Editing Torquay (section)

===Media===
Torquay' local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Devon]], [[Heart West]], and [[Greatest Hits Radio South West]] (formerly known as Palm 105.5 and The Breeze), which has its studios in Lymington Road in Torquay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2015/09/palm-105-5-torbay-to-rebrand-as-the-breeze/|title=Palm 105.5 Torbay to rebrand as The Breeze|publisher=Radio Today|date=1 September 2015|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415115332/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2015/09/palm-105-5-torbay-to-rebrand-as-the-breeze/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Local TV coverage is provided by [[BBC South West]] and [[ITV West Country]]. Television signals are received from the [[Beacon Hill transmitting station|Beacon Hill]] and the local relay TV transmitters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Beacon_Hill|title=Full Freeview on the Beacon Hill (Torbay, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=29 October 2023}}<br>- {{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Torquay_Town|title=Freeview Light on the Torquay Town (Torbay, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=29 October 2023}}</ref>

The town's local newspaper is the ''[[Torquay Herald Express|Herald Express]]'', which has been published since 1925, after a merger of two papers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/subject/torquay-herald-express/|title=Torquay Herald Express|publisher=Press Gazette|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415115610/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/subject/torquay-herald-express/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Past newspapers include the ''Torquay and Tor General Advertisor and Director'', founded in 1839, which in 1853 became ''The Torquay Directory and South Devon Journal'' until 1949, finally becoming ''The South Devon Journal'', which closed in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 May 2005 |title=Devon newspaper bibliography: Torquay |publisher=Devon Library and Information Services, Devon County council |url=http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/110708/1.html |access-date=4 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204082527/http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/110708/1.html |archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref>