Media
Press
Lucknow has historically been a major center of journalism. The National Herald, the newspaper started by India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru before World War II was published from Lucknow and edited by Manikonda Chalapathi Rau.
The prominent English dailies of the city are The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Pioneer and Indian Express. Several daily newspapers in Hindi and Urdu are published in the city. Among the Hindi papers are Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Dainik Hindustan, Rashtriya Sahara, Jansatta Express, I Next and Swatantra Bharat. The main Urdu papers are Rashtriya Sahara, Sahafat, Qaumi Khabrein, Aag,Subahnama Urdu and Jayeza Daily.
The Press Trust of India and United News of India have their offices in the city and all major Indian newspapers have correspondents and stringers in Lucknow.
Radio
One of the earliest stations of All India Radio has been operational in Lucknow for quite some time.
FM radio transmission started in Lucknow in 2000, and the city today has following FM radio stations.
» Radio City 91.1 MHz
» Big FM 92.7 MHz
» Red FM 93.5 MHz
» Radio Mirchi 98.3 MHz
» AIR FM Rainbow 100.7 MHz
» Gyan Vani 105.6 MHz (Educational)
Internet
The city has broadband internet connectivity and video conferencing facilities. Major players like BSNL, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Communications & STPI, have a wide infrastructure to provide broadband Internet Bandwidth to home users, corporates etc.