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What are Costa Rica’s media outlets? This directory brings together 70 verified outlets: newspapers, radio stations, TV channels, digital outlets and magazines, national and regional, in Spanish and in English. This guide gives the big picture and points to the detailed guide for each type and each region. Every outlet has a profile linking to its official site and social media.
Costa Rica’s media in numbers
| Type | Outlets in the directory | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Digital outlets | 30 | Digital news sites |
| Radio | 17 | Radio stations live and frequencies |
| 10 | Newspapers in Costa Rica | |
| Television | 10 | Watching TV live |
| Magazines | 3 | Magazines and specialized media |
Of the 70, 45 cover the whole country and 25 are regional. Seven publish in English and seven belong to public universities.
National media
- Newspapers: La Nación, Diario Extra, La Teja, La República and El Financiero.
- Television: Teletica · Canal 7, Repretel · Canales 6, 11, 4 y 2, Telediario · Multimedios Canal 8 and the public channel, Canal 13 · SINART.
- Radio: Radio Monumental, Radio Columbia, Teletica Radio, CRC 89.1 and Radio Fides, among others.
- Digital: CRHoy, AmeliaRueda.com, El Observador, Delfino, El Mundo CR and El Guardián, among others.
Regional media
Each region has its own outlets that follow what happens in its cantons:
| Region | Outlets | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Guanacaste | 6 | Guanacaste media |
| Northern Zone (Alajuela) | 4 | Northern Zone media |
| Cartago | 4 | Cartago media |
| Limón | 4 | Limón media |
| Heredia | 3 | Heredia media |
| Puntarenas | 2 | Puntarenas media |
| Southern Zone (San José) | 2 | Southern Zone media |
English-language and university media
For foreign residents and visitors, see English-language news, such as The Tico Times. The public universities run their own weekly, TV channel, radio stations and news sites: see university media.
Practical guides
- How to send a press release and to which outlets.
- How much advertising costs on radio, TV and digital media.
- Advertising in regional media: how to advertise in your area.
- Live religious programming on TV, radio and online.
How we verify outlets
We only include active Costa Rican outlets whose official site loads and publishes recent content. Each profile’s details come from the outlet’s official site. Is an outlet missing, or has something changed? Write to hola@costaricamedios.cr.
Find any outlet in the directory of Costa Rican media, with filters by type and province.