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Former 'Central News' reporter in the mid-1980s. Kaye joined STV in the late-1980s as a reporter for 'Scotland Today' - she was one of the first reporters on the scene at Lockerbie.
Kaye could also be seen presenting 'Scotland Today' and also presented 'Scottish Women' from the early to mid-1990s for STV.
Kaye has been one of the regular faces of ITV daytime over the past couple of years - presenting 'Loose Women', 'Live Talk'. She also stood in for Fern Britton on 'This Morning' c. 2001.
Other TV/radio credits: 'The Home Show' (STV); 'Choice Cuts' (BBC Radio Scotland).
Scottish Television reporter and presenter, and currently one of the co-anchors of 'Scotland Today'.Sports reporter and presenter for STV's 'Scotland Today' in the 1970s.Sports presenter and reporter on STV's 'Scotland Today'.Reporter and presenter for STV's 'Scotland Today' in the 1980s.Main STV sports presenter, usually fronting the various editions of 'Scotsport', as well as the station's numerous soccer specials.Nick can be found fronting many of the daytime 'Scotland Today' bulletins.Sheila obtained an MA from Edinburgh University in 1967. She was one of the main anchors of STV's 'Scotland Today' from 1972 until 1974, She later worked for Radio Clyde.
Sheila last updated us in August 2008, at which time she was editor of Family History magazine.
Hobbies: genealogy.
Colette has an MA Hons from Glasgow University and also studied for a post-graduate certificate in education (teaching).
Colette joined Scottish Television in 1993 as a graduate trainee. She became a regular news presenter and reporter for 'Scotland Today' and on the politics programme 'Scottish Voices'. She was also a presenter on the Sky Scottish channel. Colette left STV in 1999 to move to London.
Alan was a news reporter and presenter with Grampian Television (1986 - 1990) and later Scottish Television (1990 - 1992). In 1992, he joined GMTV, becoming their first Ireland correspondent. He set up the station's Belfast bureau and reported on many major events in N. Ireland including the Shankill bombing, the Loughinisland and Greysteel massacres as well as the first IRA ceasefire.
In 1995, he became GMTV's senior correspondent, reporting on events such as the Dublane massacre and the death of Princess Diana. In 1999, he was appointed chief correspondent at the station. During his six years in that role, he covered major events such as the war in Bosnia and the Gulf War, reporting from Baghdad.
In 2005, Alan moved to the global television channel Al-Jazeera, where he is a senior correspondent.
Former Sky News reporter who joined Scottish Television in 1994, Martin Geissler had a dual role on 'Scotland Today' as both a staff news reporter and the programme's sports presenter.
He took a break from STV in 1998 to become Sky Sports' Scotland correspondent, but returned to Cowcaddens in 2000. In 2002, he moved to work at ITN as a news reporter.
David's journalistic career began in 1972 as a reporter with F. Johnston newspapers. In 1976, he moved into broadcasting, becoming a reporter and news reader with Radio Forth in Edinburgh. He moved to BBC Scotland in 1978, where he was a reporter and presenter. In 1981, he took up a similar position with Scottish Television.
In 1986, David moved to ITN as a reporter. The newly launched Sky News beckoned in 1989, where he was an anchorman and foreign correspondent. From 1996 until 1998 he worked as a freelance PR consultant/broadcaster. Since 1998, David has been working as a presenter/reporter with ITV Meridian.
Among his career highlights: covered the Tiananmen Square uprising; based in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait for three months covering 'Desert Shield'; covered the fall of the Berlin Wall; based in New York and Washington covering AIDS-related stories; as an anchorman, he has covered countless 'live' breaking news stories from the studio - sometimes for hours on end.
Awards: Royal Television Society award for a series of reports on the spread of AIDS; TRICS award for an investigation into AIDS; Metropolis Prize (Paris) for best documentary (heroin addiction); Broadcast Journalist of the Year and Campaign of the Year - Shepherd Neame awards; BT award for regional journalism.
Other information: in 2008, David set up his own PR company - Glencorse Communications Ltd, based in London. He offers consultancy - including crisis management and media training - to a diverse range of clients.
David is married to Penny McDonald, managing director of Europe's biggest and most successful showbiz/music PR agency, the Outside Organisation.
Reporter and presenter for STV's 'Scotland Today' in the early-1980s who moved to Central TV and then on to London News Network as a reporter for 'London Today'/'London Tonight' where he remains today.
Mike started his broadcasting career as a radio presenter on Radio Forth in 1974. In 1979, he joined BBC Scotland as a continuity announcer. The following year, he moved over to STV where he was a continuity announcer, news reader and sub-editor, until 1990. Mike then moved into production for STV, working as a producer/director until 1999, when he went freelance.
Mike also lectures at Napier University and Glasgow Metropolitan College.
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One of STV's weather presenters.Main presenter of Scottish Television's 'Scotland Today', often the lunchtime programme, since autumn 2000. Before that, Sarah hosted 'S2 Live' on Scottish digital channel, S2.
Alex was a weather presenter with STV in the 1980s and later ITV Network from 1989 until the early-1990s.
Image courtesy of Paul R Jackson.
STV reporter and news bulletin presenter.Co-anchor of STV's 'Scotsport' in the mid and late-1980s and early-1990s. Hazel now presents for BBC Sport nationally, notably snooker.
