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
Transport on the Isle of Wight emerged. It has made a number of claims on its Facebook group and local news media that it maintains to have changed attitudes to the idea of a permanent link from the island of Great Britain to the Isle of Wight. Able Connections Ltd was set up to arrange a feasibility study for the Fixed Link plans that PRO-LINK had initially developed. Discussions with the mainland and island authorities are still continuing. Transport on the Isle of Wight The Island Line is the one railway left on the island. It runs some 8½ miles from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin,