Edinburgh Television
{{Short description|Defunct British television station}}
{{distinguish|Edinburgh International Television Festival}}
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| name = Edinburgh Television
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| launch_date = {{Start date|2000|df=yes}}
| closed_date = {{End date|2002|df=yes}}
| owner = Channel Six Broadcasting Ltd.
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| terr_serv_1 = Craigkelly transmitting station
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Edinburgh Television was an RSL television station catering Edinburgh, Scotland's capital. The station was owned by Channel Six Broadcasting.
History
Edinburgh Television was set up by Channel Six Broadcasting, who also bid for a station in Dundee, which was overshadowed by his{{who|date=March 2025}} plan for the capital.'[https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/3531487/channel-six-dundee/ Channel Six: Do you remember when Dundee had its own TV channel?], Courier, 28 July 2022. The station broadcast on UHF channel 52 delivering a text-based information service for most of the day.[https://www.netribution.co.uk/news/northern_exposure/85/10.html City News Bid To Turn On Viewers] Around May 2000, broadcasts started.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Short-Wave-UK/00s/SWM-2000-06.pdf |title=Short Wave Magazine |date=June 2000 |accessdate=13 March 2025 |page=71 }}
In December 2000, Local Broadcasting Group acquired Edinburgh Television's licence, as well as a number of other RSL stations in the UK,[https://amp.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/11/broadcasting VFG to create network of local TV stations] while in September 2001, it announced that its frequency would be used by a local news channel for Edinburgh, which was critical of Scottish TV's Glasgow-centric news service.
Programming
The station initially aired arts programming, though the bulk of its programming consisted of the Infostream service. It also relayed Sky News and produced a limited amount of original programmes.[http://web.archive.org/web/20010723153918/http://www.edinburghtelevision.com/page2.html edinburgh tv] The channel also aired Art in Scotland, alongside Channel Six.[https://www.summerhall.tv/category/video/art-in-scotland/ Art in Scotland]
See also
References
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{{Television in Scotland}}
{{Local television channels in the United Kingdom}}
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2000
Category:2000 establishments in Scotland
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2002
Category:2002 disestablishments in Scotland
Category:Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Category:RSL television channels