Maggie Lavender is a Scottish continuity announcer, best known for her work on STV.

She began her career at Glasgow International Airport

Glasgow International Airport

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, providing Flightwatch morning reports for the Independent Local Radio stations, Radio Clyde

Radio Clyde

Radio Clyde is a division of Bauer Radio based in Glasgow, Scotland. They currently operate an FM station and an AM station from studios in Clydebank West Dunbartonshire.- History :...

 and Radio Forth

Radio Forth

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Maggie later joined 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...

 as an out-of-vision announcer. By 1998, her duties were expanded when presentation for Grampian Television

Grampian Television

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 was moved to Scottish's studios in Cowcaddens

Cowcaddens

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, Glasgow

Glasgow

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She is now the senior announcer for the station, providing live announcements during primetime, pre-recorded announcements overnight and during daytime and voicing various trails and promos. She is also a trained actress.

By much request, Lavender made her first in-vision appearance on 25 July 2007 on STV's website as part of the popular video blog, The Real MacKay.