Broadcaster Tony Currie, the first voice heard on Radio Clyde when it launched in 1973, has died from cancer aged 74.
Tony went on to work for STV and BBC Scotland during a broadcasting career spanning several decades, while also owning and running Radio Six International, a not for profit station supporting unsigned and independent artists.
Born in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Tony had been interested in broadcasting from childhood and established Radio Six while still a teenager. He also helped set up Glasgow’s hospital broadcasting service and presented a monthly rock programme for Los Angeles station KPFK in the early 1970s.
He joined Radio Clyde ahead of its launch on 31 December 1973 and was given two weeks’ notice that he would be the station’s first voice.
Three years later, Tony moved to STV, spending 11 years there as a continuity announcer and later chief announcer. He returned to broadcasting with BBC Scotland in 1997 and worked as a continuity announcer until retiring in 2020.
Radio Six International said Tony died at his home on the Isle of Lismore on 26 September, adding: “His family are very grateful to the support they have received from his many friends and colleagues in the broadcasting industry and beyond.”
