Paul Coia is a Scottish television presenter and continuity announcer who was the first voice to be heard on Channel 4 on its launch in 1982. His career originally began in the late 1970s as a DJ and in the early 1980s he became an announcer. He has presented television shows including Pebble Mill at One and Catchword. He is currently covering shows for BBC Radio London.
Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and now named STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isles, Western Isles, Highlands Grampian, Tayside, and parts of north Fife.
North Tonight is a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North.
Night Network, Night Time and Night Shift were names given to the overnight schedule of the ITV network in the United Kingdom. The first ITV company began 24-hour broadcasting in 1986, with all of the companies broadcasting through the night by the end of 1988. At first, individual companies created their own services, however before too long, many of the smaller ITV stations began simulcasting or networking services from others.
The ITV television network in the United Kingdom began as a group of regional stations, each with their own identities. Each station used its own idents to create an individual identity until the late 1990s when ITV began to introduce a consolidated presentation package as part of a dedicated effort to unify its identity. This article looks at the history of presentation of ITV.
Kay Duncan, is a drama teacher and former broadcaster, who previously worked as an in-vision continuity announcer for Grampian Television between 1985 and 1992.
Maggie Lavender is a Scottish continuity announcer, best known for her work on STV.
Anna Maria Ashe is a British television presenter, best known as a newsreader for the local news programme, London Tonight.
Kennedy Thomson was a Scottish broadcaster and actor, best known for his work at Grampian Television.
John Duncanson was a Scottish television presenter and journalist, best known as a main anchor of Grampian Television's nightly regional news programme, North Tonight.
Tracey Crawford is a former British television continuity announcer and radio presenter.
Rachael Robertson is a former British television continuity announcer and presenter.
Scott Brown is a Scottish television producer.
James O'Hara is a former Scottish television continuity announcer.
Anne Scott is a former broadcast journalist with Grampian Television, Anglia Television, Sky TV and the BBC.
In the United Kingdom, continuity announcers are people who are employed to introduce programmes on radio and television networks, to promote forthcoming programmes on the station, to cross-promote programmes on the broadcaster's other stations where applicable and, sometimes, to provide information relating to the programme just broadcast.
In broadcasting, continuity or presentation is announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. It typically includes programme schedules, announcement of the programme immediately following and trailers or descriptions of forthcoming programmes. Continuity can be spoken by an announcer or displayed in text over graphics. On television continuity generally coincides with a display of the broadcaster's logo or ident. Advertisements are generally not considered part of continuity because they are advertising another company.
Helen McDermott is a British radio and television presenter, best known for her work at Anglia Television.
This is a timeline of the history of the British broadcaster Scottish Television. It provides the ITV network service for Central Scotland.
