BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
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BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
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Around 1927, the new Corporation, as the BBC Scotland now was, decided to combine these local stations into regions under the generic banner of the BBC Scotland Regional Programme.
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Television in BBC Scotland began formally on 14 March 1952 using the 405-line television system broadcast from the Kirk o'Shotts transmitter.
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Many years, BBC Scotland has tried to increase the number of programmes it makes to be shown on the networks.
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BBC Scotland operates BBC Alba, broadcasting programming in Gaelic for up to seven hours a day.
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The BBC Scotland channel was approved by Ofcom in June 2018, and subsequently launched on 24 February 2019.
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BBC Scotland Radio nan Gaidheal in contrast is a Gaelic-language station broadcasting for the majority of the day on 103.
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BBC Scotland operates a mini site on BBC Online consisting of a portal to Scottish news, sport, programmes and items of cultural interest through BBC Online.
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BBC Scotland previously offered a podcast download of the top news items of the week and the online streaming of several key sections of output.
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In June 2018, the BBC Scotland announced the formation of a third "digital hub" in Glasgow, which will facilitate design and engineering of BBC Scotland digital platforms.
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Apart from a limited news service, all programmes about BBC Scotland had to be transmitted from London and had to have an appeal to a UK audience.
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BBC Scotland's headquarters are currently located at BBC Pacific Quay on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow.
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BBC Scotland remained based at these premises until the move to Pacific Quay in 2007.
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BBC Scotland continues to produce a high number of local programmes for the Scottish audiences.
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BBC Scotland produces over 20 hours of comedy programmers for radio and television.
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BBC Scotland produces a high number of gamesshows which feature The National Lottery Draws.
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BBC Scotland produces the Scottish opt-out sections of British-wide programmes such as Sunday Politics and Children in Need.
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Many comedy series have been made by BBC Scotland, including Scotch and Wry, Rab C Nesbitt, Naked Video and Still Game, while with dramas included Hamish Macbeth, Monarch of the Glen, and Sutherland's Law.
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BBC Scotland has produced two highly controversial programmes, Scotch on the Rocks and Secret Society, with the latter resulting in BBC Scotland being raided by the police.
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BBC Scotland started using their own television continuity announcers voicing over specific BBC Scotland station idents for all evening and weekend afternoon junctions around 1977.
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