Media in Buffalo, New York

This is a list of media in Buffalo, New York.

Radio

Radio stations from Toronto can also be heard in some parts of the area. CJED and CFLZ have a city-grade signal of Buffalo and nearby suburbs, while the latter's transmitter is located less than 5 miles away from downtown.^[1]

Television

Although no cable stations are currently, as of 2013, based in Buffalo, Time Warner Cable News has an affiliate and news bureau in the city, as does Time Warner Cable Sports Channel and MSG Western New York. Channels that have previously been headquartered in Buffalo include Pinwheel/Nickelodeon (1979 to 1981), Empire Sports Network (1991 to 2005), and Bridges TV (2004 to 2012).

In addition, Buffalo residents can also pick-up stations from the neighbouring Greater Toronto Area with a suitable aerial antenna or cable subscription. CTV flagship station CFTO/Toronto and CBC flagship CBLT/Toronto are carried on Time Warner Cable and Atlantic Broadband in the immediate Buffalo/Niagara Falls areas, according to their channel lineups.

Newspapers

• Am-Pol Eagle (a Polish-American weekly)
• Artvoice (a weekly alternative newspaper)
• The Beast (a left-libertarian biweekly)
• Brainstream Media (an alternative right-libertarian newspaper covering local news and issues, erving most of the Buffalo metropolitan area as a printed newspaper for over one year, now offered only online ^[2])
• Buffalo Courier-Express (ceased publication in 1982)
• Buffalo Irish Times (an Irish-American bimonthly)
• The Buffalo News (the region's main paper)
• Buffalo Rising began as a monthly publication and is now solely online.
• Business First of Buffalo (a weekly business publication)
• Community Papers of Western New York (the region's main community newspaper covering hyper-local news)
• Erie County Fire Blotter (a website that covers the Buffalo Fire Department and other fire departments in Erie County on a daily basis)
• The German Citizen (a German-American bimonthly)
• Loop (a monthly in-print and online publication catering to the region's LGBT community) ^[3]
• Outcome Buffalo (a monthly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender - GLBT - newspaper serving the Buffalo Metro area)
• PoliticsNY.net (founded and run by Joseph Illuzzi until his death, an Internet and formerly print newsletter; now owned and operated by Republican political operative Michael Caputo)
• The Record (the Buffalo State College student-run newspaper)
• South Buffalo Online Covering the South Buffalo, West Seneca and Lackawanna area for community news and info
• The Spectrum (the University at Buffalo student-run newspaper)

Film industry

Though Buffalo is not a major center of film production, the Buffalo Niagara Film Commission exists to promote and assist with filmmaking in the area. The non-profit Buffalo International Film Festival helps to highlight the work of Buffalonians associated with the film industry. Squeaky Wheel, a non-profit media arts center, provides access for local media artists to video and film equipment, as well as screenings of independent and avant-garde films.

Films set in the Buffalo area

A number films have been set or filmed in the Buffalo area. A more complete list of films related to or based in Buffalo can be found at IMDb.

• The American Side (2016) - set and filmed in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and the surrounding area.
• Battledogs - filmed in Buffalo in 2013
• Best Friends - filmed in Buffalo in 1982
• Bruce Almighty (2003) - starring Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston; set in Buffalo; arts of the movie are set in the real-life TV station WKBW
• The Buddy Holly Story - depicts the name "The Crickets" being bestowed upon Buddy's group by Buffalo disk jockey 'Madman' Mancuso
• Buffalo '66 - set and filmed in Buffalo
• Buffalo Bushido - set and filmed in Buffalo in 2007
• Canadian Bacon - although largely set in nearby Niagara Falls, had significant scenes in Buffalo
• Category 7: The End of the World - Buffalo is destroyed by tornadoes
• Crimson Peak - The beginning of the film is set in Buffalo in 1901
• Evan Almighty - beginning of the movie was set in Buffalo
• The Falls - shot in and takes place in Buffalo
• Henry's Crime (2010) - romantic comedy produced by and starring Keanu Reeves; takes place in Buffalo; features Reeves's character robbing the Buffalo Savings Bank
• Hide in Plain Sight - set and filmed in Buffalo
• Jump Tomorrow - filmed in Buffalo in 2001
• Limestone Burning - set in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and was filmed on location in 2012
• Manna from Heaven - set and filmed in Buffalo
• The Natural - while not set in Buffalo, was mostly filmed there
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles - starring Steve Martin and John Candy; the automobile scenes were filmed along U.S. Route 219, south of Buffalo
• Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead - a Troma film shot in Buffalo at an old McDonalds location on Bailey Avenue
• Poundcake - set and filmed in Buffalo in 2006
• Prison of the Psychotic Damned - a horror picture which takes place in the old Buffalo Central Terminal
• Proud - filmed in Elmira and Buffalo in 2004
• The Savages - starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, filmed throughout Buffalo in the spring of 2006
• Second String - set in Buffalo
• Shadow Creature - filmed in Buffalo; directed by James Gribbins of Gribbins Films
• Sharknado 2: The Second One a (2014) made for TV movie was set in NYC but used several scenes filmed in downtown Buffalo.
• Slime City - filmed in Buffalo in 1988
• Stiletto Dance - starring Eric Roberts as a Buffalo cop trying to foil a Russian mafia-nuclear weapon deal; set and filmed in Buffalo in 2001
• You Kill Me - half set in Buffalo, although it was mostly filmed in Winnipeg

TV shows set in the Buffalo area

• Buffalo Bill (1983-1984)
• Confessions of a Matchmaker (2007)
• Cutters (1993)
• Fraternity Life: Buffalo (2003)
• Jesse (1998-2000) - starring Christina Applegate, based in and partially filmed in Buffalo
• Off Beat Cinema
• Super Fun Night - the lead character of the series is from the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda; series is set in New York City
• The Winner (2007)

At least 2 episodes of Supernatural have been set in or near buffalo episode 6.08 and 3.03

References

External links

• Buffalo Broadcasters
• Buffalo on American Radio Map (Radiomap.us)
• Buffalo Newspaper Timeline: A chart of key Buffalo newspapers, color-coded for their relevance to major ethnic groups. Brought to you by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.