Mass media in Jersey consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based

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Broadcasting

The Frémont Point transmitting station is a facility for FM and television transmission at Frémont in Saint John, Jersey.

Television

Local terrestrial television in Jersey is provided by

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(part of the ITV network) and BBC Channel Islands (an opt-out service from BBC South West), both of these have local broadcast studios, production teams, presenters and other staff. Many other off-island stations are available, which are mostly the same as those available in

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. ITV Channel Television – the longer-serving of the two services – produces regional programming for the Islands, including a flagship nightly news programme, '' ITV News Channel TV'', which is supplemented by shorter news bulletins seven days a week. Other programmes previously shown include a twice-weekly sports magazine show ''Report Sport'', the long-running children's series '' Puffin's Pla(i)ce'' and local documentaries. BBC Channel Islands News is an opt-out service for the Channel Islands, broadcast from the BBC Radio Jersey studios in St Helier at 6:30 pm (during the first half of '' Spotlight'') and at 10:25 pm (after the

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) each weeknight on

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. Jersey is depicted in the detective programme Bergerac.

Radio

Local radio in

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is broadcast on FM by BBC Radio Jersey, and

Channel 103 Channel 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the island of Jersey on 103.7 FM and DAB+ digital radio. The station launched on 25 October 1992. Channel 103 is part of Tindle Radio, which also owns Island FM in Guernsey an ...

. Both also on Channel Island DAB mux since 1 August 2021 Bailiwick Radio broadcasts two music services, Classics and Hits, 24 hours a day online. It is also available on DAB+ Channel Island mux. and through Apple and Android apps and on

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. Radio Youth FM, an internet radio station run by young people aged 12 – 24 is also active in the island and broadcasts up to 10 shows each week. Jersey used to be served by the Normandy-based radio station

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Internet

The
Bailiwick Express
' is Jersey's solitary online news website which concentrates on hard news delivered swiftly, and is supported by classified advertising, primarily of vehicles, employment vacancies, and property.

Print

Newspapers

The '' Jersey Evening Post'', is the main printed source of local news and official notices. Its daily average net circulation was reported as 17,912 copies in 2012. The newspaper features a weekly Jèrriais column accompanied by English-language précis.

Magazines

Lifestyle magazines include ''Gallery Magazine'' (monthly) and ''The Jersey Life'' (monthly). ''Les Nouvelles Chroniques du Don Balleine'' is a quarterly literary magazine in

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. ''20/20 magazine'' is the island's only annual personal finance magazine; ''Global Assets'' the island's online quarterly international offshore finance magazine is also produced by the same company. ''Connect'' magazine is a bi-monthly business title from the same stable as ''The Bailiwick Express''.

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