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programme for Scotland, broadcast on

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from the headquarters of BBC Scotland at

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History

Although BBC Television was established in Scotland since February 1952 - and broadcast some opt-out programming - it did not start its daily Scottish television news service until Friday 30 August 1957, initially consisting of a five-minute bulletin at 6.05pm on weekdays and a sports results programme on Saturdays. The BBC was keen to launch the ''Scottish News Summary'' ahead of its new commercial rival in the central belt,

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(STV) and before the launch of similar bulletins elsewhere in the UK. As it turned out, STV began broadcasting the day after the launch of what was the BBC's first opt-out TV news bulletin, with the commercial rival launching its local bulletins the following Monday. Similar five-minute bulletins were introduced to the rest of the UK the following month. Topical magazine programmes were later introduced to supplement the Scottish news bulletins including ''Six Ten'', ''Scotland at Six'', ''A Quick Look Round'', and a weekly regional opt-out programme for the North of Scotland entitled ''Talk of the North''. Following the arrival of future director-general Alasdair Milne as controller of BBC Scotland, ''BBC'' ''Reporting Scotland'' was launched on Monday 1 April 1968 with a greater emphasis on hard news coverage. Inspired by the format of

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'' in the United States, the programme was presented jointly from the BBC's studios in

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. The original team of presenters were former ''A Quick Look Round'' presenter Mary Marquis (Glasgow), news agency journalist Gordon Smith (Edinburgh) and ex-

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announcer Douglas Kynoch (Aberdeen). Kynoch later became the main anchor in Glasgow while future ''

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took over as the Aberdeen presenter. In Edinburgh, later presenters included Renton Laidlaw (later a veteran golf commentator) and Kenneth Roy. In September 1969, ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' was integrated into the networked '' Nationwide'' strand. As with their counterparts in the other BBC Nations and Regions, ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' team often contributed reports to the ''Nationwide'' programme. When ''Nationwide'' ended in August 1983, ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' was briefly replaced by ''Scotland Sixty Minutes'' as part of the revamped news programme, ''

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'', but was reinstated in 1984. Since that time, ''"BBC'' ''Reporting Scotland"'' brand has also been used as the on-screen identity for most of BBC Scotland's television news bulletins. Arguably the most famous of ''BBC Reporting Scotlands ex-presenters was Mary Marquis, who upon her return in September 1975, became its main anchor until her departure in 1988. Regular co-presenters included John Milne - who remained with the BBC for many years - Malcolm Wilson, Viv Lumsden, Alan Douglas and

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became the programme's longest serving presenter, anchoring the main 6.30pm edition of ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' for nearly thirty years until her sudden departure in April 2019. Long-serving BBC Scotland sports commentator

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also established the programme's weekend sports previews on Friday nights. In-depth weather forecasts were introduced as part of a major relaunch of the programme in October 1992, initially fronted by Vanessa Collingridge, and later, the popular Heather Reid (aka ''Heather the Weather'') who stayed with ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' for fifteen years. The programme also increased its use of live outside broadcasts and satellite links for news reports and interviews. The viewing figures for the main 6.30pm programme averaged between 500,000 and 600,000 and have occasionally reached a million, including the night after the

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in December 1988. In March 1996, part of the programme was shown on BBC1 across the UK following the

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. Occasional special editions, marking major news events, have also aired on the

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. BBC Scotland moved to BBC Pacific Quay in 2007. ''BBC Reporting Scotlands first transmission from the new studios was a breakfast bulletin presented by Rob Matheson, transmitted at 6.25am on Monday 20 August 2007. The studio backdrop features the live view from cameras mounted on the roof of BBC Scotland's new headquarters on the southern banks of the Clyde. When it opened, the new building at

was one of the most up-to-date digital broadcasting facilities in the world and featured the BBC's first HD-capable newsroom. Since 4 October 1999, the programme's on-air titles and graphics have reflected the corporate branding of

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, including the signature theme tune composed by David Lowe. During the 1970s and early 1980s, ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' used extracts from both commercial chart songs and library music for signature tunes, such as the Donna Summer cover of ''

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''. BBC Reporting Scotland's on-air look was most recently updated when a new set was built in Studio C at BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay studios, reflecting the look of the BBC's network news programmes. It was first seen on screen on 27 January 2014. As of February 2019, ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' has been supplemented by a sister hour-long programme, '' The Nine'', airing each weeknight on the BBC Scotland channel. While ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' continues to cover Scottish news, ''The Nines brief also includes UK national and international news coverage from a Scottish perspective. The programme has been compared with the frequent calls to replace ''BBC Reporting Scotland'' with a 'Scottish Six' version of the ''

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Broadcasting

On weekdays, the programme airs ten times a day on

: *Breakfast bulletins at 0625, 0655, 0725, 0755, 0825 & 0905 during '' BBC Breakfast'' *A 15-minute lunchtime programme at 1.30pm, after the ''

