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STV is the brand used by both ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 licensees in Northern and Central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian TV
Grampian Television

Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife....
 (now legally STV North) and Scottish TV
Scottish Television

Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. The studios were located in Glasgow's Theatre Royal on Hope Street for two decades, and later in custom built premises on an adjacent site on Renfield Street in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, but moving to new studios in Pacific Qua...
 (now legally STV Central) respectively. The brand was adopted on Tuesday, 30 May 2006 replacing both franchises' identities, similar to that of ITV1
ITV1

ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
. Its positioning, identity and brand guidelines were developed by Elmwood Design's Edinburgh office.






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STV is the brand used by both ITV
ITV

ITV is a public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television network of British television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC....
 licensees in Northern and Central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian TV
Grampian Television

Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife....
 (now legally STV North) and Scottish TV
Scottish Television

Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. The studios were located in Glasgow's Theatre Royal on Hope Street for two decades, and later in custom built premises on an adjacent site on Renfield Street in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, but moving to new studios in Pacific Qua...
 (now legally STV Central) respectively. The brand was adopted on Tuesday, 30 May 2006 replacing both franchises' identities, similar to that of ITV1
ITV1

ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
. Its positioning, identity and brand guidelines were developed by Elmwood Design's Edinburgh office. Both licensees are owned by STV Group plc.

Programming

The two licences still produce regional programmes, although the only difference between them is the respective news programmes: North Tonight
North Tonight

North Tonight is a Scotland nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by Grampian Television . The show is broadcast live at 6pm from Monday to Friday....
 covering Northern Scotland and Scotland Today
Scotland Today

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 STV's Central Belt franchise....
 covering Central Scotland. There is no STV South as Southern Scotland is part of the Border Television
Border Television

Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland, the majority of Cumbria, and the Isle of Man....
 region (Border being owned by ITV plc
ITV plc

ITV plc is a United Kingdom media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom....
) and programmes are presented there under the ITV1
ITV1

ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
 Border
Border Television

Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland, the majority of Cumbria, and the Isle of Man....
 brand. Emphasising the fact that STV is essentially one channel across the two regions, there is now a single managing director (Bobby Hain - former managing director of Scottish Television
Scottish Television

Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. The studios were located in Glasgow's Theatre Royal on Hope Street for two decades, and later in custom built premises on an adjacent site on Renfield Street in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, but moving to new studios in Pacific Qua...
), a single director of programmes (David Brook - former strategy director of Channel 4
Channel 4

Channel 4 is a UK Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the #Channel Four Television...
) and a single head of news (Gordon MacMillan - former head of news of Scottish TV). Terms in the renewed licences for both STV Central and STV North also mean that regional non-news programmes are shared (and identically scheduled) across both licences.

Although the station is required to produce 1.5 hours a week of regional non-news programmes (a single arrangement covering both North and Central regions), the chief executive of STV Group plc, Rob Woodward, told MPs at a Westminster briefing in October 2008 that the station would aim to increase its regional output from 2009 onwards.

STV produces current affairs
Current affairs (news format)

Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
 and political programming, including Politics Now
Politics Now

Politics Now is a Scotland political programme produced and broadcast by STV, the main commercial broadcaster in Scotland.The half-hour programme, running for 40 weeks of the year, is broadcast on late Thursday evenings at either 10:40pm or 11:10pm....
, and the daily lifestyle magazine The Five Thirty Show
The Five Thirty Show

The Five Thirty Show is a Scotland topical magazine show, which began broadcasting in Northern and Central Scotland on STV on Monday January 28, 2008....
. One of the station's best known brands is Scotsport
Scotsport

Scotsport was a Scotland sports television programme, broadcast on STV in northern and central Scotland, as well as on Border Television in southern Scotland....
, one of the world's longest running sports television programmes, although the programme was aired for the last time in May 2008. The channel also produces many Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a member of the Goidelic languages branch of Celtic languages. This branch also includes the Irish language and Manx language languages....
 programmes, some of which are now produced for the Scots Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba, alongside archive material including Speaking our Language
Speaking our Language

Speaking our Language was a Scottish Gaelic learners television programme that ran from 1993 to 1996. Running for 72 episodes through four series, the series was produced by Scottish Television and presented by Rhoda MacDonald, STV's then-head of Gaelic output....
 and Machair
Machair (TV series)

