Bedlington - Local Media

Local Media

The local newspapers are: The Evening Chronicle, The Journal. These papers cover Tyneside and south east Northumberland. The Newspost Leader is weekly and covers most of the former district of Wansbeck. The community-run Bedlington Website Bedlington.co.uk was started in 1998. It has been active in many of the recent initiatives to promote the town and halt decline.

Local community radio project South Northumberland Radio Group (SNRG) has been established to provide the community area of Wansbeck, Blyth Valley and Castle Morpeth with broadcast standard facilities for audio recording and training, and also to provide an FM radio service to the district. The studio is in Bedlington with the proposed transmitter at Pegswood near Morpeth. Assistance for the initiative was provided by the town website, and there is close cooperation between the two. The station will be open to assist in the creation and broadcast of radio programmes with a local focus. In addition, the studio will be open to individuals, community groups and educational establishments for the purpose of media and technology training, and to facilitate the creation of other audio media.

There are also several radio regional stations provide local broadcasts. Local news on television is provided by ITV Tyne Tees and BBC Look North. These TV stations cover most of the north east, County Durham, Teeside, Tyneside and Northumberland.

Bedlington has reached news as far as the United States with a recent investment by the worlds 488th richest man choosing to invest in Bedlington Terriers Football Club after tracing his family roots to the town.