Media in Aberdeen
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Media in Aberdeen have long been published or broadcast. The city and surrounding area's main newspaper the Press and Journal
has been made and printed in the city since 1748 making it Scotland
's oldest newspaper.
The city has a number of regional radio stations and has local production facilities for the BBC
and ITV
.
Aberdeen is famous for the entertainers of Scotland The What.
and the Evening Express
, both printed six days a week by Aberdeen Journals
. There is also a job and second-hand advertising paper, Scot-Ads and free papers Aberdeen Citizen
and the new weekly paper City Life
.
regional franchise for northern Scotland, Grampian Television
, broadcast from a converted tram depot in the Queens Cross
area. Since a takeover by the Scottish Media Group
(now STV Group plc) in 1997, Grampian's identity and local programming output were gradually depleted until the present situation, where Grampian is now officially known as STV North and broadcasts from smaller studios in the Tullos
area of the city. The local news programme STV News at Six
is still produced from Aberdeen alongside regional commercials.
BBC Scotland
also have a base in Aberdeen's Beechgrove area. BBC Aberdeen is most known for Tern TV's production of the Beechgrove Garden
television and BBC radio programmes.
has three local commercial radio stations — Northsound 1
on 96.9, 97.6 & 103 FM, Northsound 2
on 1035 AM
, and Original 106
on 106.8 & 106.3 FM
. The two Northsound stations operated as a single station, Northsound Radio
, until 1995. BBC Radio Scotland
broadcasts local news opt-out bulletins for Aberdeen and North East Scotland on weekdays.
Latest audience figures put Northsound 1
as the number 1 radio station in the area, a title it has become accustomed to holding.
There is also a regional radio station called North East Community Radio FM (NECR
FM), broadcasting from Kintore, Aberdeenshire
.
The Station House Media Unit (based at Station House, a partially National Lottery
-funded community project) runs a radio station broadcasting with a five-year community license on 99.8 MHz FM, known as SHMU FM. Prior to obtaining the FM license, the station was available on the internet.
From time to time, the Aberdeen University Students' Association
has obtained a Restricted Service License (RSL) for temporary FM radio broadcasts; its station was first known as Slick FM but this is subject to change with each license. In the meantime, a permanent station provides internet broadcasts.
In addition, a multi-ethnic community organisation entitled Multi-ethnic Aberdeen Ltd. runs Multi-ethnic FM (Me FM) on an annual basis using an RSL and has said it hopes to apply for a permanent license. At other times, internet broadcasts are employed.
Press and Journal (Scotland)
The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern counties of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness...
has been made and printed in the city since 1748 making it Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
's oldest newspaper.
The city has a number of regional radio stations and has local production facilities for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
.
Aberdeen is famous for the entertainers of Scotland The What.
Newspaper
The main newspapers of Aberdeen are the daily Press and JournalPress and Journal (Scotland)
The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern counties of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness...
and the Evening Express
Evening Express (Scotland)
The Evening Express is a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was first published in November 1879.It was a tabloid during the 1930s to the 1950s until it resumed a broadsheet in November 1958, six days a week. By September 1989, The Saturday edition returned to a...
, both printed six days a week by Aberdeen Journals
Aberdeen Journals
Aberdeen Journals Ltd. is a newspaper publisher based in Aberdeen, Scotland.The company publishes the Press and Journal, the Evening Express, the Aberdeen Citizen and ScotADs newspapers. It was owned by Northcliffe Newspapers Group, which is owned by Daily Mail & General Trust from 1995 until...
. There is also a job and second-hand advertising paper, Scot-Ads and free papers Aberdeen Citizen
Aberdeen Citizen
The Aberdeen Citizen is the highest distributed free newspaper in Aberdeen. It is a weekly newspaper. Launched in 1989, as the Aberdeen Herald & Post, it was re-launched as its current title in 2002. It provides a round-up of the week's community news, sport and events to over 75,000 households in...
and the new weekly paper City Life
City Life
City Life may refer to:* Urban culture, the culture of cities* CityLife , a 2004 urban project in Milan* City Life , a 1994 musical work by Steve Reich* City Life , a New Zealand soap opera...
.
Television
For over 45 years, Aberdeen has been home to the ITVITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
regional franchise for northern Scotland, 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...
