STV Glasgow

For the UK Channel 3 television licensee in Glasgow, see Scottish Television.

STV Glasgow

Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Glasgow
Headquarters	Pacific Quay, Glasgow
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	STV Group plc
Sister channels	STV STV Edinburgh
History
Launched	2 June 2014
Closed	23 April 2017
Replaced by	STV2
Links
Website	stv.tv/stv2
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 8

STV Glasgow was a British local television station serving Glasgow and surrounding areas. The station was owned and operated by STV Group plc in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.

The channel was closed on Sunday 23 April 2017 and replaced by STV2, a semi-national network of local TV stations.

History

STV were awarded local TV licences in January 2013 to operate two digital television channels, under the working titles of GTV and ETV, in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively, for up to 12 years. ^[1] Three other bids were made for the Glasgow licence by Glasgow TV, Made in Glasgow and Metro8 Glasgow. ^[2]

The channel was run in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University. ^[3]

STV Glasgow launched at 6.30pm on Monday 2 June 2014, originally airing every day from midday until around midnight. ^[4] The channel claimed to have reached over half a million viewers in its first month. ^[5] Its sister station STV Edinburgh launched on 12 January 2015.

The channel extended its hours in March 2015, along with sister channel STV Edinburgh. The two city channels then shared the majority of programming, with most STV Glasgow productions also broadcast on its sister station.

On Monday 24 April 2017, with the launch of more STV City channels in Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee, the network of services was merged and relaunched as STV2. ^{[6] [7]}

Programming

STV Glasgow studio at Pacific Quay

STV Glasgow aired a locally focused schedule of new, archived and imported programming, ^[8] including daily magazine shows, an expanded STV News service, features, former STV programmes, documentaries and drama.

Non-news productions from the Glasgow studios included the early evening show, Live at Five, ^[9] sports chat show Peter and Roughie's Football Show, ^[10] interview series My Life in Ten Pictures and entertainment show Grass Roots Music. ^[11]

STV Glasgow also aired archived drama series including Taggart , Take the High Road and Rebus alongside the acclaimed Polish World War II drama Czas honoru (Days of Honour) and the comedy drama series High Times . The station aimed to broadcast at least an hour a week of non-English language programming.

References

Notes

Sources

1. "Ofcom awards local TV licences in Scotland". Ofcom. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
2. "Four bids for Glasgow and Edinburgh local TV licences". BBC News. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
3. "STV awarded local television licences for Glasgow and Edinburgh". STV. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
4. "STV announces Glasgow local TV launch date". a516digital. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
5. McCarthy, John (10 July 2014). "STV Glasgow hits over half a million viewers in first month". The Drum. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
6. "STV to launch integrated Scottish and international news show". STV News. STV. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
7. "Anchor of flagship STV News Tonight show announced". STV News. STV. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
8. STV Glasgow confirms schedule for new channel, stv.tv, 8 May 2014
9. STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh announce new weeknight show Live at Five, stv.tv, 26 December 2015
10. Peter and Roughie want you to join them in the boot room on STV Glasgow, stv.tv, 29 May 2014
11. In My Opinion: Paul Hughes: Looking ahead to the launch of STV Glasgow, allmediascotland, 30 May 2014

External links

• STV2 at stv.tv
• STV2 on STV Player