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==Media==

===Newspapers===
Ballarat has two local newspapers, one owned by Australian Community Media and one a private equity. ''[[The Courier (Ballarat)|The Courier]]'' is a daily and ''The Ballarat Times News Group'' is a free weekly. The latter is distributed across most of the city on Thursday and contains news of community events, advertisements for local businesses, and a classifieds section. Ballarat was the hub of Australian Community Media's Victoria production and manufacturing with all printed material for the state coming from the Wendouree print site until it closed in September 2020.

===Radio stations===
[[File:Radio house ballarat.jpg|thumb|upright|Radio House, Lydiard Street North. Home to 3BA and Power FM]]
Local radio stations include 3BA, Power FM and several community radio stations. There is also a Ballarat branch of [[ABC Local Radio]]'s national network.

* 102.3 FM – 3BA (local "classic hits" commercial radio station)
* 103.1 FM – Power FM 103.1 FM (local "top-40" commercial radio station)
* 99.9 FM – [[Voice FM 99.9]] – formerly known as 3BBB (local community radio station)
* 107.9 FM – [[ABC Ballarat]] (government-funded local news, current affairs, light entertainment and talkback)
* 103.9 FM – [[Good News Radio 103.9]] (Christian community-based radio station)

===Television===
Television station [[VTV (TV station)#BTV-6 Ballarat & Western Victoria|BTV Channel 6 Ballarat]] commenced transmission of test patterns on 17 March 1962. Today Ballarat is serviced by numerous "free to air" High Definition and Standard Definition Digital television services. Two television broadcasting stations are located in the city, including [[WIN Television|WIN]], [[WIN HD]], [[9Life]], [[9Go!]] and [[9Gem]] (sub-licensees of the [[Nine Network]]) and [[Seven Network|Seven]], [[7HD]], [[7two]], [[7mate]], [[7Bravo]] and [[7flix]] ([[Seven Network]] owned and operated). These two stations broadcast relayed services throughout regional Victoria. The city also receives [[Network 10|10]], [[10 HD]], [[10 Peach Comedy]], [[10 Bold Drama]], [[Nickelodeon (Australian TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] and [[Sky News Regional]] ([[Network 10]] owned and operated) which is based in [[Bendigo]] but operates a local office.

Ballarat television maintains a similar schedule to the national television network but maintains local commercials and regional news programming. 
*[[VTV (TV station)|WIN]] previously presented a 30-minute local ''[[WIN News]]'' bulletin from its studios in the city, where ''WIN News'' bulletins for [[Albury]], [[Bendigo]], [[Gippsland]], [[Shepparton]] and [[Mildura]] were also broadcast. In 2015, the Ballarat studios closed with production of the regional Victorian news bulletins being relocated to [[Wollongong]] in New South Wales, where they now originate from.<ref>Knox, David (27 October 2015) [https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/win-tv-cuts-jobs-in-ballarat-relocating-news-to-wollongong.html WIN TV cuts jobs in Ballarat, relocating news to Wollongong], TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2020.</ref> WIN retains reporters and camera crews for its Ballarat bulletin in the city.
*[[GLV/BCV|Southern Cross 10]], airs short local news updates like Seven throughout the day, broadcast from its Hobart studios.
*[[Seven Network|Seven]] airs short local news and weather updates throughout the day, broadcast from its Canberra studios with an office in the city.

In addition to commercial television services, Ballarat receives Government funded [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] ([[ABC TV (Australian TV channel)|ABC TV]], [[ABC Family (Australian TV channel)|ABC Family]], [[ABC Kids (Australia)|ABC Kids]], [[ABC Entertains]], [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]) and [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] ([[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]], [[SBS Viceland]], [[SBS World Movies]], [[SBS WorldWatch]], [[SBS Food]] and [[National Indigenous Television|NITV]]) television services.

On 5 May 2011, analog television transmissions ceased in most areas of regional Victoria and some border regions including Ballarat and surrounding areas. All local free-to-air television services are now broadcasting in digital transmission only. This was done as part of the federal government's plan for [[digital terrestrial television in Australia]], where all analogue transmission systems are gradually turned off and replaced with modern [[DVB-T]] transmission systems.

Subscription television services are provided by [[Neighbourhood Cable]], [[Foxtel]] and [[SelecTV (Australian television)|SelecTV]].