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English Language Media

Radio

BBC World Service can be received on digital FM 90.2 and Satellite Hot Bird 2-13º East.

• For more information on receiving BBC World Service via satellite: Click here

The main BBC stations and other English-language radio can also be received via many satellite TV installations or over the Internet. Previously broadcast programmes can often be listened to again or downloaded.

Voice of America is also available on shortwave, with NewsNow. 

• For the region's frequency chart: Click here
• For a programme guide: Click here
• For webcasts of VOA programmes: Click here

Costa Cálida English-Speaking Radio Stations

• Exite FM:  Based on Radio 2; broadcasting local and international news from Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca to La Manga in the Costa Cálida. Steaming audio available on the Excite FM website
  93.1 FM in La Manga
  89.2 FM in Torrevieja 
• Onda Cero International (OCI): English-language chat and music, local news from Altea and BBC World Service news feeds (part of the larger Spanish broadcaster, Onda Cero Radio)
  94.6 FM
• Talk Radio Europe: Malaga-based English-language talk radio station with music, news and sport. On Costa Cálida 92.7 FM (also Costa Blanca 88.2/95.3/105.1 FM, Costa del Sol 91.9/104.8 FM and on-line) 
  Tel: 952 799 953
  Fax: 952 799 620
• Spectrum FM: Broadcasting 24 hours a day in English across the Costa Cálida, Costa Blanca, Costa Almeria and Costa del Sol. Programmes include classic hits from the 1970s to today, news and local information. 
  93.8 FM in South Costa Cálida
  106.6 FM in North Costa Cálida
• Sunshine FM: British radio station playing pop music, news and weather
  104.4 FM from Punta Prima to La Manga
• Costa Cálida International Radio: Broadcasting across the Costa Cálida in English on 90.0 and 100.0 FM. Programmes include classic pop, rock soul and Motown, music from the 60s and country music.
  Tel: 968 595 862
  e-mail 

Radio on the Internet

Many international radio stations are available streamed live on the Internet. You typically need RealPlayer (Real Player Basic, the free version, is rather hidden away on the real.com website, but it does exist) although sometimes a feed is available in Windows Media format, compatible with the players that have shipped with recent versions of Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer. 

• For a fairly comprehensive list of the many radio stations that are available online: Click here
• Directory of over 13,000 radio stations: Streema Online Radio Stations

Alternatively, select one of the stations below for (relatively) instant access to live news radio!

• To reach links to any of the BBC Radio stations, click here: BBC Radio
• The BBC World Service (RealPlayer) (Windows Media)
• Voice of America on VOA NewsNow  

Television

It is possible to access UK-based free-to-air (FTA) programming on the same satellite that broadcasts Sky Digital. Please note, however, that there is no legal way to access encrypted programming on that satellite while in Spain (such as Sky Digital's premium channels accessible only through a Sky subscription package, or those channels that may only be watched in the UK using a satellite receiver with a free-to-view/FTV card installed).

• For a good (if not entirely comprehensive) list of what's on TV across Europe, check out the EuroTV website: Click here

Print

• Cálida News is a monthly local magazine with free issues in English and German. It features local news and events. It is available in Mar Menor and Cartagena, Mazarrón, Aguilas and Lorca 
  Website
• Costa Cálida Chronicle is a free magazine distributed throughout the Costa Cálida
  Website
• Costa Cálida Informer s a free newspaper published fortnightly principally serving the British community on the Costa Cálida. Local and world news, classifieds and horoscopes
  Website
• Costa Cálida Reporter is a fortnightly free newspaper available in the province of Murcia
  Website
• Euro Weekly News is an English-language newspaper published weekly on Wednesdays and distributed free in the Costa Cálida region. Available online and at shops and supermarkets
  Website
• North 2 South is a magazine published mid-month and distributed from the Almeria to the Costa Cálida
• North West Murcia Gazette is a free regional English-language magazine for the Murcia area. Published in colour, monthly, and distributed to Bullas, Cehegin, Caravaca de la Cruz, Moratalla, Calasparra, Mula, Alhama de Murcia, Campos del Rio, Pliego and Murcia Airport
  Website
• Round Town News (RTN) is published every Wednesday. News, weather, competitions, sports and classifieds. The newspaper is available online and throughout Murcia
  Website
• Sunshine Magazine is a free monthly magazine with local news, what's on guides, classifieds and restaurant listings. It covers the south-west Murcia region
• Female Focus is an English-language magazine focused specifically on women. It is distributed monthly from Valencia to San Pedro in Murcia
  Website 
• TNK Magazine is issued monthly, free of charge across the provinces of Murcia and Almería. It features classifieds, directory listings, restaurant reviews and local information
  Website 
• Think Spain Today is a weekly newspaper with local news and sports and finance features covering the Costa Blanca and the Costa Cálida
• Welcome to Spain is a free local advertising magazine published monthly
• The Voice is a free monthly magazine

Most major international daily and weekend newspapers from the UK, the United States and Germany are available at many newsstands, usually on the day following publication.

International News Links

AngloINFO delivers an extensive English-language news service, drawn from sources around the world.

• Visit the AngloINFO Newsroom!

Also you can often read your favourite newspaper online:

UK

• The Belfast Telegraph
• The Daily Express
• The Daily/Sunday Telegraph
• The Financial Times
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Mirror
• The Sun
• The Scotsman
• The Times
• And many more, listed here.

Ireland

• The Irish Independent
• The Irish News
• The Irish Times
• And many more, listed here.

United States

• The Chicago Sun-Times
• The Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times
• The New York Post
• The San Fransisco Chronicle
• The San Fransisco Examiner
• The Seattle Times
• USA Today
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Washington Post
• And many more, listed here.

Canada

• The Montreal Gazette
• The Toronto Star
• The Vancouver Sun
• The Globe and Mail
• And more, listed here.

Australia

• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Melbourne Age
• And many more, listed here.

New Zealand

• The New Zealand Herald
• And many more, listed here.

South Africa

• Business Day
• Die Burger (in Afrikaans)
• Independent Newspapers (The Star, The Cape Argus, etc.)
• The Sunday Times
• The Weekly Mail & Guardian