Editing Kolkata (section)

== Media ==
{{See also|Kolkata in the media|List of Bengali-language television channels}}

[[File:Akashvani Bhawan Kolkata 2.jpg|thumb|Akashvani Bhawan, the head office of state-owned [[All India Radio]], Kolkata|alt=A five-storied building in cream colour with multiple columns in front]]

The first newspaper in India, the ''[[Hicky's Bengal Gazette|Bengal Gazette]]'' started publishing from the city in 1780.<ref name="Eaman2009">{{cite book |last=Eaman |first=Ross |title=The A to Z of Journalism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e98aMyleL-cC&pg=PA86 |access-date=2 August 2013 |date=12 October 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7067-3 |page=86 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424194554/http://books.google.com/books?id=e98aMyleL-cC&pg=PA86 |archive-date=24 April 2014 }}</ref> Among Kolkata's widely circulated Bengali-language newspapers are ''[[Anandabazar Patrika]]'', ''[[Bartaman]]'', [[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra]], ''[[Sangbad Pratidin]]'', ''[[Aajkaal]]'', ''[[Dainik Statesman]]'' and ''[[Ganashakti]]''.<ref name="newspaper">{{cite web |title=Areawise analysis for the period July/December 2007 to January&nbsp;– June 2010 |url=http://www.auditbureau.org/trends-123.xls |publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations |format=XLS |access-date=17 June 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic }}</ref> ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' and ''[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]'' are two major English-language newspapers that are produced and published from the city. Other popular English-language newspapers published and sold in the city include ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''[[The Indian Express]]'' and ''[[The Asian Age]]''.<ref name="newspaper" /> As the largest trading centre in East India, the city has several high-circulation financial dailies, including ''[[The Economic Times]]'', ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]'', ''[[Business Line]]'' and ''[[Business Standard]]''.<ref name=newspaper /><ref>{{cite web |publisher=International Trade Administration |url=http://trade.gov/press/press_releases/2006/india_mission_statement_112006.pdf |title=Business development mission to India 29 November&nbsp;– 5 December 2006 |access-date=13 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025143417/http://trade.gov/press/press_releases/2006/india_mission_statement_112006.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2007 }}</ref> Vernacular newspapers, such as those in the [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and Chinese languages, are read by minorities.<ref name="BanerjeePage10">{{cite book |editor1-last=Banerjee |editor1-first=Himadri |editor2-last=Gupta |editor2-first=Nilanjana |editor3-last=Mukherjee |editor3-first=Sipra |title=Calcutta mosaic: essays and interviews on the minority communities of Calcutta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSTEOx_Lw9MC |access-date=29 January 2012 |year=2009 |publisher=Anthem Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-905835-5-8 |pages=9–10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509233321/http://books.google.com/books?id=cSTEOx_Lw9MC&dq |archive-date=9 May 2013 }}</ref><ref name=newspaper /> Major periodicals based in the city include ''[[Desh (magazine)|Desh]]'', ''[[Sananda (magazine)|Sananda]]'', ''[[Saptahik Bartaman]]'', ''[[Unish-Kuri]]'', ''[[Anandalok]]'' and ''[[Anandamela]]''.<ref name=newspaper /> Historically, Kolkata has been the centre of the [[Little magazine movement#Bengali little magazine movement|Bengali little magazine movement]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Little magazines of Bengal |journal=Asiaweek |year=1984 |volume=10 |issue=27–39 |page=42 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Nag |first=Dulali |year=1997 |title=Little magazines in Calcutta and a postsociology of India |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=109–11 |doi=10.1177/006996679703100106 |s2cid=144892949 }}</ref>

[[All India Radio]] (AIR), the national state-owned radio broadcaster, airs several [[AM broadcasting|AM]] radio stations in the city. Kolkata has [[List of FM radio stations in India#Kolkata|10 local radio stations]] broadcasting on [[frequency modulation|FM]], including three from AIR. India's state-owned television broadcaster, [[Doordarshan]], provides two free-to-air terrestrial channels,<ref>{{cite web |title=Doordarshan |url=http://mib.nic.in/ShowContent.aspx?uid1=2&uid2=94&uid3=0&uid4=0&uid5=0&uid6=0&uid7=0 |publisher=Ministry of Broadcasting, Government of India |access-date=24 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117071129/http://mib.nic.in/ShowContent.aspx?uid1=2&uid2=94&uid3=0&uid4=0&uid5=0&uid6=0&uid7=0 |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}</ref> while a mix of Bengali, Hindi, English, and other regional channels are accessible via [[Cable television|cable subscription]], [[direct-broadcast satellite]] services, or [[IPTV|internet-based television]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CalTel launches IPTV in Kolkata, invests Rs 700 cr in 07-08 |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=3663 |access-date=24 January 2012 |agency=Press Trust of India |newspaper=Outlook India |location=New Delhi |date=1 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502190254/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=3663 |archive-date=2 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CAS on brink of blackout |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/CAS-on-brink-of-blackout/articleshow/9719460.cms |access-date=24 January 2012 |newspaper=Times of India |date=14 August 2011 |agency=TNN |location=New Delhi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510191503/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/CAS-on-brink-of-blackout/articleshow/9719460.cms |archive-date=10 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Direct-to-home comes home |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Direct-to-home-comes-home/articleshow/222808.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701123319/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-10-09/kolkata/27198314_1_dish-tv-dth-subscribers-satellite-channels |archive-date=1 July 2012 |access-date=24 January 2012 |agency=TNN |date=9 October 2003 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |location=New Delhi }}</ref> [[List of Bengali-language television channels#News channels|Bengali-language 24-hour television news channels]] include [[ABP Ananda]], [[News18 Bangla]], [[Kolkata TV]], [[Zee 24 Ghanta]], TV9 Bangla and [[Republic Bangla]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bengali News Channel advertising rates in India |work=Mplan Media |url=https://mplan.media/blog/bengali-news-channel-advertising-rates-in-india/ |publisher=mplan.media |date=26 April 2021 |access-date=26 April 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506094144/https://mplan.media/blog/bengali-news-channel-advertising-rates-in-india/ |url-status=live |last1=Mplan |first1=Team }}</ref>