Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. As of 2004, the population given by the U.S. Census Bureau was 198,675. Bossier City lies across the Red River in Bossier Parish and the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Area population exceeds 390,000. Shreveport is the commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the area where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. Some call it the "Gateway to East Texas", others claim that Shreveport sits on the border between the South and the West. Shreveport exercises a great pull over this region. A good example of this is that people in East Texas watch and donate money to the Louisiana Public Broadcasting Service because there is not a PBS station in northeast Texas. Many people in the community refer to the two cities of Shreveport and Bossier City, which are separated only by the Red River, as "Shreveport-Bossier".

Media

Newspapers

Shreveport is served by several newspapers. The major daily newspaper serving the Shreveport and Ark-La-Tex areas is The Times, its headquarters are located in Downtown Shreveport. Other smaller newspapers in the area include: The Shreveport Sun and the Caddo Citizen, the religious newspaper The Christian Times and a newspaper focusing on law, the Daily Legal News. Bossier City is served by the Bossier Press Tribune. In addition, CIty Lights and SB Magazine are newsmagazines in the Shreveport-Bossier area.

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Television

Shreveport is served by several local television stations including:

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In 2004, KPXJ 21 became a UPN affiliate, it was originally an affiliate of PAX (now known as ). Shreveport is now one of a few markets which i does not have an afilliate station. i 's national feed can be seen on Cox Communications in Bossier City and on Time Warner Cable in Shreveport.

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Previously, UPN was broadcast on KSHV 45 sharing an afilliation with The WB network. UPN programming aired from 9:00 to 11:00pm. Syndicated programming airs at that time now on channel 45.

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KTBS broadcasts a newscast for KPXJ 21 airing Monday through Friday nights at 9:00pm. Before becoming a UPN affiliate in 2004, KPXJ aired rebroadcasts of KTBS 3 News daily at 5:30pm (rebroadcast of the 5:00pm newscast) and 11:00pm (rebroadcast of the 10:00 newscast).

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Shreveport and Bossier City is served by two major cable television systems: Shreveport is served by Time Warner Cable and Bossier City is served by Cox Communications.

Related Topics:
Time Warner Cable - Cox Communications

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On 1 February 2005, Cox Communications Bossier City (along with Texarkana, Texas's Cable One) stopped broadcasting KTAL 6. Both companies claim the reason was that KTAL and it's owner Nexstar Broadcasting made unreasonable offers to keep the station on both systems. KTAL is still seen in Shreveport on Time Warner Cable.

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Radio

The following is a list of radio stations in Shreveport.

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AM Stations

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FM Stations

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