Media of Goa

The All India Radio is the only radio channel in the state, broadcasting in both FM and AM bands. Major cellular service operators include Reliance Infocomm, Tata Indicom, BPL, BSNL and Idea!.

Local newspaper publications include the English language Herald (Goa’s oldest, till 1983 a Portuguese paper known as O Heraldo), the Gomantak Times and the Navhind Times. In addition to these, The Times of India and the Indian Express are also received from Bombay and Bangalore in the urban areas.

Among the list of officially-accredited newspapers are The Navhind Times, Herald and Gomantak Times (all in the English language) and Gomantak, Tarun Bharat, Navprabha, Pudhari, Goa Times, Sanatan Prabhat, Govadoot (all in Marathi) besides Sunaparant in Devanagiri-script Konkani. All are dailies.

Outstation dailies reaching Goa from other centres of publication include Kesari, Times of India, Maharashtra Times, Loksatta, The Asian Age, Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Navashakti, etc. Two mainstream news agencies, apart from others, operating in the state are the Press Trust of India and the United News of India.