Media
Community Papers:
- Peninsula Community Access News, fortnightly free distribution within the 2256 and 2257 postcode areas.
- Central Coast Express Advocate, published by News Limited's Cumberland Courier Newspapers, is distributed free every Wednesday & Friday.
- Central Coast Sun Weekly was last published on 30 April 2009.
Radio Broadcasting:
Umina Beach is locally serviced by the national public broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, via ABC Local Radio 2BL/T 92.5 FM.
Commercial licenses covering Umina Beach are:
(Call Sign/On-Air Identification/Licensee/Parent Company)
- 2CCC / 2CCC / Central Coast Community FM Radio Association Inc. / Not Applicable.
- 2CFM / 2CFM SEA FM / Central Coast Pty Ltd / Southern Cross Media.
- 2GGO / 2GGO / Central Coast Radio Pty Ltd / Southern Cross Media.
- 2GOS / 104.5 Star FM / Gosford FM Radio Pty Ltd / DMG Radio Australia.
- 2SNR / Radio Five-O-Plus / Five-O-Plus Public Radio Association Inc. / Not Applicable.
2CCH, Hits N Country 94.1 FM, owned by Central Coast Broadcasters Ltd, ceased operation on 21 November 2007 when their last Community Radio Broadcaster licence expired. They withdrew an application to renew the licence. The new license holder (a permanent license was obtained on 8 April 2010) is 2CCM, todayscountry94one (94.1FM), operated by Coast Community Broadcasters Inc.
Analogue FM and AM signals can be received from Sydney and Newcastle. As a result, Umina Beach is located within the most saturated radio market in Australia.
As of August 2010, there was no launch date known for Digital Radio services for the Central Coast.
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