Naples Media

The following summarizes the major newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations in Naples:

Newspapers

The following are some popular local and national newspapers and news magazines:

Il Mattino (the most read Neapolitan newspaper)
Il Golfo (Ischia and Procida newspaper)
Il Corriere della Sera (a somewhat liberal national newspaper, Italy's New York Times, based in Milan, run by the family that owns Fiat)
La Repubblica (a center-left national newspaper based in Rome, vies with Correire della Sera for national prominence)
La Stampa (the third most popular national newspaper, based in Turin and owned by the Fiat Group)
La Nazione (somewhat less popular, but one of the most prominent conservative newspapers, based in Florence)
L'Osservatore Romano (a newspaper produced by the Vatican in Rome, sometimes has interesting stories)
Il Sole 24 Ore (financial paper, similar to the Wall Street Journal, published in Milan, owned by the Confindustria manufacturers coalition)
La Gazzetta dello Sport (a very popular sports newspaper, printed on pink paper)
Il Corriere dello Sport - Stadio (a competitor to la Gazetta, published in Rome)
L'Espresso (a left-leaning weekly news magazine produced by the same company as La Repubblica)
Panorama (another weekly news magazine, right-leaning and owned by Silvio Berlusconi)
- *not* to be confused with the NSA Naples Panorama, an English-language newspaper run by the US Naval Support Activity Naples PAO office!
Leggo (a free newspaper with a Naples edition)

For a fairly exhaustive list, see Ciao Italy's newspaper page or Wikipedia's list of Italian newspapers.

Radio

AFN - 106 (The Eagle, American music DJ'd mostly by personnel at the US bases in Germany) and 107 (Power 107, excerpts from American talk and sports radio, as well as country and oldies)
Virgin Radio - 93.5 and 93.7; as the name implies, almost all English-language rock (coverage map)
Kiss Kiss Napoli - 103.0 top 40; features a mix of Italian and American pop...related is Radio Kiss Kiss, at 89.0, 97.0, or 105.3 (with its extremely energetic and talkative DJs)
Kiss Kiss Italia - 95.9; Tutto Musica Italiana (all Italian music) version of Kiss Kiss
Rai - Publicly funded radio (like the BBC) features five stations:
- Rai 1 - 94.1 talk/news/sports
- Rai 2 - 96.1 pop music
- Rai 3 - 98.1 classical/cultural (similar: RAI FD5 Auditorium just classical at 103.9)
- Rai Isoradio - 103.3 traffic/weather/music
- Rai GR Parlamento - 91.0 and 101.0 Italian parliament
Radio 24 - 103.5 and 103.7; a news and talk station produced by the Milan-based newsaper Il Sole 24 Ore (coverage map)
Radio Maria - 90.0 and 98.8 religious
Radio Italia - 87.5 and 96.8 mostly Italian music
Radio Capri - 87.6 A more eclectic mix of music broadcast from Capri
RMC (Radio Monte Carlo) - 91.6 Pop music from Monaco
RDS (Radio Dimensione Suono) - 107.5 mostly pop music, with regular traffic/weather/news/sports
Radio Studio Emme - 108.0 mostly Neapolitan music
Radio Onda Verde - 97.8 Solo Musica Napolitana (only Neapolitan music)

Radio Sant'Anna - radio napolitana

See the Wikipedia Radio Stations in Naples page for a complete list, and FMScan's list by network.

Television

National Italian Channels

Rai - features 3 stations of state-sponsored programming
Mediaset - entertainment network owned by Silvio Berlusconi; Rai's primary competitor...includes the following:
- Canale 5 - news
All Music - a clone of MTV, except it actually plays music!
MTV Italia - similar to MTV back home, but also plays music!
LA7 - news, sports, politics, and concerts
Canale Italia - based in Veneto

Digital TV Stations in Naples (by channel number)

There is also information (in Italian) on Wikipedia and DigitaleTerrestreFacile

1 - Rai Uno (lots of game shows!)
2 - Rai Due
3 - Rai Tre
4 - Rete4 (MediaSet)
5 - Canale5 (MediaSet) [one of the few channels for which (Italian) subtitles work]
6 - Italia1
7 - LA 7
8 - Canale 8
9 - Capri Store
10 - Telecapri News
11 - Telecapri Sport
12 - 8 Shopping
13 - 9 Shopping +
14 - Levante TV
15 - 8 Store
16 - Morgan TV
17 - Tele Prima
18 - Metropolis TV
19 - Canale Italia Musica
20 - TV2000 (religious?)
21/22 - Entertainment Fact (blank)
23 - Sportitalia
24 - Sportitalia 2
25 - K2 (for kids)
26 - QVC Italia (doesn't work yet)
27 - Rai 4 (includes dubbed versions of programs such as Battlestar Galactica)
28 - Rai Extra
29 - Iris (Mediaset)
30 - New Television
31 - La5 (Mediaset)
32 - Rai Premium (not actually a "premium" channel)
33 - Italia1 + 1 (Mediaset)
34 - Canale5 + 1 (same as channel 5)

