Showing posts with label local media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local media. Show all posts

12 Dec 2010

BBC Radio Leicester - local radio


BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland.

It broadcasts from studios in Leicester on 104.9 FM, on DAB, and via the BBC iPlayer on its website (where individual programmes are also available using the "listen again" facility). The station's former 837 kHz medium wave frequency from the Freeman's Common transmitter near the University of Leicester is now used by the BBC Asian Network which originated in Leicester but is now a national network delivered via DAB, digital satellite, Freeview and other systems across the UK and beyond.

Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/tv_and_radio/

Leicester Mercury - local newspaper

The Leicester Mercury is a British regional newspaper, owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust, for the city of Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland.

The newspaper is the sixth largest-selling regional title in England, and the largest in the Midlands.

Leicester Mercury website: http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/

Lush Radio - the radio from University of Leicester

Lush Radio is founded in officially in 1996 under the title of LUSH FM, LUSH Radio is the radio station of the University of Leicester Students' Union. It is run and presented exclusively by students and broadcasts a mixture of music, chat and news, providing Leicester students and Leicester residents a local alternative to other regional and national radio stations.
Lush Radio website: http://www.amanjit.co.uk/lush/