Media in Vijayawada
Vijayawada, in India, has a well-developed communication and media infrastructure. It has a basic network of optical fiber cables. The city's telephone system is serviced by four landline companies: BSNL, Tata Indicom, Reliance and Airtel. There are a number of mobile-phone companies: Aircel, BSNL, Airtel, Uninor, MTS, Tata Indicom, Tata Docomo and Jio. Several companies offer broadband internet access. Broadcast radio. The city has a variety of AM and FM radio stations. AlR Vijayawada, also known as "Aakasavani Vijayawada" is one of the oldest serving FM radio stations in the city. Most of the  stations have broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week with programming in Telugu and English. The FM radio stations in the city are: The AM radio stations in the city are: Television networks. The Doordarshan Telugu channel, DD Saptagiri, was the first TV channel launched in Hyderabad in the year 1974. After bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state, DD Saptagiri was relegated to being telecast from Doordarshan Kendra Vijayawada for Andhra Pradesh while the existing network, renamed DD Yadagiri, was aimed at the Telangana populace News papers. "Visalaandhra" was the first newspaper in the state, started from Vijayawada. As  per the 58th annual report of Press India 2013–14, the large and medium Telugu daily publications from Vijayawada include "Andhra Jyothy", "Eenadu", "Sakshi", "Suryaa", "Andhra Prabha", "Vaartha", "Prajasakti", and "Udaya Bharatam". Major English publications are "Deccan Chronicle", "The Hindu", "The Times of India", "News Boom", "The Fourth Voice", "The New Indian Express" and "Views Observer". Magazines. Vijayawada has several magazines in Telugu and English languages.