Ally McCrae (born 1987) is a radio broadcaster and media producer, best known for presenting the

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show on

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with Jen Long. He previously presented the BBC Introducing in Scotland show until it ended in June 2012. He is co-creator of production company Detour Scotland. He currently works in development for

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Introducing

On 2 November 2010 it was announced that Ally McCrae would take over from

Vic Galloway Michael "Vic" Galloway (born 4 August 1972) is a Scottish radio and television presenter, writer and DJ. He hosts a self-titled show on BBC Radio Scotland every Monday from 8pm to 10pm and previously broadcast the BBC Introducing Scotland sh ...

as presenter of BBC Radio 1 Introducing show as part of a UK-wide shake up of BBC Radio 1's Introducing set up. He now presents the BBC Introducing show with Jen Long. He was also the UK voice actor of Jet-Vac from the Skylanders series. In June 2014, it was announced that from 1 September 2014, the BBC Introducing show on a Sunday would no longer be broadcast, hence ending McCrae's career at the station.

Detour Scotland

Detour Scotland was primarily created as a

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for featuring unsigned Scottish bands but soon gained a reputation for putting on gigs, including "The Wee Jaunt". These gigs were held around the

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area with the audience being taken round a host of locations, where several different local bands would perform sets everywhere from dark alley-ways to a large pond in Rouken Glen Park. Detour also runs events in several more common music venues around Scotland and runs an online video blog.

Personal life

McCrae is an alumnus of

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, where he obtained a degree in Film and Media Studies, and was the station manager of Stirling University's Air3 student radio station. In 2011, ''

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'' ranked him Scotland's 9th "Most Eligible Man".

References

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