35 - LA7 D
36 - New Media
37 - Rai Sport 1
38 - Rai Sport 2
39 - Canale 9 (kids/cartoons)
40 - Canale 8
- 41 - 8 Shopping (same as channel 12)
42 - Diamante TV
- 43 - BBC World (the only English channel)
- 44 - La5 (Mediaset) (same as channel 31)
- 45 - Navigare
- 46 - Class News
- 47 - TV Capital 8 (blank)
- 48 - 9 Shopping (same as channel 13)
- 49 - MTV+
- 50 - Italiamia
- 51 - Casertamia
- 52 - Canale Italia Musica (same as channel 19)
- 53 - TLA 2
- 54 - TVA (blank)
- 55 - Canale Italia (shopping?)
- 56 - Canale Italia Musica (same as channel 19 and 52)
- 57 - Nuvolari
- 58 - Telenostra +1
- 59 - Telebenevento (TBN) +1
- 60 - Napoli Tivu
61 - Napoli Tivu+1
62 - NTV Donna
63 - 7Gold Campania
- 64 - NTV Classic
- 65 - Nuvolari (same as channel 57)
- 66 - Tele Akery
67 - Akery Music (blank)
- 68 - Tele Akery +1 (seems to be a music video channel featuring Neapolitan music)
- 69 - Sposi Channel (women-themed channel? seems to be mostly dubbed American movies)
- 70 - PuntoSat (shopping?)
- 71 - Contatto TV
- 72 - We Can Dance (WCD) TV (Neapolitan channel showing videos of big concerts)
- 73 - TV-BE (Neapolitan channel also featuring music)
74 - Televomero
75 - Canale Italia 1
76 - Canale Italia 2
- 77 - 7Gold Campania (same as channel 63)
78 - Telemarket
79 - Telemarket 2
- 80 - Televomero (same as channel 74)
81 - Telecapri
- 82 - Telecapri Sport (same as channel 11)
- 83 - Telecapri News (same as channel 10)
84 - Lira TV
85 - Capri Event
86 - Capri Gourmet
87 - Denaro TV
88 - Canale Italia 3
- 89 - Italiamia (same as channel 50)
90 - 8 Store (same as channel 15)
91 - Televomero +1
92 - TV i
- 93 - 9 Shopping (same as channel 13)
94 - Area Blu TV
- 95 - 9 Shopping (same as channel 13 and 93)
96 - Boing (cartoons)
- 97 - AB Channel (blank)
- 98 - Boing +1 (same as channel 96)
99 - Mediashopping
100 - Radio Punto Nuovo
101 - Telemarket 2
102 - TRSP
- 103 - Campania 24 (blank)
104 - Rete4+1 (Mediaset)
105 - Canale 5 +1 (Mediaset)
106 - Italia1 +1 (Mediaset)
107 - LA7 (same as channel 7)
108 - MTV
109 - MTV+
- 110/111 - LA7D (same as channel 35)
- 112 - Canale Italia Musica (same as channel 19, 52, and 56)
113 - Levante TV (same as channel 14)
114 - TLA5/Papi Television
115 - Sposami Love
116 - TLA6/KTV
117 - TLA1 + 1 (blank)
118 - TLA Sat
- 119 - LA7 (same as channel 7 and 107)
120 - Campania TV
121 - Sportitalia 24
122 - Canale 9 (same as channel 39)
123 - Sportitalia
124 - Sportitalia 2
125/126 - Canale 9+ (same as channel 39 and 122)
127-133 - Napoli Canale 21
134 - Effettovideo TV
- 135 - LA7D (same as channel 35, 110, and 111)
- 136 - 7Gold 3 (same as channel 63)
- 137-139 - Napoli Canale 21 (same as channels 127-133)
140 - Canale 34
- 141 - Canale 5 (Mediaset) (same as channel 5)
- 142-147 - Canale 9+ (same as channel 39, 122, 125-126)
148/149 - Canale Italia (same as channel 76)
150 - Canale Italia 1
151 - Barche Channel
- 152 - Luxury TV (doesn't work yet)
153 - Petmania TV
- 154 - Canale Italia 2 (same as channel 76 and 148-149)
- 155 - Casa Mia TV (blank)
- 156 - Canale Italia 3 (same as channel 88)
- 157 - Capri Event (same as channel 85)
158 - Casertamia
159 - CDS TV
160 - Napoli TV
161 - Napoli TV+1
162 - Napoli TV Donna
- 163 - NTV (Napoli Tivu) Viaggi & Sapori - travel and food channel (show "Diciciao")
- 164 - Nuvolari
- 165 - Gente di Mare TV
- 166 - Ciao TV
- 167 - NTV Classic
- 168 - Gente di Mare TV (same as channel 165)
- 169 - Cielo
- 170 - Comical TV (Canale 9)
- 171 - Coming Soon (about upcoming movies)
- 172 - Contatto Latino TV (Italiamia 7)
- 173 - Deejay TV
- 174 - Denaro TV
- 175 - Eduardo TV (doesn't work yet...old school Neapolitan music)
- 176 - Effettovideo TV
