Gary Gillespie (presenter)

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Gary Gillespie is a Northern Irish television presenter and journalist. Until recently he was a sports presenter and reporter for UTV Live. He is not related to the Liverpool soccer player of the same name.

Broadcasting career

Gillespie began his journalism career at The News Letter. [1] He joined Ulster Television in the 1970s, as a reporter and presenter on the evening news magazine at the time, Reports. He continued as a presenter on its replacement programmes Good Evening Ulster and Six Tonight, and he introduced UTV's coverage of the 1987 General Election.

In the 1990s, Gillespie became a reporter and commentator on RPM, UTV's motorsport magazine, and in 1999 he returned to the evening news programme as a sports reporter and presenter for UTV Live and Sport on Sunday.

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References

  1. News Letter: "Dicing with death to get a story on Ulster's streets"; dated 28 September 2007, accessed 17 June 2008