Gps Coordinates / 55.8579132,-4.2901333
BBC Scotland 2015 News Studio Famous Locations
40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow Scotland G51 1DA
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.
Scottish actually created and invented the T.V television to pass on newsworthy info so it's hard to say who really invented the tv news rooms, i'd give it to them on that technicality.
Gps Coordinates / 55.8579066,-4.2901659
Inspired by the format of NBC's The Huntley-Brinkley Report in the United States, the programme was presented jointly from the BBC's studios in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -4.2901639 / Gps Link -4.2901971 / Gps Link -4.2902225
Gps Coordinates / 55.8578632,-4.2901639 / 55.8578445,-4.2901971 / 55.8578318,-4.2902225
The original team of presenters were former A Quick Look Round presenter Mary Marquis (Glasgow), news agency journalist Gordon Smith (Edinburgh) and ex-Grampian Television announcer Douglas Kynoch (Aberdeen). Kynoch later became the main anchor in Glasgow while future Pebble Mill at One host Donny MacLeod took over as the Aberdeen presenter. In Edinburgh, later presenters included Renton Laidlaw (later a veteran golf commentator) and Kenneth Roy.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -4.2902072 / Gps Link -4.290106
Gps Coordinates / 55.8578131,-4.2902072 / 55.8579052,-4.290106
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 Gaidheal.
Gps Coordinates / 55.8578841,-4.2901738
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 Pacific Quay was one of the most up-to-date digital broadcasting facilities in the world and featured the BBC's first HD-capable newsroom.
