John Duncanson (broadcaster)

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John Duncanson is a former British television continuity announcer and presenter.

Duncanson began his career in the early 60s, announcing at ABC Television in Manchester and Birmingham, alongside the likes of David Hamilton and John Benson. During the 70s, he was a regular announcer at Border Television in Carlisle.^[1]

By 1980, Duncanson had joined Grampian Television as a reporter and chief anchor of the nightly news programme, North Tonight, at first alongside Selina Scott. He remained in this role for eighteen years and during that time, also worked on a number of non-news regional programmes and contributed to Grampian's local and networked coverage of the ITV Telethons.

Duncanson is now retired from broadcasting.