Colin Lamont

Colin Lamont
Colin Lamont
Born June 20, 1956 (1956-06-20) (age 55)[1]
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]
Occupation Radio presenter and executive

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

Career

Colin Lamont 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 and Marketing officer.[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] as a part time replacement for other members of staff.

In 1989 he set up the radio station CentreSound 96.7 in Stirling as its founding managing director [4] but left within three months of the station's June 1990 launch due to restructuring of senior management at the station.[5]

In August 2008, Lamont became a share-holder of Scottish independent local radio station L107 along with Alan Shields.[6] Lamont invested more than £62,000 into the business and guaranteeing overdrafts, ran L107's programming and broadcast on the station under his Scottie McClue persona.[7][8] The station experienced financial difficulties during 2009, and Lamont left the station, accusing Shields of not contributing his funding.[7]

Scottie McClue

In 1992 Colin Lamont moved to Red Rose Gold in Preston,[9] to become a senior producer and presenter for the station. While at the station he created the on-air persona Scottie McClue who became a controversial figure, subsequently presenting on a variety of stations across Scotland and the North East of England, and in syndication.

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