History
Although BBC Television had been established in Scotland since February 1952, and had broadcast some opt-out programming, it did not start its 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, Scottish Television (STV) - as it turned out, STV began broadcasting the day after the launch of what was the BBC's first regional TV news bulletin. Topical magazine programmes were later introduced to supplement the Scottish news bulletins including Six Ten, A Quick Look Round and a weekly opt-out programme for the North of Scotland entitled Talk of the North.
Reporting Scotland was launched on 1 April 1968 - for much of its earlier history, the programme was presented from Glasgow, Edinburgh & Aberdeen and integrated into the Nationwide strand. As with the other parts of the UK, the Reporting Scotland news team often contributed reports to the Nationwide programme. When Nationwide ended in 1983, Reporting Scotland was briefly replaced by Scotland Sixty Minutes as part of the revamped news programme, Sixty Minutes, but was reinstated in 1984. Since that time, the name "Reporting Scotland" has also been used as the on-screen identity for all of BBC Scotland's television news bulletins.
Arguably the most famous of the presenters was Mary Marquis, who was the familiar on-screen face of Reporting Scotland for 20 years. Regular co-presenters included John Milne, who remained with the BBC for many years, and Viv Lumsden and Alan Douglas.
The viewing figures for the main evening programme average between 500,000 and 600,000. The main transmitters for the programme are those at Durris near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire and Black Hill in North Lanarkshire.
BBC Scotland moved to BBC Pacific Quay in 2007, with Reporting Scotland's first transmission from the new studios taking place on 20 August. The studio backdrop features BBC Scotland's new headquarters on the banks of the Clyde. The new building at Pacific Quay is one of the most modern, state of the art, digital broadcasting facilities in the world, complete with the BBC's first HD-capable newsroom.
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