Machair was a Scottish Gaelic language television soap opera produced by Scottish Television between August 1992 and September 1998.The series was created and developed by Peter May and Janice Hally who was also the storyliner and principal scriptwriter....
. Whilst a lot of STV's output is for its own broadcast area, some programmes are also broadcast to the Scottish part of the Border Television
Border Television

Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland, the majority of Cumbria, and the Isle of Man....
 area and some across the whole of the United Kingdom. One of STV's most famous exports is the long-running crime drama Taggart
Taggart

Taggart is a long-running Scotland Detective fiction television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network....
, set in Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
.

More recent STV programmes include the popular Beyond Explanation, presented by Dundonian actor Brian Cox
Brian Cox

Brian Denis Cox, Order of the British Empire is a BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Scotland actor....
. The programme looked at mysterious sightings across Scotland over the last few centuries. The channel also produce crime show Unsolved: Getting Away With Murder
Unsolved (TV series)

Unsolved was a regional television documentary series produced by Grampian Television . The series investigated some of the most baffling and intriguing murders in Northern and Central Scotland, where the killers have never been caught and in some cases, the bodies never found....
 which covered past unsolved criminal cases in Scotland. The series drew high viewing figures and there was also an increase in the number of calls made to the Police by witnesses of various incidents who saw the programmes. STV have also recently broadcast the Scottish dating show Club Cupid
Club Cupid

Club Cupid, was a Scotland regional dating show co-produced by Scottish Television and Grampian Television and presented by Des Clarke and Michelle Watt....
, which was filmed in Dundee and a 6-part history series, Highlands
Highlands (TV series)

Highlands was a 6-part documentary series produced by STV Productions and broadcast on STV in Northern and Central Scotland & The History Channel , presented by Taggart actor John Michie....
, in which Taggart star John Michie
John Michie

John Michie is a United Kingdom television and film actor, best known for his role as DI Robbie Ross on the Scotland detective television series Taggart....
 discovered the dark history of the Scottish Highlands.

Since June 2007, STV News teams in the Northern and Central regions have also produced exclusive programming for the station's website, stv.tv
Stv.tv

www.stv.tv is the Uniform Resource Locator of the website of the Scotland television channel, STV. The website currently offers the usual sections of News, Sport, Entertainment, Weather, Competitions, Internet forum and STV programme information, with TV listings....
, in the form of video blogs. The Real MacKay
The Real MacKay

The Real MacKay is a supplementary video blog for Scotland Today, STV's regional news programme for central Scotland. The first blog was produced on Monday June 4 2007, and as of March 6 2009, 398 episodes have been made available....
 (Scotland Today), Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure (video blog)

Northern Exposure is a supplementary video blog for North Tonight, STV North's regional news programme for northern Scotland. The first blog was produced on Tuesday June 19, 2007 and as of March 2 2009, 171 episodes have been made available....
 (North Tonight) and Weather Blether
Weather Blether

Weather Blether is an occasional supplementary blog for STV's regional weather service, serving Northern and Central Scotland. As opposed to its sister blogs, The Real MacKay and Northern Exposure , the blog consists of online video and written blogs....
 (STV Weather) have gained cult status and continue to be produced on a regular basis.

Previous TV programming includes the dramas Take the High Road
Take the High Road

Take the High Road was a soap opera produced by Scottish Television, and set in the fictional village of Glendarroch . It started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime soap opera, and was dropped by the network in 1993, although various members of the ITV Network continued to screen the programme, while others had no interest in doing so....
, Garnock Way
Garnock Way

Garnock Way was a short-lived Scotland soap opera, produced by Scottish Television for the ITV network, running from 1976 to 1979. The show was a forerunner of Take the High Road, and set in a town halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh....
 and High Living, gameshows Now You See It and Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (UK game show)

Wheel of Fortune was a United Kingdom television gameshow which ran from 19 July, 1988 to 20 December, 2001, produced by Scottish Television for the ITV network....
, crime series Crimedesk with Bill Knox
Bill Knox

William Knox was a Scotland author, journalist and Presenter, best known for his crime novels and presenting the long-running STV series Crimedesk....
, long-running documentary series Weir's Way, lifestyle show Room at the Top, and Glen Michael
Glen Michael

Glen Michael is a former children's television presenter and an entertainer. His career at Scottish Television spanned several decades with the popular show Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade....
's Cartoon Cavalcade, which lasted 26 years.

