Editing Peterborough (section)

=== Media ===
There is a major radio [[Peterborough Transmitter|transmitter]] at [[Morborne]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} west of Peterborough, for national [[FM radio]] ([[BBC Radio]]s 1–4 and [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]) and [[BBC Radio Cambridgeshire]] which is the [[BBC Local Radio]] station that covers the city. This facility includes a {{convert|154|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} high guyed radio mast which collapsed in 2004 after a fire and has since been re-built.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/3970807.stm "Mast fire 'could be deliberate'"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221022448/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/3970807.stm |date=21 February 2006}}, ''BBC News Online'', 1 November 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/fire_mast_blaze_brings_radio_blackout_1_152228 "Fire: Mast blaze brings radio blackout"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622033731/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/fire_mast_blaze_brings_radio_blackout_1_152228 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 1 November 2004.</ref> Another transmission site at [[Gunthorpe, Peterborough|Gunthorpe]] in the north east of the city transmits [[AM radio|AM]]/[[Mediumwave|MW]] and local FM radio. The site is only {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=off}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] and has an {{convert|83|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} high active insulated guyed mast situated on it. 

The national commercial multiplex, [[Digital One]], is also available in the city.<ref>[http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/01/pr161.htm Radio Authority awards local digital multiplex licence for Peterborough] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014005055/http://ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/rau/newsroom/news-release/01/pr161.htm |date=14 October 2007 }} [[Radio Authority]], News Release 161/01, 9 November 2001.</ref> 

Peterborough is covered by six local radio stations and one regional station, though only two community stations broadcast from the city. These are Salaam FM, catering for the local Muslim population, which started broadcasting on 106.2&nbsp;MHz in 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/salaam-radio-goes-on-air-1-7469044 |title=Salaam radio goes on air |website=peterboroughtoday.co.uk|access-date=18 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025122/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/salaam-radio-goes-on-air-1-7469044 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and Peterborough Community Radio (PCR FM), a station formed as a result of a merger between former internet stations Peterborough FM and Radio Peterborough, which started broadcasting on 103.2&nbsp;MHz in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/new-peterborough-radio-station-to-hit-the-airwaves-on-good-friday-1-7909600 |title=New Peterborough radio station to hit the airwaves on Good Friday |website=peterboroughtoday.co.uk|access-date=18 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415104820/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/new-peterborough-radio-station-to-hit-the-airwaves-on-good-friday-1-7909600 |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Heart Cambridgeshire]] (now [[Heart East]]), the original [[independent local radio]] station launched as Hereward Radio in 1980 and becoming [[Heart Peterborough]] in 2009,<ref>Lawrence, Kev [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/kev-lawrence-goodbye-hereward-radio-1-122609 "Goodbye Hereward Radio"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121195038/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/kev-lawrence-goodbye-hereward-radio-1-122609 |date=21 November 2015 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 6 January 2009.</ref> still holds a large section of the market on 102.7&nbsp;MHz but relocated to Cambridge in 2012,<ref>Uren, Adam [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/what-s-on/latest-leisure-lifestyle/heart-fm-to-leave-city-and-go-to-cambridge-1-3061338 "Heart FM to leave city and go to Cambridge"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121200803/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/what-s-on/latest-leisure-lifestyle/heart-fm-to-leave-city-and-go-to-cambridge-1-3061338 |date=21 November 2015 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 16 September 2011.</ref> where it began sharing the localised programming (of mainly national output) with [[Heart Cambridge]].<ref>Clarkson, Stuart [http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/09/heart-cambridgeshire-to-leave-peterborough/ "Heart Cambridgeshire to leave Peterborough"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908154239/http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/09/heart-cambridgeshire-to-leave-peterborough/ |date=8 September 2015 }}, RadioToday, 19 September 2011.</ref> Hereward's sister station, [[The Worlds Greatest Music Station|WGMS]], was launched on the old 1332&nbsp;kHz (225 meters) frequency in 1992; known as [[Classic Gold 1332|Classic Gold]] from 1994 to 2007, it is now part of [[The Heart Network|Heart's]] sister [[Gold (British radio network)|Gold Radio]] network, but has no programming made in Peterborough. [[Connect Radio 106.8|Connect Radio]] (from 1999 to 2010, known as Lite FM), was the city's second commercial station on 106.8;MHz, but was sold and rebranded as [[Smooth East Midlands]] on 1 October 2019.

Local TV coverage is provided by ''[[BBC Look East]]'' and ''[[ITV News Anglia]]''. 

The ''[[Peterborough Evening Telegraph|Peterborough Telegraph]]'' (established 1948) is the city's newspaper. The ''Telegraph'' is  owned by [[National World|National World Publishing Ltd]]. Its website, Peterborough Today, is updated six days a week. The ''PT's'' sister paper, the ''Peterborough Citizen'' (1898), was a weekly paper delivered free to many homes in the city. The ''[[Peterborough Herald and Post]]'' (1989, a replacement for the ''Peterborough Standard'', established 1872) ceased publication in 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070817043330/http://www.trinitymirror.com/brands/regionals/midlands/mwm/ Midland Weekly Media] Trinity Mirror (Retrieved 18 September 2007).</ref> The publisher [[Emap]], which specialises in the production of magazines and the organisation of business events and conferences, traces its origins back to Peterborough in 1854.<ref>Newton, David ''Men of Mark: Makers of East Midland Allied Press'' Emap, Peterborough, 1977.</ref> The 33rd Mayor of Peterborough, Sir [[Richard Winfrey]] <small>[[Justice of the peace|JP]]</small>, founder of what would become the East Midland Allied Press, was perhaps the last person to read the [[Riot Act]] in 1914.<ref>Walton, Jemma [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/part_2_fen_men_to_the_marrow_who_have_served_us_down_through_the_years_1_79675 "Part 2: 'Fen men to the marrow' who have served us down through the years"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622034025/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/part_2_fen_men_to_the_marrow_who_have_served_us_down_through_the_years_1_79675 |date=22 June 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 14 June 2007.</ref>

Peterborough has been used as a location for various television programmes and films. The 1982 BBC production of ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]'' was filmed largely in and around Peterborough. In 1983 opening scenes for the 13th [[James Bond]] film, ''[[Octopussy]]'', starring Sir [[Roger Moore]], were filmed at Orton Mere. A music video for the song "[[Breakthru (song)|BreakThru]]" by the band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] was also shot on the preserved [[Nene Valley Railway]] in 1989. In 1995 [[Pierce Brosnan]] filmed train crash sequences for the 17th Bond film, ''[[GoldenEye]]'', at the former sugar beet factory. A scene for the film ''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]'' was filmed at Burghley House during five weeks' secret filming in 2006; and actor, [[Lee Marvin]], found himself camping in Ferry Meadows during the filming of ''[[The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission]]'' in 1985.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/peterborough-on-the-big-screen-1-101029 "Peterborough on the big screen"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902132538/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/features/peterborough-on-the-big-screen-1-101029 |date=2 September 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 13 June 2008.</ref> In October 2008 Hollywood returned to Wansford for the filming of the musical ''[[Nine (2009 live-action film)|Nine]]'', starring [[Penélope Cruz]] and [[Daniel Day-Lewis]].<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-pictures-hollywood-stars-steam-into-peterborough-1-118781 "Nene Valley Railway used for filming of Nine"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902132559/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/in-pictures-hollywood-stars-steam-into-peterborough-1-118781 |date=2 September 2012 }}, ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'', 7 November 2008.</ref>