STV Main Thread:

I remember that rotating emblem well. And the clock. The good old days.........

Bryce Curry and Clem Ashby also names from the golden era, along with Steve Hamilton, Brian Ford, Jim Symon, Pauline Muirhead, Liz Kristiansen and, of course, Tony.

In those days, Mike Gower was also a CA. But if my memory serves, he later specialised in only news presenting and gave up the CA booth.

Did Marion White also announce?

R.I.P. Steve Hamilton. There's a clip on youtube of him doing a closedown, and he mentions he drew the "short straw", and was going to be announcing on New Years Day. He added "It might be worth tuning in to see how I look!"



Did anyone ever recall any other incidents with in vision continuity at STV?

My uncle once told me of a STV announcer who fainted live on air.

But your Uncle was wrong. That never happened. Steve did once make the mistake of eating something just before a news bulletin, and had to give up halfway through because he got a coughing fit. But nobody fainted. Ever. JamesWorldNews - Bryce and I aren't related and his name is Bryce Curdy. Mike Gower was a continuity announcer and although for a period he was the main Glasgow newsreader at 6pm (with me as the number two) he remained an announcer, as indeed was Marion White for a couple of years. She kept her entire wardrobe in the announcers' Dressing Room which left little space for anybody else..... The picture, by the way, was taken at the STV Reunion last year. In the back row, left to right, are John Douglas, Jim Symon, Liz Kristiansen, Bryce Curdy, me and Paul Coia with two of the ladies from our office days in the front row.

That's great photo. It's a shame Steve hamilton isn't still with us. Going by the people I would say its the CA team from the early - mid 80s? before Maggie and Brian ford appeared?

Basically it was all the announcers (except one) who came along to the party. Jimmy Nairn was also there but he was kept busy - there's a photo of Jimmy (first voice on STV), me (first voice on Radio Clyde) and Paul (first voice on Channel Four) that I don't have.

Bruce Curdy's never changed, neither has Paul Coia.

I remember one out of vision problem one evening, I think 1984/5, before the thistle ident. Bear in mind I was 5 or 6 then, so my memory bank could be overdrawn! It was before a programme, and the clock was wrong, and also, top right hand side of the screen, were a couple of letters and numbers. And the announcer started their announcement before stopping, saying, "This is STV, it's......" and that was it. If anyone can remember this and what the hell was going on with the clock (I think it was into late call, but the clock certainly wasn't showing anything like the right time), let us know.

That may not have happened, but there was a Tyne Tees newsreader, Victoria Huxley, who fainted live on-air in 1996. I had it recorded years ago but lost the tape. They left her on-air for a good 30 seconds before switching to the Teesside studio.

Quite a lot of concerned viewers phoned in afterwards. She was OK and was on-air again the following day.

Thanks for the clarification Tony, he does have a habit of exaggerating things! He also insisted Bob Holness once filled in for Roy Walker on an episode of Catchphrase (of course he didn't, but he was a contestant on a celebrity special)

Liz was one of my lecturers at college many moons ago. I recognised her voice right away.

However, we all know Bob Holness did the sax solo on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street

I'd always thought that Stuart Maconie was the sole source of that factoid, but it turns out two others claim responsibility too .

Wasn't there an occasion where a continuity announcer tuned in one morning, and heard his voice on a pre recorded authority announcement. They wondered where the scheduled announcer was, only to suddenly receive a phone call from Cowcaddens wondering where they were?!