VILLAGE INDEX

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 broadcasting on 94.7m on FM from its studios at St Peters High School , Southminster Road, Burnham on Crouch.

Granted a local broadcasting licence in 2007 following several monthly broadcasting licences St FM is the ultimate local broadcaster with local people broadcasting to local people.

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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.

Gold started life in 1989 as Breeze covering Essex and after several name changes is  called Gold and covers a large area of Eastern England. The station plays golden oldie music with occasional local features including weather and travel.

Television

Eastern Essex is situated at the crossover point between Anglia , Southern and London 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 and the choice of most 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.

Weekly

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 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.

Residents are welcome to supply copy for the Review although of course there is no guarantee of publishing.

The Burnham Review was formerly known as the Community Times.

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.