Media in Glasgow

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:

Television

BBC Scotland — the national broadcaster, based in Pacific Quay Studios at Pacific Quay.^[1]
BBC Alba — a Scottish Gaelic language channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba.^[2] It has its headquarters at Pacific Quay.
STV — (previously known as Scottish Television in Central Scotland, and Grampian Television in Northern Scotland). Scotland's largest independent ITV company, owned by the STV Group plc, is based in Pacific Quay.^[3]

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

Radio

Magazines

bunkered — Scotland's best-selling golf magazine and the biggest-selling golf magazine in the UK per capita.

Newspapers

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

The Daily Record and Sunday Mail — Scotland's best-selling tabloid, based at Central Quay
The Herald — Scotland's best-selling broadsheet
The Sunday Herald — its five-year-old sister title
The Evening Times — an evening tabloid distributed in the west of Scotland

As well as Scottish editions of:

The Sun
The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
The Times and Sunday Times

Local newspapers are:

The Glaswegian — Covering Glasgow and parts of East Renfrewshire
The Digger — Mainly covering 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. -Ceased December 2006 ^[4]
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.
Glasgow Keelie A mutual-aid based monthly newspaper covering events in the Glasgow area^[5]

Internet

Scot24news
Southside Happenings A local website documenting life on the southside of the city.
g41.org.uk Citizen journalism website created by Southside Media
Transform Television Transform TV is Scotland's Community TV Channel on the web by Fablevision
Glasgowist A website celebrating the best people and places in Glasgow.
Glasgow Filmmakers Alliance Online database of Individuals and Companies working in Film and Television in Glasgow.

References

^ "BBC Scotland headquarters". Clyde Waterfront. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ Scott, Kevin (10 February 2018). "£500,000 funding boost for Gaelic media firm behind BBC Alba". The Herald. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "STV Studios". Doors Open Days. Doors Open Days (Scottish Civic Trust). Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "Journalism jobs and news from Holdthefrontpage.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
^ Glasgow Keelie - https://glasgowkeelie.org/about/ Retrieved 22/09/2022

Resources

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

Education

Religion

Sport

Attractions

Health

Category

Media in the United Kingdom

UK national newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals

Newspapers
(History, Circulation)

Broadsheet	Financial Times The Daily Telegraph The Sunday Telegraph The Sunday Times
Compact	i The Times The Guardian The Observer
Middle-market	Daily Express Daily Mail The Mail on Sunday
Tabloid	Daily Mirror Sunday Mirror Morning Star The Sunday People Daily Star Daily Star Sunday The Sun Sunday Sport Weekend Sport Midweek Sport

Magazines and
other periodicals

Radio in the UK

National
stations

BBC	BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1Xtra BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 Extra BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Asian Network BBC World Service BBC National DAB (multiplex)
Independent / commercial	Absolute Radio Network BFBS Radio Classic FM Capital Digital One (multiplex) Gold Greatest Hits Radio Heart Hits Radio Jazz FM Kiss Network LBC LBC News Magic Premier Christian Radio Radio X RNIB Connect Radio Scala Radio Sound Digital (multiplex) Smooth Radio talkSPORT TalkRadio Times Radio UCB UK Virgin Radio UK

Regional
and local
stations

BBC	List of BBC Local Radio stations BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio nan Gàidheal BBC Radio Ulster BBC Radio Foyle BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Cymru Cymru 2
Independent / commercial	List of community radio stations List of local commercial radio stations List of semi-national / regional analogue and digital radio stations

Other
stations

Other

Television in the UK

Principal
channels
(List)

BBC	BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament BBC Alba BBC Scotland CBBC CBeebies
ITV	ITV1/STV/UTV ITV2 ITV3 ITV4 ITVBe
Channel 4/S4C	Channel 4 S4C E4 E4 Extra Film4 More4 4seven 4Music The Box Kiss TV Magic TV Kerrang! TV
Paramount	Channel 5 5Star 5USA 5Select 5Action Comedy Central Comedy Central Extra MTV MTV Music MTV Hits MTV 80s MTV 90s Nickelodeon Nicktoons Nick Jr. Nick Jr. Too
Sky UK	Challenge Sky Arts Sky Atlantic Sky Cinema Sky Comedy Sky Crime Sky Documentaries Sky History Sky History 2 Sky Kids Sky Max Sky Mix Sky Nature Sky News Sky Replay Sky Sci-Fi Sky Showcase Sky Sports Box Office Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports News Sky Sports Racing Sky Sports Sky Witness
UKTV	Alibi Dave Drama Eden Gold W Yesterday
Warner Bros. Discovery	Animal Planet Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito CNN International Discovery Channel Discovery History Discovery Science Discovery Turbo DMAX Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Food Network HGTV Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Really TLC TNT Sports
Narrative Entertainment UK Limited	Great! Action Great! Movies Great! Romance Great! TV Pop Pop Max

Services
and
platforms

Current

Amazon Prime Video
BBC iPlayer
cable
Channel 4
digital
- digital terrestrial
- List of channels
Disney+
EE TV
Freesat
- Freesat+
Freeview
high-definition
- List of channels
ITV
- ITVX
- STV Player
local television
My5
Now
Netflix
Paramount+
Pop Player
Restricted Service Licence
satellite
- List of channels
Sky Group
- Freesat from Sky
- On Demand
- Sky+
- Sky+ HD
TalkTalk TV
TVPlayer
UKTV Play
Virgin Media
- FilmFlex
- TiVo
- V+
YouView

Defunct

Studios

Current

Defunct

Other

Companies and organisations

Major companies	Ascential Banijay UK Productions Bauer Radio BBC Bloomsbury Publishing BT Group Channel Four Television Corporation Daily Mail and General Trust Dentsu International Economist Group EMI Music Publishing Future plc Global Media & Entertainment Guardian Media Group Haymarket Media Group Informa ITN ITV plc Narrative Capital National World News Broadcasting News UK Newsquest Northern & Shell Pearson plc Press Holdings Reach plc RELX Reuters Sky STV Group Syco TalkTalk Group Paramount Networks UK & Australia Virgin Media O2 The Walt Disney Company (UK) Ltd. Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Resources	Arqiva List of largest UK book publishers
Government and regulatory bodies	Advertising Standards Authority BBC Board (formerly: BBC Trust Board of Governors of the BBC) British Board of Film Classification British Film Institute Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee Department for Culture, Media and Sport Independent Press Standards Organisation Ofcom Press Recognition Panel S4C Authority
Industry and trades bodies	British Academy of Film and Television Arts British Phonographic Industry Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union Clearcast Digital TV Group Equity Everyone TV Federation Against Copyright Theft Independent Publishers Guild National Union of Journalists The Publishers Association Royal Television Society United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting
Other	BBC Academy National Film and Television School National Science and Media Museum

Regional and student media

Regional media	Media in England Birmingham London Manchester Media in Scotland Aberdeen Dundee Glasgow Media in Wales Cardiff
Student media	Student television Student press