Career
After completing a pre-entry journalist course at Napier College in Edinburgh, White began his media career with Scottish & Universal Newspapers in 1974. Five years later he moved into television as a news and current affairs reporter with STV. In 1986 he was appointed sports reporter and one of his first assignments was to travel with the Scottish team to the World Cup Finals in Mexico. During the 1980s he was a regular sports presenter on the flagship Scotland Today programme alongside stalwarts John Toye and Fiona Ross.
In June 2003 he travelled to Senegal with Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira to report on Vieira"s Diambers charity.
White is best known for his round-the-clock presenting marathon on transfer deadline day.