Studios


STV Central

The STV studios in Glasgow were originally located in the former Theatre Royal in the Cowcaddens
Cowcaddens

Cowcaddens is an area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located virtually in the city centre and is bordered by the areas of Garnethill to the south and Townhead to the east....
 area of the city. The first programme broadcast by STV from the Theatre Royal studios was This is Scotland on 31 August 1957. In 1974, the company sold the Theatre Royal to Scottish Opera for conversion back to a full theatre and national opera house and moved into custom-built studios next door. The association with Cowcaddens
Cowcaddens

Cowcaddens is an area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located virtually in the city centre and is bordered by the areas of Garnethill to the south and Townhead to the east....
 ended in July 2006 when they moved to new studios in Pacific Quay
Pacific Quay

File:BBC Scotland.jpgPacific Quay is a development in Glasgow, Scotland situated along the south bank of the River Clyde at the former Pacific Quay and Princes' Dock Basin....
, alongside the Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow Science Centre

Glasgow Science Centre is a visitor attraction located on the south bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a purpose-built science centre composed of three principal buildings which are the Science Mall, an IMAX Movie theater and the Glasgow Tower....
.

In Edinburgh, STV converted the Gateway Theatre in Leith Walk into colour studios during the mid-late 1960s - a facility which proved especially useful in 1969 when a fire gutted studio A at the Theatre Royal, killing two firemen. The Edinburgh studios later became a permanent production centre for Take The High Road
Take the High Road

Take the High Road was a soap opera produced by Scottish Television, and set in the fictional village of Glendarroch . It started in February 1980 as an ITV daytime soap opera, and was dropped by the network in 1993, although various members of the ITV Network continued to screen the programme, while others had no interest in doing so....
 before being closed in the early 1990s to save costs. STV's Edinburgh base now consists of smaller studio and office facilities for local news and advertising operations.

STV North

STV North's Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 headquarters moved to new smaller studios in the city's West Tullos area
Tullos

Tullos is an area of Torry, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland. The area takes its name from the Vale of Tullos which lies between Tullos Hill and Torry Hill....
 in June 2003, vacating a converted tram depot that had been used since Grampian Television's launch in September 1961. Expansions to the Queens Cross complex were made in 1983 and 1987 - the former as part of a £5 million investment into the company's technical facilities.

Around the time of the station's launch, Grampian also established premises in Dundee, later moving to Albany House in 1980 and Harbour Chambers in 1998. In April 2008, a new Dundee studio for local news and advertising operations was opened in the Seabraes area of the city.

Grampian opened a base for local Highlands & Islands newsgathering in Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
 in 1983, situated in Huntly Street, which remains open today. A studio complex in Stornoway
Stornoway

Stornoway is a burgh on the Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.The town's population is approximately 8,055, out of a total population of 26,370 for the whole of the Western Isles....
 was opened in 1993 to accommodate the expansion of the station's Scots Gaelic programming production. The studios closed in 2000 following the axing of the Gaelic news service, Telefios
Telefios

Telefios was a Scottish Gaelic-language news programme, broadcast on both Grampian Television and Scottish Television from 1993 to 2000. Its name is a portmanteau of the word fios meaning "knowledge" or "information", and telebhisean ....
.

Grampian also established secondary studios in Edinburgh during the late 1960s from where some of the station's light entertainment programming was produced. The studios were closed in 1969.

50th Birthday

On 25 August 2007 STV began using a special logo on all idents, promotions, breakbumpers and the STV website, in the run-up to Scottish Television's 50th birthday on 31 August. The phrase "entertaining Scotland for 50 years" was also added to the idents.

On Christmas Eve 2007, a special documentary based on Scottish TV's 50 years in the business was aired in both Central and Northern Scotland, although STV has been broadcasting only in Central Scotland for 50 years, whereas the ITV franchise in Northern Scotland (STV North, previously Grampian Television) began in 1961.

