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===Media=== {{Main|Media in Glasgow}} [[File:BBC Scotland 2.JPG|thumb|[[Pacific Quay]] is the home of the headquarters of Scotland's main broadcaster, [[BBC Scotland]], based at [[BBC Pacific Quay]]]] [[File:The Herald Building, 145-195 (Odd Nos) Albion Street, Glasgow, 2018-06-28 angle.jpg|thumb|right|''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'' building on Albion Street]] There has been a considerable number of films made about Glasgow or in Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow at the Moving Image Archive |url=http://movingimage.nls.uk/search?search_term=glasgow&videoAccess=r |website=Moving Image Archive |publisher=National Library of Scotland |access-date=17 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318182906/http://movingimage.nls.uk/search?search_term=glasgow&videoAccess=r |archive-date=18 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both [[BBC Scotland]] and [[STV (TV network)|STV]] have their headquarters in Glasgow. Television programs filmed in Glasgow include ''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]'', ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'', ''[[Tutti Frutti (1987 TV series)|Tutti Frutti]]'', ''[[High Times (TV series)|High Times]]'', ''[[River City]]'', ''[[City Lights (1984 TV series)|City Lights]]'', ''[[Chewin' the Fat]]'', ''[[Still Game]]'', ''[[Limmy's Show]]'' and ''[[Lovesick (TV series)|Lovesick]]''. Most recently,{{When|date=September 2024}} the long-running series ''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]'' and the early-evening quiz programme ''[[Eggheads (TV series)|Eggheads]]'' moved its production base to the city. Most National Lottery game shows are also filmed in Glasgow. Children's game show ''[[Copycats]]'' is filmed there, and the Irish/UK programme ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys]]'' is filmed at BBC Scotland. The Scottish press publishes various newspapers in the city such as ''[[The Evening Times]]'', ''[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]'', ''[[Sunday Herald|The Sunday Herald]]'', the ''[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail]]'' and the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''. Scottish editions of [[Trinity Mirror]] and [[News International]] titles are printed in the city. [[STV Group (Scotland)|STV Group]] is a Glasgow-based media conglomerate with interests in television, and publishing advertising. STV Group owns and operates both Scottish ITV franchises (Central Scotland and Grampian), both branded [[STV (TV network)|STV]]. Glasgow also had its own television channel, [[STV Glasgow]], which launched in June 2014, which also shows some of Glasgow's own programs filmed at the STV headquarters in Glasgow. Shows included ''The Riverside Show'', ''Scottish Kitchen'', ''City Safari'', ''Football Show'' and ''Live at Five''. STV Glasgow merged with STV Edinburgh to form STV2 in April 2017 which eventually closed in June 2018. Various radio stations are also located in Glasgow. [[BBC Radio Scotland]], the national radio broadcaster for Scotland, is located in the BBC's Glasgow headquarters alongside its [[BBC Radio nan Gaidheal|Gaelic-language sister station]], which is also based in [[Stornoway]]. [[Bauer Radio]] owns the principal commercial radio stations in Glasgow: [[Clyde 1]] and [[Greatest Hits Radio Glasgow & The West]], which can reach more than 2.3 million listeners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/1261/10052007/bbc_celebrating_radio_high_in_scotland |title=Scottish Radio Statistics |publisher=Allmediascotland.com |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109043017/http://www.allmediascotland.com/articles/1261/10052007/bbc_celebrating_radio_high_in_scotland |archive-date=9 January 2009}}</ref> In 2004, STV Group plc (then known as SMG plc) sold its 27.8% stake in [[Scottish Radio Holdings]] to the broadcasting group [[EMAP]] for Β£90.5 million. Other stations broadcasting from Glasgow include [[Smooth Scotland]], [[Heart Scotland]], which are owned by [[Global Media & Entertainment|Global]]. Global Radio's Central Scotland radio station [[Capital Scotland]] also broadcasts from studios in Glasgow. [[Nation Radio Scotland]], owned by [[Nation Broadcasting]], also broadcasts from the city. The city has a strong [[community radio]] sector, including [[Celtic Music Radio]], [[Subcity Radio]], Radio Magnetic, [[Sunny Govan Radio]], AWAZ FM and Insight Radio.
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