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==Media== The local newspaper, the ''[[Lincolnshire Echo]]'', was founded in 1894. Local radio stations are [[BBC Radio Lincolnshire]] on 94.9 FM, its commercial rival [[Greatest Hits Radio|Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire]] on 102.2FM, [[Hits Radio Lincolnshire]] on DAB and Lincoln City Radio on 103.6 FM a community radio station catering mainly for listeners over 50.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lincoln City Radio ready to launch |url= http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Lincoln-City-Radio-ready-launch/article-1973377-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505142231/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Lincoln-City-Radio-ready-launch/article-1973377-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |work=[[Lincolnshire Echo]] |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]] |location=Lincoln, United Kingdom |date=6 April 2010 |access-date=6 December 2010 |quote=New sounds will be hitting the airwaves as Lincoln City Radio prepares to launch after nearly 25 years of planning. The community radio station will be blasting out old-school classics from the '50s to the '90s on 103.6 FM.}}</ref> ''The Lincolnite'' was an online mobile publication covering the greater-Lincoln area since 2010 but ceased trading in August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thelincolnite.co.uk/ |title=The Lincolnite β Lincoln News, Jobs, Events & Property |website=thelincolnite.co.uk |access-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015824/https://thelincolnite.co.uk/ |archive-date=22 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Joe |date=2024-08-20 |title=The Lincolnite ceases trading after 14 years |url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/lincolnite-ceases-trading-after-14-9497106 |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Lincolnshire Live |language=en}}</ref> There used to be another station named Siren FM, operated by the University of Lincoln, but it ceased broadcasting at the end of June 2024 and the licences have been handed back to Ofcom.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Griffin |first1=Joe |title=Siren Radio end date confirmed as University of Lincoln scraps much-loved community station |url=https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln-news/siren-radio-end-date-confirmed-9289886 |website=Lincolnshire Live |date=17 May 2024 |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref> The student publication ''The Linc''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thelinc.co.uk/ |title=The Linc |website=The Linc |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142635/http://thelinc.co.uk/ |archive-date=17 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> is available online and in print and targets the [[University of Lincoln]]'s student population. Local TV coverage is provided by [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] and [[ITV Yorkshire]] which is received from the [[Belmont transmitting station|Belmont]] TV transmitter. The [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]] TV transmitter can also be received in the city that broadcast [[BBC East Midlands]] and [[ITV Central]].
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