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Scottish Media Group is a media company based in Glasgow, Scotland. Beginning as a television broadcaster in 1957, the company expanded into newspapers, advertising and radio. The company is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. ITV plc holds a 16.9% stake in the business.

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Scottish Television is the ITV franchise for Central Scotland. The channel - the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland - has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the second oldest franchise holder still active (the oldest being Granada Television).

Scottish Television broadcasts from studios at Pacific Quay in Glasgow and is owned and operated by SMG plc, which also owns another franchise, Grampian Television, based in Aberdeen. It produces news for the west and east halves of its transmission region (Scotland Today) along with current affairs and feature programming for Northern and Central Scotland.

Along with Grampian Television and ITV Border, Scottish Television is a commercial rival to the publicly funded national broadcaster, BBC Scotland.

Scotland Today is a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by Scottish Television. Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme is actually limited to stories around Scottish Television's franchise. As of 23 May 2011, two separate editions of Scotland Today are produced each weekday for the East and West of the region alongside late weeknight bulletins. The other bulletins are pan-regional.

The main evening programme each weeknight at 6pm is supplemented by shorter Scotland Today bulletins seven days a week. On weekdays four news bulletins are broadcast during Daybreak. The mid-morning bulletin airs immediately after an ITV News Summary, during This Morning, this update airs for around three minutes. The lunchtime edition of the programme follows on from the ITV Lunchtime News, giving a ten minute round-up of the days developments between 1:00pm and 1:10pm. At around 8:00pm, there is a 1-minute round-up of the day's headlines. The late night bulletin follows the ITV News at Ten, from Monday to Friday at 10:30pm. The bulletin airs for fifteen minutes.

Scotland Today also airs lunchtime and early evening bulletins on Saturdays and Sundays. The Sunday evening edition of the programme is followed by a signed round-up of the week's main news, called Scotland This Week.

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Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Northern Isles, the Western Isles, the Highlands (except Fort William and Lochaber, which receive Scottish Television), Grampian, Tayside (except the Kinross area), the Isle of Siar, and parts of north Fife. The station has been in operation since 30 September 1961. Grampian is owned and operated by SMG plc, which also owns another Scottish ITV franchise, Scottish Television, based in Glasgow and serving Central Scotland.

North Tonight is a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by Grampian Television. The programme launched on Monday 7 January 1980 in an effort to reflect the Northern Scotland region as a whole.

The programme is produced from studios in Aberdeen with reporters also based at newsrooms in Dundee and Inverness and political correspondents based at Holyrood and Westminster. Freelance correspondents and camera crews are based on the Orkney and Shetland Isles, Wick and Fort William with a permanent Western Isles correspondent based in Stornoway.

Viewers in Tayside and north east Fife receive a separate 5-minute bulletin during North Tonight each weeknight, presented and produced from Grampian's studios at Seabraes in Dundee and directed from a technical gallery in Aberdeen. While the Tayside bulletin is broadcast, viewers further north see more news from the north-east, Highlands and Islands, broadcast from the main studio in Aberdeen.

The main evening programme each weeknight at 6pm is supplemented by shorter Grampian News bulletins seven days a week. On weekdays four news bulletins are broadcast during Daybreak. The mid-morning bulletin airs immediately after an ITV News Summary, during This Morning, this update airs for around three minutes. The lunchtime edition of the programme follows on from the ITV Lunchtime News, giving a ten minute round-up of the days developments between 1:00pm and 1:10pm. At around 8:00pm, there is a 1-minute round-up of the day's headlines. The late night bulletin follows the ITV News at Ten, from Monday to Friday at 10:30pm. The bulletin airs for fifteen minutes.

Grampian News also airs lunchtime and early evening bulletins on Saturdays and Sundays. The Sunday evening edition of the programme is followed by a signed round-up of the week's main news, called Grampian News Review.

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S2 is a local television network in Scotland, operating five city-based TV licences serving Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Ayr. It is owned and operated by SMG.

Initially broadcast as two separate stations - S2 Glasgow and S2 Edinburgh - the launch of three local licences in Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr led to the launch of a single networked service on 24 April 2017.

The majority of S2's programming is produced and broadcast from Scottish Television's headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Unlike the main Scottish Television and Grampian Television channels, where transmission originates in-house, playout and presentation are provided by Comux, the local TV multiplex operator, at its operations centre in Birmingham.

The five local TV services under the S2 carry a single schedule of networked programming. S2 airs bespoke half-hour news bulletins at 12pm and 10pm alongside short bulletins throughout the day, and a simulcast of the Edinburgh edition of Scotland Today. The network's flagship news programme, Scotland Tonight airs each weeknight at 8pm and incorporates Scottish, UK and international news. The half-hour programme is produced in partnership with ITN.

Non-news programmes for the channel include the early evening magazine Live at Five, Scottish Politics This Week, documentary series The People's History Show and chat shows including My Life in Ten Pictures, E...on Scottish and The Late Show. Acquired programming includes the Irish soap Fair City. Archive content still includes popular Scottish soap Take the High Road at 9am on a Saturday morning, as well as Taggart.