- 177/178 - Entertainment Fact (blank)
- 179 - FD Auditorium (radio - classical)
- 180 - FD Leggera (radio)
- 181 - France (FR) 24 (in French)
- 182/183 - TV Gold Campania
- 184-186, 188 - Granbazar
- 187 - LA7 (same as channel 7, 107, and 119)
- 189/190 - Iride
- 191 - LA7D
- 192 - Italia 1 (also has Italian sub-titles)
- 193-195 - Italiamia (same as channel 50 and 89)
- 196/197 - Italiamia 2
- 198 - Italiamia 4 Fashion
- 199 - GlamourPlus
- 200 - Più Servizi (blank)
- 201 - Napoli Live
- 202 - TV i (same as 92)
- 203 - Effettovideo TV (same as 176)
- 204 - NTV Viaggi & Sapori (same as 163)
- 205 - Italiamia Live
- 206 - Italiamia Magic
- 207 - Julie Italia
- 208 - Julie Italia Plus (blank)
- 209 - K2 Plus
- 210 - KTV Channel Plus
- 211/212 - La5 (Mediaset) (same as 31)
- 213 - LA7D (blank)
214-216 - Levante TV + (same as 14, 113)
- 217 - Luna Shop
- 218 - Luna Sport
- 219 - Morgan TV 2
- 220 - MTV (same as 108)
- 221 [scrambled]
- 222 - LA7 (same as 7, 107, and 119)
- 223 - Napoli TV (same as 160)
- 224 - Super Tennis
- 225 - Napoli TV+ (same as 161)
- 226 - Napoli Live (same as 201)
- 227 - NapoliNazione (TeleAkery)
- 228 - New Information (Rai)
- 229 - Notturno Italiano (radio)
- 230 - NTV Classic (same as 167)
- 231 - NTV VIaggi & Sappori (same as 163 and 204)
- 232 - Petmania (same as 153)
- 233 - PokerItalia 24
- 234 - Primo Kanale
- 235 - Radio Capital (radio)
- 236 - Radio Capri
- 237 - Radio Deejay
- 238 - Radio m2o
- 239 - Radio maria
- 240 - Radio Capri Television (*not* radio, but music videos)
- 241 - Radio Due
- 242 - Radio Tre
- 243 - Radio Uno
- 244 - Rai Gulp (kids' shows)
- 245 - Rai Movie
- 246 - Rai News
- 247 - Rai Storia
- 248 - Rai YoYo (cartoons & shows for young kids)
- 249 - Real Politik
- 250 - Repubblica TV
- 251 - Rete 4 (same as 4)
- 252 - ReteCapri
- 253 - Rovi (blank, data service)
- 254 - Salus TV (wellness TV, doesn't work yet)
- 255 - Smail
256 - Sportitalia24 (same as 121)
- 257/258 - Tele A
- 259-262 - Tele A+
- 263/264 - Tele A/TV Capital
- 265-269 - Tele A 4-7 (Shop+)
270 - Telebenevento (TBN) (same as 59)
- 271 - Telecapri
- 272 - Telecapri HD Test
- 273 - Telecapri Super Station
- 274 - Telelibera
- 275 - Telelibera Shopping (blank)
- 276/277 - Teleluna Due
- 278-280 - Tele Luna Uno
- 281 - Telemarket (same as 78)
- 282 - Telenapoli
- 283 - Telenostra
- 284 - TeleOltre
- 285 - TeleTorre
- 286-288 - TeleVomero
- 289 - Test_vis_nap (blank)
- 290-292 - TLA (blank)
- 293 - Tua ("feminine" TV, doesn't work yet)
- 294-295 - TV Campane +1 (Neapolitan music videos)
- 296-299 - TV Captial (same as 263-264)
- 300 - Premium Menu (how to get premium channels)
- 301-304 premium, scrambled channels
- 305-309 - TV Capital (same as 263-264, 296-299)
- 310-316 - premium, scrambled channels
- 317 - TV Capital (again!)
- 318 - Village (Italiamia 5), travel channel
- 319 - JulieNews (blank)
- 321-341 - premium, scrambled channels
- 400/420 - dahlia (preview?)
- 411-446 - premium, dahlia channels
501 - RAI HD
505 - Canale5 HD
507 - LA7 HD
508 - MTV HD
512 - Canale 21 HD Test
691 - Radio Club91 (radio)
750 - RTL 102.5 TV (not radio but music videos)
- 777 - Napoli TV (same as 160 and 223)
- 800 - NTV Donna (same as 162)
- 861 - Italiamia Music Set
- 883 - Canale Italia
- 919 - Italiamia (same as 50, 89, 193-195)
- 988 - Akery Music (blank)
- 993 - NTV Classic
- 994 - Nuvolari
- 995 - NTV - Viaggi & Sappori
- 996 - NTV Donna
- 997 - Napoli TV+
- 998 - Napoli TV (no picture?)
999 - Italiamia (same as 50, 89, 193-195, 919)

Old Channels (no longer exist?):

53 - Digit@l TV
64 - NTV Sport
95 - Rai Scuola
96 - TED (TV Educational...not working yet?)

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