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Channel Television in-vision continuity announcer.
In-vision continuity announcer for Channel Television who went on to work in sales and maketing for the station's sister company, Creative Channel, which produces corporate and commercial video.Gordon joined Channel Television in 1972 as an in-vision announcer and news reader. He went on to edit the station's listings magazine The Channel TV Times and Channel Text, the one hundred page Teletext magazine for the Channel Islands. Gordon has also been Head of Creative Channel, Channel Television's commercials and corporate production company, and Director of Sales. He's on the station's Board of Directors.Francis Hamon OBE was Channel TV's first staff continuity announcer and he has been with the station since its launch in 1962. He is the former Deputy Bailiff of Jersey and later became an advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey and was appointed a Commissioner of the Royal Court in 1988 before becoming Deputy Bailiff in 1995 until 2000.
Russell Hookey moved to Channel TV from the Chrysalis Group in London where he had been news reading on London radio stations Heart 106.2 and LBC 97.3 (often heard as a regular member of Sandi Toksvig's team) and also presenting on LBC News 1152. Prior to that he worked in commercial and BBC radio in the regions for more than twelve years as a news reader, producer and reporter and occasionally popped up covering stories for television with BBC 'South Today'.
At Channel TV, Russell was initially a stand-in presenter on 'Channel Report'; he later became one of the programme's regular presenters. He also provided continuity announcements at Channel TV.
Russell later moved to ITV Border, where he currently presents bulletins and fills in on the main 'Lookaround' programme.
Channel Television continuity announcer in the 1980s who moved to Plymouth to front BBC TV South West's Spotlight. After a long career as a presenter, Russell returned to the theatre and now works as a director and writer. He has worked as Resident Director on the 2001/2002 UK Tour of Sunset Boulevard and he directed Hardcore at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A production of Russell's play, New Boy, opened in Broadway in October 2002. Russell has also been commissioned to write a new play by the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. Channel Television in-vision continuity announcer in the 1970s and 1980s. Layzell went on to start his own independent production TV company in 1988 after leaving Channel Television. Since then he has produced and directed around 300 documentaries which have been aired by networks worldwide. He is also active in island life - he co-founded Save Jersey's Heritage in 1990 and has been Chairman of The National Air Pageant since 1997. He is a former Deputy of Jersey and stood again in the senatorial elections of 2003.
Continuity announcer and news reporter for Channel Television between 1989 and 1994. Liam also reported for the religious news magazine programme 'Link-Up' and produced the station's 'Weekend Diary'. He later became the channel's youth features reporter and producer.
Liam moved to the US to host 'Tomorrow's World America' and a music show, 'Audiofile', both of which are broadcast across the States on techtv. Currently, Liam is the head of arts and entertainment for KRON TV - an independent television station in San Francisco.
Liam started his broadcasting career as a trainee radio reporter at County Sound Radio, Surrey, in 1987, and later worked for the BBC and Capital Radio in London.
Channel TV announcer and presenter who is best known for his partnership with the station's birthday greetings mascot, Oscar Puffin.
Popular in-vision announcer on Channel Television in the 1980s. He went on to head up Channel's promotions department but with an increase in centralisation on ITV he decided to change his career. He moved into teaching and now specialises in Jerrais (Jersey Norman French), the island's original, native language. 
In-vision continuity announcer for Channel Television who was also a regular in the news reader's chair from the 1980s onwards.
