- Jimmy Mack (broadcaster)
Jimmy Mack
MBE (1934-2004, born James F. McRitchie) was a Scottish broadcaster, best known for his work onBBC Radio Scotland andRadio Clyde .Jimmy was born in
Greenock ,Scotland on 26 June 1934. He was educated atLenzie Academy andBathgate Academy. He worked for the Guardian Royal Exchange insurance company from 1956 until 1970; his broadcasting career started in 1965 on thepirate radio stationRadio Scotland 242, which was closed down in 1967 under the provisions of theMarine Broadcasting Offences Act (in British legislation). Thereafter he joined theBBC in Glasgow, including working as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2's "Night Ride" programme.He moved to
Kent ,England in 1970, becoming a presenter on the Chatham-basedBBC Radio Medway (nowBBC Radio Kent ), plus occasional broadcasts on BBC Radio 2. He also produced some programmes for BBC Radio 4, such as "You and Yours".The launch of BBC Radio Scotland in 1978 saw Jimmy return to Scotland (in 1979), becoming presenter of the mid-morning programme in 1978 "(The Jimmy Mack Show)", which in 1988 broadcast live from the
Glasgow Garden Festival for a total of 108 consecutive outside broadcasts, a possible record for such a programme.He also became well-known on television in Scotland, with programmes for the BBC as well as
Grampian Television and "Scotland Today " forSTV .In 1990 he left Radio Scotland to work for the West of Scotland commercial station Radio Clyde, becoming one of the station's main presenters. He was patron of the Scottish
Motor Neurone Disease Association. His charity work led to him being awarded the MBE in 1996. He continued to broadcast on Radio Clyde until two weeks before his death (from cancer) on 3 July 2004. He was married, with a son and a daughter.ee also
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Jimmy Mack (song recorded byMartha and the Vandellas )External links
* [http://www.clyde2.com/Article.asp?id=34451 Radio Clyde 2 website - tribute to Jimmy Mack]
* [http://www.reddotradio.co.uk/history1962-1987.htm Forth Radio Network 1962-1987]
* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst1935.html Jimmy Mack's entry on "Gazetter for Scotland"]References
*"Who's Who in Scotland" (2001 edition), published by Carrick Media, Irvine, Scotland, ISBN 0-946724-48-2"
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