06-06-2024, 09:59 AM
David Scott has died at the age of 83 - a legendary name in Scottish journalism, he helped to launch Reporting Scotland at the BBC and hosted a hugely popular Saturday morning phone-in on Radio Scotland.
He became STV's head of news in 1986 - restoring a hard news format on Scotland Today following its much-derided magazine era (the IBA didn't look kindly on that either) and launching a raft of new shows such as Scottish Assembly, Scottish Women and Sport in Question - the latter saw Archie Macpherson defect from the Beeb.
The recently-retired Bernard Ponsonby - another of Scott's recruits - has penned this tribute.
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He became STV's head of news in 1986 - restoring a hard news format on Scotland Today following its much-derided magazine era (the IBA didn't look kindly on that either) and launching a raft of new shows such as Scottish Assembly, Scottish Women and Sport in Question - the latter saw Archie Macpherson defect from the Beeb.
The recently-retired Bernard Ponsonby - another of Scott's recruits - has penned this tribute.
news.stv.tv