 Newport News is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Roads area.Prior to 1956, Newport News voted in line with a Solid South county except for 1928 when anti-Catholic voting boosted Herbert Hoover to a victory in the county & statewide.From 1956 to 2004, it became a swing county, but became increasingly Democratic towards the end of that stretch.