Culture of the Isle of Wight Solent TV, which was the first not-for-profit community television station in the UK. It went into receivership in 2007. Residents of the Island tend to be community minded, and it is an oft-quoted statistic that 92% of islanders read the local newspaper 'the Isle of Wight County Press' , which is published most Fridays. In the early nineties a local radio station, Isle of Wight Radio , commenced broadcasting on 1242 medium wave, later moving to 107 and 102 FM. This is now also available via the internet, along with social media such as Island Pulse. Many events take place
Politics of the Isle of Wight collated regionally prior to MEPs being assigned under the closed list proportional representation system." Turnout on the Isle of Wight was 43,709 on an electorate of 109,796 (39.81%) The results of the 2004 European election on the Isle of Wight were as follows. "The following results are exclusively for the Isle of Wight; results are collated regionally prior to MEPs being assigned under the closed list proportional representation system." Regionally, turnout was 36.5% on an electorate of 6,087,103. For many years, there has been debate over whether or not a bridge or tunnel should connect the island with mainland Britain.