Media Contacts in the North East

TEESDALE MERCURY (Weekly)

A small circulation newspaper that covers the Teesdale area with its offices in Barnard Castle's Market Place

CONTACT 01833 637140 FAX: 01833 638633

NORTHERN ECHO (Daily) The main local newspaper for the area produces three editions covering Durham and Teesside. It's main office is in Priestgate, Darlington

CONTACTS CRAIG STODDART/NICK LOUGHLIN 01325 381313 and ask for sports desk

MIKE AMOS 01325 377463 (Home) E-Mail:

NORTH SPORTS AGENCY - Based in Bishop Auckland, County Durham

CONTACT  01388 605181/601341/450450

Fax 01388 609986

DARLINGTON & STOCKTON TIMES (Weekly) A weekly newspaper that covers mainly rural areas, local government, farming and agriculture. They also have sports pages that cover motorsport. Based in Priestgate, Darlington.

CONTACT 01325

EVENING GAZETTE (Daily) Based in Borough Road, Middlesbrough this newspaper covers mainly the Teesside area. Martin Neal, a former Rayleigh Rockets fan, is the man to contact for any motorsport coverage. He produces a weekly column on Tuesday evenings.

CONTACT MARTIN NEAL 01642 234266

WHAT'S ON ROUND DARLINGTON (Monthly) Established in 1984 this is basically an A5 freebie listings magazine produced in Newton Aycliffe for the Darlington & District area. Its revenue comes from the many advertisements it features within its pages. It features many regular articles on things like cars and such like and is distributed around over 330 outlets.

CONTACT 01325 356886 for more information

ALPHA 1FM (Darlington) The nearest radio station to the Barford area based in Woodland Road, Darlington

CONTACT 01325

BBC RADIO CLEVELAND (Middlesbrough) Based in Newport Road, Middlesbrough. The station covers a wider area than Cleveland. South Durham and parts of North Yorkshire are often featured.

CONTACT PAUL ADDISON on 01642 809172 or 589100 for any sports related news

TFM (Teesdale, Thornaby) A commercial radio station owned by Century Radio that covers local sport.

CONTACT 01642

CENTURY (Middlesbrough) A commercial radio station based in Middlesbrough that seems to cover football and very little else.

CONTACT 01642

 SPEEDWAY CONTACTS: Speedway Star 0181 3990012 Fax 0181 3992067

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