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Background and Format: BBC Scotland is a regional radio station covering  news, sport, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle and traffic updates. Programme Maker / Production Company: BBC Target Audience: Listeners age 35+. It has an approximate 50/50 split of male/female listeners during breakfast and drive time and in the daytime this changes to 40% male and 60% female. Circulation: Source: RAJAR for period ending March 2020. Tips for PRs: The BBC cannot accept traditional product press releases because the BBC cannot endorse products. The BBC will not carry out competitions. The BBC are unable to advertise on their UK outlets. Awards: 2016 - ARIAS, Best National Speech Breakfast Show: Good Morning Scotland (nominated) 2015 - SJA Sports Journalism Awards, Radio Sport Documentary: Ken Buchanan (nominated) 2014 - Mind Media Awards, Radio: The truth behind bipolar: Brainwaves (nominated) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Feature or Documentary: Advice from the Edge of Life (nominated) 2014 - Radio Academy Awards, Best Speech Programme: The Digital Human (silver) 2013 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Drama, The Grapes of Wrath (nominated) 2012 - Sony Radio Academy Awards, Best Specialist Music Programme, Another Country With Ricky Ross (Bronze) Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Thursday 21 May 2015 Edith Bowman is set to host The Quay Sessions, a new weekly music show for BBC Radio Scotland from 4 June. Airing every Thursday between 9.00 -11.00pm, the show will feature interviews and music performances in BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay reception. The programme debuts as part of BBC Scotland’s pop-up music festival, BBC Music at the Quay between 4-8 June. The music festival has BBC Music Day on Friday 5 June at the heart of its celebrations - a nationwide celebration of music. Contact details to follow. Gorkana Alert: Thursday 18 December 2014 Changes have been announced at BBC Radio Scotland to bring more news, debate and analysis into its daytime output. Full details of the changes can be viewed here. Press enquiries should be directed to Roy Templeton at roy.templeton@bbc.co.uk Gorkana Consumer Alert: Monday 30th July 2007 BBC Radio Scotland have recently moved offices. The new offices can be found at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DA. The new switchboard number for the station is +44 (0)141 422 6000. Gorkana Consumer Alert: Thursday 22 June 2006  BBC Radio Scotland is undergoing major changes in the line-up of its presenters on its news and current affairs programmes; Former Scottish Television presenter Shereen Nanjiani will present the lunchtime programme Scotland Live every Friday, starting 1 August. BBC Radio Scotland's flagship programme - Good Morning Scotland (GMS) - longstanding presenters, Derek Bateman and Mhairi Stuart, are moving to different programmes. Derek Bateman will host the political programme Scotland at Ten on three weekday evenings and Mhairi Stuart will switch to presenting Scotland Live four days a we