Editing Cape Town (section)

=== Media ===
[[File:Cape Town TV news van.jpg|thumb|left|A news van owned by [[Cape Town TV]] outside the [[Houses of Parliament, Cape Town|Houses of Parliament]]]]

Several newspapers, magazines and printing facilities have their offices in the city. [[Independent News and Media]] publishes the major English language papers in the city, the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' and the ''[[Cape Times]]''. [[Naspers]], the largest media conglomerate in South Africa, publishes ''[[Die Burger]]'', the major Afrikaans language paper.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa Newspapers |url=http://www.abyznewslinks.com/safri.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226162818/http://www.abyznewslinks.com/safri.htm |archive-date=26 February 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014 |publisher=ABYZ News Links}}</ref>

Cape Town has many local community [[newspapers]]. Some of the largest community newspapers in English are the ''Athlone News'' from [[Athlone, Cape Town|Athlone]], the ''[[Atlantic Sun]]'', the ''Constantiaberg Bulletin'' from [[Constantiaberg, Cape Town|Constantiaberg]], the ''City Vision'' from [[Bellville, Cape Town|Bellville]], the ''[[False Bay Echo]]'' from False Bay, the ''[[Helderberg Sun]]'' from [[Helderberg, Cape Town|Helderberg]], the ''[[Plainsman (South Africa)|Plainsman]]'' from Michell's Plain, the ''[[Sentinel News]]'' from Hout Bay, the ''[[Southern Mail (newspaper)|Southern Mail]]'' from the Southern Peninsula, the ''[[Southern Suburbs Tatler]]'' from the [[Southern Suburbs, Cape Town|Southern Suburbs]], ''[[Table Talk (Cape Town)|Table Talk]]'' from Table View and ''[[Tygertalk]]'' from Tygervalley/Durbanville. Afrikaans language community newspapers include the ''[[Landbou-Burger]]'' and the ''[[Tygerburger]]''.
''[[Vukani]]'', based in the Cape Flats, is published in [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa Newspapers |url=http://www.dailyearth.com/IntnNews/southafrica.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829093302/http://dailyearth.com/IntnNews/southafrica.html |archive-date=29 August 2013 |access-date=24 February 2014 |publisher=Daily Earth}}</ref>

Cape Town is a centre for major broadcast media with several radio stations that only broadcast within the city. [[KFM (Cape Town)|94.5 Kfm]] (94.5{{spaces}}[[MHz]] FM) and [[Good Hope FM]] (94–97{{spaces}}MHz [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) mostly play [[pop music]]. Heart FM (104.9{{spaces}}MHz FM), the former P4 Radio, plays [[jazz]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], while [[Fine Music Radio]] (101.3 FM) plays [[European classical music|classical music]] and jazz, and Magic Music Radio<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Alan |title=Magic 828 – Less Talk, More Music |url=https://magic828.co.za/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002020622/https://magic828.co.za/ |archive-date=2 October 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020 |website=Magic 828 – Less Talk More Music}}</ref> (828 [[kilohertz|kHz]] MW) plays adult contemporary and classic rock from the '80s, '90s and '00s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magic 828 |url=https://magic828.co.za/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=Magic 828}}</ref>

[[Bush Radio (South Africa)|Bush Radio]] is a community radio station (89.5{{spaces}}MHz FM). The [[Voice of the Cape]] (95.8{{spaces}}MHz FM) and [[Cape Talk]] (567{{spaces}}kHz [[Mediumwave|MW]]) are the major [[talk radio|talk radio stations]] in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio companies |url=http://www.biz-community.com/Companies/196/59.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118135807/http://biz-community.com/Companies/196/59.html |archive-date=18 January 2010 |access-date=24 February 2014 |publisher=BizCommunity.Com}}</ref> Bokradio (98.9{{spaces}}MHz FM) is an Afrikaans music station.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2013 |title=98.9fm |url=http://www.bokradio.co.za/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228083313/http://www.bokradio.co.za/ |archive-date=28 February 2014 |access-date=24 February 2014 |publisher=Bok Radio}}</ref> The [[University of Cape Town]] also runs its own radio station, [[UCT Radio]] (104.5{{spaces}}MHz FM).

The [[SABC]] has a small presence in the city, with satellite studios located at [[Sea Point]]. [[e.tv]] has a greater presence, with a large complex located at Longkloof Studios in [[Gardens, Cape Town|Gardens]]. [[M-Net]] is not well represented with infrastructure within the city. [[Cape Town TV]] is a local TV station, supported by numerous organisation and focusing mostly on documentaries.

Numerous productions companies and their support industries are located in the city, mostly supporting the production of overseas commercials, model shoots, TV-series and movies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South African Industry News |url=http://www.filmmakersguide.co.za/filming_in_sa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217122738/http://www.filmmakersguide.co.za/filming_in_sa |archive-date=17 February 2010 |access-date=24 February 2014 |publisher=filmmakersguide.co.za}}</ref> The local media infrastructure remains primarily in Johannesburg.