Media in Aberdeen
Media in Aberdeen have long been published or broadcast. The main newspaper of the city and the surrounding area, the
The city has a number of regional radio stations and has local production facilities for the BBC and ITV.
Aberdeen is famous for the entertainers of
Student media at the University of Aberdeen are also very active: student newspaper The Gaudie, Aberdeen Student Radio and Granite City TV are all produced by students.
Newspaper
The main newspapers of Aberdeen are the daily
Student newspaper The Gaudie is produced fortnightly during term time at the University of Aberdeen. It is free and is distributed around the Kings College Campus and throughout the city.
Television
For over 45 years, Aberdeen has been home to the
Local radio
Latest audience figures put Northsound 1 as the number one radio station in the area.
There was a community radio station called North East Community Radio FM (NECR FM), broadcasting from Kintore, Aberdeenshire whose signal reached some parts of Aberdeen city. It closed in 2018.
The Station House Media Unit (based at Station House, a partially National Lottery-funded community project) runs a radio station broadcasting with a five-year community licence on 99.8 MHz FM, known as SHMU FM.[3] Before it acquired its FM licence, the station was available on the internet. SMHU FM continues to provide access to their live broadcast via their website.
In the 1990s, the Aberdeen University Students' Association (then known as the Aberdeen University Students' Assembly, and acting through one of its constituent bodies, the Students' Representative Council) obtained a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) for temporary FM radio broadcasts; its station was first known as Slick FM. This has now become the internet station Aberdeen Student Radio, which broadcasts every day during term time from the Kings College campus.
In addition, a multi-ethnic community organisation entitled Multi-ethnic Aberdeen Ltd. runs Multi-ethnic FM (Me FM) on an annual basis[clarification needed] using an RSL and has said it hopes to apply for a permanent licence. At other times, internet broadcasts are employed.
References
- ^ Sheppard, Fergus (2 March 2006). "Scottish Television and Grampian names axed". The Scotsman.
- ^ "The Beechgrove Garden". Tern Television. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- ^ "SHMU FM". Station House Media Unit.