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Clyde 1 is an independent local radio station serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. The station, operated by Radio Clyde (part of SMG), broadcasts on 102.5 FM with relays covering Rothesay on 102.3 FM, the Firth of Clyde on 103.3 FM and the Vale of Leven on 97 FM, as well as on DAB and online.

The majority of programming - local and networked - is produced and broadcast from Radio Clyde's studios in Clydebank, however some networked output originates from Forth 1 in Edinburgh. The station also opts out of some networked output to broadcast additional local programming, including sports coverage and specialist music shows.

Clyde 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins broadcast hourly at all other times.

Sports coverage airs under the Superscoreboard banner and includes live match commentaries during the season and a magazine show on weekday evenings.

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Forth 1 is an independent local radio station broadcasting to Edinburgh, Lothian and Fife, and based in Forth Street in Edinburgh's city centre. The station broadcasts on 97.3 FM with relays covering West Lothian on 97.6 FM and Penicuik on 102.2 FM, as well as on DAB and online. Forth 1 is owned by SMG and operated by Radio Forth.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from Radio Forth's Edinburgh studios from 6am-7pm Monday-Friday, 2pm-6pm on Saturdays and 12pm-4pm on Sundays. The station also produces networked programming on Saturday mornings - Boogie and Arlene. Forth 1 also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Glasgow.

Forth 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

Extended sports coverage airs under the Superscoreboard banner on Saturday afternoons during the football season.

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MFR is an Independent Local Radio station, serving the Scottish Highlands, Moray, the Orkney islands and parts of north west Aberdeenshire. MFR is owned and operated by SMG, based at studios in the Scorguie area of Inverness.

MFR's local programming on its main service originates from its Inverness studios, with networked output carried from Clyde 1 in Clydebank and Forth 1 in Edinburgh. Local programming airs from 6am-7pm on weekdays, 2pm-6pm on Saturdays and 12pm-4pm on Sundays.

MFR broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

Extended sports coverage airs under the Superscoreboard banner on Saturday afternoons during the football season.

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Northsound 1 is an independent local radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned and operated by SMG.

Local programming is produced and presented from studios in Tullos, Aberdeen. Northsound 1's main 96.9 FM transmitter is located at Durris, near Stonehaven. It also broadcasts on 97.6 FM from the Balgownie transmitter covering north Aberdeen, and on 103.0 FM from Stirling Hill covering the Peterhead area.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from Northsound's Aberdeen studios from 6am-7pm weekdays, 2pm-6pm on Saturdays and 12pm-4pm on Sundays. Northsound 1 also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank and Forth 1 in Edinburgh.

Northsound 1 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport, traffic and business bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

Extended sports coverage airs under the Superscoreboard banner on Saturday afternoons and on a magazine programme each Friday evening.

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Radio Borders is a radio station broadcasting to the Scottish Borders and north Northumberland from studios in Tweedbank, just outside Galashiels. The station can be heard across much of the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland and can be heard as far north as Gorebridge in Midlothian and as far south as Langholm and Canonbie in Dumfriesshire.

Radio Borders regularly broadcasts local news, weather, and traffic information as well as sports coverage at weekends. Its music format consists mostly of music from the charts of today with the occasional older song from as far back as the 1980s. The station holds some of the highest listening figures (linked to the population) amongst all UK local radio stations.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from Radio Borders' Tweedbank studios from 6am-7pm on weekdays, 2pm-6pm on Saturdays and 12pm-4pm on Sundays. Radio Borders also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank and Forth 1 in Edinburgh.

Radio Borders broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, including sports reports. Traffic bulletins are presenter led and broadcast at 20 and 40 minutes past the hour between 6am and 9am as well as between 4pm and 7pm. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

Extended sports coverage, including live rugby union commentary, airs under the Superscoreboard banner on Saturday afternoons.

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Tay FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving Dundee, Perth and the general Tayside area in Scotland. The station is owned and operated by SMG.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from Radio Tay's Dundee studios from 6am-7pm on weekdays, 2pm-6pm on Saturdays and 12pm-4pm on Sundays. Tay FM also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank and Forth 1 in Edinburgh.

Tay FM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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West FM is an Independent Local radio station broadcasting to Ayrshire, Scotland. The station broadcasts on 96.7, 97.5, 106.7 FM and on DAB Digital Radio, multiplex 11B.

Local programming is currently produced and broadcast from West FM's studios in Ayr from 6am-7pm on weekdays, 2pm-6pm on Saturdays and 12pm-4pm on Sundays. West FM also airs networked programming from Clyde 1 in Clydebank and Forth 1 in Edinburgh.

West FM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

Extended sports coverage airs under the Gossip and Goals banner on Saturday afternoons.

