- Allan Cartner
Allan Cartner was a television
continuity announcer , primarily forBorder Television .He started his career as an outside broadcast cameraman for the BBC in London and joined Border Television on 5th October 1961, five weeks after the station went to air for the first time. His first on-air link consisted of a five-minute long "Farming Prices" bulletin. [p.67, "Border Television", Mary Scott Parker, 1999, Bookcase.] .
He would remain at Border Television for the next twenty seven years - twenty six of those as Chief Announcer. Along with other Border TV announcers, Allan read regular "Border News" bulletins during the day and until the mid 80s, the main news round-up within Lookaround. He also presented "Border Diary" (a local events round-up), Pigeon Release Times (on Saturdays) and "The First Day of The Week" (a weekly Epilogue at close down on Sunday nights). [p.69/70, "Border Television", Mary Scott Parker, 1999, Bookcase.] .
Cartner's voice was also heard on various Border-produced documentaries, networked as part of the daytime "About Britain" strand on ITV. [p.670, "Border Television", Mary Scott Parker, 1999, Bookcase.] .
As well as working for Border, Cartner was a regular announcer for
Tyne Tees Television during the seventies. He returned to the Newcastle station after leaving Border in 1988. Unlike other such announcers asBill Steel and Kathy Secker, Cartner made all of his announcements out-of-vision. [ [http://tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com/channel-39.html The TV Room - Tyne Tees announcers' profiles] ]On
16 March 1996 , Cartner made the last announcement from the Tyne Tees studios at City Road (where the station's continuity department was being closed down). He died a year later.References
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