Editing Port Talbot (section)

==Media==
Port Talbot is served by several [[Independent Local Radio]] stations: [[Hits Radio South Wales]], its sister station [[Greatest Hits Radio South Wales]], [[Swansea Bay Radio]], [[Heart South Wales]] and [[Nation Radio Wales]]. Radio Phoenix also operates a 24-hour hospital radio service for the patients and staff of [[Neath Port Talbot Hospital]] in [[Baglan, Neath Port Talbot|Baglan Moors]].

In 2005 the area was granted its first radio station when [[Afan FM]], the inspiration of a group of local young people, was awarded a five-year licence by [[Ofcom]] to serve Port Talbot and Neath. Afan FM broadcast from the AquaDome leisure complex on [[Aberavon Beach|Aberafan Seafront]]. Following a December 2009 fire at the AquaDome, Afan FM moved to Aberafan House, adjacent to the town's shopping centre. Afan FM closed in December 2011 was shut down following an unexpected tax bill.

The town has been served by several newspapers. The ''[[Port Talbot Guardian]]'' was a weekly paper published by [[Media Wales]], part of the [[Trinity Mirror]] group, but ceased publication in October 2009. The Swansea-based daily ''[[South Wales Evening Post]]'' and the weekly ''Courier and Tribune'' are distributed in the town and are published by [[Media Wales]], part of the [[Reach plc]] group.

The Welsh-language song competition ''[[Cân i Gymru]]'' is usually filmed in Port Talbot. TV programmes such as ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' have filmed in the town.

The 2017 crime drama television series ''[[Bang (TV series)|Bang]]'' is set in Port Talbot.

[[Terry Gilliam]] has recounted how he was inspired to create the movie ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' after hearing a transistor radio play the song ''[[Aquarela do Brasil]]'' on the beach at Port Talbot.<ref name="NYT-19Jan1986">{{cite news |last1=Bennets |first1=Leslie |title=HOW TERRY GILLIAM FOUND A HAPPY ENDING FOR 'BRAZIL' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/19/movies/how-terry-gilliam-found-a-happy-ending-for-brazil.html |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=New York Times |date=19 January 1986}}</ref>