Cathy MacDonald (Gaelic: ) is a

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broadcaster who is known for hosting many

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-language television programmes such as Dotaman and has also presented

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'' news bulletins in the late 1980s, where she mostly presented the breakfast bulletins but occasionally presented the evening news throughout this period as well. MacDonald made her TV debut as a vocalist competitor at the Royal National Mod at

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in October 1975 since then she went onto front subsequent Mod competitions as a presenter since 1987 - where she hosted with a variety of Gaelic personalities such as John Carmichael, Tony Kearney, John Urquhart, Mairi MacInnes, Patsi MacKenzie throughout her early years before presenting solo from the 1996 Mod onwards. MacDonald previously hosted ''Siubhal gu Seachd'' every Monday – Thursday on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal. She currently presents ''Feasgar'' every Monday to Friday between 12:30 and 2pm from the BBC studios in Edinburgh, though the program is produced and aired from the Stornoway studios. MacDonald also regularly presents ''Sunday Morning With'' on

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. She has also hosted a Gaelic cookery competition ''Cocaire nan Cocairean'', which is aired on BBC Alba weekly. She has hosted a series on

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, ''

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'' starting on Monday 22 September 2008, where she spends a day with some of Scotland's top celebrities including the

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, TV presenter

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and

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, Pro Golfer Colin Montgomery, and writer

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. MacDonald also presents regular installments of ''Sar Sgeoil'' on

, looking at various well-known works of Scottish literature. Amongst the novels discussed are '' Sunset Song'', by Lewis Grassic Gibbon; '' Kidnapped'', by Robert Louis Stevenson; and The Lewis Trilogy (''The Blackhouse'', ''The Lewis Man'' and ''The Chessmen'') by Peter May.

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''Sunday Morning''
(BBC Radio Scotland)
STAR Management profile
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