Iain Anderson Is Five
Heading out of Glasgow tonight I called in at the Iain Anderson birthday bash in Finnieston. It's five years since Iain took over the late night slot on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland and the production team at Uist Media wanted to celebrate.
No wonder. The programme has a loyal following in Scotland - one fan had travelled from Moray to be at the party - and it's also one of the most requested shows on our Listen Again site. The centrepiece of tonight's party was a huge map of the world with little Saltire flags pinned to every country from whence a listener had made contact.
I noticed a gap for Siberia but was told they're working on that.
Mr Anderson himself was in fine fettle and, when I was given a microphone and asked to say a few words, I talked about the importance of a skilled and passionate presenter - and this at a time when some commercial radio stations are sacking their entire presentation teams and playing non-stop music from computers.
Sadly I couldn't linger to enjoy the food and drink. I was driving back to Inverness and wanted to get on the A9 before darkness fell.
I was at Aviemore when Iain came on air and made reference to his party. He sounded as bright as a button and clearly a lot of self-restraint had been shown earlier in the evening.
