A radio station was launched in the region yesterday.
Pool FM 107.5 is being broadcast from studios in the town for a trial period of four-weeks, and will have a mixture of local news, views and information.
Playing a mix of music from the sixties to the present day, it aims to reach about 100,000 people.
Former Radio One presenters Dave Lee Travis and Mark Page, and former TFM breakfast disc jockey Gregg Upwards will host shows on the station.
The station has been set up by a company that already runs four radio stations for the Army.
Mr Page, managing director of Pool FM and Garrison Radio, said: "It has been my ambition for a number of years to bring a truly local radio station to Hartlepool.
"We have received backing across the town and will be on air during what we hope is a historic run-in to the division three championship for Hartlepool United."
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