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===Media and music=== {{Main|Media in Aberdeen}} Aberdeen is home to Scotland's oldest newspaper [[Press and Journal (Scotland)|the ''Press and Journal'']], a local and regional newspaper first published in 1747. The ''Press and Journal'' and its sister paper the [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] ''[[Evening Express (Scotland)|Evening Express]]'' are printed six days a week by [[Aberdeen Journals]]. There was one free newspaper, the ''[[Aberdeen Citizen]]''. [[BBC Scotland]] has a network studio production base in the city's Beechgrove area, and BBC Aberdeen produces ''The Beechgrove Potting Shed'' for radio while Tern Television produces ''[[The Beechgrove Garden]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beechgrove.co.uk/home/Default.asp |title=The Beechgrove Garden |publisher=Tern Television |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309101130/http://www.beechgrove.co.uk/home/Default.asp |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}</ref> The city is also home to [[STV North]] (formerly Grampian Television), which produces the regional news programmes such as ''[[STV News at Six]]'', as well as local commercials. The station, based at Craigshaw Business Park in [[Tullos]], was based at larger studios in [[Queens Cross]] from September 1961 until June 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ooko.com/grampiantv/the-grampian-story/|title=The Grampian Story|publisher=Grampian Television Studios|access-date=8 October 2022|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008163119/http://www.ooko.com/grampiantv/the-grampian-story/|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are three commercial radio stations operating in the city, [[Northsound 1]], [[Greatest Hits Radio North East Scotland]], and independent station [[Original 106 (Scotland)|Original 106]], along with the [[community radio]] station shmu FM<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shmufm.net |title=Shmu community media productions |publisher=Shmufm.net |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725080516/http://www.shmufm.net/ |archive-date=25 July 2008 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> managed by Station House Media Unit which supports community members to run Aberdeen's full-time community radio station, broadcasting on <span style="white-space:nowrap;">99.8 MHz</span> FM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shmu.org.uk |title=Shmu community media productions |publisher=Shmu.org.uk |access-date=25 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090619133757/http://www.shmu.org.uk/| archive-date= 19 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> Music venues include [[The Music Hall (Aberdeen)|Aberdeen Music Hall]] and the [[P&J Live]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musichallaberdeen.com/History.php|title=Music Hall β History & Tour|access-date=5 February 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070222190827/http://www.musichallaberdeen.com/History.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 22 February 2007}}</ref>
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