Editing Congleton (section)

===Media===
There is one weekly local newspaper: the locally owned and financed ''[[Congleton Chronicle]]''. The evening newspaper ''[[The Sentinel (Staffordshire)|The Sentinel]]'', based in Stoke-on-Trent, also covers the town although less so than in the past. Local radio is broadcast from nearby Macclesfield-based [[Silk 106.9|Silk Radio]], [[Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]] and [[Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire]] from Stoke-on-Trent and [[BBC Radio Stoke]]. Community radio is provided by [[Moorlands Radio]] in [[Leek, Staffordshire|Leek]] and Canalside Community Radio in Bollington.

Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC North West]] and [[ITV Granada]]. Television signals are received from the [[Winter Hill transmitting station|Winter Hill]] and the local relay transmitters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter |date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Congleton |title=Freeview Light on the Congleton (Cheshire East, England) transmitter|date=May 2004 |publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>

Congleton did have its own community radio station Beartown FM,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.beartownfm.co.uk/about-us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525051313/http://www.beartownfm.co.uk/about-us |archive-date=25 May 2012 |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=Beartown FM}}</ref> but this has now closed. There is an internet-only radio station, Congleton Radio, which started broadcasting on 25 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congleton Radio launches tonight Saturday 25th of June at 7pm |url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F107998191756992%2Fposts%2Fpfbid031v3YmDjyX7p8n8SSYhYPtLA93d7WsfZfEYfqdiND2xKYMyPUJvYbSsQGUTQg7BYzl%2F%3Fd%3Dn |access-date=4 August 2022 |via=Facebook |publisher=Congleton Radio}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2022}}