Newspaper and Media Coverage of Burnham on Crouch
Radio
National and DAB coverage.
This area is fortunate to receive good national and DAB radio
coverage and have the service of some excellent local radio
stations.
Saint FM is Burnham' own radio station whch has gone off air for a short period after which it will return as a fully fledged Community Radio Station.
BBC Essex is the BBC local radio station covering Essex on 95.3
and 103.5 FM. The breakfast show presented by local boy Ray
Clarke features plenty of Burnham talk. Another local resident
Simon Baldock also has presented programs on BBC Essex.
There are regular news and traffic bulletins.
Essex FM plays the latest hits for
the county of Essex on 96.3 and 102.6 m FM. Regular Essex news
and traffic bulletins.
648m on medium wave for that original sound or on the internet.
Click here for the Radio Caroline website.
Television
Eastern Essex is situated at the crossover point between Anglia
, Southern and London digital television reception.
Fortunately good reception can be obtained from the transmitters
from all regions allowing choice of service.
BBC 1, BBC2 , ITV , Channel 4 and Channel 5 can all be received
although Channel 5 reception can be poor at times.
The strongest signal is Southern but the most popular choice of
residents is to take the Anglia region reception.
Newspapers
Daily
Eastern Essex is considered part of East Anglia and as such it
is given newspaper coverage by the East Anglian Daily Times.
Rural issues relevant to this area are often discussed and
specifics feature as they arise in both news and sport.
There are two paid for weekly newspapers
The main weekly newspaper is the Maldon and Burnham Standard
whose coverage is limited to Burnham and the Dengie Hundred plus
Maldon, South Woodham Ferrers and Tiptree.
Coverage is also provided by the Essex Chronicle whose coverage
extends to a very large area that includes Chelmsford and the
whole of Mid and Eastern Essex.
Which is best to buy ?
Locally many people consider the Maldon and Burnham Standard as
better for local news, event coverage and village notes whilst
the Essex Chronicle has a better Job availability and a larger
classified ads section. They have similar house sales coverage
for this area.
Monthly
Two free newspapers are delivered monthly to every house.
The Burnham & Dengie Hundred Review is edited by Keith Williams as a compact newspaper containing news and contact details .
The paper carries full details of meeting by Burnham Town Council and Southminster Parish Council and an up to date list of local contacts.
Residents are welcome to supply copy for the Review although of
course there is no guarantee of publishing.
Click here for
more details of the Burnham & Dengie Hundred Review Web Site
Burnham on Crouch and Dengie Focus
This is produced by Maypole Press and tends to be more magazine
like with articles of interest to people in this area.