Editing Canberra (section)

===Media===
As Australia's capital, Canberra is the most important centre for much of Australia's political reportage and thus all the major media, including the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], the commercial television networks, and the metropolitan newspapers maintain local bureaus. News organisations are represented in the ''[[Canberra Press Gallery|press gallery]]'', a group of journalists who report on the national [[Parliament of Australia|parliament]]. [[National Press Club of Australia|The National Press Club of Australia]] in [[Barton, Australian Capital Territory|Barton]] has regular television broadcasts of its lunches at which a prominent guest, typically a politician or other public figure, delivers a speech followed by a question-and-answer session.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.npc.org.au/upcomingspeakers/speakerarchive.html |title=Speaker archive |publisher=National Press Club of Australia |access-date=13 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419074913/http://www.npc.org.au/upcomingSpeakers/speakerArchive.html |archive-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>

Canberra has a daily newspaper, ''[[The Canberra Times]]'', which was established in 1926.{{sfn|Wigmore|1971|p=87}}<ref>{{cite news |title=History of a paper anniversary |newspaper=The Canberra Times |publisher=Fairfax Media |first=Jack |last=Waterford |author-link=Jack Waterford |date=3 March 2013 |url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/history-of-a-paper-anniversary-20130302-2fd76.html |archive-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917072242/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/history-of-a-paper-anniversary-20130302-2fd76.html}}</ref> There are also several free weekly publications, including news magazines ''CityNews'' and ''Canberra Weekly'' as well as entertainment guide ''[[BMA Magazine]]''. ''BMA Magazine'' first went to print in 1992; the inaugural edition featured coverage of the [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] [[Nevermind]] tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=BMA comes of age |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/03/24/3722515.htm |date=24 March 2013 |archive-date=7 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007160640/http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/03/24/3722515.htm |access-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=live |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |website=666 ABC Canberra}}</ref>

There are a number of AM and FM stations broadcasting in Canberra ([[List of radio station callsigns in the Australian Capital Territory|AM/FM Listing]]). The main commercial operators are the [[Capital Radio Network]] ([[2CA]] and [[2CC]]), and [[Austereo]]/[[Australian Radio Network|ARN]] ([[104.7 (Canberra)|104.7]] and [[Mix 106.3]]). There are also several community operated stations.<br />
A DAB+ digital radio trial is also in operation, it simulcasts some of the AM/FM stations, and also provides several digital only stations ([[Digital radio in Australia#Canberra|DAB+ Trial Listing]]).

Five free-to-air television stations service Canberra:
*[[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC]] Canberra ([[ABC Canberra (TV station)|ABC]])
*[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] New South Wales ([[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]])
*[[Network 10]] Southern NSW & ACT ([[CTC (TV station)|CTC]]) – [[Network 10]] owned and operated station
*[[Seven Network]] Southern NSW & ACT ([[CBN (Australian TV station)|CBN]]) – [[Seven Network]] owned and operated station 
*[[WIN Television]] Southern NSW & ACT ([[WIN (TV station)|WIN]]) – [[Nine Network]] affiliate

Each station broadcasts a primary channel and several [[Digital terrestrial television in Australia#Additional channels|multichannels]]. Of the three main commercial networks:
*WIN airs a half-hour local ''[[WIN News]]'' each weeknight at 6pm, produced from a newsroom in the city and broadcast from studios in [[Wollongong]].
*Southern Cross 10 airs short local news updates throughout the day, produced and broadcast from its Hobart studios. It previously aired a regional edition of ''[[Nine News]]'' from Sydney each weeknight at 6pm, featuring opt-outs for Canberra and the ACT when it was a Nine affiliate.
*Seven airs short local news and weather updates throughout the day, produced and broadcast from its Canberra studios.

Prior to 1989, Canberra was serviced by just the ABC, SBS and Capital Television (CTC), which later became Ten Capital in 1994 then Southern Cross Ten in 2002 then Channel 9/Southern Cross Nine in 2016 and finally Channel 10 in 2021, with Prime Television (now Prime7) and WIN Television arriving as part of the Government's regional aggregation program in that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd0102/02bd132 |title=Bills Digest No. 132 2001–02: Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Bill 2002 |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]] |date=21 March 2002 |access-date=25 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131114349/http://aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd0102/02bd132 |archive-date=31 January 2013}}</ref>

[[Pay television]] services are available from [[Foxtel]] (via satellite) and telecommunications company [[TransACT]] (via cable).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kids.actewagl.com.au/Education/Communications/Television/Subscription/ |title=Subscription television |publisher=[[TransACT]] |access-date=25 September 2013 |date=11 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928022041/http://kids.actewagl.com.au/Education/Communications/Television/Subscription/ |archive-date=28 September 2013}}</ref>