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Clyde 2 is a Independent Local Radio station serving Glasgow and West Central Scotland. The station broadcasts classic hits music output, alongside sport and specialist programming alongside local news and information. Clyde 2 broadcasts on the medium wave on a frequency of 1152 kHz (equivalent wavelength: 261m), and on DAB in stereo. In the Oban area, Clyde 2 is carried on the 103.3 FM frequency as Oban FM's sustaining service during non-broadcasting hours.

Most of Clyde 2's programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Clydebank studios and carried on network of local AM Scottish stations. Some weekend output is produced by Tay AM in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.

Clyde 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins broadcast hourly at all other times.

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Forth 2 is an independent local radio station owned and operated by SMG. Forth 2 broadcasts to Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife on 1548 kHz and DAB 12D, and carries networked programming 24 hours a day alongside local news and information.

Most of Forth 2's programming is carried from AM network of local Scottish stations. Forth 2, produces some of the network's output including the saturday evening show Boogie Nights presented by Andy Bouglas. Other networked programming is originated from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank and Tay AM in Dundee.

Forth 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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MFR 2 is an independent local radio station owned and operated by SMG. MFR broadcasts the Scottish Highlands, Moray, the Orkney islands and parts of north west Aberdeenshire.

Most of MFR 2's programming is carried from AM network of local Scottish stations. Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Tay AM in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.

MFR 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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Northsound 2 is a commercial radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire on 1035 medium wave, DAB digital and online. Northsound 2 carries networked programming 24 hours a day alongside local news and information.

Most of Northsound 2's programming is carried from AM network of local Scottish stations. Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Tay AM in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.

Northsound 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport, traffic and business bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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Tay AM is an Independent Local Radio station commercial local radio station serving Dundee, Perth and the general Tayside area in Scotland. The station provides adult contemporary music and classic hits, with chat, competitions, local, national and international news and sport including local weather.

Most of Tay AM's programming is carried from AM network of local Scottish stations. Tay AM produces weekend daytime shows for the Scottish network, presented by Ally Ballingall, from its Dundee studios. The rest of the output originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.

Tay AM broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half-hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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West Sound is an Independent Local Radio station in Ayrshire. The station is based in Ayr, with its AM transmitter in Symington, South Ayrshire and its DAB transmitter in Darvel, East Ayrshire.

Most of West Sound's programming is carried from AM network of local Scottish stations. Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Tay AM in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.

West Sound broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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West Sound is an Independent Local Radio station serving Dumfries and Galloway. The station broadcasts from studios in Dumfries and Ayr on 97FM in Dumfries, 103FM in Kirkcudbright and the Machars and 96.5FM in Stranraer and online.

Most of West Sound's programming is carried from AM network of local Scottish stations. Networked programming originates from the studios of Clyde 2 in Clydebank, Tay AM in Dundee and Forth 2 in Edinburgh.

West Sound broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays, from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and from 9am to 12pm on Sundays. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. Bespoke networked Scottish bulletins are broadcast hourly at all other times, produced from Radio Clyde's newsroom in Clydebank.

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The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. The Herald is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from The Glasgow Herald in 1992.

The newspaper, which was established in 1783, has an editorial staff of approximately 150 based mainly in Glasgow and at offices in Edinburgh, London, Aberdeen and Inverness. It was relaunched in May 2000 with a new masthead, a fresher, more contemporary feel and expanded coverage of Consumer Affairs , Education and IT and Online comments.

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The Sunday Herald is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published from 7 February 1999. Originally a broadsheet, it was published in compact format from 20 November 2005. The paper is known for having combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution, and later Scottish independence.
Attracting some 130,000 readers every weekend, the paper is 'no ordinary Sunday', combining sharp journalism with an original approach. Intelligent, amusing and unbiased, the Sunday Herald makes a lively and refreshing read, in-touch with the modern emerging Scotland.

The paper has six separate sections: Main News, Seven Days, Sport, Business, Directory and the Magazine.

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The National is a Scottish daily newspaper that is owned by SMG. It began publication on 24 November 2014, and was the first daily newspaper in Scotland to support Scottish independence. Launched as a response to calls from SMG's readership for a pro-independence paper in the wake of the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, it is a sister paper of The Herald, and is edited by Callum Baird. Initially published on weekdays, Saturday and Sunday edition were added in May 2015. The National is printed in tabloid format, and is also available via online subscription.

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The Evening Times is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. The paper, an evening sister paper of The Herald, was established in 1876. The paper's slogan is "Nobody Knows Glasgow Better". The newspaper is sold in trademark vendor stalls around Glasgow City Centre, with the salesmen calling out the well-known slogan "Times! Evening Times!" every few minutes. In addition it is delivered to doors around Glasgow by paper boys and girls, and is also sold in numerous stores around Greater Glasgow.

The newspaper has no direct competitor in the evening market and the strength of its franchise is based on the development of close links with the local community which have been built up through campaigning on issues such as drug abuse and loan sharks. The paper's new format was launched in February 2000 and with its later printing times, has the advantage of being able to offer 'today's news today.'