Steve was an in-vision announcer for STV (1970s – mid-1980s). He was later the voice of Scottish TV’s Wheel of Fortune gameshow. He was also the voiceover man on ITV’s Family Fortunes. He also did a stint at Talk Radio as a stand-in presenter for James Whale on the late-night phone-in.
…Hood, Morag
Morag was a presenter on STV children’s programme Roundup. She also spent a while as an announcer with STV before embarking on an acting career, which included the role of Natasha in the BBC’s lavish production of War and Peace. She had many TV and stage roles during her acting career.
Morag died in 2002.
Kristiansen, Liz
Liz was an STV continuity announcer (1980s – 1994). She then moved into teaching, taking up a post at Spring Burn College, Glasgow.
Maguire, Suzie
Suzie was an STV announcer.
Marshall, Dave
Dave was educated at Carolside Primary School and Eastwood Senior Secondary School (now Williamwood High). He was one of the team of presenters at Radio Clyde at its launch at Hogmanay 1973. He presented the Breakfast Show on Radio Clyde and later Clyde 2 until 2001. During his early years at Radio Clyde, Dave was also a relief announcer at STV, where he often could be heard closing the station at around 12.30am to reappear on Radio Clyde’s Breakfast Show at 6am.
He moved to the afternoon Drivetime slot on Clyde 2 in September 2001 which he left to present Mid-Morning at Saga 105.2FM in September 2004. Following the purchase of Saga by GMG, Dave could also be heard daily across Central Scotland on Smooth Radio.
Among his hobbies Dave lists window shopping for the latest gadgets and inventing things; he also likes eating out, which he uses as an opportunity to plan the Radio Museum that he’s going to open one day.
McGrady, Fiona
Fiona was an in-vision announce at STV (1980s/1990s) before going on to become a producer at the station.
Boyd, Raymond
Raymond was one of the most popular announcers in the early years at STV. He also hosted a pop music programme Studio Downbeat for a period. Some years later he decided to move to London and was kept busy with small parts in some of the best-known TV shows.
Raymond passed away in 2006.