Media

Article	Words	Excerpt	Comments
96.3 Radio Aire	96	96.3 Radio Aire is the main Independent Local Radio...	2 Comments
BBC Radio Leeds	278	BBC Radio Leeds is the BBC Local Radio service...	Leave a comment
Chris Moyles	1,693	Christopher Moyles (born February 22, 1974 in Leeds), is...	Leave a comment
Galaxy 105	180	Galaxy 105 is the largest regional radio station outside...	Leave a comment
Real Radio (Yorkshire)	165	Real Radio (Yorkshire) is the third regional radio station...	Leave a comment
Yorkshire Post Newspapers	43	Publishers of the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post,...	Leave a comment
Yorkshire Radio	337	Yorkshire Radio is a radio station broadcasting popular music...	Leave a comment
Yorkshire Television	1,638	Yorkshire Television Limited is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire,...	5 Comments

Leeds has bases for some media activities for the UK. Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd, owned by Johnston Press plc, is based in the city, and produces a daily morning broadsheet, the Yorkshire Post, and an evening paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post, as well as other publications such as Leeds Express and the weekly freesheets of the Leeds Weekly News, Wharfe Valley Times and Pudsey Times.

There are also a number of regular dedicated lifestyle magazines based in Leeds, most notably including ‘The Leeds Guide’ and ‘Absolute Leeds’, which both include regular nightlife listings and pages on Food & Drink, Shopping, Fashion, Property, Travel, Clubbing, Film and Rock & Pop in the city. Both magazines reflect the diversity of cultural life in Leeds and Yorkshire, with areas such as Art, Literature, Cinema, Comedy, Dance, Gay Scene, Classical Music, Opera, Jazz and Theatre all regularly represented.

Regional television and radio stations also have bases in the city; BBC Television and Yorkshire Television both have studios and broadcasting centres in Leeds, but there is concern over the future of regional independent television with the consolidation of Independent Television franchises in the UK. BBC Radio Leeds, Radio Aire, Magic 828, Galaxy 105, Real Radio and Yorkshire Radio all broadcast from the city. In the 1980s, pirate radio stations including Rapid City Radio (RCR), amongst other shorter-lived stations broadcasting a mainly reggae playlist from Chapeltown, later diversifying into hip hop and house. Later, Dream FM was one of the biggest pirate radio stations in the country, but folded soon after getting a license to operate legally. Leeds is the UK’s third largest media city, behind London and Manchester[citation needed].

A recent development in industry (particularly the boosting of the British film industry), Yorkshire will host the International Indian Film Academy Awards in 2007, where Leeds and Sheffield will play core parts in this, being the two keys cities during the ceremony. The IIFA Awards are Bollywood’s (the Hindi film industry) equivalent to the Oscars in Hollywood. The four-day event is expected to generate around £10 million in inward investment to the economy and Leeds will be responsible for nearly half this amount.

In the late 1990s dot-com boom, Leeds became one of the key hubs in the emerging new media sector – companies such as Freeserve, Energis, Sportal, TEAMtalk and Ananova emerged to dominate the UK internet industry, with Freeserve and Ananova going on to become part of Wanadoo and Orange within France Télécom. The City’s Holbeck area is now home to the ‘internet quarter’ – an urban village with infrastructure and facilities for digital media and creative companies; at its heart is the Round Foundry media centre facility. Now, over 33% of the UK’s internet traffic goes through Leeds, making it the UK’s largest internet city.

Share your knowledge about 'Media' with the thousands of monthly visitors to this website. Additions, questions, corrections, obmissions, are all welcome (no matter how large or small), in fact we positively encourage it! Leave your contribution to the 'Media' page by filling in the form below.