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'' *The main 30-minute evening programme at 6.30pm, after the ''

'' *A late night bulletin at around 10.30pm, after the ''

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'' There are three weekend bulletins (1 bulletin on a Saturday and 2 bulletins on a Sunday) A mid-afternoon news summary used to be broadcast at around 4pm after the ''

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from 1986 until 2003, when the bulletins moved to

, but this was discontinued at the end of 2012. Starting in December 2007, a short headline update was aired at 8pm during the ''

'', but this was axed along with the national news summary in May 2018. Along with other BBC Scotland news and current affairs programming, it can be viewed as a live or on-demand (in full or as individual articles) video stream from the online BBC iPlayer. The programme can also be watched in any part of the UK (and much of Europe) via the

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-branded proprietary satellite receivers with a Conditional access card associated with an address in Scotland *on channel 951 using a Sky-branded receiver with a card associated with a non-Scottish address or with no viewing card *on 10803 MHz, 22000Ksps, Horizontal polarisation, FEC 5/6 using a normal satellite receiver

Notable on-air team

Reporters and Correspondents

*Rachel Bell -

reporter *John Johnston - Shetland reporter *Iain Macinnes -

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reporter * Jamie McIvor - News reporter *Ben Philip - News reporter * Katie Hunter - News reporter *David Shanks - News reporter * Glenn Campbell - Political editor * David Porter - Political correspondent *

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- Political correspondent * Rajdeep Sandhu - Political correspondent * Lynsey Bews - Political correspondent *Phil Sim - Political correspondent *Lisa Summers - Health correspondent *Douglas Fraser - Business and Economics editor *David Cowan - Home Affairs correspondent *Lucy Adams - Social Affairs correspondent *Kevin Keane - Environment correspondent * David Henderson - Business/Transport correspondent * Alisdair Lamont - Sports correspondent * Chris McLaughlin - Sports News correspondent

Former presenters and reporters

* Abeer MacIntyre (2001–2008) *Aileen Clarke * Alan Douglas (1978–1996) * Alan Mackay (1980s–2007) *Allan Robb (1993–1994) *Alma Cadzow (1980–1988) *Alasdair Fraser (now with STV News) * Alison Walker (2003–2009) *Alistair Smith *Andrew Anderson (1997-2022) *

(stand-in anchor) * Anne MacKenzie (1995–1997) *

* Bill Hamilton (1973–1974) *Bill McFarlan (1985–1995) *Brenda Paterson * Brian Taylor - political editor (?-2020) *Brian Townsend (journalist), Brian Townsend (1973) *Campbell Barclay (1976-1982) *

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(1988–1989) (now with BBC ALBA, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and

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) * Catriona Shearer (2004-2021) *

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(now with

) *Craig Anderson * David Currie (now with BBC Sport Scotland) * David Robertson (2000–2008) *

*Douglas Kynoch (1968–1973) *

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(now with Landward) *

(1990–1993) (now with

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) * Eleanor Bradford (health correspondent, 2001–2016) *Eric Crockhart *Fiona Henderson *Forbes McFall *Gerry Davis (1973–1975) *Gordon Hewitt *Gordon Smith *Hamish Neal *

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'' (now with

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) * Heather Reid (1994–2009, now working in academia) *

(1989-2019, works elsewhere in BBC) *Jane Franchi (1979 - 2003) * Jane Lewis (now with BBC Sport Scotland) * James Cook (now with '' The Nine)'' *John Duncanson *

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(1972–2007) *

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(now with BBC Sport Scotland) * Kenneth Roy *Kirsten Campbell *

Kirsty Wark Kirsteen Anne "Kirsty" Wark FRSE (born 3 February 1955) is a Scottish television presenter with a long career at the BBC. Starting on Radio Scotland, where she became a producer, Wark switched to television, presenting The Late Show and Newsnig ...

(1981–1989, now with ''

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'') *Louise Batchelor (1980s - 1989; 1994 - 2008) *Louise Tait *Louise Welsh * Lucy Whyte (now with '' The Nine)'' *Malcolm Wilson * Mary Marquis (1968–1988) *Neil Mudie (1977-1997) *

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(1998–2007) *Peter MacRae *Renton Laidlaw (1970–1973) *

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(1995–2019) *

Rob Maclean Robin "Rob" Maclean (born 1958 in Invergordon) is a Scottish television presenter, football commentator and sports writer. He currently works for BBC Scotland and BT Sport. Maclean began his career with the Highland News Group in Inverness b ...

(now with BBC Sport Scotland and

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) *Rob Matheson (1998–2011, now with Al Jazeera English) *

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(1982-2021) * Stav Danaos (weather presenter 2011–2013, now with

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) *Vanessa Collingridge * Viv Lumsden (1984–1989)

References

External links

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