User:Ditch Fisher/Scottie McClue
Colin Lamont, better known as the fictional radio personality, Scottie McClue, is a media consultant, actor, writer, and broadcaster.
Early Career
[edit]Lamont was educated at the University of Glasgow, The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Jordanhill College of Education, where he trained as a secondary school teacher.
He started his career working as a trainee manager for the Clydesdale Bank before joining Scottish Opera in 1980 working in a number of roles including Touring Manager, Marketing Officer and Director of Education Programmes.[1]In 1981 He became Assistant General Manager at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.[1]
In 1984 he became a continuity announcer and newscaster for Grampian Television(1984–85),[2] before moving to Scottish Television (1985–88) and Border Television (1985 - 1989)[3]
In 1989 he set up the radio station CentreSound 96.7 in Stirling as its founding managing director [4] leaving within three months of the station's June 1990 launch due to restructuring of senior management at the station and changes to the board.[5]
In August 2008, Lamont became a shareholder of Scottish independent local radio station L107 along with Alan Shields.[6] Lamont invested more than £62,000 into the business and ran L107's programming and broadcast on the station under his Scottie McClue persona.[7][8] The station experienced financial difficulties during 2009, and Lamont left the station, accusing Shields of not contributing his funding.[7]
References
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- ^ "The Ultimate ITV Continuity Announcer List". Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ "The Continuity Booth". The TV Room. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ "Radio station chiefs resign". Herald Scotland.
- ^ Rowbotham, John (Nov 19 2009). "Business owner left trail of debt". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Rowbotham, John (Nov 5 2009). "L107 radio station owners in battle over control". Hamilton Advertiser.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Rowbotham, John (Nov 19 2009). "L107 boss Shields left 'trail of debt' in his other businesses". Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser.
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