{"id":687109,"date":"2026-07-12T04:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T04:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687109\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T04:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T04:31:19","slug":"stv-broadcasts-final-ever-dedicated-news-at-six-for-aberdeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/687109\/","title":{"rendered":"STV broadcasts final ever dedicated News at Six for Aberdeen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long-time STV journalist Norman MacLeod signed off from Aberdeen for the last time this evening.<\/p>\n

Danyel VanReenen and Ewan Mowat<\/p>\n

22:46, 10 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

\"Norman<\/p>\n

STV News at Six has broadcast its final ever Aberdeen show(Image: Jamie Simpson\/STV)<\/p>\n

STV has broadcast its final dedicated News at Six bulletin from the company\u2019s Aberdeen<\/a> studio. After Friday, STV news bulletins seen in the north will be presented from Glasgow.<\/p>\n

At the end of Friday\u2019s News at Six bulletin, long-time STV journalist Norman MacLeod signed off from Aberdeen for the last time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat brings us to the end of tonight\u2019s programme,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd indeed the curtain comes down on more than 60 years of live broadcasting in the North East.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cOn behalf of all the staff here, it\u2019s been an honour being part of that legacy. And for me, it\u2019s been an absolute privilege to present the news in your homes for the past 36 years, so for the final time, it\u2019s goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last dedicated STV news programme from Aberdeen has come almost a year after changes to the service were first proposed.<\/p>\n

The changes were allowed by regulator Ofcom despite opposition from the Scottish Government<\/a>, politicians from across the parties, and unions.<\/p>\n

From Monday, the new version of the teatime news programme will be produced and presented from Glasgow, versions for the north will see about 30 per cent of the programme being specific to that area.<\/p>\n

Ofcom said, as the proposal \u201cwould permit no more than 70 per cent of content (in peak) to be shared\u201d, this would still \u201censure that a distinct regional character will be retained in each area\u201d.<\/p>\n

After almost 40 years bringing the news to viewers across the north of Scotland and beyond, Friday\u2019s programme was also Mr MacLeod\u2019s final time presenting the STV News at Six bulletin after the company announced he was stepping down earlier this week.<\/p>\n

In a statement, a spokesperson for STV said: \u201cWe have started transitioning to new versions of STV News at Six which feature news gathered from reporters on the ground across Scotland.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere continue to be two editions of the programme, one for Central and one for North, with both also sharing stories of national interest. The Aberdeen studio continues to be in use as required.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe changes have impacted around 30 roles across our Central and North news teams, all of which were achieved on a voluntary basis or through redeployment. This process is complete.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long-time STV journalist Norman MacLeod signed off from Aberdeen for the last time this evening. Danyel VanReenen and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[16294,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-aberdeen","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}