Jim White is a Scottish sports broadcaster and Glasgow Rangers and Scotland supporter best known for hosting Scotsport

Scotsport

Scotsport was a Scottish sports television programme, broadcast on STV in northern and central Scotland, as well as on Border Television in southern Scotland. It was recognised as the world's longest-running sports television magazine....

on STV from 1989 until 1997/98, and now anchors Sky Sports

Sky Sports

Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...

' Scottish football coverage as well as being a regular presenter on Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News

Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....

. He has become known for his over-excitable transfer deadline day reporting and earned the nickname Jim "Deadline Day" White. Between 1979 and 1988, White was a news and sports reporter for the nightly Scottish Television

Scottish Television

Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. It is the second oldest ITV franchisee still active...

 news programme, Scotland Today

Scotland Today

Scotland Today was a Scottish regional news programme covering Central Scotland, produced by STV Central . Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme was actually limited to stories around STV's Central Belt franchise...

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