Media in Glasgow

Media in Glasgow

This article deals with the Media in Glasgow. The city of Glasgow, Scotland is home to large sections of the Scottish national media. It hosts the following:

Contents

Television

Some London-based programmes are soon to be moved to Scotland to share the British media market starting with The National Lottery Jet Set.

Television programmes set in Glasgow include: Taggart, Rebus (set in Edinburgh but shot mostly in Glasgow), High Times, Rab C Nesbitt, City Lights, Chewing the Fat, River City, and Still Game.

Radio

Newspapers

A number of major Scottish newspapers are published in the city:

As well as Scottish editions of:

Local newspapers are:

  • The Digger — Mainly covering the North of Glasgow
  • The Glaswegian — Predominantly serving the North of Glasgow
  • Local News for Southsiders — The Southside of Glasgow and the Govan area.
  • The Glasgow East News — The East End of the City
  • The West End Mail — Partick, West-End and the Northwest outskirts. -Ceased December 2006 [1]
  • The Springburn Herald — Weekly newspaper covering the area of North Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire
  • G41 — Monthly community newspaper serving Dumbreck, Pollokshields, Strathbungo, Shawlands and Langside. Published by a social enterprise called Southside Media.

Internet

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2006/12dec/061218wem.shtml

Resources

Gurevitch M. Culture, Society and the Media. Routledge: New Ed edition, 1982



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