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In 2017, KM Media Group launched KMTV in partnership with the University of Kent. [9] KMTV is Kent's only dedicated TV channel, broadcasting a range of current affairs and news programming, including its week-nightly news show, Kent Tonight [10]. It is part of the Local Television Network and regulated by Ofcom. [11]
John Lennon and Yoko Ono made an appearance on the show in 1969, sharing a bed with Eamonn Andrews. [4] The show is now most commonly remembered for Bill Grundy's 1976 interview with the Sex Pistols, which caused public outrage at the time. [5] Today was replaced in September 1977 by Thames at Six, a more conventional news magazine programme.
Until 2008, the Kentish Gazette was based in Canterbury's city centre, sharing office space with its sister radio station KMFM Canterbury.The demands of a radio station and a newspaper were becoming too big for the building, so in September 2008 the Gazette and the sales team for KMFM Canterbury were moved to a newly built office building just outside Whitstable. [9]
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
The Kent Messenger remains the flagship newspaper for the KM Group. Besides the main edition for Maidstone, editions are also published for Malling and the Weald. Along with the rest of the KM-owned papers, the Kent Messenger was given a design overhaul in May 2005. [5] The current editor is Denise Eaton.
Whitstable's secondary school is The Whitstable School, formerly The Community College Whitstable. It is a secondary modern school which changed its name from Sir William Nottidge School in 1998. In 2009, 25% of its pupils gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*–C – this increased to 37% in 2011. [ 59 ]
It was bought by the KM Group in 1987. [3] Along with the rest of the KM-owned papers, the Times Guardian was given a design overhaul in May 2005. [4] The paper launched a special ale in 2008 to celebrate its 150th birthday. Named "STG150", it was launched by 3 local soldiers, with profits going to local charities in the Sheppey area. [5]
Whitstable Castle, aerial photograph from 2011. Ellis purchased the manor of Ponsbourne Park, Hertfordshire, in 1836, and sold it in May 1875. [1] [3] He was a justice of the peace both for Hertfordshire and Kent, and was picked to serve as sheriff for the latter county, but was excused in consideration of his having discharged corresponding duties for Hertfordshire in 1851–2. [1]