Great source for up-to-the minute local news. Numerous personalities some better than others buy…read moreconstant news updates.

WBEN changed it's format and content a few years ago. Whereas they covered serious matters of…read moreconsequence before, now they cover mostly insignificant nonsense, such as ghosts, pet stories and good places to vacation. The personalities are banal. If you want to waste your time on mindless garbage-- then listen to WBEN. It has become a joke.

This is by far the best and the only local station in Fort Erie…read more It has the best live hosts and is the only station that caters to the Fort Erie Region with local talk, news, weather, traffic and community events. They also care about the community and do a lot of work with promoting and helping raise funds and awareness for local charities. The Morning Show with Jones & Tyrell M-F 6am to10am and Middays with Steve Simkus M-F 10am to 2pm are the best!

NPR has been a staple in my home my whole life. While there was a brief time I listened only to…read moremusic on the radio, I came back to my roots as an adult. I enjoy NPR overall. Yes, they are skewed a little more left than I always appreciate. Yes they are formulaic. Yes they tell somewhat random and irritating stories on occasion. But they also have some of the smartest and most in-depth reporting you can find these days, especially in the "everything's moving at light speed" world we are now in. Buffalo is lucky to have WBFO and Canada is lucky we have it too. You can get the station well into Canada. They carry a lot of the national programming as most NPR stations do, but they have a nice local flavor as well. Its easy to admit, on the rare occasion I listen to the radio, that I'm a fan of this station.

This NPR franchise keeps me tuned in to local, as well as national, events. I feel connected to the…read moreworld around me in a way that only radio can accomplish. From early AM news to Fresh Air, there's no way to learn more in such a short amount of time. The Capitol Report has educated me on New York politics. I had no idea how divided "upstate" and NYC are - you wouldn't really understand the breadth of issues just reading the local papers. As a blues fan, I can get my fix, and on the weekend, tooling around to shop at consignment and thrift shops, I get a good laugh with Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me.

I would like to thank whoever had turned the radio dial to 102.5 in my rental car, because this…read moreradio station was amazing to listen to while I was in Buffalo. A good mix of new stuff, old stuff, and every genre you could imagine. I loved it. AND their signal stretched all the way to Fredonia, NY and all the way up to Niagara on the Lake, ON. And they played a song that I had never heard but really liked, and I was able to go to their website and find it easily on their playlist. STAR 102.5, thank you for keeping me entertained on my long, boring drives whilst in Buffalo.

I think getting rid of Roger Christian was a bad idea, he was won of the best to listen to. l like…read moreto listen to Sue in the afternoon, the morning is different Rob Lucas talks to much and I think he likes himself to much. I decided not to listen to 102.5 any more. It's a shame because I alway listened to it.

This is a local Buffalo magazine. It's printed monthly and covers all sorts of local topics, from…read moreour amazing immigrant population to the great developments happening all over the area. Local artists and craftspeople are featured here. There is advertising from all sorts of local stores and organizations. There are write ups of city events. Pictures of various charity events around town. The space they occupy is on Elmwood between Hertel and Amherst. Is reused old space and it's awesome. I've been a few times for meetings, but I think they will give you a tour if you ask. And if you've been you'll know the answer to this - what's the largest animal in the space? Well worth the subscription price.

I love that Buffalo has this free newspaper focusing on the Arts around town. The articles are…read moreleft leaning as the other reviewer mentions. But who cares? Don't red them if you don't want to. You'll still get great info on the local art scene and openings schedules etc. They have a lot of advertising, much of it "adult" so be prepared for that. Since it's free and can e found all over town you may have to keep it out of your kids hands while you wait for a fajita at Lone Star or have a coffee at Spot. 3 stars for the advertising content. Would be 4 without that given the plethora of info to be found inside the pages.

Smartvoice is a Scholarly Journal, whereas Cartvoice is when you overload your shopping trolley at…read moreWegmans and it starts complaining to you. However this is not that. This is a free publication which does a great job of chronicling all things Buffalo. I've been in it many, many times. The only reason it loses a star is that when I released some of my epic and very popular albums, which sold more than any Buffalo artist did in those years except for maybe the Goos and such (I'm serious... one of them sold 20k!), I didn't get any recognition at all from the ArtVoice music awards. They gave all their best albums and best newcomer awards to people that only sold records to 5 family members and such. It's okay though... my music wasn't cool enough for AV. That doesn't change the fact that it's a fantastic free local paper and I support them completely!