Regions and Frequencies


Regions

STV serves central and northern Scotland. Within STV, Scotland is split into two regions and four sub-regions. Networked and regional programming is the same in both regions, apart from regional news and advertising. Within both regions, there are further opt-outs providing sub-regional news and commercials.

STV North (formerly Grampian Television
Grampian Television

Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife....
) is based in Aberdeen and serves Northern Scotland. The main news programme serving the area is North Tonight
North Tonight

North Tonight is a Scotland nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by Grampian Television . The show is broadcast live at 6pm from Monday to Friday....
, alongside short bulletins (North Today) and a weekly news programme for the deaf (News Review
North Tonight

North Tonight is a Scotland nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by Grampian Television . The show is broadcast live at 6pm from Monday to Friday....
). The news service includes local opt-outs from Dundee
Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
 (serving Tayside
Tayside

Tayside was a local government Region of Scotland from May 15 1975 to March 31 1996. It was created by the Local Government Act 1973 following recommendations made by the 1969 Wheatley Report which attempted to replace the mishmash of counties, cities, burghs and districts, with a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils...
 & North East Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
) and Aberdeen (serving the North East
Grampian

Grampian was a Local government of Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. It is now divided into the Council areas of Scotland of:...
, Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
 & Islands) on week nights. The two sub-regions also receive separate commercials. STV North also has a studio in Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
 and is reportedly in consideration about launching a third news and advertising sub-region for the Highlands and Islands area. No decision has yet been made.

STV Central (formerly Scottish Television
Scottish Television

Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. The studios were located in Glasgow's Theatre Royal on Hope Street for two decades, and later in custom built premises on an adjacent site on Renfield Street in Cowcaddens, Glasgow, but moving to new studios in Pacific Qua...
) is based at the STV Group headquarters in Glasgow and serves Central Scotland. Scotland Today
Scotland Today

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 STV's Central Belt franchise....
 is the main news programme covering the region with regular bulletins throughout the day and a weekly news programme for the deaf (Scotland This Week
Scotland Today

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 STV's Central Belt franchise....
). The news service includes opt-outs from Glasgow (serving the city and the west of the central belt) and Edinburgh (serving the capital city, South Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
 and the Lothians) on week nights. The two sub-regions also receive separate commercials.

Altogether, the regions and sub-regions serve a population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
 of 3,849,000.
  • STV North (pop: 981,000):
    • STV Aberdeen (pop: 724,000) - Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire
      Aberdeenshire

      Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
      , Eilean Siar, Highland
      Highland (council area)

      The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
      , Moray
      Moray

      Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
      , Orkney and Shetland
    • STV Dundee (pop: 267,000) - Angus
      Angus

      Angus is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the Dundee City....
      , Dundee City, (North) Fife
      Fife

      Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
      , Perth and Kinross
      Perth and Kinross

      Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....


  • STV Central (pop: 2,826,000):
    • STV Edinburgh (pop: 572,000) - Clackmannanshire
      Clackmannanshire

      Clackmannanshire and sometimes called Clacks is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife....
      , East Lothian
      East Lothian

      East Lothian is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, UK, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian....
      , Edinburgh
      Edinburgh

      Edinburgh ; is the Capital city of Scotland, a position it has held since 1437. It is the seventh largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest Scottish City status in the United Kingdom after Glasgow....
      , Falkirk
      Falkirk (council area)

      Falkirk is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland. It borders onto North Lanarkshire to the south west, Stirling to the north west, West Lothian to the south east and, across the Firth of Forth to the north east, Fife....
      , (South) Fife
      Fife

      Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
      , Midlothian
      Midlothian

      Midlothian is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the Scottish Borders, East Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council areas....
       and West Lothian
      West Lothian

      West Lothian is one of the 32 Unitary authority council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk ....
    • STV Glasgow (pop: 2,295,000) - Argyll and Bute
      Argyll and Bute

      Argyll and Bute is both one of 32 Council areas of Scotland; and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in Scotland. The administrative centre for the council area is located in Lochgilphead....
      , East Ayrshire
      East Ayrshire

      East Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
      , East Dunbartonshire
      East Dunbartonshire

      East Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the North-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of the city's commuter towns and villages....
      , East Renfrewshire
      East Renfrewshire

