Local Radio
Numerous radio stations broadcast across Cheshire. Several local stations only cover parts of Cheshire enabling them to give detailed locally focused news.
In the east of the county you can make the switch to 106.9 Silk FM, covering Macclesfield, Congleton and into Crewe and as far across the county as Northwich. This area is also covered by Signal Cheshire 96.4 FM and Piccadilly Key 103 on 103FM and 1152 AM.
CheshireFM is the group that aims to establish a community radio station from early April 2006 based in mid-Cheshire, to serve the towns of Northwich, Winsford, Middlewich and Holmes Chapel.
Dee 106.3 is the radio station serving the Chester community.
The south of the County is also covered by Signal radio on 96.9 FM and 1170 AM.
Marcher Sound 103.4 plays "today's best mix" and covers the West of the County as does Classic Gold Marcher on 1260 AM.
BBC regional news is given on GMR FM on 95.1 FM covering Manchester and the east of the County. BBC Stoke covers the south of the county on 94.6 FM and 104.1 FM and BBC Radio Merseyside covers Liverpool and the west of the County on 95.8 FM and 1485 AM. Radio City on 96.7 FM and Lite Radio on 1485 AM also cover these areas.
Jazz FM broadcasts jazz, blues and soul across the Northwest on 100.4FM. Century 105FM is another Northwest station that covers Cheshire.
At a very local level Radio Lion is the Chester Hospital Radio Service.
See Northwest Radio for more details.
Local Newspapers
Traditionally newspapers have been the source of daily worldwide information. There are several daily papers that cover news in Cheshire, these include the Daily Post, Chester Evening Leader and the Manchester Evening News.
There are a number of weekly or monthly newspapers that cover local news. The Guardian and Chronicle groups cover much of Cheshire, with separate editions covering each town. In Macclesfield local news is delivered via the Macclesfield Express/Advertiser or the Macclesfield Community Newspaper. Other local newspapers include the Chester Standard, Ellesmere Port Pioneer, Ellesmere Port Standard, Macclesfield Express and Warrington Worldwide.
Press releases from Cheshire County Council are listed on this site.
Cheshire Life is a monthly magazine covering the society events in Cheshire and giving profiles on parishes and villages around the county.
Local Web sites
This is Cheshire is a site run by a local newspaper group.
Other sites covering places in Cheshire are detailed in our list of Towns and Villages in Cheshire.
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