The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has criticised proposals by Ofcom saying the axing of STV's north programme is "bad for journalism."
STV has watered down its original plans, following significant pressure and committed to an agreed percentage of news from the north of Scotland.
The new proposals would produce a single news programme from Glasgow, with at least 30% of the content to be specific to each licence area.
Ofcom’s consultation on the plans launched yesterday, and is open until 9 February 2026.
Nick McGowan-Lowe, NUJ national organiser for Scotland, said: "After months of trying to ignore public and political pressure, STV's revised plans finally recognise the importance of the STV North edition of the News at 6.
"But these watered-down proposals will be cold comfort for viewers in the north of Scotland, or for some of STV News' best-known faces who are currently facing potential redundancy.
"The NUJ opposes these new plans, which are bad for viewers, bad for advertisers, bad for journalism and bad for the STV brand.
"STV should come clean about what it is really trying to do - which is attempting an ill-judged launch of an expensive commercial radio station, paid for by the jobs of journalists, in the middle of a financial crisis caused by its own mismanagement.
"Senior management need to stop and rethink their plans rather than trying to rip up its public service broadcasting obligations."