      East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975 it formed part of the counties of Scotland of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde....
      , Glasgow
      Glasgow

      Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
      , Inverclyde
      Inverclyde

      Inverclyde is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It borders onto Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde....
      , North Ayrshire
      North Ayrshire

      North Ayrshire is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It borders onto the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north east, and East Ayrshire, and South Ayrshire to the East and South respectively....
      , North Lanarkshire
      North Lanarkshire

      North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the north east of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages....
      , Renfrewshire
      Renfrewshire

      Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic Renfrewshire , also known as the County of Renfrew or Greater Renfrewshire, the other two being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east....
      , Stirling
      Stirling (council area)

      Stirling is one of the 32 unitary Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about 85,000. It was created under the Local Government etc Act 1994 with the boundaries of the Stirling district of the former Central Regions and districts of Scotland, and it covers most of the former county of Stirling and...
      , South Lanarkshire
      South Lanarkshire

      South Lanarkshire is one of 32 council area of Scotland, covering the southern part of the Counties of Scotland of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
      , South Ayrshire
      South Ayrshire

      South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
      , West Dunbartonshire
      West Dunbartonshire

      West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs....
      .


  • The areas of Dumfries and Galloway
    Dumfries and Galloway

    Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Scottish Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England....
     and the Borders
    Scottish Borders

    The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
     are currently served by ITV Tyne Tees & Border
    ITV Tyne Tees & Border

    ITV Tyne Tees & Border is a non-franchse ITV regional station covering the North of England/Scottish Borders and incorporating the former ITV Tyne Tees and ITV Border regions....
    .


Frequencies

STV is broadcast on the following main transmitters (and their dependent relays):

STV Central
West
  • Black Hill: Channel 43
  • Darvel: Channel 23
  • Rosneath: Channel 61
  • Torosay: Channel 25
East
  • Craigkelly: Channel 24


STV North
North East, Highlands & Islands
  • Durris
    Durris transmitting station

    The Durris transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the town of Stonehaven, within Durris Forsest, within the area also known hitorically as Kincardineshire ....
    : Channel 25
  • Knockmore: Channel 23
  • Rosemarkie: Channel 49
  • Rumster Forest
    Rumster Forest transmitting station

    The Rumster Forest transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility near the town of Wick, Highland, in Caithness, Scotland ....
    : Channel 24
  • Eitshal: Channel 23
  • Keelylang Hill: Channel 43
  • Bressay
    Bressay transmitting station

    Bressay Transmitting Station is a broadcasting transmission facility for the Shetland Islands, located on the isle of Bressay, owned and operated by National Grid Wireless....
    : Channel 25
Tayside & North East Fife
  • Angus
    Angus transmitting station

    The Angus transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated approximately five miles due north of the city of Dundee, Scotland ....
    : Channel 60


Retaining identity

STV, together with its counterpart UTV
UTV

UTV is a television channel based in Northern Ireland. The channel is the Channel 3 licensee for the Northern Ireland region and it is operated by UTV plc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UTV Media....
 in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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, has resisted adopting the generic ITV1
ITV1

ITV1 is the generic brand used by twelve franchises of the ITV television network in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands....
 branding that is now commonplace throughout the ITV plc
ITV plc

ITV plc is a United Kingdom media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom....
 regions in the southern Scottish borders, England and Wales
England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal unit within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom....
 and the Channel Islands
Channel Islands

The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel, off the France coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey....
, although it has now adopted a single Scottish identity for both its franchises.

stv.tv

consists of news, sport, entertainment, weather, competitions and programming information. The website also features a video catch-up service, offering a chance to see networked and regional programming aired on the station for 30 days after their original broadcast. Exclusive online programming in the form of regular video blogs are also produced for the website.

See also

  • Scottish Broadcasting Commission
    Scottish Broadcasting Commission

    The Scottish Broadcasting Commission was established by the Scottish Government in August 2007. Its purpose is to conduct an independent investigation into television production and broadcasting in Scotland, and to define a strategic way forward for the industry....
  • S2
    ITV2

    ITV2 is a 24 hour a day free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc....


External links

  • - An STV Group website showcasing programmes taken from STV's archives