Hazel was the main anchor on the BBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics in 2006.
Presenter of 'Seven Days', the topical Sunday news magazine, which is networked across Scottish Television and Grampian Television transmission areas.Scottish TV reporter and news presenter who joined the station straight after completing her degree in media studies and politics at Stirling and diploma in journalism at Strathclyde University.Sports presenter and reporter for 'Scotland Today' who joined the station after working on radio and on Sky News.STV reporter and news bulletin presenter, often found manning the early shift.'Scotland Today' presenter in the 1980s and 1990s.
Former news reporter John Mackay has been fronting 'Scotland Today' full-time since 1999, starting his presenting career as a stand-in for Shereen Nanjiani and Viv Lumsden.
Rob's career began with the Highland News Group in Inverness. He later went on to work with a news agency in Aberdeen from 1979 until 1981.
In 1981 he moved to Northsound Radio from 1981. His next move was to BBC Scotland where he was Aberdeen reporter on 'Reporting Scotland' from 1986 until 1988. He switched to STV's 'Scotland Today' in 1988, where he was one of the programme's main sport presenters. In 1990, he returned to BBC Scotland, presenting 'Sportscene' and the sports segment on 'Reporting Scotland'.
In 2005, Rob moved to Setant Sport where he became the main anchor presenter on 'SPL Live'.
One of the main anchors of STV's 'Scotland Today' in the 1980s who went on to front 'Channel 4 News' and other current affairs programmes for Channel 4.'Scotland Today' daytime bulletin news reader who has been with the station since the late-1990s.
She got her first break into broacasting when working for a community media organisation which gave her the opportunity to submit material for STV's 'Wheel Nuts' programme. When this finished she was given a job in news forward planning and then progressed to a front of camera role.
Reporter and news bulletin presenter for Scottish Television.Sally joined BBC Scotland in 1992 when the production values of the breakfast bulletins were raised considerably. Sally made a name for herself as STV's first woman sports presenter. She later worked as a presenter for Radio Scotland and read the sports news on the 'Channel 4 Daily'.
One of best known 'Scotland Today' presenters. Shereen has fronted the main evening news magazine programme since 1989.Presenter of Gaelic news bulletin, 'Telefios' on both Grampian and Scottish Television.STV's long serving weatherman who moved into politics. Lloyd is now the Scottish National Party MSP for Dumbarton.Moved from Radio Clyde to become a reporter and presenter for STV's 'Scotland Today' in the early-1980s. She is the daughter of well known Scottish Labour Party chief Willie Ross.One of STV's main news presenters since 1986, Angus Simpson is now the lead anchor on the 'Scotland Today' programme.The main anchor of STV's 'Scotland Today' on its launch in 1972 until 1983 when he left the programme.
Peter Walker notched up 25 years of weather appearances, starting as a BBC TV forecaster from 1964 until June 1968. From 1968 until 1982 he was a lecturer in communications at Heriot Watt University and later transferred to presenting for ITV, appearing on STV from 1970 until 1981 and Anglia TV from 1983 until the early-1990s.
Image courtesy of Paul R Jackson.
STV reporter and news bulletin presenter, often found manning the early shift.Co-anchor of STV's 'Scotsport' in the mid and late-1980s and early-1990s. Jim has also fronted Scottish football shows on Sky Sports.One of the main 'Scotland Today' presenters since 1995, when she replaced Kirsty Young on the anchor set.Malcolm began his TV career with BBC Scotland and Scottish TV, where he worked as a journalist and presenter in the heavyweight end of news and current affairs output. He later became involved in networked programming for various channels.
Malcolm's career to date:
1972 - 1974: reporter (Scottish TV).
1974 - 1983: reporter (BBC Scotland).
1975 - 1983: presenter, 'Reporting Scotland' (BBC TV Scotland); presenter, 'Good Morning Scotland' (BBC Radio Scotland).
1981: presenter on one of the first breakast TV services in the UK.
1983 - 1987: BBC Network current affairs reporter for various programmes including: 'Watchdog'; 'Nationwide'; '60 Minutes'; 'Newsnight'; 'The Money Programme'; 'Panorama'.
1987 - 1989: Scottish TV - presenter, 'Scotland Today', 'Scottish Assembly' and 'Scottish Questions'.
1989 - 1997: independent producer/reporter: 'World In Action' (Granada); 'Dispatches' (Channel 4); 'Scottish Reporters' (Scottish TV).
Present: Jocksters.tv.
Malcolm was educated at Ayr Academy and studied law at Edinburgh University. His hobbies include reading, web TV, public transparency and accountability and music.
Scottish TV sports reporter and anchor of 'Scotsport' Rugby Roundup.Kirsty's started in broadcasting as a news reader on BBC Radio Scotland in 1989; she also presented the drivetime show. She moved to STV in 1992, where she became a regular presenter on the lunchtime and early evening editions of 'Scotland Today'. From 1994 - 1995 she hosted a live topical discussion programme for STV - 'Kirsty'.
In 1997 she moved to '5 News' where she was the anchor of the channel's main early evening news programme. In 1999 she took up a presenting role on ITN's ITV news programmes. In January 2002 she returned to '5 News'.
