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==Local media== [[File:BBC buildings, Kingston upon Hull.jpg|thumb|right|BBC in [[Queen's Gardens, Hull]]]] ===Television=== The region receives various regional television programmes: * [[BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)|''BBC Look North'']] in Leeds that covers [[West Yorkshire|West]], [[South Yorkshire|South]] and [[North Yorkshire]]. * [[BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)|''BBC Look North'']] in Hull which covers the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], [[North Lincolnshire|North]] and [[North East Lincolnshire]]. * [[BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria)|''BBC Look North'']] in Newcastle that covers parts of [[North Yorkshire]] including [[Whitby]], [[Northallerton]] and [[Richmond, North Yorkshire|Richmond]]. * ''[[BBC North West Tonight]]'' in [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]] covering western [[Craven District|Craven]] in [[North Yorkshire]] such as [[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]]. * [[ITV Yorkshire]] is on ''Kirkstall Road'' to the west of Leeds city centre, which broadcasts ''[[ITV News Calendar|Calendar]]'' that covers the whole region. * [[ITV Granada]] and [[ITV Tyne Tees]] also cover parts of the region. [[Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom|Digital switchover]] took place in August 2011 for most of the region, with [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]] (the main TV transmitter for West, South and North Yorkshire) converting to [[Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom|digital]] in mid-September. Emley Moor is the tallest free-standing structure in the UK, and the 25th [[List of tallest towers in the world|tallest in the world]], and was designed by [[Ove Arup]]. The original tower famously collapsed in March 1969. ===Radio=== [[High Hunsley]] transmitter covers most of the region and overlap into other regions. Local commercial stations include [[Hits Radio West Yorkshire]] (Bradford), [[Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire]], [[Hits Radio South Yorkshire]] (Sheffield), [[Heart Yorkshire]] ([[Tingley]]), [[Capital Yorkshire]] and 107.8 Beverley FM. [[BBC Local Radio]] services in the region include stations for [[BBC Radio Humberside|Humberside]], [[BBC Radio Leeds|Leeds]], [[BBC Radio Sheffield|Sheffield]], [[BBC Radio York|York]] and [[BBC Radio Tees|Tees]] which serves [[Whitby]]. National radio is broadcast from [[Belmont transmitting station|Belmont]] in the south-east, [[Bilsdale transmitting station|Bilsdale]] for North Yorkshire, and [[Holme Moss]] for South and West Yorkshire. [[Moorside Edge transmitting station|Moorside Edge]] east of [[Scammonden Reservoir|Scammonden Water]] near the M62 is a main [[BBC Radio 5 Live|5 Live]] transmitter on 909 MW. ===News and other print=== Polestar Petty in central Leeds, with [[Offset printing|web offset]], for many years printed ''[[TVTimes]]'', ''[[Radio Times]]'', and many colour supplements, including the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' weekend magazine, but closed in December 2014. Local newspapers are the ''[[Bradford Telegraph and Argus]]'', ''[[Evening Courier]]'', ''[[Grimsby Telegraph]]'', ''[[Huddersfield Examiner]]'', ''[[Hull Daily Mail]]'', ''[[The Scarborough News]]'', ''[[Scunthorpe Telegraph]]'', ''[[Sheffield Star]]'', ''[[The Press (York)]]'', ''[[Wakefield Express]]'', ''[[Yorkshire Evening Post]]'' and ''[[Yorkshire Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/media.htm |title=Yorkshire Media Centre, Yorkshire, Northern England |publisher=Yorkshirenet.co.uk |access-date=5 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211025144/http://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/media.htm |archive-date=11 February 2009 }} </ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/uk/175 |title=Yorkshire UK News Media β Yorkshire newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations |publisher=Mondotimes.com |access-date=5 October 2008 }} </ref> [[RR Donnelley|RR Donnelley UK Directory]] of [[Flaxby]] Moor, printed the ''[[Yellow pages|Yellow Pages]]'', until the site closed at the end of 2015. Polestar Chantry, off the A650 on the Wakefield 41 estate, prints ''[[Marie Claire]]'', ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'', ''[[Woman's Weekly (UK magazine)|Woman's Weekly]]'', ''Real Life'', ''[[BBC Good Food]]'', ''[[BBC Gardeners' World]]'', ''[[Prima (magazine)|Prima]]'', ''[[Woman & Home]]'', ''Red'', and ''[[Country Life (magazine)|Country Life]]''. Polestar Sheffield prints the ''[[Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]]'' magazine, and ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]''.
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