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| TV stations | BBC One Scotland BBC Scotland BBC Alba |
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| Radio stations | BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, BBC Radio Shetland, BBC Radio Orkney |
| Headquarters | BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Area | Scotland |
Key people | Steve Carson (Director, BBC Scotland) |
Launch date | 1 January 1923 |
Official website | www |
| Language | English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) |
BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. Its headquarters are in Glasgow, employing approximately 1,250 staff as of 2017, to produce 15,000 hours of television and radio programming per year.[1] BBC Scotland operates television channels such as the Scottish variant of BBC One, the BBC Scotland channel and the Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba, and radio stations BBC Radio Scotland and Gaelic-language BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.
It is one of the four BBC national broadcasters, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. Some £320 million of licence fee revenue is raised in Scotland, with expenditure on purely local content set to stand at £86 million by 2016–2017.[2] The remainder of licence fee revenue raised in the country is spent on networked programmes shown throughout the UK, with BBC Scotland producing over 880 hours worth of programming for UK–wide broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, CBBC and CBeebies. BBC Scotland output reached on average 94% of Scottish audiences in July 2013.[3]
- ^ "Ken MacQuarrie, Director, BBC Scotland". About the BBC. BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Scottish Government Response to the Third PSB Review consultation" (PDF). Ofcom. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "BBC in Scotland - BBC Scotland" (PDF). BBC. Retrieved 18 January 2025.