Editing Northampton (section)

=== Media ===
The ''[[Northampton Chronicle & Echo]]'' (established 1931) is the town's newspaper, published on Thursdays (before 2012, it was published Monday to Saturday) with jobs, property, motors and entertainment supplements. There are other free newspapers circulated within the town. These include ''The Mercury'' (on Thursdays) and ''Northants on Sunday'', both from the publishers of the ''Chronicle & Echo'', and the ''[[Northampton Herald & Post]]'' (on Thursdays). These free papers mostly consist of advertising and have limited news. ''The Mercury'' was one of the oldest newspapers still in circulation first published in 1720, founded by William Dicey, an ancestor of the public law commentator, A.V. Dicey. It was the fifth-oldest such newspaper in the United Kingdom and the tenth-oldest such in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Association of Newspapers |url=http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040107070325/http://www.wan-press.org/article2823.html |archive-date=7 January 2004 |access-date=30 August 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Broadcasting House, Northampton.jpg|thumb|220px|left|Radio Northampton's Broadcasting House is located on Abington Street in Northampton.]]

[[Heart FM]] and [[BBC Radio Northampton]] are the major stations that serve the town. There are four community radio stations: [[Inspiration FM]], [[NLive Radio]] (Formerly NNBC), Revolution Radio and Embrace Radio. Revolution Radio was awarded a 5 year licence on 16 July 2020. Inspiration FM was officially launched in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ofcom press release 24 July 2008 |url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/07/nr_20080724a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711222601/http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/07/nr_20080724a |archive-date=11 July 2009 |access-date=24 April 2009 |publisher=Ofcom website}}</ref> The station broadcasts on 107.8 FM.

NNBC was originally launched in September 2016 as a joint venture with the University of Northampton.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 March 2015 |title=Ofcom grants FM licence for new community radio station in Northampton |url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/ofcom-grants-fm-licence-for-new-community-radio-station-in-northampton-1-6643833 |access-date=6 October 2017 |website=Chronicle and Echo |location=Northampton |archive-date=6 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006212241/http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/ofcom-grants-fm-licence-for-new-community-radio-station-in-northampton-1-6643833 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 30 September 2017, the station was re-branded as NLive Radio. The station marked the re-branding with a live broadcast from Market Square on 30 September.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 September 2017 |title=Northampton radio to mark relaunch with Market Square live broadcast |url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/northampton-radio-to-mark-relaunch-with-market-square-live-broadcast-1-8155073 |access-date=6 October 2017 |website=Chronicle and Echo |location=Northampton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=30 September 2017 |title=It's Launch Day – We Are Officially NLive |url=http://nliveradio.com/?p=399 |access-date=6 October 2017 |publisher=N-Live website}}</ref> Later that same evening, the station ran a live evening of music from a music venue in Northampton. The evening of music was headlined by Hana Brooks and broadcast live on the station under the banner 'Shoetown Sounds'.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 September 2017 |title=Gig to mark radio rebrand in Northampton |url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/whats-on/music/gig-to-mark-radio-rebrand-in-northampton-1-8168428 |access-date=6 October 2017 |website=Chronicle and Echo |location=Northampton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2 October 2017 |title=NLive Upgrades and Reveals The Shoetown Sounds |url=http://nliveradio.com/?p=399 |access-date=6 October 2017 |publisher=N-Live website}}</ref> The station broadcasts on 106.9 FM. 

Embrace Radio, was launched on 5 March 2022. It serves the town on the local small-scale DAB service.

Revolution Radio and Inspiration FM can also be found on the local DAB service.

Regional TV news is provided by ''[[BBC Look East]]'' and ''[[ITV News Anglia]]''. Northampton has also been used as a location for television, film and theatre. Northampton Castle is featured in [[William Shakespeare]]'s history play ''[[King John (play)|King John]]'' and in ''[[Becket (Tennyson play)|Becket]]'', a play by [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]]. The town was the location for the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' from 1990 until 1995. Parts of the 2005 film ''[[Kinky Boots (film)|Kinky Boots]]'' were also made in Northampton and featured shots of the statue outside the Grosvenor Centre in the town centre and inside RE Tricker's shoe factory in St. Michaels Road representing the original factory in Earls Barton.<ref name="Trickers">{{cite web |title=RE Trickers Limited |url=http://www.trickers.com/ |access-date=21 May 2008}}</ref> The film was turned into a musical ''[[Kinky Boots (musical)|Kinky Boots]]'', maintaining its Northampton backdrop, which premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 2013 and won 6 [[Tony Award]]s. It transferred to the [[West End theatre|West End]] in London in 2015 and won 3 [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Awards]]. In addition, [[BBC Three (former)|BBC Three]] shows ''[[Bizarre ER]]'' and ''[[Junior Paramedics]]'' were filmed in Northampton.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bizarre-er-bbc-three-1911737 |title=Bizarre ER, BBC Three |website=walesonline.co.uk |first=Nathan |last=Beven |date=6 June 2010 |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/junior-paramedics-tv-review-rookies-get-dose-reality-eye-opening-documentary-9158490.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/junior-paramedics-tv-review-rookies-get-dose-reality-eye-opening-documentary-9158490.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Junior Paramedics, TV review: Rookies get a dose of reality in an eye-opening documentary |newspaper=The Independent |first=Ellen |last=Jones |date=28 February 2014 |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> ''[[Changing Ends]]'' (2023), a semi-autobiographical sitcom based on [[Alan Carr]]'s childhood, was set in 1980s Northampton.