Media in Glasgow

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This article deals with the Media in Glasgow. The city of Glasgow, Scotland is home to large sections of the Scottish national media. It hosts the following:

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[edit] Television

  • BBC Scotland — the national broadcaster, based in Queen Margaret Drive (soon Pacific Quay).
  • STV — (previously known as Scottish Television in Central Scotland, and Grampian Television in Northern Scotland). Scotland's largest independent ITV companies, owned by the SMG plc, based in Pacific Quay.
  • Most London-based programmes are soon to be moved to Scotland to share the British media market starting with The National Lottery Jet Set.

Television programmes set in Glasgow include: Taggart, Rebus (set in Edinburgh but shot mostly in Glasgow), Rab C Nesbitt, City Lights, Chewing the Fat, River City, and Still Game.

[edit] Radio

[edit] Newspapers

A number of major Scottish newspapers are published in the city:

As well as Scottish editions of:

Local newspapers are:

  • The Digger — Mainly covering the North of Glasgow
  • The Glaswegian — Predominantly serving the North of Glasgow
  • Local News for Southsiders — The Southside of Glasgow and the Govan area.
  • The Glasgow East News — The East End of the City
  • The West End Mail — Partick, West-End and the Northwest outskirts.
  • The Springburn Herald — Weekly newspaper covering the area of North Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire
  • G41 — Monthly community newspaper serving Dumbreck, Pollokshields, Strathbungo, Shawlands and Langside. Published by a social enterprise called Southside Media.

[edit] Internet

[edit] See also

[edit] Resources

Gurevitch M. Culture, Society and the Media. Routledge: New Ed edition, 1982