In January 2013, the broadcast regulator
Ofcom announced
STV had been awarded two licences to broadcast local TV services in the
Glasgow and
Edinburgh areas for a twelve-year period. The broadcaster pledged to run the channels in partnership with
Glasgow Caledonian University and
Edinburgh Napier University respectively. Coinciding with a group-wide revamp,
STV Glasgow began broadcasting at 6.30pm on Monday 2 June 2014, with the first edition of its flagship evening magazine programme,
The Riverside Show.
STV Edinburgh followed at 7pm on Monday 12 January 2015, launching with the first edition of
The Fountainbridge Show. In March 2015, STV won three further local TV licences for the Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr areas under the working titles of
Around Aberdeen,
View from the Bridges and
Ayrshire Today. No other bids were received for the three services. The majority of STV2's programming was produced and broadcast from STV's headquarters at
Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Unlike the main STV channel, where transmission originates in-house, playout and presentation were provided by Comux, the local TV multiplex operator, at its operations centre in Birmingham. ==Programming==