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Annie McGuire

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Annie McGuire is a Scottish reporter who presented BBC Scotland football phone-in show 'Your Call' and Sportsound. She also did guest links for Radio Scotland's New Music Zone and T in the Park coverage and stood in for presenter Vic Galloway.[1][2] She also wrote occasionally for the Scottish edition of The Sunday Times.[3] McGuire also stood in for Tam Cowan on Off The Ball during the summer of 2015.

Life and career

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Born in Elderslie, attended St. Cuthbert's High School, Johnstone, then studied Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow, and Journalism Studies at University of Strathclyde. Her father was an English teacher. Her first experience of radio was Glasgow student station Subcity Radio.[4]

She has also worked on the BBC sports programme Match of the Day and appeared on Reporting Scotland.[citation needed]

Prior to working for the BBC, she worked at the Scottish Football Museum and the Glasgow Herald newspaper. McGuire is also a qualified football referee. She was once the 41st most eligible woman in Scotland by Scotland on Sunday magazine.[citation needed]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Scotland - Vic Galloway Show - Sessions - Black Affair". BBC. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Press Office - Edith Bowman puts sugar in the T at T In The Park 2008". BBC. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Annie McGuire: Cosmetic surgery is only skin deep, girls". London: Times Online. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Annie McGuire". Determined to Broadcast. Retrieved 28 January 2010. [dead link]