Cox Cable. DirecTV and Dish Network are also popular as an alternative to cable television in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach serves as the headquarters for the Christian Broadcasting Network, located adjacent to Regent University. CBN's most notable program, The 700 Club originates from the Virginia Beach studios. In 2008, Virginia Beach became the home to the Reel Dreams Film Festival.
Films shot in and around Virginia Beach include Psycho Kickboxer (1997), Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Call This a Cry for Help (2007), Judges (2005), The Killing Kind (2004), Moving (2002), Navy SEALs (1990), The Satan Killer (1993) and Too Young the Hero (1988; TV film). Mission Impossible 3 (2006) was filmed at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, which connects the Delmarva Peninsula to Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach is a highly sought after location for music video production with artists such as Fam-Lay, Clipse, Mansions on the Moon, David Banner, Asher Roth, Nottz, Days Difference, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Bei Maejor, Ki Theory and Shomi Patwary all producing music videos there in recent years.
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