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Description: Widely read in East Lancashire - Blackburn, Burnley etc. Newest Review: ... respectively. Thursday is also the best day for jobs. Each day some ten pages are set aside for classified ads where the ... more |
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by - written on 15.02.01
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Most towns and cities have their local means of publishing and broadcasting news to the citizens in their area and North East Lancashire is no exception with Radio Lancashire, originally called Radio Blackburn and The Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Published six days a week in tabloid format, the LET is centred on Blackburn and covers the east Lancashire area at 27p a copy. Established in 1886 the paper was printed in Blackburn until a few years ago, when Newsquest the current publisher took over and transferred the printing to Bolton, yet still manage to put each edition on the streets by around noon each day. If there is a breaking news story the ...
by blackjane - written on 10.02.01 (Very useful, 546 readings)
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These days there is more choice than ever for news, with multi-channel television and a wealth of information at our fingertips online. So is there still a place for the newspaper, and in particular the humble local newspaper. I lived the whole of my childhood in East Lancashire, and after a brief hiatus, I moved back to the area about a year ago. Despite the many changes that have taken place on the media map, some things don't change, and the local evening 'rag', The Lancashire Evening Telegraph (LET) appears to be as popular as ever. For anyone wishing to keep up with goings on in the East of the County, the LET is still the ...



