Editing Halstead (section)

==Media==
Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC East]] and [[ITV Anglia]]. Television signals are received from the [[Sudbury transmitting station|Sudbury]] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Burnham_on_Crouch|title=Freeview Light on the Burnham on Crouch (Essex, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref>

Local radio stations are [[BBC Essex]] on 103.5 FM, [[Heart East]] on 96.1 FM, [[Greatest Hits Radio East]] (formerly [[Dream 100 FM]]) on 100.2 FM, [[Actual Radio]] an [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] station and formerly, Leisure FM, a community based radio station that broadcast on 107.4 FM which ceased trading in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lfmradio.co.uk//|title=Leisure FM|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref> Large parts of the valley floor are unable to receive the national D1 and D2 multiplex DAB signals due to their geography and the very low power of the Colchester "booster" transmitter (0.005kW) so as not to interfere with Dutch broadcasting.{{fact|date=October 2024}}

The local newspaper is the ''Halstead Gazette'' which publishes on Fridays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-eang/halstead-gazette|title=Halstead Gazette|date=10 May 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref>