The Ft. Lauderdale Westside Gazette is in the Miami - Fort Lauderdale, FL DMA. Since its inception in 1971, the Westside Gazette has grown to become Broward Countys oldest and largest African American owned and operated newspaper. Founded in 1971, it has established superior service throughout Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. It is a "Proud Paper for A Proud People," and has established a reputation as a well respected and alternative information source for South Floridas African American Community. It provides news, sports, including a Black College Sports Page, socio-economic and political commentaries that impact us from a local, national and global perspective.With 34 years of serving the community uninterrupted and a weekly readership of over 350,000 throughout Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties, the Westside Gazette stands alone among the competition and goes to literally tens of thousands of households, which generate a tremendous economic impact on the local economy.It is Broward County's oldest and largest African-American owned and operated newspaper. The Ft. Lauderdale Westside Gazette offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its weekly circulation. This paper is a part of the Forum Publishing Group. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.