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STV News Tonight was produced and broadcast from Glasgow using STV's resources from across Scotland and the UK and international resources of ITN. [6] The half-hour programme, launched on Monday 24 April 2017, was presented by Halla Mohieddeen and aired each weeknight at 7 pm on STV2.
The half-hour programme, which launched on Monday 24 October 2011, replacing the former STV weekly-political programme Politics Now. [2] Scotland Tonight airs at 22:40 on Monday – Wednesday nights following the late bulletin from STV News; the Thursday edition has aired in a prime-time 19:30 slot since January 2020.
Today, news and current affairs forms the bulk of STV's regular programming on Channel 3, which includes the topical analysis programme Scotland Tonight. The company formerly produced many Gaelic programmes, some of which are now shown on the Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba , including Speaking our Language and Machair .
Scotland Today was a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central (formerly Scottish Television). Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's Central Belt franchise.
A late night current affairs programme, Scotland Tonight, was launched in October 2011. [9] Stealing a march on its traditional rival, STV used the opportunity of its STV2 channel to launch an hour-long news programme, STV News Tonight airing each weeknight at 7 pm and incorporating Scottish, UK and international news. [10]
In September 2018, STV relaunched their flagship 6pm news programme for the Central Belt of Scotland. [4] The new format combined the existing Edinburgh and Glasgow programmes into one co-anchored programme that contained sections that contained opt-outs for the East and West regions, mixed with sections that were co-anchored from both locations with links being shared by both presenters.
John MacKay (born 13 September 1966) [1] [2] is a Scottish broadcast journalist, television presenter, producer and writer. He currently is a main anchor for the STV News at Six in Central Scotland and the current affairs programme Scotland Tonight.
The output includes a primetime weeknight news programme called STV News Tonight which combines news from across all of Scotland with UK and international news. [47] 2018. 30 June – STV2 closes down and the channel's assets are sold to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England. [48]