Media in Derby

The Derby Evening Telegraph is the city’s daily newspaper. In addition, two free newspapers, the Derby Trader and Derby Express, are delivered to households weekly. The daily freesheet ‘Metro’ is distributed in the city centre every morning, although this only has a very small amount of local content.

BBC Radio Derby, the BBC’s multi-award-winning local station for Derbyshire and East Staffordshire is based in the city and offers a mixture of local, national and international news, features, music and sports commentaries. It has around 200,000 weekly listeners and is available in Derby on 104.5 and 1116AM. In addition, its output is streamed on the internet.

Ram FM is a smaller commercial alternative on 102.8 FM, playing mainstream pop music.

In addition East Midlands regional radio stations Heart and Saga can be received.