, broadcast from a converted tram depot in the Queens Cross
Queens Cross
Queen's Cross is area in the west-end of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is located just west from the main Union Street and about from the geographical town centre at Mercat Cross....
area. Since a takeover by the Scottish Media Group
SMG plc
STV Group plc is a Scottish media company. It is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index. Originally formed as Scottish Television, it changed its name to Scottish Media Group in 1996 when it acquired Caledonian Publishing, owners of Glasgow-based newspapers The Herald and Evening Times...
(now STV Group plc) in 1997, Grampian's identity and local programming output were gradually depleted until the present situation, where Grampian is now officially known as STV North and broadcasts from smaller studios in the Tullos
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. Tullos derived its name from a corruption of the Gaelic ‘Tulach’ meaning a hill....
area of the city. The local news programme STV News at Six
STV News at Six
STV News at Six is a Scottish regional news programme, covering the two STV franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by STV Central in the Central region and STV North in the Northern region.The programmes were launched on Monday 23 March 2009, replacing Scotland Today in...
is still produced from Aberdeen alongside regional commercials.
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
also have a base in Aberdeen's Beechgrove area. BBC Aberdeen is most known for Tern TV's production of the Beechgrove Garden
The Beechgrove Garden
The Beechgrove Garden is a television programme broadcast on BBC Two Scotland since 1978, but since 10 April 2007 now broadcast on BBC One Scotland. It is a gardening programme. The original plot of land used was the small area of garden attached to the BBC studios in Aberdeen, located in the...
television and BBC radio programmes.
Local radio
AberdeenAberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
has three local commercial radio stations — Northsound 1
Northsound 1
Northsound 1 is a radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations and plays contemporary music from the 1980s to today, alongside news, sport and travel bulletins. Daytime and weekend...
on 96.9, 97.6 & 103 FM, Northsound 2
Northsound 2
Northsound 2 is a commercial local radio station serving Aberdeen and surrounding area on 1035 kHz on the medium wave band. Owned and operated by Bauer Radio, Northsound 2 plays music mainly from the 1960s and 1970s, alongside talk, news and sports coverage...
on 1035 AM
Amplitude modulation
Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...
, and Original 106
Original 106 (Aberdeen)
Original 106fm is an independent radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It was awarded its broadcast licence in January 2007 and the station launched on October 28, 2007 at 1:06 pm. The first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles...
on 106.8 & 106.3 FM
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
. The two Northsound stations operated as a single station, Northsound Radio
Northsound Radio
Northsound Radio was the name for the original Northsound Radio station, broadcast from Aberdeen, Scotland to the north-east of Scotland. In 1995, the station split to become two commercial local radio stations.- History :...
, until 1995. BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle...
broadcasts local news opt-out bulletins for Aberdeen and North East Scotland on weekdays.
Latest audience figures put Northsound 1
Northsound 1
Northsound 1 is a radio station serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's Place Network of stations and plays contemporary music from the 1980s to today, alongside news, sport and travel bulletins. Daytime and weekend...
as the number 1 radio station in the area, a title it has become accustomed to holding.
There is also a regional radio station called North East Community Radio FM (NECR
NECR
NECR is a broadcast radio station based in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. NECR was awarded an Independent Local Radio Licence in 1993 and started broadcasting in 1994. The station is a totally independent radio station which is accountable to a small local board of directors...
FM), broadcasting from Kintore, Aberdeenshire
Kintore, Aberdeenshire
Kintore is a town and former royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, now bypassed by the A96 road between Aberdeen and Inverness. The name Kintore comes from the Gaelic, Ceann Tòrr. Ceann means the head, or the end, and Tòrr means a round hill. So the name signifies that the town...
.
The Station House Media Unit (based at Station House, a partially National Lottery
National Lottery (United Kingdom)
The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man.It is operated by Camelot Group, to whom the licence was granted in 1994, 2001 and again in 2007. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established by the then...
-funded community project) runs a radio station broadcasting with a five-year community license on 99.8 MHz FM, known as SHMU FM. Prior to obtaining the FM license, the station was available on the internet.
From time to time, the Aberdeen University Students' Association
Aberdeen University Students' Association
Aberdeen University Students' Association is the students' association of the University of Aberdeen, an ancient university in the city of Aberdeen in north east Scotland...
has obtained a Restricted Service License (RSL) for temporary FM radio broadcasts; its station was first known as Slick FM but this is subject to change with each license. In the meantime, a permanent station provides internet broadcasts.
In addition, a multi-ethnic community organisation entitled Multi-ethnic Aberdeen Ltd. runs Multi-ethnic FM (Me FM) on an annual basis using an RSL and has said it hopes to apply for a permanent license. At other times, internet broadcasts are employed.