Colin Lamont

This article is about the radio host. For the Australian politician, see Colin Lamont (politician).
Colin Lamont
Born 20 June 1956[1]
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]
Occupation Radio presenter and executive

Colin Lamont is a media consultant, actor, writer and broadcaster. He is also known as the man behind the on-air persona of radio host Scottie McClue.

Career

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 1992 Lamont moved to Red Rose Gold in Preston,[6] to become a senior producer and presenter for the station creating the on-air persona Scottie McClue who became a controversial figure, subsequently presenting on a variety of stations across Scotland, The North East of England, The North West of England, Yorkshire and The Midlands and in syndication over the next twenty years.

In August 2008, Lamont became a shareholder of Scottish independent local radio station L107 along with Alan Shields.[7] Lamont invested more than £62,000 into the business and ran L107's programming and broadcast on the station under his Scottie McClue persona.[8][9] The station experienced financial difficulties during 2009, and Lamont left the station, accusing Shields of not contributing his funding.[8] In recent years he has become a pioneer for PAR (Public Access Radio) broadcasting Worldwide on the internet and for The Commonwealth.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Colin Lamont, Esq.", Debrett's website
  2. ↑ The Grampian Television Studios
  3. ↑ "The Ultimate ITV Continuity Announcer List". Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  4. ↑ "The Continuity Booth". The TV Room. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Radio station chiefs resign". Herald Scotland.
  6. ↑ North West Radio
  7. ↑ Rowbotham, John (Nov 19, 2009). "Business owner left trail of debt". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Rowbotham, John (Nov 5, 2009). "L107 radio station owners in battle over control". Hamilton Advertiser.
  9. ↑ Rowbotham, John (Nov 19, 2009). "L107 boss Shields left 'trail of debt' in his other businesses". Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser.