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Local Media Guide for those visiting the County of Cornwall |
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Cornish World - Cornish World is Cornwall's biggest and best magazine for lovers of Cornwall at home and abroad. Issued every other month. Some issues include free CDs of Cornish music |
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| Western Morning News - a daily newspaper for Cornwall and parts of Devon. | ||
| West Briton - also known as the Truro & Mid Cornwall West Briton. | ||
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Atlantic FM is an independant radio station based in St Agnes on the north coast. Broadcast on Atlantic FM provides a 7-day local news service with regular bulletins between 0630 and 1830 daily. Atlantic FMm 10 Wheal Kitty Workshops, St Agnes, TR5 0RD Tel: (Studio) 01872 55 44 66, (Office & Sales) 01872 55 44 00, (Newsroom) 01872 55 34 00 Fax: 01872 55 42 44 Text the Studio: 07624 807 107 |
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| BBC Radio Cornwall for local news, weather and traffic - plus lots of good entertainment. Based in Truro. 103.9 FM in the west, 95.2 FM in the east and 96.0 FM on the Isles of Scilly |
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| Peninsula Radio is the only Community radio service in Cornwall and has been in operation since 2001. Based in Redruth Tel: 01209 717989 Fax: 01209 717989 Email: info@peninsularadio.co.uk |
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| Pirate FM is an Independent Radio station, also based in Redruth. 102.2 and 102.8 FM. |
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| BBC 1 - Mostly national programs with a few local programs and local news from BBC South West | ||
| BBC 2 - few local programs - mainly the same programs as the rest of Britain. | ||
| Westcountry (ITV) - Run by Carlton (who are in the South & East of England). Local news and weather with a few local programs. | ||
| myCornwall.tv - was launched in 2009 to unite all things Cornish on the internet, using video and social media. (NB. The link to their website has been removed because they insist that no website links to them without their written approval.) | ||
| Channel 5 is only available in a few areas of Cornwall. | ||
| Sky is available if you have a receiving dish. Many touring caravans can now be seen sporting Satellite dishes. Most hotels and guest houses offer Sky stations on guest room televisions. | ||
| Virgin Media has taken over Telewest. Digital TV and broadband internet services first became available in Devon and Cornwall from September 2002. It is now available throughout the two counties. Their website has a facility for you to enter your postcode (or holiday destination postcode) to check the current availability. |
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| Broadband Internet via super-fast optic fibre is starting to be available for the vast majority of Cornish businesses and residents by 2014 under an ambitious £132 million project announced on September 30th 2010 by BT and Cornwall Council with funding from BT and the European Regional Development Fund. See the Superfast Cornwall website for more details. | ||
