[1] He previously presented the BBC Introducing in Scotland show until it ended in June 2012.
On 2 November 2010 it was announced that Ally McCrae would take over from Vic Galloway as presenter of BBC Radio 1 Introducing show as part of a UK-wide shake up of BBC Radio 1's Introducing set up.
In June 2014, it was announced that from 1 September 2014, the BBC Introducing show on a Sunday would no longer be broadcast, hence ending McCrae's career at the station.
[4] Detour Scotland was primarily created as a podcast for featuring unsigned Scottish bands but soon gained a reputation for putting on gigs, including "The Wee Jaunt".
These gigs were held around the Glasgow area with the audience being taken round a host of locations, where several different local bands would perform sets everywhere from dark alley-ways to a large pond in Rouken Glen Park.