Editing Isle of Wight (section)

====Media====
The main local newspaper purchased is the ''[[Isle of Wight County Press]]''.  Its circulation has declined over the years, estimated at 11,575 in 2024, especially after it was taken over by [[Newsquest]] in July 2017. In 2018 a new free newspaper was launched, the ''[[Isle of Wight Observer]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isle of Wight County Press [Circulation#93; |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/2663-isle-of-wight-county-press |publisher=ABC ([[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]]) |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>

On-line news websites include ''Island Echo'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islandecho.co.uk/ |title=Island Echo |website=Island Echo |access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> launched in May 2012, and ''On the Wight''.<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Wight|url=http://onthewight.com/|access-date=7 October 2012|website=On the Wight}}</ref>

The island has a local commercial radio station and a [[community radio]] station: commercial station [[Isle of Wight Radio]] has broadcast in the [[medium-wave]] band since 1990 and on 107.0&nbsp;MHz (with three smaller transmitters on 102.0&nbsp;MHz) [[FM broadcasting|FM]] since 1998, as well as [[Internet radio|streaming]] on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web| access-date=28 November 2016 | url=http://www.internetradiouk.com/mobile/isle-newport/ | publisher=internetradiouk.com |title=Isle of Wight Radio 107.0 Newport}}</ref> Community station [[Vectis Radio]] has broadcast online since 2010, and in 2017 started broadcasting on FM 104.6. The station operates from the Riverside Centre in Newport.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vectisradio.com/|title=Vectis Radio|website=www.vectisradio.com}}</ref> The island is also covered by a number of local stations on the mainland, including the BBC station [[BBC Radio Solent]] broadcast from [[Southampton]]. The island's not-for-profit community radio station Angel Radio opened in 2007. Angel Radio began broadcasting on 91.5&nbsp;MHz from studios in Cowes and a transmitter near Newport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://angelradioisleofwight.moonfruit.com/ |title="History of Our Station" and "Gallery" |access-date=28 October 2007 |work=Angel Radio Isle of Wight Website |archive-date=4 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904015624/http://www.angelradioisleofwight.moonfruit.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://angelradioisleofwight.com/record-library/4521473818 |title=The Record Library |access-date=20 August 2016 |work=Angel Radio Isle of Wight Website |archive-date=23 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723095914/http://angelradioisleofwight.com/record-library/4521473818 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Important broadcasting infrastructure includes [[Chillerton Down transmitting station]] with a mast that is the tallest structure on the island, and [[Rowridge transmitting station]], which broadcasts the main television signal both locally and for most of [[Hampshire]] and parts of [[Dorset]] and [[West Sussex]].<ref>{{cite web | title=The Big Tower: Chillerton Down | url=http://www.thebigtower.com/live/ChillertonDown/Index.htm | access-date=28 November 2016 | publisher=thebigtower.com}}</ref>