He also appeared on television in many acting roles, including parts in A Family at War, Budgie, Pathfinders (TV series, one episode) and Crown Court.
He continued as an announcer and presenter with Westward's successor, TSW, when the station began its sole franchise period on 1 January 1982.
He later took over from colleague Roger Shaw as the station's chief announcer, handling most of the peak-time continuity shifts on weekdays, and remained with the company until the end of its final day of transmission on 31 December 1992.
Stirling continued his acting career both on the stage and on television, including productions of The Caretaker, Entertaining Mr Sloane and Cabaret.
For Westward, he starred in a two-handed play called High Water,[3] and he appeared alongside Patrick Macnee in the one-off TSW drama Where There's A Will.