Allan Cartner
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Allan Cartner was a television continuity announcer, primarily for Border Television
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Cartner, born and brought up in Carlisle, graduated from Durham University with a BA
before starting his career in 1957 as an outside broadcast cameraman based at the BBC's Lime Grove studios in London and latterly, Manchester. He joined Border Television on 5 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..
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, Cartner read regular Border News bulletins during the day and until the mid 1980s, 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)..
Cartner's voice was also heard on various Border-produced documentaries, networked as part of the daytime About Britain strand on ITV..
As well as working for Border, Cartner was a regular announcer for Tyne Tees Television
during the seventies. He returned to the Newcastle station as a freelancer after resigning from Border in 1988. Unlike other such announcers as Bill Steel
and Kathy Secker, Cartner opted to make the majority of his announcements on Tyne Tees out-of-vision.
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 17 months later, aged 63.
Border Television
Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland and the majority of Cumbria...
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Cartner, born and brought up in Carlisle, graduated from Durham University with a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
before starting his career in 1957 as an outside broadcast cameraman based at the BBC's Lime Grove studios in London and latterly, Manchester. He joined Border Television on 5 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..
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, Cartner read regular Border News bulletins during the day and until the mid 1980s, the main news round-up within Lookaround
Lookaround
Lookaround is a regional television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border at its studios in Gateshead, and serving the "Border" part of the region...
. 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)..
Cartner's voice was also heard on various Border-produced documentaries, networked as part of the daytime About Britain strand on ITV..
As well as working for Border, Cartner was a regular announcer for Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. As of 2009, it forms part of a non-franchise ITV Tyne Tees & Border region, shared with the ITV Border region...
during the seventies. He returned to the Newcastle station as a freelancer after resigning from Border in 1988. Unlike other such announcers as Bill Steel
Bill Steel
Bill Steel is a television and radio broadcaster from North East England. He has also acted, briefly appearing in Coronation Street.He began his working life at the General Electric as a trainee accountant, and moved into television in the 1960s, first working in the Tyne Tees Television...
and Kathy Secker, Cartner opted to make the majority of his announcements on Tyne Tees out-of-vision.
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 17 months later, aged 63.