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Monterey Bay TV Stations

Get_AMPed_700ACCESS MONTEREY PENINSULA (AMP)—Type: Community access cable TV channels. Address: 99 Pacific St., Suite 200E, Monterey, CA 93940. Phone Number: 831/333-1267. Website: www.ampmedia.org. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: N/A. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: Executive Director Paul Congo, congo@ampmedia.org. OtherInfo/Tips: Community-produced programming appears on Comcast channels 24 and 27. It’s free to have a show on AMP for residents of Monterey, Seaside and Marina, or for non-profits serving those communities. All others pay $25 per acceptable show. Training classes are available.

KCBA—Type: Commercial television station. Address: 67 Garden Ct., Monterey, CA 93940. Phone Number: 831/642-4400. Website: www.kcba.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. Fox affiliate. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: N/A. Other Info/Tips: As of November 2013, carries no local news. All newscasts airing on KCBA are simulcasts of KTVU out of Oakland, CA. Owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters and operated by Entravision Communications.

KION—Type: Commercial television station. Address: 1550 Moffett St., Salinas, CA 93905. Phone Number: 831/422-1500. Website: www.kionrightnow.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. CBS affiliate. Deadlines: N/A. Contacts: News tips: 831/757-6397, newstips@kionrightnow.com. Other Info/Tips: Submit a question for the “Dear Jon” (Jon K. Brent) segment of the 5 and 6 p.m. newscasts. dearjon@kionrightnow.com. Figure out an angle having to do with a consumer question or a hot item in the news that relates to your book. Owned by News-Press/Gazette (NPG).

KSBW—Type: Commercial television station. Address: 238 John St., Salinas, CA 93901. Phone Number: 831/758-8888. Website: www.ksbw.com. Circulation/Listeners/Viewers: Serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz market. NBC affiliate. Also airs ABC programming for the Central Coast. Deadlines: PSA-type material is funneled into the Community Calendar. Emphasis is on nonprofit and public interest-type issues and events. Contacts: Community Calendar, Theresa Wright, twright@hearst.com. Other Info/Tips: “Feedback at Five” is a program hosted by Theresa Wright, airing Sundays at 5 p.m. featuring local guests, usually with a nonprofit or public issue focus. twright@hearst.com. Owned by Hearst Television, Inc.

This list was compiled by Joyce Krieg, June 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

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Monterey Bay Bookstores and Other Retailers

Book Buyers, www.bookbuyers.com/isc/pages/Monterey-CA.html, 600 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey 93940-1008, 831-375-4208. Used books, new calendars at discount.

Bookworks, http://bookworkspg.com/, Nell Carlson pgbookworks@gmail.com, 667 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove 93950, 831-372-2242Book Works, Pacific Grove. Policy for accepting books from our authors: Will take books from local authors. Percentage they take (generally 40% of retail price): 50/50. Will display for 3 months.

Carpe Diem Fine Books, http://www.carpediemfinebooks.com/cgi-bin/carpe/index.html, 245 Pearl St., Monterey 93940, 831-643-2754

Luminata, www.luminatabooks.com/, 631 Cass St., Monterey 93940, 831-333-1110

Old Capitol Books, http://oldcapitolbooks.com/, 559 Tyler St., Monterey 93940, 831-333-0383

Old Monterey Book Co. , montbooks@gmail.com, 136 Bonifacio Place, Monterey 93940 , 831-372-3111

Pilgrim’s Way Bookstore & Secret Garden, http://pilgrimsway.com/, Dolores between Fifth and Sixth, Carmel 93921, 831-624-4955

River House Books, www.riverhousebookscarmel.com/, 208 Crossroads Blvd. (in the Crossroads Shopping Center), Carmel 93923, 831-626-2665

The Mindshop , mindshop@pacificcoastchurchpg.org, 522 Central Ave., Pacific Grove 93950, 831-372-2971

OTHERS: Aquarium gift shop, museums, state parks, Carmel Mission, churches, gift shops at other attractions and venues (e.g., golf courses, equestrian center, pet boarding facilities, restaurants, tourist information centers) as appropriate to the book’s genre. Other opportunities might be to inquire at both Asilomar and the Monterey Conference Center about upcoming conferences and follow up with organizations about displaying books during specific gatherings.

Compiled by Laurie Gibson and Joyce Krieg, August 2014. Please let us know if any information has changed.

Joyce Krieg, Marketing and PR
Joyce Krieg, Park Place Publications Marketing and PR