Editing Dover (section)

==Local media==
===Television===
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC South East]] and [[ITV Meridian]]. Television signals are received from the nearby [[Dover transmitting station|Dover]] TV transmitter situated south of the town<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Dover|title= Full Freeview on the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=23 February 2024}}</ref> and a local relay transmitter in the centre of Dover.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Dover_Town|title= Freeview Light on the Dover Town (Kent, England) transmitter
|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=23 February 2024}}</ref>

Dover was the home to television studios and production offices of [[Southern Television]] Ltd, the company which operated the ITV franchise for South and South East England from 1958 to 1981.  The studios were located on Russell Street and were home to programmes like 'Scene South East', 'Scene Midweek', 'Southern News', 'Farm Progress' and the nightly epilogue, 'Guideline'.  The studios were operated by TVS in 1982 and home to 'Coast to Coast', however they closed a year later when the company moved their operations to the newly complete Television Centre in [[Maidstone]].

===Newspapers===
Dover has two paid for newspapers, the ''Dover Express'' (published by Kent Regional News and Media) and the ''[[East Kent Mercury and Dover Mercury|Dover Mercury]]'' (published by the [[KM Group]]). Free newspapers for the town previously included the ''Dover and Deal Extra'', part of the KM Group; and ''yourdover'', part of [[KOS Media]].

===Radio===
Dover has one local commercial radio station, [[KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country]], broadcasting to Dover on 106.8FM. The station was founded in Dover as Neptune Radio in September 1997 but moved to Folkestone in 2003 and was consequently rebranded after a takeover by the KM Group. Dover is also served by the county-wide stations [[Heart South]], [[Gold (British radio network)|Gold]] and [[BBC Radio Kent]].

The Gateway Hospital Broadcasting Service, in Buckland Hospital radio, closed at the end of 2006. It was the oldest hospital radio station in East Kent being founded in 1968.<ref>[http://blog.nhskent.net/blog/_archives/2006/12/5/2552205.html]{{Dead link|date=July 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

DCR 104.9FM (Dover Community Radio) started broadcasting on 104.9FM in May 2022 and is Dover and White Cliffs Country's community radio station. The online station of the same name launched on 30 July 2011 offering local programmes, music and news for Dover and district. Prior to this DCR was an online podcasting service since 2010. .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dovercommunityradio.co.uk |title=Dover Community Radio Website |website=Dovercommunityradio.co.uk |date=31 July 2011 |access-date=26 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823082448/http://www.dovercommunityradio.co.uk/ |archive-date=23 August 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Dover Community Radio was awarded a community radio licence by OFCOM on 12 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/05/six-new-community-radio-licences-awarded-by-ofcom/ |title=Radio Today – 6 New Community Radio Licences Awarded by OFCOM |date=12 May 2020 |access-date=13 May 2020 |archive-date=17 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517124703/https://radiotoday.co.uk/2020/05/six-new-community-radio-licences-awarded-by-ofcom/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of November 2021, BFBS Gurkha Radio has been broadcasting on 90.8FM in Dover and can be picked up within 1 mile of its transmission site at the Dover Community Centre located at Burgoyne Heights. This is part of a trial broadcast of small scale FM services by OFCOM due to end in September 2022 but it maybe extended to serve the Gurkha community living at Burgoyne Heights.