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== Media == Torfaen has its own community radio station, Vitalize Radio, which is run on a voluntary basis in [[Pontypool]] to serve the community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torfaen Vitalize Radio to air live local employment show |publisher=Torfaen County Borough Council |url=https://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/News/2020/February/14-Torfaen-Vitalize-Radio-to-air-live-local-employment-show.aspx |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=www.torfaen.gov.uk}}</ref> Additionally, [[Cwmbran]] has its own community-focused radio station: Able Radio is a volunteer-run radio station which supports adults with autism and learning disabilities, and claims to be "the first Radio Station run by people with Learning Disabilities and Autism in the world".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Able Radio Station|url=https://www.cwmbranlife.co.uk/business-directory/wpbdp_category/radio-stations |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Cwmbran Life |language=en-GB}}</ref> In recent years, Able Radio station has increased the scope of their activities, including television productions and their gardening project and associated produce shop, SustainAble.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Organisation supporting people with learning disabilities opens new food shop |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/20208740.sustainable-local-produce-shop-opens-able-radio-cwmbran/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=South Wales Argus |date=15 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> There is also the Cwmbran and District Amateur Radio Society, which focuses on [[ham radio]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=News for Wales - 19 March 2023 - Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site : Radio Society of Great Britain β Main Site |url=https://rsgb.org/main/blog/all-regions/region-6/2023/03/17/news-for-wales-19-march-2023/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=rsgb.org}}</ref> There are also various local community news services, most notably Cwmbran Life and Inside Torfaen.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Former Argus journalist wins civic award for online blog |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/13593304.former-argus-journalist-wins-civic-award-for-cwmbran-life-blog/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=South Wales Argus |date=13 August 2015 |language=en}}</ref> The [[South Wales Argus]] serves as the main newspaper.
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