West Midlands (region) - Local Media

Local Media

  • The West Midlands region of the BBC is based at the Mailbox in Birmingham. From there, the regional programme Midlands Today is produced. ITV Central broadcasts from Birmingham, off Broad Street on Gas Street next to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, with its Central Tonight regional programme. Most television and radio services for the region come from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, with the lesser-powered Ridge Hill for the south-west of the region, and The Wrekin for Shropshire. Droitwich is the BBC's main longwave transmitter for Radio 4, and is near the M5/M42 junction and is also one of three main transmitters for 5 Live on 693MW. Digital switchover was completed for Wrekin and Ridge Hill in April 2011, with Sutton Coldfield done in September 2011.
  • BBC Radios WM, Coventry & Warwickshire, Stoke, Hereford & Worcester and Shropshire.
  • Commercial radio stations: brmb, Beacon in Wolverhampton, Mercia in Coventry, Touch Radio (Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth) in Tamworth, Touch FM (Coventry), Touch FM (Stratford-upon-Avon), Kerrang! 105.2 in Birmingham, Capital Birmingham (former Galaxy Birmingham), Heart West Midlands in Birmingham, 105.7 Smooth Radio in Birmingham, 107.1 Rugby FM, The Severn (north Shropshire), Sunshine Radio in Hereford, Sunshine 855 in Ludlow, 107.2 The Wyre in Kidderminster, 107.7 The Wolf in Wolverhampton, Wyvern in Worcester, and Signal 1 from Stoke.
  • Newspapers - the Birmingham Post, Birmingham Mail, Express & Star in Wolverhampton, Burton Mail, Shropshire Star, Worcester News, The Sentinel in Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry Evening Telegraph,Nuneaton News and Nuneaton Telegraph
  • Websites - Channel 4's 4Talent network has a hub in the West Midlands dealing with rising media talent from the region: Channel 14.

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