Editing East Midlands (section)

==Local media==
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===Television===
[[File:Waltham on the Wolds Transmitter - geograph.org.uk - 41129.jpg|thumb|220px|The [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham on the Wolds transmitter]] covers large parts of the region.]]
The [[BBC East Midlands]] region of [[BBC Television]], based in Nottingham, produces several regional television programmes including the news programme ''[[East Midlands Today]]'' from [[Waltham transmitting station|Waltham]]. This excludes most of [[Northamptonshire]], north [[Nottinghamshire]] and north [[Derbyshire]].

Most of Lincolnshire is covered by the [[BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire]] region based in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], with its ''[[BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)|Look North]]'' programme from [[Belmont transmitting station|Belmont]]; north Nottinghamshire ([[Retford]], [[Worksop, Nottinghamshire|Worksop]] and [[Bassetlaw District|Bassetlaw]]), northeast Derbyshire ([[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]), the eastern [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] ([[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]]) and northern area of the [[Derbyshire Dales]] ([[Tideswell]] and [[Hathersage]]) are covered by [[BBC Yorkshire]] from [[Emley Moor transmitting station|Emley Moor]], with its ''[[BBC Look North (Yorkshire and North Midlands)|Look North]]'' from [[Leeds]].

The western area of the [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] ([[Buxton, Derbyshire|Buxton]], [[Glossop, Derbyshire|Glossop]], [[New Mills, Derbyshire|New Miils]] and [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]]) in Derbyshire are covered by [[BBC North West]] from [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] and [[Granada Television]], both based in [[Salford]]. Most of [[Northamptonshire]] is part of the [[BBC East]] region based in Norwich and has the [[BBC Look East|Look East]] programme from [[Sandy Heath transmitting station|Sandy Heath]].

Most of Northamptonshire can receive Central News East, with western parts of the county (Daventry) receiving Central News West, and Southern parts of the county (around [[Brackley, Northamptonshire|Brackley]] and [[Towcester, Northamptonshire|Towcester]]) receiving the Thames Valley micro-region of [[ITV Meridian]] (the former Central South region) and the Oxford opt-out of [[South Today|BBC South Today]] from [[Oxford transmitting station|Oxford]]. ''[[Central Tonight|Central News East]]'' also covers the East Midlands, broadcasting from Lenton Lane in Nottingham from March 1984. The studios were closed and is now the [[King's Meadow Campus]] of the [[University of Nottingham]]. These studios had been responsible for ''[[Family Fortunes]]'' and ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''. Central News East continues, broadcasting from [[Central Independent Television|ITV Central]]'s Birmingham Studios.

Northamptonshire has [[Anglia Television]]'s ''[[Anglia Tonight]]'' programme and most of [[Lincolnshire]] and eastern parts of Nottinghamshire has [[Yorkshire Television]]'s ''[[Calendar (News)|Calendar]]''. [[Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom|Digital switchover]] took place in April 2011 for the Nottingham and Northampton areas; Waltham and Belmont (including the local repeater stations) changed in late August 2011. [[Midlands Asian Television|MATV]], based in [[Leicester]], caters to the area's large South Asian population.

===Radio===
[[File:Broadcasting House, Northampton.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Radio Northampton's Broadcasting House]]
*BBC Radios [[BBC Radio Derby|Derby]], [[BBC Radio Leicester|Leicester]], [[BBC Radio Lincolnshire|Lincolnshire]], [[BBC Radio Northampton|Northampton]], [[BBC Radio Nottingham|Nottingham]], [[BBC Radio Manchester|Manchester]] (for [[Glossop]], [[Whaley Bridge]] and [[Chapel-en-le-Frith]]) and [[BBC Radio Sheffield|Sheffield]] (for [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Bolsover]], [[Worksop]] and [[Retford]]). [[BBC Radio Leicester]] was the first local radio station in the [[United Kingdom]].
*Many commercial, student and community radio stations: [[Capital Midlands]] (formerly Trent FM, RAM FM and Leicester Sound), [[Hits Radio East Midlands]] (formerly Gem and Heart 106), [[Heart East]] (Northamptonshire) (formerly Northants 96), [[Demon FM]] ([[Leicester]]), [[Peak FM (North Derbyshire)|Peak FM]] (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire), [[Hits Radio Lincolnshire]] (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent), [[Takeover Radio]] (Leicester & Nottingham), [[Fosse 107]] ([[Loughborough]] and [[Hinckley]]), [[Harborough FM]], [[The Eye (radio station)|The Eye]] (Melton Mowbray), [[Greatest Hits Radio Stamford and Rutland]] (formerly Rutland Radio), [[Boundary Sound]] ([[Newark-on-Trent]]), [[Mansfield 103.2 FM]], [[Greatest Hits Radio South Yorkshire]] (formerly Trax FM) (Bassetlaw), [[Ashbourne Radio]] (Ashbourne on 96.7FM & 101.8FM Wirksworth & Ecclesbourne Valley), [[Amber Sound FM]], [[Erewash Sound]], [[High Peak Radio]] ([[Chapel-en-le-Frith]]), [[Smooth East Midlands]] (formerly Connect 97.2 & 106.80, Corby, PCR FM 103.20, Kettering & Wellingborough), [[Sabras Radio]], [[Salaam Radio]], and [[Hindu Sanskar Radio]], URN (Uni of Nottingham), Fly FM (Nottingham Trent Uni), [[Leicester Community Radio]] Local Radio for over 35's in Leicester 1449AM.
*National radio on DAB and FM comes from [[Sutton Coldfield transmitting station|Sutton Coldfield]] in the west,[[Belmont transmitting station|Belmont]] (the tallest structure in the region) in the northeast, and [[Holme Moss]] in the northwest.

===Newspapers===
There are a number of daily newspapers, the largest of which include the ''[[Derby Telegraph]]'', ''[[Derbyshire Times]]'', ''[[Leicester Mercury]]'', ''[[Lincolnshire Echo]]'', ''[[Northampton Chronicle and Echo]]'', and ''[[Nottingham Evening Post]]''. Most of the daily papers are owned by [[Trinity Mirror]].

[[File:British Parachute School, Langar Airfield - geograph.org.uk - 54674.jpg|thumb|220px|right|[[British Parachute Schools]] at [[Langar, Nottinghamshire|Langar]] ]]

===Magazines===
There are many regional lifestyle publications, the largest and most widely read being ''Life&Style Magazine'', ''FHP Magazine'', ''Nottinghamshire Life'' and ''City Life and County Living''. National magazine publishers in the region include [[Key Publishing]], [[Mortons of Horncastle]] and [[Bourne Publishing Group]].