Last updated January 2007
Category: Scotland
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Bryan Burnett is one of Scotland's best-known media personalities, mainly
due to the many shows he has presented for radio and television over the past
two decades.
Get It On With Bryan Burnett is BBC Radio Scotland's daily interactive music
programme in which listeners share their passion for music by nominating the
best songs and songwriters of all time while Bryan Burnett, with his
trademark energy and enthusiasm, discovers the stories behind the choices.
Described by the Herald as "one of the network's most knowledgeable
presenters", Bryan also presents the critically acclaimed Brand New Country,
a two-hour country and Americana show, which is also broadcast on Radio Scotland.
The Country Music Association in Nashville awarded Bryan the prestigious International Broadcaster of the Year award for 2005 to recognize his
outstanding contribution to the field.
Over the years, Bryan considers himself fortunate enough to have been able to
interview some of the most interesting performers in the industry.
Brand New
Country's guest list has included Emmylou Harris, Shelby Lynne, Brad Paisley,
Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson, Alison Krauss & Union Station and Mary
Gaulthier.
Also for Radio Scotland Bryan presented Vic And Bryan's Big Scottish Adventure and
Let's Do the Show Right Here.
And he co-presented the station's coverage of Live
8 Scotland, the South By Southwest music festival and Hogmanay 06.
After starting out at Northsound Radio, Bryan went on to spend six years at
Radio Clyde in Glasgow.
During his time there he presented a wide variety
of programmes including Top 40 chart shows and in-depth music documentaries.
Bryan first reached a wider audience, across almost all of Scotland, when his
Radio Clyde programme Soundcheck became the first show to be broadcast on
all commercial radio stations in the country.
Having branched out in television early in his broadcasting career, Bryan was
for ten years the presenter of Scottish Television's Scottish Passport
show.
His other work in television includes Passport Quiz, Party Animals and
Country Nights, a live music series which featured country and rock acts from
both sides of the Atlantic.
Prior to joining Northsound Radio, Bryan had begun his media career with D C
Thomson and Co in their magazine publishing division.
He has retained an
interest in printed media ever since, and has written for many
newspapers and magazines over the years.
