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==Television==
*[[BBC Scotland]] — the national broadcaster, based in [[Pacific Quay Studios]] at [[Pacific Quay]].
*[[BBC Scotland]] — the national broadcaster, based in [[Pacific Quay Studios]] at [[Pacific Quay]].
*[[BBC Alba]] — a [[Scottish Gaelic]] language channel jointly owned by the [[BBC]] and [[MG Alba]].
*[[STV (TV network)|STV]] — (previously known as [[Scottish Television]] in Central Scotland, and [[Grampian Television]] in Northern Scotland). Scotland's largest independent [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] company, owned by the [[STV Group plc]], based in Pacific Quay.
*[[STV (TV network)|STV]] — (previously known as [[Scottish Television]] in Central Scotland, and [[Grampian Television]] in Northern Scotland). Scotland's largest independent [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] company, owned by the [[STV Group plc]], based in Pacific Quay.



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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:

Television

Some 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), 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:

As well as Scottish editions of:

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 [1]
  • 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.

Internet

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Resources

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