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| The Real MacKay | |
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| Also known as | Not The Real MacKay |
| Genre | Video blog, Regional News |
| Presented by | John MacKay (Main presenter), Louise White |
| Country of origin |  Scotland |
| No. of episodes | 509 (as of December 11, 2009) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | STV Central |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | stv.tv |
| Original run | June 4, 2007 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | STV News at Six, Scotland Today, Northern Exposure, Weather Blether |
The Real MacKay is a supplementary video blog for the Central Scotland edition of the regional news programme, STV News at Six. The first blog was produced on Monday June 4 2007, and as of December 11 2009, 509 episodes have been made available.
The blog is presented and produced by John MacKay, the chief anchor for STV News in the Central region, and a new episode is produced almost every weekday from STV's headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Occasionally, the blog is renamed Not The Real MacKay and presented by other STV News staff.
A spin-off series, White Not MacKay was produced from January 2008 to May 2009 and presented by Louise White. Former Scotland Today anchor Stephen Jardine was also a regular presenter of Not the Real MacKay blogs but has since moved to work on The Five Thirty Show and its successor, The Hour.
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About the blog
The Real MacKay takes a mostly light-hearted daily look behind-the-scenes at the Central edition of STV News at Six and includes interviews with reporters & production staff.
Viewer participation
In conjunction with the blogs, viewers can discuss episodes and STV News at Six as a whole with John MacKay via STV's online forums. Occasional online polls and competitions are also included as part of the blogs as well as an experiment inviting international viewers to e-mail the programme.
Guest presenters
Some editions of the blog have been presented (or co-presented) and produced by various members of the newsroom staff including entertainment correspondent Grant Lauchlan, reporters Gordon Chree, Debi Edward, Karen Greenshields, Ranald Leask, Vicky Lee & Nicol Nicolson, weather forecaster Seán Batty, production journalists Nick Porter & Kirstin Anderson and sports correspondent Raman Bhardwaj.
Heather Simpson was a regular stand-in presenter for John MacKay and Stephen Jardine until she took maternity leave in November 2007. She has since appeared on the blog only occasionally.
External links
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