| Scottie McClue | |
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Scottie McClue at the Radio Festival 2008 |
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| Born | Colin Lamont[1] June 20, 1956 [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] |
| Occupation | Radio presenter and executive |
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| www.scottie-mcclue.com | |
Scottie McClue is the on-air pseudonym of media consultant, actor, writer and broadcaster Colin Lamont, who in 1992 as Senior producer and presenter at Red Rose Gold in Preston,[2] created the persona for the Scottie McClue Mega Phone-In, networked on various Independent Local Radio stations across the UK.
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In 1994 Scottie McClue moved to Scot FM in Edinburgh, to present a new late night phone in. The show received sufficient calls to cause BT to limit the number of calls on the number.[3] He incurred the wrath of radio watchdogs on three occasions about his views about gay men and women and use of language.[4][5] In January 1997 Scottie left the station after talks about a new contract broke down.[6] and moved to Hallam FM in Sheffield and by April 1998,his show was syndicated across TFM in Middlesbrough and all Magic Radio stations then owned by EMAP in Liverpool, Yorkshire and North East England.[7]
Scottie also presented on Border Television-owned stations including 100-102 Century FM in Newcastle, becoming the late night phone-in presenter on its Salford Quays-based sister regional station 105.4 Century FM when it launched in September 1998,[8] with his show being networked to cover The Midlands on Century 106 in Nottingham in 1999.
In 2001 Scottie returned to Scotland on Q96 with his shows being simulcast and networked across the UK. He then returned to EMAP's Magic stations in Sheffield, Liverpool, Leeds and Hull also broadcasting for SRH on Clyde 2 Glasgow on Saturday evenings and Forth 2 Edinburgh on Sunday mornings and also a stint co-hosting with Lesley Riddoch sitting in for Fred McAuley on BBC Radio Scotland.
Scottie McClue had, as analyst Mary Talbot observes, achieved "a degree of infamy as a highly confrontational talk radio host". Scottie joined Q96 in 2005 before moving to it's UTV sister station Talk 107, the 24 hour talk radio station based in Edinburgh, in 2006.[9] He presented his last show for Talk 107 in March 2008 and was replaced with a simulcast of The James Whale Show from London on sister station Talk Sport, which after a few weeks was in turn replaced by another show. In July 2008 Scottie McClue participated in a special edition of BBC Radio's Fighting Talk at the Radio Academy's Radio Festival in Glasgow.[10] In his introduction, presenter Colin Murray described McClue as "A Scottish broadcasting legend, he claims to have the world record for calls into his phone-in show, I think it was 460,000 in one week, he's been fired or has resigned on the odd occasion from virtually every station in Scotland and the North of England, and how he hasn't developed a show yet for BBC Radio Scotland called "I'm Sorry I Haven't A McClue" I have no idea."[10]
McClue also presented on Scottish radio station L107 from 2008, while also serving (as Lamont) in a shareholder and management role at the station. The station lasted just over a year until reported company debts caused an ownership dispute which lead to the breakdown of the partnership, and McClue's departure from the station's output.[11][12]
Scottie has also appeared on BBC TV (Give Us McClue) and was interviewed by Nicky Campbell on his TV chat show which also featured Barbara Dickson and Daniel O'Donnell and on radio including Radio 4's Loose Ends with Ned Sherrin at The Edinburgh International Festival
He has also written as a newspaper columnist extensively for The Sun and The Daily Record and made many contributions to other newspapers and trade and industry press.
A live video, "An Audience With Scottie McClue" was released in 1996.[1][13] While working with Century 105 in Salford in 1999, he also released a CD called The Best of Scottie McClue.[14]
